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Markus Reuter @markus.reuter.netzpolitik.org · 12h

Wie mir gerade eine EU-Quelle bestätigte, ist die Abstimmung zur #Chatkontrolle am 14. Oktober von der Tagesordnung im EU-Rat genommen worden.

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Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · 11h

An underreported part of US campus repression post-2023 was the pivot to making “[IDF] military veteran” a protected class coterminous with “[pro-occupation Israeli/Jew]”. Students protesting the Gaza war were charged with *discrimination based on veteran status*. migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

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coffeeholic @coffeeholic.bsky.social · 12h

Tesla hat Pläne aufgegeben, in diesem Jahr 1.000 Optimus Roboter herzustellen. Gab „Schwierigkeiten mit den Händen für die Roboter“ und andere Probleme

Visionär Musk im September:
"~80% of Tesla's value will be Optimus"
sherwood.news/tech/tesla-a...

Screenshot of Tweet reply by Elon Musk
Antwort an @WholeMarsBlog

Those are the biggest factors.

80% of Tesla's value will be Optimus.

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coffeeholic @coffeeholic.bsky.social · 12h

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13h

A dangerous drug trend called “bluetoothing,” in which people inject themselves with the blood of other drug users to get a cheap high, is contributing to spikes in HIV rates in infection hot spots around the world.

‘Bluetoothing’: Blood-Sharing Drug Trend Fuels Alarming Global H.I.V. Surge

The practice, in which users inject the blood of already intoxicated individuals, has fueled one of the fastest-growing H.I.V. epidemics in the Pacific and grown widespread in South Africa.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 13h

Meta Platforms Inc. violated federal and state law by knowingly allowing—and profiting—from scam impersonation ads on its social media websites, a class action filed in a California federal court says.

Meta Accused in Lawsuit of Profiting From Scam Impersonation Ads

Meta Platforms Inc. violated federal and state law by knowingly allowing—and profiting—from scam impersonation ads on its social media websites, a class action filed in a California federal court says.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 13h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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coffeeholic @coffeeholic.bsky.social · 12h

US-Gericht verpflichtet die Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) offenzulegen welche Sicherheitsfreigaben Elon Musk hat.
Nur minimale Schwärzungen erlaubt.

NYT klagte per FOIA.

Wegen SpaceX und Starlink überwiegt das öffentliche Interesse an Transparenz Musks Privatsphäre.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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A New Social @anew.social · 13h

Today, we announced our next Bounce Beta that lets you migrate your Mastodon profile into any existing ATProto account, whether you're on Bluesky or any other PDS provider!

We'll be going live with Bounce Beta 2 on October 20th.

Read more here:

Bounce from Mastodon to Bluesky

With our next Bounce Beta, you will be able to Bounce your Mastodon account to Bluesky!

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 13h

Moving accounts between Mastodon and Bluesky is about to get much easier, thanks to Bounce 2.

Bounce introduces a tool to move your Mastodon account to Bluesky | TechCrunch

Moving accounts between Mastodon and Bluesky is about to get much easier, thanks to Bounce 2.

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coffeeholic @coffeeholic.bsky.social · 14h

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WIRED @wired.com · 14h

“Worst, Bondi,” they begin. “2.) Bondi. 3.) Bondi. 4.) Bondi. 5.) HegsethRFKTulsiNoem.”

Trumpworld's Least Favorite Cabinet Secretaries

“Worst, Bondi,” they begin. “2.) Bondi. 3.) Bondi. 4.) Bondi. 5.) HegsethRFKTulsiNoem.”

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Bijan Moini @bijanmoini.de · 23h

Heute erscheint mein neuer Roman „2033“. Es gäbe viel dazu zu sagen — und ich freue mich auf Eure Meinungen zu ihm! —, aber ich beschränke mich auf das hier:

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Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 1d

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 19h

Sources: Meta and Apple are close to settling two EU antitrust cases and agreeing a deal to change their business practices after a total €700M in DMA fines (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1d

Mastodon plans to add Bluesky-like starter packs to suggest accounts to follow for new users, but will allow accounts to opt out of being included in Packs (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Friedemann Schwenzer @friedemanns.bsky.social · 5d

Mein Beitrag zum #TagDerEinheit:

Vor ein paar Jahren habe ich die Tweets von #Baseballschlägerjahre für meine Masterarbeit gesammelt.

Twitter ist heute X und viele der Tweets von damals sind verschwunden.

Deshalb habe ich ne WebApp gebaut, in der man die Tweets nachlesen kann:

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Axios @axios.com · 2d

BREAKING: Supreme Court rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal in Epstein case

Supreme Court rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal in Epstein case

Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in 2022 for sex trafficking minors.

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coffeeholic @coffeeholic.bsky.social · 2d

Good for her, bad for the integrity of journalism.
Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief at CBS News "will report directly to me" [= Paramount CEO David Ellison]

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Nils Markwardt @fjmurau.bsky.social · 5d

Ist jetzt nicht überraschend, aber in der Deutlichkeit dann doch bemerkenswert. (aus: on.ft.com/4gP83eW)

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 5d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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coffeeholic @coffeeholic.bsky.social · 6d

keine Ahnung, ob Musk das selbst schreiben durfte
royalsociety.org/people/elon-...

Fellow Detail Page | Royal Society

Explore the history of the Royal Society, including our motto and discover our timeline of key events.

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coffeeholic @coffeeholic.bsky.social · 6d

The Royal Society (UKs nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften) wird Elon Musk als Mitglied nicht ausschließen.

🙄 Es ist nicht Aufgabe der Royal Society, die persönlichen politischen Ansichten einzelner Fellows zu überwachen

A statement from the President of the Royal Society | Royal Society

A statement from Adrian Smith, President of the Royal Society, regarding threats to the values that allow science to flourish.

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coffeeholic @coffeeholic.bsky.social · 6d

Whoop whoop🎉
in der Klage #SECvMusk (wegen verspäteter Twitter-Beteiligungsoffenlegung zum Aktienkauf) wurde Musk Antrag auf Verlegung nach Texas oder NY abgelehnt

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. MUSK, 1:25-cv-00105 - CourtListener.com

Docket for SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. MUSK, 1:25-cv-00105 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

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HateAid @hateaid.org · 7d

Was für eine Anerkennung! Bundespräsident Steinmeier überreicht HateAid-CEO Anna-Lena das Bundesverdienstkreuz und betont: Die Menschenwürde muss auch im Netz geschützt werden. Genau das richtige Signal in einer Zeit, in der Autokraten und Tech-Giganten auch online unsere Menschenrechte angreifen.

Bild mit Bundespräsident Steinmeier, GF Anna-Lena von Hodenberg und GF Josephine Ballon

Besondere Würdigung

Bundesverdienstkreuz für unsere Arbeit

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Bluesky-Briefing 🦋 @bluesky-tipps.bsky.social · 8d

Flashes - die Instagram-Alternative aus Berlin sucht Beta-Tester:innen für ihre Android-Version. Interessierte tragen einfach hier ihre Emailadresse ein: 👇

Flashes App 🌩️ @flashes.blue · 9d

Android people: if you want to be part of the beta test, please leave an email address here:

Flashes Android Beta 🤖

Leave your email to be included in the beta test

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