[Patch Notes] 0.3.0b Hotfix 2
0.3.0b Hotfix 2
- Frozen Mandible Monsters can once again be Bound as a Spectre.
- Fixed a bug where some Monster Spectres did not have the correct collision size.
- Fixed a bug where Killing Akthi before Anundr in The Khari Crossing would not remove the blocking at the entrance of the arena.
- Fixed an instance crash.
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[Patch Notes] 0.3.0b Hotfix
0.3.0b Hotfix
- Fixed a client and instance crash introduced in 0.3.0b related to skill targeting.
You will need to restart your client to receive the client changes in this hotfix.
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[Patch Notes] 0.3.0b Patch Notes
0.3.0b Patch Notes
Rise of the Abyssal Changes
- Abyssal Monsters can now be bound as Spectres.
- The Vessel of Kulemak's Teleport Slam can no longer be avoided, and the damage it deals has been reduced.
- Improved the telegraphing for the Vessel of Kulemak's arena-wide cleave. The cleave has also been made easier to dodge in the final part of the fight.
- The "Area is overrun by the Abyssal" Map Modifier now spreads Pits over a larger amount of the area.
- The Strider of the Pit's Spear Slam now has a global cooldown, and they now stop tracking you with their Storm skill when you are far enough away.
- Reduced the damage of the Crystal Wall used by Abyssal Stranglers.
- Reduced the movement speed of the Shepherd of the Pit, and reduced the damage dealt by their ground effect.
- Additional projectiles now adds the correct amount of projectiles for the Lightless Abomination.
- Improved the invulnerability visual effect for the Lightless Moray. The ignite chance and damage from its shade form explosion has also been reduced.
- Abyssal Monsters now introduce some of their skills over the first 3 Acts instead of being able to use all of their skills from Act 1.
- Removed the motion blur effect played when Abyssal Pits closed.
Other Changes and Improvements
- Added the ability to convert Stash Tabs that were upgraded to Premium Tabs to Merchant's Tabs. This only applies for Stash Tabs that were upgraded to Premium Stash Tabs prior to the 0.3.0 launch. You can convert these here after the 0.3.0b patch has been deployed.
- One-time Rare Monsters found in the Campaign no longer have their fixed hidden modifiers when used as tamed beasts, or spectres.
- You will no longer remain locked onto enemies while sprinting. This improves cases where you would sprint away from an enemy then unintentionally turn around to use a skill targeting that enemy.
- You can now use Instance Manager (Ctrl+click) on the button to jump in the Well of Souls.
- You can now use /hideout and similar commands from the Well of Souls.
- Maps without a Map Boss no longer spawn a boss arena with only a rare monster pack.
- Vendor windows will now remember any search text you've entered on a per NPC basis, until you exit to character selection.
- Boss fights with two bosses should now correctly restart from the beginning when a player Resurrects at Checkpoint after killing just one boss.
- The Soul Siphoner monster modifier has been reworked. The inner ring now reduces damage dealt, and the outer ring reduces Skill Speed for each time you use a Skill while standing in it. Both rings deal Physical Damage over Time (previously both rings prevented Mana recovery, drained Mana and dealt Lightning Damage over time).
- The Husk of Dreams Unique Body Armour now has 50% less Flask Charges used instead of 50% chance for Flasks you use to not consume Charges. This affects existing versions of the item.
- Forge Hammer no longer costs mana when used to recall the Hammer, and other skills such as Warcries cannot empower that use.
- Doedre's Dark Design, triggered by the Doedre's Undoing Support, now deals Spell Damage instead of Secondary Damage.
- Added missing Duration and Ground Effect types to the His Foul Emergence Skill to allow it to function with relevant support gems.
- Temporarily disabled the following Rogue Exiles: Taua, the Ruthless, Ulfred, the Afflicted, Drusian, the Artillerist, and Doran, the Deft.
- The Derelict Mansion Map Boss arena no longer requires finding a tome to open.
- The boss arena in Derelict Mansion Map will now be open if you die to the bosses after opening it once.
- The Razed Fields Map no longer stops you from entering the boss arena after it has been started.
- The barrier outside the church in Arastas can no longer be broken early.
- You can no longer return to Kriar Village from Glacial Tarn.
- Improved the telegraphing of Yama the White's future sight skill.
- Increased the cooldown for some of Torvian, Hand of the Saviour's skills. The projectile speed of their bouncing axe skill has been reduced, and the amount of freeze build up Torvian causes when under the effects of the Twilight Order's Sword buff has been reduced.
- The Scourge of the Skies bird storm skill can no longer be avoided.
- The slam combo skill used by Krutog, Lord of Kin can no longer be avoided.
- Some of the skills used by Great White One can no longer be avoided.
- The tracking of Azmadi, the Faridun Prince's triple lacerate skill is now more lenient.
- You can now use portals after defeating Siora, Blade of the Mists.
- Oswin, the Dread Warden now removes all the debuffs he has applied to the player when he is killed.
- Reduced the likelihood of Treant Foulspawns firing projectiles whilst walking.
- Reduced the damage of Quill Crab's quill projectiles.
- Updated the description of Lifetap Support to clarify it turns a Supported Skills Mana cost into a Life cost, rather than stating "a portion of".
- Updated the Tabana's Pillar World Map Icon to correctly describe the benefits it provides.
- Updated the Navali's Rest World Map Icon to indicate it provides a permanent benefit.
- Corrected and simplified Meditate's description. This is purely a description change.
- Clarified the Skill Description for Infernal Cry to indicate that it only Empowers Melee Attacks.
- Thunderous Leap's description no longer inaccurately mentions that it only detonates spear skills. As with any detonator skill, it detonates anything that is capable of being detonated.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Ancestral Spirits, granted by the Warbringer's Answered Call Notable Passive Skill, was failing to summon Ancestral Spirit Minions.
- Fixed a bug where you were unable to dodge roll past enemies when you were partially surrounded.
- Fixed a bug where newly created characters could not access the Currency Exchange until they reached act 4 even if you had already unlocked the Currency Exchange with another character in the same league.
- Fixed a bug where the "Abyssal Pits in Area always have Rewards" modifier was not functioning correctly.
- Fixed a bug where Whirling Slash's travel distance could no longer change based on your attack speed.
- Fixed a bug where Spectres and Tamed Beasts could benefit from the out-of-combat life regeneration common to all persistent minions while in combat.
- Fixed a bug where reloading could fail on Crossbows, most noticeably when weapon swapping.
- Fixed a bug where Persistent Skills could not be activated when shapeshifted into Demon Form.
- Fixed a bug where the Brutus' Brain Support which causes supported Minions to take no damage, still worked with the Damage from hits is taken from your Damageable Companion's Life before you, from the Starkonja's Head Unique Helmet.
- Fixed a bug where increases to Frost Bomb limit was not functioning correctly with Spell Cascade Support.
- Fixed an issue where the Ahn's Citadel Support was not obtainable.
- Fixed a bug where Defy II Support was only disallowing Insufficient Mana from preventing the use of supported Melee Attacks rather than any supported Attacks.
- Fixed an issue where the Twin Bow's Attack Speed was unintentionally higher than other Bow base types with the same implicit (Dualstring Bow and Gemini Bow). It now has an Attack time of 1.1 seconds (previously 1.2).
- Fixed a bug where Ember Fusillade when supported by Wildshards would be able to "keep" the additional projectiles from a Wildshards proc by interrupting it fully firing.
- Fixed a bug where Resonating Shield, Shield Wall, and Fortifying Cry's shockwaves did not scale with area damage modifiers.
- Fixed an issue where some Infusion Duration small passives were labelled as "Infusion Damage". A Notable in the Sorceress starting area has also been renamed from "Infused Spell Damage" to instead be "Principal Infusion".
- Fixed a bug where Grisly Pyre from the His Winnowing Flame Skill did not describe how much damage it was dealing from consuming ignites on enemies.
- Fixed a bug which allowed Forge Hammer to be used in cases where it should be unusable.
- Fixed a bug where endgame Maps could fail to open with the "Area is inaccessible" error.
- Fixed a bug where some Map Device microtransactions would place you inside the Map Device when returning from a Map, and others were missing their interactable object.
- Fixed a bug where Yama, the White was not making clones of Infernalists that were in Demon Form.
- Fixed a bug where resurrecting at checkpoint after defeating the final Act 4 Boss would restart the fight.
- Fixed a bug where the final Act 4 Boss could spawn a duplicate version during the fight.
- Fixed a bug where Travel Skills could not be used in Azmadi, the Faridun Prince's Boss arena.
- Fixed a bug where the Wayward Isle Map sometimes could not be completed.
- Fixed a bug where Siora, Blade of the Mists, and Thariel, the Umbral Wraith had a lingering damage reduction buff.
- Fixed a bug where defeating Manoki, the Chosen in The Jade Isles Map did not complete the Map.
- Fixed a bug where the Wetlands Map Boss was not attacking as they were constantly trying to path to a rock that doesn't exist.
- Fixed a bug where you could be unable to enter the Boss arena in the Razed Fields Map.
- Fixed a bug where the Wetlands, Lofty Summit, Derelict Mansion, and Ornate Chambers Maps sometimes did not allow you to use a portal in the Boss arena after defeating the Boss.
- Fixed an issue where some of the Mighty Silverfist's attacks were not correctly telegraphing that they were unavoidable.
- Fixed a bug where rare monster packs could spawn in invalid locations in the Rugosa and Hidden Grotto Maps.
- Fixed a bug where the Omen of Abyssal Echoes was able to be used after already revealing Desecrated modifiers on an item.
- Fixed a bug where Skeletal Cobras and Tawhoa Mystic monsters were missing their Monster Categories.
- Fixed a bug where invulnerable Stone Soldiers and Feral Kin could appear in Ritual encounters.
- Fixed a bug where the slowing debuff from the water in Solitary Confinement was not affected by Slow Potency, for reals this time.
- Fixed a bug where the Tawhoan Tower Shield, Golden Targe, Blacksteel Crest Shield and Desert Buckler basetypes did not have any block chance, or grant Raise Shield or Parry for the respective basetype. This change does not apply to existing items.
- Fixed an issue that prevented you from completing The Grand Quest (quest) and from obtaining your first 2 Expedition Skill Points if you had held a Logbook before talking to Dannig and obtaining your rewards.
- Fixed a bug where the travelling merchant in the Khari Crossing sometimes did not come out of hiding after killing the surrounding monsters.
- Fixed a bug where you were unable to store more than 300 Simulacrum Splinters in the Delirium Stash Tab.
- Fixed a bug where Uncut Gems would not be sorted correctly in the Gem Stash.
- Fixed a bug where Unique Items introduced in 0.3.0 could not be stored in the Unique Stash Tab.
- Fixed a bug where the cutscene for entering Endgame from the Interludes was not playing.
- Fixed a bug where Player 2 was unable to interact with The Well of Souls in Couch Co-Op.
- Fixed a bug with UI navigation in Couch Co-Op after interacting with the salvage bench.
- Fixed a bug where you were unable to travel to The Ziggurat Refuge from a waypoint when using a controller.
- Fixed a bug where the game would not always unpause after applying a Vaal Orb to an Essence when using a controller.
- Fixed a bug where the Amanamu's Void debuff was missing a description.
- Fixed a bug where items for sale at the Gambler were sometimes not detailing whether the base type provided Armour, Evasion Rating, or Energy Shield.
- Fixed a bug where you could not filter using negative numbers in the in-game Trade Market.
- Fixed a bug where some players would not have a selected Hideout after logging into a different platform.
- Fixed a bug where some microtransactions that are unavailable to be purchased directly could show up in the Microtransaction Shop's 'New Items' section.
- Fixed a bug where the "Show only Available" option in the Cosmetics window did not work until you un-ticked and re-ticked it.
- Fixed a bug where part of the Passive Skill Tree was not visible when using right-panel mode on controller.
- Fixed a bug where Forge Hammer could cause desync in specific circumstances.
- Fixed desync that could occur when placing a totem.
- Fixed desync that could occur with Earthshatter.
- Fixed a client crash that could occur on controller input mode when certain items were placed into the crafting slot of the Essence Stash Tab.
- Fixed a client crash that could occur when equipping the Merit of Service Unique Shield.
- Fixed a client crash that could occur with Tempest Bell in party play.
- Fixed a client crash that could occur with Storm Lance.
- Fixed two other client crashes.
- Fixed two instance crashes.
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The Gaza Tribunal, an unofficial inquiry, is taking place on Thursday and Friday in Westminster
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UK complicit in Israeli war crimes, Jeremy Corbyn's tribunal hears
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France slaps Google with €325M fine for violating cookie regulations
The French data protection authority has fined Google €325 million ($378 million) for violating cookie regulations and displaying ads between Gmail users' emails without their consent.
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Indonesian Islanders Take Their Fight For Climate Justice To Swiss Court
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Four residents of Pari Island have sued cement giant Holcim. The court is now deciding if the case can move forward. Piece co-published with One Earth Now “I feel the effects of climate change every day.Dana Drugmand (Climate in the Courts)
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Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda
Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda
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The Browser Company (Arc, Dia) Has Been Acquired by Atlassian
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Atlassian has entered into an agreement to acquire The Browser Company of New York, the team behind the incredible Dia and Arc browsers.aleaf@atlassian.com (Work Life by Atlassian)
Google deletes net-zero pledge from sustainability website
Google deletes net-zero pledge from sustainability website
Five years ago, Google’s climate action ambitions were the gold standard for Big Tech. Then, with power demand spikes from AI data centres, in July it scrubbed its sustainability website of its 2030 net zero pledge.Canada's National Observer
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Embarrassing Ruling Allows Google to Maintain Its Search Monopoly
Embarrassing Ruling Allows Google to Maintain Its Search Monopoly
Judge Amit Mehta found Google guilty of illegally monopolizing search, and then allowed the company to keep doing it.David Dayen (The American Prospect)
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September 2025 ForumWG Meeting
Monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month, at 13h00 to 14h00 Eastern Time (currently 17h00 to 18h00 UTC). You can find them listed in the SocialCG Calendar. The next meeting will be held (today) on 4 September 2025.
Meeting link: meet.jit.si/ap-forum-wg
This month's meeting has no set agenda. Discussions will continue re: FEP 7888/f228 adoption and ongoing FEP drafts.
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trwnh@mastodon.social there were! Yes, I'll get them up over the weekend hopefully.
The main news was updating everybody on context collection adoption (which I've posted about on ActivityPub.Space), plus TallTed brought up how this was handled in the nntp space
Recent context collection news, in case you've missed:
- Mastodon: PR open
- Lemmy: PR merged
Thanks, I totally missed this development. I blame the conference I was at. 😄
@jesseplusplus Can I ask here, what's the ultimate scope of what you're upstreaming? I see github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p… is a building block, will you be pushing for Mastodon to publish context collections later? It's not clear from what I'm seeing here if that's part of the plan.
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Implement FEP 7888: Part 1 - publish conversation context by jesseplusplus · Pull Request #35959 · mastodon/mastodon
I would like to upstream my fork's implementation of FEP-7888, which groups conversations or threads together. I have decided to split the implementation into two parts: adding the context prop...GitHub
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julian@fietkau.social the work by jesseplusplus@mastodon.social is split into two PRs.
The first allows Mastodon to start serving context collections. This is the critical piece that allows others to backfill conversations.
The latter half to be introduced in another PR will allow Mastodon to consume context collections for backfill purposes.
thanks @julian@community.nodebb.org! and sorry @julian@fietkau.social, my wording of the PR title is a little confusing. I'm using the existing mastodon Conversation model to publish the context property. That PR will publish the collection as part of the AP json-ld for all notes.
I'll follow that up with a PR that will allow mastodon to backfill missing replies from the context on any Create-Notes that come to the inbox with a context collection.
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silverpill@mitra.social oh you better believe I was aware of it 😁
It is a significant step toward broad adoption of context collections in order to enable backfill.
Google deletes net-zero pledge from sustainability website
Google deletes net-zero pledge from sustainability website
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ACE Shuts Down Giant 'Streameast' Piracy Ring, But the Original Survives
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In a major anti-piracy action against a Streameast-branded operation, ACE has shut down what it calls the world's largest illegal sports streaming ring. Conducted alongside Egyptian authorities, the operation dismantled a network of more than 80 domain names responsible for 1.6 billion visits in the past year. Interestingly, the original Streameast operation, previously targeted by U.S. authorities, remains online and claims it has no connection to the dismantled 'copycat'.
ACE Shuts Down Giant 'Streameast' Piracy Ring, But the Original Survives
In a major anti-piracy action against a Streameast-branded operation, ACE has shut down what it calls the world's largest illegal sports streaming ring. Conducted alongside Egyptian authorities, the operation dismantled a network of more than 80 domain names responsible for 1.6 billion visits in the past year. Interestingly, the original Streameast operation, previously targeted by U.S. authorities, remains online and claims it has no connection to the dismantled 'copycat'.
ACE Shuts Down Giant 'Streameast' Piracy Ring, But the Original Survives * TorrentFreak
In a major anti-piracy action, ACE has shut down what it describes as the world's largest illegal sports streaming ring.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
Massive IPTV Piracy Network Uncovered
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Massive IPTV Piracy Network Uncovered
Massive IPTV Piracy Network Uncovered by Silent Push - Silent Push
Silent Push uncovered a massive IPTV-based piracy network, hosted across 1,000+ domains and 10,000+ IPs, affecting more than 20 major brands.Peggy Kelly (Silent Push)
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"As a final note: One of the websites in the network, known as “JVTVlive” and likely run by Neamati, openly claims to have “2,000 servers in 198 countries” (jvtvlive[.]com/faq/). Based on the data we’re tracking, these bold claims appear to be accurate."
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What If There’s No AGI?
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The technological struggles are in some ways beside the point. The financial bet on artificial general intelligence is so big that failure could cause a depression.Bryan McMahon (The American Prospect)
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Nexar Turns Dashcams into ‘Virtual CCTV Cameras.’ Then Hackers Got In
This Company Turns Dashcams into ‘Virtual CCTV Cameras.’ Then Hackers Got In
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A hacker has compromised Nexar, which turns peoples' cars into "virtual CCTV cameras" that organizations can then buy images from. The images include sensitive U.S. military and intelligence facilities.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
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Atlassian to buy Arc and Dia developer The Browser Company for $610M
Atlassian to buy Arc developer The Browser Company for $610M | TechCrunch
The Browser Company's CEO Josh Miller said that his company will operate independently under Atlassian and will continue to develop Dia, the browser it started working on last year after deciding to stop development of its previous browser, Arc.Ivan Mehta (TechCrunch)
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It started shitty, so I'm not sure enshittification is really the issue with it.
The UX is appallingly bad, their interpretation of agile development is in no way agile, integrations are inept, functionality is shit, and their whole paradigm seems to be based on user disempowerment and top-down corporate control.
Sierocoinvoltə. La rivoluzione sessuale riparte dall’HIV: consiglio di lettura
I nostri amici artivisti “Conigli Bianchi” e il collettivo “PrEP in Italia” hanno pubblicato un libro con la casa editrice Eris: sierocoinvoltə – la rivoluzione sessuale riparte dall’HIV”.
Sierocoinvoltə. La rivoluzione sessuale riparte dall’HIV
Mai titolo migliore poteva essere scelto per un libro divulgativo sulla situazione attuale dell’HIV; cosa significa essere sierocoinvolti-e-infinito e oltre?
Da quando HIV è entrato a… no, non si dice “a gamba tesa” di un virus. Insomma con tutto il suo RNA, nelle nostre esistenze, le ha sconvolte condizionando la nostra vita sessuale ed educazione senza esclusione di colpi.
Se eri una persona adulta, dovevi mettere in discussione la tua sessualità qualunque fosse; se eri un adolescente alle prese con gli ormoni ti facevano crescere con la paura, se invece stavi ancora nell’età spensierata dell’infanzia il terrore dei genitori si rifletteva sulle modalità di gioco: “non rotolarti per terra sui prati perché ci sono le siringhe” era il minimo sindacabile. Senza contare, dopo, le volte in cui ci si sentiva dire di non parlare con quel vicino “strano” che vive con un uomo, quello ha gli occhi fuori dalla testa ed è un drogato, occhio al tuo amico se perde sangue, ecc.
Ora sappiamo che quel terrore si chiama stigma, anzi meglio ancora. Sierofobia. E in più, la consapevolezza di essere tutti coinvolti nel tema dell’HIV, si traduce in SIEROCOINVOLGIMENTO.
Ognuno di noi è sierocoinvolto, anche quelli che non vogliono ammetterlo compresi i sierofobici che se ne lavano le mani nel vero senso della parola, con l’igienizzante a base alcolica possibilmente.
Rivoluzione sessuale bloccata?
Rivoluzione sessuale, poche volte ormai se ne parla nei media però ce ne sarebbe bisogno: negli anni 70 del secolo scorso, tra lotte femministe e del movimento LGBT+, la concezione della sessualità stava perdendo l’approccio paternalista e morale presente dalla notte dei tempi, si sperava di poterlo cambiare finalmente in una visione più libera invece dal 1981 in poi l’HIV e AIDS hanno bloccato tutto.
Con un sacco di gente che moriva, i fondamentalisti religiosi e conservatori nel mondo intero hanno rialzato la testa: non gli pareva vero che una malattia si propagasse con la sessualità e colpisse proprio le persone che a loro davano fastidio; noi non ce lo togliamo dalla mente, non ci fosse stato HIV in giro probabilmente a quest’ora non staremmo ancora parlando di diritti LGBT, educazione sessuale e affettiva, e quant’altro.
La speranza che la malattia mortale potesse portare a una maggiore consapevolezza sulla sessualità, si è scontrata con una realtà di politici e religiosi che hanno sfruttato la situazione a proprio vantaggio.
Sierocoinvolgimento e coscienza
Adesso però grazie alla medicina la situazione è cambiata e si può essere sierocoinvolti in modo diverso, più cosciente, e soprattutto libero perché la prevenzione e la conoscenza possono battere lo stigma, facendoci vivere una sessualità senza rischi.
Sierocoinvoltə. La rivoluzione sessuale riparte dall’HIV – il libro
Scritto dall’associazione Conigli Bianchi artivisti contro la sierofobia e il collettivo PrEP in Italia che si occupa di divulgare la conoscenza sulla profilassi farmacologica pre-esposizione da HIV, il libro raccoglie diverse storie scritte direttamente da persone sierocoinvolte – non necessariamente HIV positive.
- Titolo: Sierocoinvoltə. La rivoluzione sessuale riparte dall’HIV
- Autore: Conigli Bianchi e PrEP in Italia
- Costo: 10 euro
- Dove acquistarlo: Eris Edizioni, libro cartaceo.
DESCRIZIONE:
Questo è un lavoro di scrittura collettiva, una polifonia di voci sierocoinvolte che racconta un viaggio lungo 40 anni di HIV. Tanti punti di vista diversi per ripercorrere il passato, fotografare il presente e pensare il futuro delle persone sierocoinvolte. Una narrazione dal basso di singoli individui, soggettività e associazioni, per cambiare e decostruire la rappresentazione che ancora oggi si fa dell’HIV. Non prendono parola solo maschi gay bianchi cis, sono state raccolte anche testimonianze che troppo spesso hanno poco spazio come ad esempio quelle di donne che vivono con l’HIV e l’esperienze di attivismo delle donne lesbiche.Il saggio parte dall’abc. Perché c’è l’esigenza di parlare di HIV ancora oggi, cosa si intende per sierocoinvolgimento, le info scientifiche imprescindibili per capire questioni su cui si fa confusione: differenza tra HIV e AIDS, carica virale, trasmissione e prevenzione. Il passaggio successivo è il linguaggio corretto per parlarne e contemporaneamente contribuire al processo di destigmatizzazione per cambiare gli immaginari che da sempre contraddistinguono l’HIV e che veicolano la sierofobia. Viene dato spazio alle battaglie per il diritto alla privacy e al coming out delle persone che vivono con l’HIV.
Il focus è sulla situazione italiana, sulla totale assenza delle istituzioni, sullo stato dei fatti nel 2023 e sulle differenze politiche con l’estero. Il lavoro delle associazioni e l’attivismo è fondamentale per la divulgazione di informazioni che non possono essere date per scontate e che troverete anche in queste pagine: dove e come fare i test in Italia, cos’è la PrEP ovvero la Profilassi Pre-Esposizione e soprattutto la centralità delle relazioni e delle reti sociali, perché HIV non è solo scienza. Sono tanti gli spunti per il futuro di queste lotte e la storia dell’artivismo HIV può insegnarci tanto. Per cambiare il paradigma c’è bisogno di tuttə perché siamo tuttə sierocoinvoltə.
Lo sapevamo da tempo
Eravamo a conoscenza di questa iniziativa da aprile 2023, quando una mattina a uno di noi è arrivata una mail dal collettivo PrEP in Italia in cui ci veniva chiesto di inviare un racconto a tema HIV. Parole testuali “ci piacerebbe che anche i PlusBrothers partecipassero a questo libro sierocoinvolto”.
Detto, fatto: ricordiamo ancora la situazione, entrambi stavamo in ferie per il ponte del 25 aprile e quella mattina avevamo deciso di dormire fino a tardi perché, tanto, nulla può succedere durante le vacanze di primavera.
Invece, il primo di noi che ha ricevuto la mail ha telefonato all’altro, svegliandolo: “dai forza dobbiamo rimboccarci le maniche e l’RNA perché bisogna scrivere!”
Ci pareva un sogno, fino a quando la mail è arrivata sullo schermo di entrambi; la prima cosa da fare, come in ogni occasione importante, era studiare la situazione e valutare le condizioni che ci venivano poste. Fattibile perché il libro doveva essere non più di 100 pagine.
Facciamo questo, facciamo quello, alla fine abbiamo deciso di condividere un racconto col virus parlante!
Ogni libro predilige il punto di vista umano, allora perché non tentare di indurre la riflessione offrendo quello dell’HIV?
“La morte mai” si può leggere sul nostro blog.
Niente, nel libro non c’è traccia di noi perché in tanti hanno condiviso le loro storie e l’editore ha dovuto compiere una scelta; 100 pagine sono poche, l’argomento è vasto e qualcuno deve rimaner fuori per forza. Pazienza.
La notizia negativa ci è arrivata prima dell’estate 2023 e i ragazzi di “PrEP in Italia” si sono pure scusati con noi però alla fine abbiamo detto loro di non preoccuparsi in quanto noi contribuiamo come possiamo senza però dare per scontato il successo, in questo caso la pubblicazione. Nel nostro blog possiamo mettere cosa vogliamo ma quando sono gli altri a decidere, la nostra parola non conta più.
Ci sentiamo pure in colpa ora che il libro è uscito, perché consigliandoci a vicenda abbiamo preso la direzione della storia inventata col virus parlante, quando potevamo cogliere questa opportunità per raccontare gli ostacoli che, oltre alla sierofobia, una persona può incontrare nella prevenzione e cura dell’HIV in caso di disabilità partendo dai test fai da te, i cui esiti si leggono solo visivamente alla faccia della privacy.
Ma in quel frangente non volevamo il tono da ennesima storia di denuncia su cosa non va, ci piaceva di più una narrazione leggera in modo da far “digerire” il tema delicato a più persone. Esattamente come facciamo qui sul blog, volevamo fare lì.
Pazienza, sarà per un’altra volta, l’esito positivo non è mai scontato (doppio senso volutissimo).
Ci servirà di lezione per migliorarci ancora di più e riflettere più a fondo su cosa condividere, se mai ci si presenterà un’altra occasione.
L’unico dispiacere che rimane per adesso, è che il libro non è presente in formato elettronico e le persone con disabilità visiva non possono leggerlo. Una barriera su un tema dove non ce ne dovrebbero essere, ma quello non dipende dagli autori e sono scelte dell’editore.
Acquista il libro Sierocoinvoltə. La rivoluzione sessuale riparte dall’HIV
Fumettist* contro la Sierofobia
18 Fumettisti hanno prestato le loro matite per sfatare i falsi miti sull'Hiv. Ma è solo l'inizio... Seguili fuori dalla tana dello stigma!CONIGLIBIANCHI.IT
La morte mai
Abbiamo scritto il racconto “la morte mai”, su richiesta di alcuni attivisti HIV che volevano farlo includere in un libro.Il volume è stato successivamente pubblicato, ma senza di noi. Pazienza.
La storia viene raccontata in prima persona dal virus HIV.
La morte mai
Papà non si muoveva né parlava più, i nostri parenti erano già morti da tempo e io ero ormai rassegnato ad attendere il mio destino perché nessuno mi avrebbe protetto, per gran parte del mondo la nostra comunità è semplicemente invisibile e pericolosa.Ho anche pensato nella disperazione di aiutarlo dolcemente ad andarsene, ma così oltre a restare solo, avrei tradito le sue aspettative: “la morte mai”, era sempre stato il suo motto; ma intanto a soffrire ero io, convinto che lui non fosse più cosciente.
“Figliolo ascoltami”, ho sentito all’improvviso la sua voce affaticata. O forse era suggestione? Da quanto tempo non parlavamo più!
“L’ho ucciso io.”
Era lucido, senza dubbio, e in quel calvario finalmente vedevo una lieve speranza di ripresa: “Cosa dici! Cos’è successo!”
“Freddie Mercury”, mi ha rivelato sforzandosi sempre di più a parlare. “È morto per colpa mia! Non fare come me! Tu devi amare!”
L’amore: un privilegio a cui credevo di non aver diritto perché spettava agli uomini veri, e io ero cosciente di non esserlo; ho guardato papà e lui si è spinto verso di me, con una forza che pensavo ormai avesse perduto.
“Io non ne sono stato capace e ho ucciso tante persone per impedire loro di amare. Ad altre l’ho reso difficile. Ma tu puoi, tesoro. Ama il tuo uomo e insegnagli l’amore. La morte mai.”
Quelle sono state le sue ultime parole e in pochi secondi il suo corpo ha smesso definitivamente di muoversi lasciandomi completamente solo, nel mio dolore; lo sapevo ormai, questione di pochi attimi e il destino si sarebbe compiuto anche per me.
“Maledetto! Non ti lascerò rovinarmi la vita!” Una voce tutt’altro che amichevole mi ha fatto tornare in me e io sono rimasto immobile, in attesa: “ama il tuo uomo, la morte mai”, le parole di papà continuavano a bloccare ogni mia reazione. Come si può amare uno che mi insulta appena mi vede?
Ignoravo chi fosse la creatura ostile e cosa ne sarebbe stato di me, sapevo solo che sarei anche morto pur di non deludere mio padre.
Solo guardandomi intorno ho scoperto di avere davanti un uomo giovane e robusto, che nel tempo mi avrebbe dato parecchio filo da torcere ma ho compreso la sua natura appena l’ho visto piangere: “hai poco da fare il duro e insultarmi”, ho tirato fuori il mio coraggio e l’ho affrontato; “lo vedi che stiamo male tutti e due?”
“Niente droga! Niente rapporti promiscui! Io ero monogamo e tu sei arrivato lo stesso! Maledetto HIV!”
“Non mi importa chi sei, io sono entrato perché ho trovato la porta aperta. Sono completamente solo, ho bisogno di…”
“Compagnia?” Incredibile, aveva finito la mia frase! Parlavamo la stessa lingua ma lui non pareva convinto: “dannati farmaci, cosa succede, sto parlando col virus?”
L’ho lasciato inveire contro i medicinali e parlare dei complotti più assurdi, ma alla fine non ne ho potuto più: “senti umano, non sono allucinazioni. Preferisci un virus che ti parla o uno che ti manda in AIDS?”
“Sarei rimasto negativo volentieri, ma i Poteri Forti hanno distribuito la profilassi in ritardo!”
Sempre in mezzo i Potery Forty, come li chiamava papà. Quelli che vietano a noi virus di amare e agli umani di conoscerci fino in fondo.; “Senti HIV, dobbiamo convivere ma non ti illudere di toccare mio marito, chiaro?”
“E chi lo vuole”, pensavo; “brutto come te lo sei scelto!” Ma ho voluto essere diplomatico: “come potrei, sono bloccato! Non rilevabile! O ti parlo o trasmetto!”
Per raccontargli di me e la verità su Freddie avrei avuto tempo, ma in quel momento mi bastava solo convivere in pace e sentirlo dire, rivolgendosi agli altri umani: “vivo con HIV e sono felicemente sposato”.
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House Votes to Advance a Mining Road Through the Alaskan Wilderness
The proposed 211-mile industrial road over pristine land would allow a mining company to reach a copper deposit. Critics say it would destroy a fragile environment.
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I may be a bit oversensitive about this kind of thing, but I really dislike the dichotomy they set up: congressman introduces bill to exploit natural resources, critics “say” it “might” cause harm. When really, it’s huge numbers of local communities and climate experts who are explaining why it will cause harm.
I see this everywhere, the actual experts who understand and can explain why something will happen, are relegated to “saying” something “might” happen.
Norway says pump it up on oil and gas for now
Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds | Wildfires were 30% more intense than would have been expected without global heating, scientists say
Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds
Wildfires were 30% more intense than would have been expected without global heating, scientists sayAjit Niranjan (The Guardian)
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Variations in Climate Change Belief Systems Across 110 Geographic Areas
Variations in Climate Change Belief Systems Across 110 Geographic Areas - Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new article, “Variations in Climate Change Belief Systems Across 110 Geographic Areas” in Nature Climate Change. Think of climate change beliefs like trees in a forest — no single tree stands […]Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
Estate 2025 in Liguria, più pioggia e meno caldo. Tornano le stagioni “di una volta”?
Sul fronte delle temperature, nonostante i passaggi perturbati, non sono mancati valori estremi a conferma che anche in un’estate meno calda della media recente, le fiammate africane restano un fenomeno costante.
Secondo Arpal: «La stagione è stata meno siccitosa rispetto agli ultimi anni, con valori più vicini alle medie storiche, anche se le temperature restano elevate. L’instabilità diffusa ha riportato un clima più variabile e dinamico rispetto alle estati caratterizzate da lunghi periodi di alta pressione».
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Estate 2025 in Liguria, più pioggia e meno caldo. Tornano le stagioni “di una volta”? - genovaquotidiana.com
Dati Arpal: frequenti giornate instabili, allerte temporali e precipitazioni sopra la media. Solo due le ondate di calore, con picchi oltre i 40 gradi nello SpezzinoGenovaQuotidiana (genovaquotidiana.com)
Kowloon Walled City
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Kowloon Walled City (3D Map) 九龍城砦 3D地圖 V0.2 - 3D model by CommaMan (@commaguy)
請善用時間線來控制「平面圖」及「地圖指示」的出現。 未整完, 得閒會再更新, 如有錯誤或有建議, 歡迎留言呀 NoAI: This model may not be used in datasets for, in the development of, or as inputs to generative AI programs.Sketchfab
Roblox continues efforts for child safety by expanding age estimation to all users by end of the year
Honestly maybe this game should be shutdown:
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Roblox Banned In Qatar Due To “Potential Risks To Children And Teenagers”
It's not the first time a nation said nope to Roblox.Quinton O'Connor (TheGamer)
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It should at the very least get a new, better CEO. And also calm down with their focus on getting older users and encouraging user dating services. They have a solid user base with younger users, and should be focused on them and their protection.
But yeah, just shutting down might be the best option.
just shutting down
Just to confirm – we’re all aware that it is very likely something will come in to take its place?
Why tf are they encouraging dating when their userbase is primarily children???
That's just asking for more predators on their platform!
My kids got into Minecraft.
I gave my oldest an old laptop. Put Kinoite on it. Now he prefers java edition.
Minecraft doesn't need much. It plays acceptably (for him) on a T460p...I think that's like a 6th Gen i7...as long as he doesn't go too crazy with mods.
Kinoite is an immutable Linux distro from fedora.
Tho I think, in retrospect, his laptop is still on tumbleweed. Id been meaning to switch.
Not sure if it's the same source, but People Make Games (Independent Journalists) made two excellent documentaries on the subject:
Stop Ansia da Esame: Ecco le 2 Semplici Tecniche Che Funzionano Davvero
Ti è mai capitato di ritrovarti con la** testa fra le nuvole** dopo pochi minuti di** studio?** Oppure di sentire il panico che ti blocca un attimo prima di un'interrogazione, facendoti dimenticare tutto? Se la risposta è sì, non preoccuparti: non sei solo.
Spesso, i veri nemici della nostra concentrazione non sono le distrazioni, ma** l'ansia e lo stress**. La buona notizia è che non devi combatterli, ma semplicemente imparare a gestirli. In questo articolo, ti sveleremo due tecniche super efficaci e incredibilmente semplici per allenare la tua mente a concentrarsi e a ritrovare la calma quando ne hai più bisogno.
Al via nuovo anno scolastico: benessere tra i banchi-Guida per migliorare la concentrazione e battere l’ansia da prestazione (2)
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Il modello del fashion retail è in frantumi: dalla crescita al collasso
Dalla boutique italiana Luisa Via Roma che chiede la protezione del tribunale, all’e-tailer canadese Ssense che presenta istanza di fallimento, emerge uno schema chiaro: il modello tradizionale dei fashion retail è in frantumi. Infatti, le stesse falle strutturali accomunano i retailer moda di tutto il mondo, sia fisici che digitali. Ma si tratta solo degli effetti di una crisi economica o è un modello di business ormai giunto alla fine?
Cosa è andato storto?
I retailer sono rimasti intrappolati in un circolo vizioso:
- Sovrapproduzione: Ordinano stock eccessivi per offrire assortimenti infiniti.
- Cultura dello sconto: Dipendono da promozioni perpetue per smaltire le scorte, erodendo il valore percepito e i margini.
Questo modello, sia online che fisico, non è più sostenibile. I consumatori sono diventati volatili e gli investimenti fatti durante la pandemia non hanno dato i ritorni attesi.
La domanda è:
Può un'industria che rifiuta di cambiare le sue fondamenta— basate su produzione di massa e brand sempre più privi di significato — sopravvivere cercando solo salvataggi finanziari, senza un vero ripensamento strutturale?
Se vuoi approfondire / If you want to know more:
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Fashion Retail – A broken model: From growth to collapse - suite123
Fashion retail: a broken model about to collapse. A global crisis exposes an industry unwilling to adapt. Can it survive its own excess?suite123
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Google told to pay $425m in privacy lawsuit
Google told to pay $425m in privacy lawsuit
Google says the decision misunderstands how its products work, and it will appeal the ruling.Peter Hoskins (BBC News)
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A bipartisan bill to ban lawmakers from trading stocks is unveiled in the House
Magaziner, Roy Introduce New Bipartisan Bill to Ban Congressional Stock Trading
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner (D-RI-02) and Chip Roy (R-TX-21) introduced a new comprehensive bipartisan bill to ban Members of Congress from trading stocks.Representative Magaziner
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Quella "Pallina" che Ti Fa Paura: I Linfonodi Parlano, Impara ad Ascoltarli
Nel nostro nuovo articolo, scoprirai la verità su queste sentinelle del sistema immunitario: **quando il gonfiore** è una reazione normale a un'infezione e quando invece richiede l'attenzione di un medico. Impara a decifrare i segnali, a riconoscere le cause più comuni e, soprattutto, a capire quando stare tranquillo.
Linfonodi Gonfi: Allarme o Sentinelle del Corpo? La Verità Che Devi Conoscere
Il Messaggio dei Guardiani del Tuo Corpo Capita a molti di percepire un piccolo rigonfiamento sotto la pelle, magari sul collo, sotto le as...Giuliano (Blogger)
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[Recipe] Impeach Cobler
561 K vues · 32 K réactions | Impeach Cobbler. Recipe in the comments. #impeach #peachcobbler #whitepeach #democracy #easyrecipe | The Dad Briefs
Impeach Cobbler. Recipe in the comments. #impeach #peachcobbler #whitepeach #democracy #easyrecipe.www.facebook.com
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EFF Statement on ICE Use of Paragon Solutions Malware
EFF Statement on ICE Use of Paragon Solutions Malware
This statement can be attributed to EFF Senior Staff Technologist Cooper QuintinIt was recently reported by Jack Poulson on Substack that ICE has reactivated its 2 million dollar contract with Paragon Solutions, a cyber-mercenary and spyware manufact…Electronic Frontier Foundation
Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda
Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda
Google is in the middle of a six-month, $45 million contract to amplify propaganda with Netanyahu’s office. The contract describes Google as a “key entity” supporting the prime minister’s messaging.Jack Poulson (Drop Site News)
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Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda
Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda
Google is in the middle of a six-month, $45 million contract to amplify propaganda with Netanyahu’s office. The contract describes Google as a “key entity” supporting the prime minister’s messaging.Jack Poulson (Drop Site News)
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Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda
Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda
Google is in the middle of a six-month, $45 million contract to amplify propaganda with Netanyahu’s office. The contract describes Google as a “key entity” supporting the prime minister’s messaging.Jack Poulson (Drop Site News)
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So, Israel is trying to control the Narrative? You don't say.
I am shocked. Shocked, I tell ya.
Message: "Genocide? What Genocide. You are a genocide."
Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda
Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda
Google is in the middle of a six-month, $45 million contract to amplify propaganda with Netanyahu’s office. The contract describes Google as a “key entity” supporting the prime minister’s messaging.Jack Poulson (Drop Site News)
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The worst possible antitrust outcome
Republished under Creative Commons, Original article from Pluralistic.
Well, fuck.
Last year, Google lost an antitrust case to Biden's DoJ. The DoJ lawyers beat Google like a drum, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that Google had deliberately sought to create and maintain a monopoly over search, and that they'd used that monopoly to make search materially worse, while locking competitors out of the market.
In other words, the company that controls 90% of search attained that control by illegal means, and, having thus illegitimately become the first port of call for the information-seeking world, had deliberately worsened its product to make more money:
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That Google lost that case was a minor miracle. First, because for 40 years, the richest, most terrible people in the world have been running a literal re-education camp for judges where they get luxe rooms and fancy meals and lectures about how monopolies are good, actually:
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But second, because Judge Amit Mehta decided that the Google case should be shrouded in mystery, suppressing the publication of key exhibits and banning phones, cameras and laptops from the courtroom, with the effect that virtually no one even noticed that the most important antitrust case in tech history, a genuine trial of the century, was underway:
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This is really important. The government doesn't have to win an antitrust trial in order to create competition. As the saying goes, "the process is the punishment." Bill Gates was so personally humiliated by his catastrophic performance at his deposition for the Microsoft antitrust trial that he elected not to force-choke the nascent Google, lest he be put back in the deposition chair:
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But Judge Mehta turned his courtroom into a Star Chamber, a black hole whence no embarrassing information about Google's wicked deeds could emerge. That meant that the only punishment Google would have to bear from this trial would come after the government won its case, when the judge decided on a punishment (the term of art is "remedy") for Google.
Yesterday, he handed down that remedy and it is as bad as it could be. In fact, it is likely the worst possible remedy for this case:
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Let's start with what's not in this remedy. Google will not be forced to sell off any of its divisions – not Chrome, not Android. Despite the fact that the judge found that Google's vertical integration with the world's dominant mobile operating system and browser were a key factor in its monopolization, Mehta decided to leave the Google octopus with all its limbs intact:
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Google won't be forced to offer users a "choice screen" when they set up their Android accounts, to give browsers other than Chrome a fair shake:
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Nor will Google be prevented from bribing competitors to stay out of the search market. One of the facts established in the verdict was that Google had been slipping Apple more than $20b/year in exchange for which, Apple forbore from making a competing search engine. This exposed every Safari and iOS user to Google surveillance, while insulating Google from the threat of an Apple competitor.
And then there's Google's data. Google is the world's most prolific surveiller, and the company boasts to investors about the advantage that its 24/7 spying confers on it in the search market, because Google knows so much about us and can therefore tailor our results. Even if this is true – a big if – it's nevertheless a fucking nightmare. Google has stolen every fact about our lives, in service to propping up a monopoly that lets it steal our money, too. Any remedy worth the name would have required Google to delete ("disgorge," in law-speak) all that data:
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Some people in the antitrust world didn't see it that way. Out of a misguided kind of privacy nihilism, they called for Google to be forced to share the data it stole from us, so that potential competitors could tune their search tools on the monopolist's population-scale privacy violations.
And that is what the court has ordered.
As punishment for being convinced of obtaining and maintaining a monopoly, Google will be forced to share sensitive data with lots of other search engines. This will not secure competition for search, but it will certainly democratize human rights violations at scale.
Doubtless there will be loopholes in this data-sharing order. Google will have the right to hold back some of its data (that is, our data) if it is deemed "sensitive." This isn't so much a loophole as is a loopchasm. I'll bet you a testicle⹋ that Google will slap a "sensitive" label on any data that might be the least bit useful to its competitors.
⹋not one of mine
This means that even if you like data-sharing as a remedy, you won't actually get the benefit you were hoping for. Instead, Google competitors will spend the next decade in court, fighting to get Google to comply with this order.
That's the main reason that we force monopolists to break up after they lose antitrust cases. We could put a bunch of conditions on how they operate, but figuring out whether they're adhering to those conditions and punishing them when they don't is expensive, labor-intensive and time consuming. This data-sharing wheeze is easy to do malicious compliance for, and hard to enforce. It is not an "administrable" policy:
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This is all downside. If Google complies with the order, it will constitute a privacy breach on a scale never before seen. If they don't comply with the order, it will starve competitors of the one tiny drop of hope that Judge Mehta squeezed out of his pen. It's a catastrophe. An utter, total catastrophe. It has zero redeeming qualities. Hope you like enshittification, folks, because Judge Mehta just handed Google an eternal licence to enshittify the entire fucking internet.
It's impossible to overstate how fucking terrible Mehta's reasoning in this decision is. The Economic Liberties project calls it "judicial cowardice" and compared the ruling to "finding someone guilty for bank robbery and then sentencing him to write a thank you note":
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Matt Stoller says it's typical of today's "lawlessness, incoherence and deference to big business":
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David Dayen's scorching analysis in The American Prospect calls it "embarassing":
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Dayen points out the many ways in which Mehta ignored his own findings, ignored the Supreme Court. Mehta wrote:
This court, however, need not decide this issue, because there are independent reasons that remedies designed to eliminate the defendant’s monopoly—i.e., structural remedies—are inappropriate in this case.
Which, as Dayen points out is literally a federal judge deciding to ignore the law "because reasons."
Dayen says that he doesn't see why Google would even bother appealing this ruling: "since it won on almost every point." But the DoJ could appeal. If MAGA's promises about holding Big Tech to account mean anything at all, the DoJ would appeal.
I'll bet you a testicle⹋ that the DoJ will not appeal. After all, Trump's DoJ now has a cash register at the reception desk, and if you write a check for a million bucks to some random MAGA influencer, they can make all charges disappear:
pluralistic.net/2025/09/02/act…
⹋again, not one of mine
And if you're waiting for Europe to jump in and act where America won't, don't hold your breath. EU Commission sources leaked to Reuters that the EU is going to drop its multi-billion euro fine against Google because they don't want to make Trump angry:
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Sundar Pichai gave $1m to Donald Trump and got a seat on the dais at the inaguration. Trump just paid him back, 40,000 times over. Trump is a sadist, a facist, and a rapist – and he's also a remarkably cheap date.
Embarrassing Ruling Allows Google to Maintain Its Search Monopoly
Judge Amit Mehta found Google guilty of illegally monopolizing search, and then allowed the company to keep doing it.David Dayen (The American Prospect)
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Meet the UN-backed 'green' investors’ group that invested in fossil fuels
Despite having pledged to reach net-zero emissions, major members of Net Zero Asset Managers hold billions of dollars’ worth of fossil-fuel stocks, including those in “carbon bomb” projects, while marketing their funds as green and sustainable.
Meet the UN-backed 'green' investors’ group that invested in fossil fuels - DeSmog
Despite having pledged to reach net-zero emissions, major members of Net Zero Asset Managers hold billions of dollars' worth of fossil-fuel stocks, including those in “carbon bomb” projects, while marketing their funds as green and sustainable.Stefano Valentino (DeSmog)
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in reply to 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈 • • •They are currently trying to oust the some 5 people in Congress that actually spoke up. Thomas Massie has three separate billionaires funding campaigns against him in Kentucky. If they have their way it really will be 100% of congress that does what Israel wants lockstep, up to and including sanctioning genocide.
IDK, the whole situation reminds me of Fallout and VaultTech. We don't really have representation. If you want to know if someone actually represents you just ask them where they stand on Israel.
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