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➡️ Openness, transparency and reach: Public institutions should embrace the Fediverse
https://blog.elenarossini.com/openness-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediv…

Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse
An article making the case that the Fediverse is a fantastic communication platform for public institutions - because of its openness, transparency and reach.

from my link log —
A new suite of modern tools for editing and publishing IETF RFCs.
https://www.ietf.org/blog/new-tools-coming-for-editing-and-publishing-rfcs/
saved 2026-05-23

A new suite of modern tools coming for editing and publishing RFCs
After a number of years of work, the initial rollout of a modern suite of tools for editing and publishing RFCs, including an entirely new rfc-editor.org website, will take place in May 2026.

GitHub plans a two-tier bug bounty system, cutting rewards for public reports and boosting payouts for an invite-only group, amid an AI-powered submission surge (Carly Page/The Register)
https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/07

GitHub slashes public bug bounty payouts as AI report flood buries its security team
Code shack also putting new limits on first-time researchers, and reserving the biggest rewards for a hand-picked group of proven hunters

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q2) – The Euclid Galactic Bulge Survey: https://eceb.astro.uni-bonn.de/public/coordinated_release/beaulieu_etal.pdf -> ESA’s Euclid captures the Milky Way’s crowded heart: https://www.euclid-ec.org/public/press-releases/euclid-quick-data-release-2/ and https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/ESA_s_Euclid_captures_the_Milky_Way_s_crowded_heart (also a video clip at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DtFRq1cgcc and at https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/euclid/q2-data-release all about Q2).

How major publishers in the UK are pivoting away from quantity of content towards quality as Google AI changes lead to falling traffic referrals (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/hearst-starts-w…

Hearst starts with 'why' as journalists asked to produce fewer articles
Plus, why Telegraph cut down its newsletters in quality over quantity focus.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev/116625611432271656
Pretty sure I’ve seen that in Austin

RE: #ÖVP stellt

The Federal Communications Commission on Monday blasted Disney’s push for public support amid the agency’s probes of “The View” and ABC’s broadcast licenses,
the latest development in Disney’s growing standoff with regulators.
The FCC, under Trump-appointed Chair Brendan Carr, said in February that it was looking into whether “The View” violated equal-time rules
after an appearance by James Talarico, the Democratic candidate in November’s U.S. Senate race in Texas.
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FCC takes aim at Disney’s push for public support amid regulatory probes
ABC stations aired spots urging viewers to contact the FCC and support the network in its fight against the agency, saying its actions threaten free speech.

NewsGuard launches NewsGuard AI, a $6/month chatbot that accesses information from news sources it rates as reliable, promising publishers a 50-50 revenue share (Brian Stelter/CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/media/newsguard-ai-chatbot-news-atlantic-publish…

This chatbot wants to solve AI’s news problem
AI chatbots are fast becoming a way people find news. But the systems are only as reliable as their sources, and are prone to misinformation and manipulation.

Humanoid robot maker Agility plans to go public via a merger with Michael Klein's SPAC, in a deal valuing it at ~$2.5B and listing under ticker symbol AGLT (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.co…