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Wish Uber would. In fact, wish they ALL would.
If companies are holding/selling personal data, require annual filings with the "subject".
youtu.be/Hx7Vv5pqpHg?...

Uber Eats Wrapped - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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December 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM

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Brent Toderian

@brenttoderian.bsky.social

According to this ranking, Canada’s reputation has improved since 2024. We are now the 2nd most reputable country in the world.

The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…

List of countries with the best reputation, showing change between 2024 and 2025.

November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM

Dermites

@dermites.bsky.social

What if, fines were tied to income/net worth?
for every merchant of misery and anti-social criminal

dusty article but the lessons still stand
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/j...

Finnish businessman hit with €121,000 speeding fine

Anders Wiklöf fell foul of system based on severity of offence and offender’s income

www.theguardian.com

December 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM

Dermites

@dermites.bsky.social

wtf target

target eggs priced by algorithm, show $3.29 per dozen based on customer data.

December 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM

Dermites

@dermites.bsky.social

"an app is just a website skinned in the right kind of IP to make it a felony to defend your privacy while you use it."
- Cory Doctorow
youtu.be/7wE8G-d7SnY?...

The Plan is to Make the Internet Worse. Forever. | Aaron Bastani Meets Cory Doctorow

YouTube video by Novara Media

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December 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM

Dermites

@dermites.bsky.social

opened too many tabs:
USA In-Q-Tel >> Norway's Humanitarian Innovation Programme >> South Africa's Mzansi Life intervention >> landing in Euro google, where there's messaging standards & studies 🤯

a microsite dedicated to building resilience against online manipulation -
prebunking.withgoogle.com

Prebunking with Google

Prebunking is a technique to forewarn people of attempts to manipulate them, equipping them to spot and refute misleading claims and building resilience for the future.

prebunking.withgoogle.com

December 10, 2025 at 5:43 AM

Dermites

@dermites.bsky.social

the Nativity purge funded by USA
💔
art by Seattle's stunner, Topsy

black stencil, on white wall, of nativity scene being raided by 3 ice men

December 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM

Dermites

@dermites.bsky.social

53 sublime minutes of Hymmapan Electron activating hyperfocus
youtu.be/Wrwf5fj4zNI?...

Thai Psychedelic Techno like you've never heard before | The Hymmapan Electron

YouTube video by Tuktuk Radio

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December 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM

Dermites

@dermites.bsky.social

fuck y2k. survived it, do not want a redo.

hey youths! stay away from recruitment centers

Pearlmania500 @pearlmania500.bsky.social · 25d

We’re doing it ALL OVER again. #2000s #millenial

November 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM

Dermites

@dermites.bsky.social

DYK Meta launched internal research Project Mercury in 2020 to examine the psychological effects of Facebook use? Nielsen knew. www.techspot.com/news/110368-...

Meta shut down an internal study that linked Facebook use to worse mental health

Instead of publishing the findings or commissioning further research, Meta's leadership shut the project down. Internal correspondence, cited in a lawsuit brought by US school districts, reveals...

www.techspot.com

November 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM

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Gary Stevenson

@garyseconomics.bsky.social

UK Budget – is this the end of democracy? youtu.be/g0lEbH2kEw8

UK Budget – The End of Democracy?

YouTube video by Garys Economics

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November 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM

Dermites

@dermites.bsky.social

👏👏🏽 Unbelievable win for the people of New Mexico!
Next up - FREE HEALTHCARE, statewide.
Could your state be next?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

New Mexico now offers free childcare for all. Here’s how parents and teachers made it happen

From marches and petitions to a constitutional amendment, a years-long campaign led to New Mexico becoming the first state in the US to offer universal childcare

www.theguardian.com

November 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM

Dermites

@dermites.bsky.social

"extinction burst" in full effect 🧯
youtube.com/shorts/cekQH...

A year from pitching my #ExtinctionBurst theory, #maga confirms it. #obama #trump

YouTube video by Ohh that's RICH

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November 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM

Dermites

@dermites.bsky.social

Sampa The Great sure is.
enjoy sampathegreat.bandcamp.com/track/cant-h...

Can't Hold Us [Feat. Mwanjé], by Sampa The Great

track by Sampa The Great

sampathegreat.bandcamp.com

November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM

Dermites

@dermites.bsky.social

Care for a vinyl hang sesh? QUỆN hosts an absolute fab channel, good vibes and views
youtu.be/fL9ylIe26Vg?...

[QUENMIX] NHÃ NHẠC VOL 12: KAYA’S SÓNG Vinyl Mixset by Pele | “Kaya” Vibe

YouTube video by QUỆN

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November 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM

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Michael de Adder

@deadder.bsky.social

When my cartoons become reality. #chicago

November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM

Dermites

@dermites.bsky.social

💔 dear Chicago, love always. You raised me and I'll forever carry the strength of this city in my heart.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

I Want You to Understand Chicago

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November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM

Dermites

@dermites.bsky.social

"We found out that the drug makes people happy"

www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckin...

From the nextfuckinglevel community on Reddit: Testing the effects of pure THC in 1970

Explore this post and more from the nextfuckinglevel community

www.reddit.com

November 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM

Dermites

@dermites.bsky.social

🤟 Free Speech Fridays: Larry Lessig making moves 👀
Great education and interview @taylorlorenz.bsky.social appreciate your dedication to journalism and the people
youtu.be/AjykgjyPuhs?...