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Twelve, Neither More Nor Less
The jury box in a Florida criminal courtroom holds six chairs. In one of those courtrooms, in West Palm Beach, six people heard the state's case against a chiropractor named Hamed Kian, and they convicted him on every count....
https://bolesblogs.com/2026/10/23/twel<…

An article on the Fall of Scientific American.
Scientific publishers should be independent. But:
"Springer Nature felt that Scientific American’s criticism of Trump was threatening their broader business—selling subscriptions to their scientific journals. The federal government was a major client."
Scientific American will be for many Semantic Web researchers a special place because of that one article by Tim Berners-Lee, Jim Hendler and Ora Lassila. Thus it's…

The Fall of “Scientific American”
When the beloved science publication got too political, its corporate owners stepped in. Now its future is uncertain.

What the actual hell? Even corporate America shuts off IT access at termination. Police agencies can't figure this out? #FlockAbuse #Deflock

Cops left the force. They kept tracking people with a powerful camera network.
Police kept access to Flock’s vast surveillance system long after they left the force. Some used it to track the locations of romantic partners.

Om du någonsin undrat hur det låter om man mixat Konstantine med Jay-Z https://waitwhat.bandcamp.com/track/making-konstantine-cry-jay-z-vs-something-corporate

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmn045en7d88o

Haven’t heard this song in years. It really exemplifies the mid 90s culture as I experienced it. Still catchy as ever too. I got this song from a promo-CD from the label called “The Gigantic Recording Corporation Proudly Presents Volume II”.
For anyone feeling nostalgic.
#music #pop

The Fall of #ScientificAmerican: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/scientific-american-springer-nature-trump/ - when the beloved science publication got too political, its corporate owners stepped in; now its future is uncertain.

I criticize #Japanese companies a lot, but I do like this aspect of #Japan corporate culture - executives taking pay cuts in response to #company failures - in this case, actions by subordinates.
Can you even …

From Readwise: I also have highlights emphasizing values like equality, social justice, and skepticism toward unchecked corporate privatization or greed for the few at the expense of the many.

IDK, call me old-fashioned, but maybe laying off thousands of your experienced and loyal employees is NOT the way to succeed....
Meanwhile, I'll take a small amount of delight in seeing them fall without me...
#oracle #oracleLayoffs