Thousands at Chicago Conference Vow to Fight back
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Cuba solidarity activists receive significant support from cities to form Hands Off Cuba committees and travel to CubaBy Mark Friedman, member, International Association of Machinists, Local 1484, Wilmington.
Chicago - July 4th weekend
More than 2,500 political activists from around the United States attended the Socialism2025 conference, their
largest ever reflecting a consciousness change among workers and youth and heightened interest in alternatives
to capitalism.There were hundreds of workshops dealing with labor, environment, women, LGBTQ, immigrants, Palestine,
Cuba, Marxism. A few of the most important for this reporter were workshops organized by anti-war vets from
Afghanistan and Iraq in the organization “About Face”, workshops by Jewish Voices for Peace and by
Palestine Youth Movement on Palestine solidarity and ending US military aid to Israel, and a presentation by
union professors from the American Association of University Professors detailing Trump's attack on labor,
research funding cuts and denial political freedom of speech on the campuses.
Thousands at Chicago Conference Vow to Fight back
Cuba solidarity activists receive significant support from cities to form Hands Off Cuba committees and travel to CubaBy Mark Friedman, member, International Association of Machinists, Local 1484, Wilmington.
Chicago - July 4th weekendMore than 2,500 political activists from around the United States attended the Socialism2025 conference, their
largest ever reflecting a consciousness change among workers and youth and heightened interest in alternatives
to capitalism.There were hundreds of workshops dealing with labor, environment, women, LGBTQ, immigrants, Palestine,
Cuba, Marxism. A few of the most important for this reporter were workshops organized by anti-war vets from
Afghanistan and Iraq in the organization “About Face”, workshops by Jewish Voices for Peace and by
Palestine Youth Movement on Palestine solidarity and ending US military aid to Israel, and a presentation by
union professors from the American Association of University Professors detailing Trump's attack on labor,
research funding cuts and denial political freedom of speech on the campuses.
Thousands at Chicago Conference Vow to Fight back
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33606118
Cuba solidarity activists receive significant support from cities to form Hands Off Cuba committees and travel to CubaBy Mark Friedman, member, International Association of Machinists, Local 1484, Wilmington.
Chicago - July 4th weekend
More than 2,500 political activists from around the United States attended the Socialism2025 conference, their
largest ever reflecting a consciousness change among workers and youth and heightened interest in alternatives
to capitalism.There were hundreds of workshops dealing with labor, environment, women, LGBTQ, immigrants, Palestine,
Cuba, Marxism. A few of the most important for this reporter were workshops organized by anti-war vets from
Afghanistan and Iraq in the organization “About Face”, workshops by Jewish Voices for Peace and by
Palestine Youth Movement on Palestine solidarity and ending US military aid to Israel, and a presentation by
union professors from the American Association of University Professors detailing Trump's attack on labor,
research funding cuts and denial political freedom of speech on the campuses.
Thousands at Chicago Conference Vow to Fight back
Cuba solidarity activists receive significant support from cities to form Hands Off Cuba committees and travel to CubaBy Mark Friedman, member, International Association of Machinists, Local 1484, Wilmington.
Chicago - July 4th weekendMore than 2,500 political activists from around the United States attended the Socialism2025 conference, their
largest ever reflecting a consciousness change among workers and youth and heightened interest in alternatives
to capitalism.There were hundreds of workshops dealing with labor, environment, women, LGBTQ, immigrants, Palestine,
Cuba, Marxism. A few of the most important for this reporter were workshops organized by anti-war vets from
Afghanistan and Iraq in the organization “About Face”, workshops by Jewish Voices for Peace and by
Palestine Youth Movement on Palestine solidarity and ending US military aid to Israel, and a presentation by
union professors from the American Association of University Professors detailing Trump's attack on labor,
research funding cuts and denial political freedom of speech on the campuses.
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Thousands at Chicago Conference Vow to Fight back
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33606118
Cuba solidarity activists receive significant support from cities to form Hands Off Cuba committees and travel to CubaBy Mark Friedman, member, International Association of Machinists, Local 1484, Wilmington.
Chicago - July 4th weekend
More than 2,500 political activists from around the United States attended the Socialism2025 conference, their
largest ever reflecting a consciousness change among workers and youth and heightened interest in alternatives
to capitalism.There were hundreds of workshops dealing with labor, environment, women, LGBTQ, immigrants, Palestine,
Cuba, Marxism. A few of the most important for this reporter were workshops organized by anti-war vets from
Afghanistan and Iraq in the organization “About Face”, workshops by Jewish Voices for Peace and by
Palestine Youth Movement on Palestine solidarity and ending US military aid to Israel, and a presentation by
union professors from the American Association of University Professors detailing Trump's attack on labor,
research funding cuts and denial political freedom of speech on the campuses.
Thousands at Chicago Conference Vow to Fight back
Cuba solidarity activists receive significant support from cities to form Hands Off Cuba committees and travel to CubaBy Mark Friedman, member, International Association of Machinists, Local 1484, Wilmington.
Chicago - July 4th weekendMore than 2,500 political activists from around the United States attended the Socialism2025 conference, their
largest ever reflecting a consciousness change among workers and youth and heightened interest in alternatives
to capitalism.There were hundreds of workshops dealing with labor, environment, women, LGBTQ, immigrants, Palestine,
Cuba, Marxism. A few of the most important for this reporter were workshops organized by anti-war vets from
Afghanistan and Iraq in the organization “About Face”, workshops by Jewish Voices for Peace and by
Palestine Youth Movement on Palestine solidarity and ending US military aid to Israel, and a presentation by
union professors from the American Association of University Professors detailing Trump's attack on labor,
research funding cuts and denial political freedom of speech on the campuses.
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Thousands at Chicago Conference Vow to Fight back
Cuba solidarity activists receive significant support from cities to form Hands Off Cuba committees and travel to Cuba
By Mark Friedman, member, International Association of Machinists, Local 1484, Wilmington.
Chicago - July 4th weekend
More than 2,500 political activists from around the United States attended the Socialism2025 conference, their
largest ever reflecting a consciousness change among workers and youth and heightened interest in alternatives
to capitalism.There were hundreds of workshops dealing with labor, environment, women, LGBTQ, immigrants, Palestine,
Cuba, Marxism. A few of the most important for this reporter were workshops organized by anti-war vets from
Afghanistan and Iraq in the organization “About Face”, workshops by Jewish Voices for Peace and by
Palestine Youth Movement on Palestine solidarity and ending US military aid to Israel, and a presentation by
union professors from the American Association of University Professors detailing Trump's attack on labor,
research funding cuts and denial political freedom of speech on the campuses.
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Brazil joins list of plaintiffs against Israel at ICJ
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Thursday, July 24th 2025 - 09:32 UTC
Brazilian authorities announced Wednesday the South American country's formal decision to join South Africa's lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people.Itamaraty said in a statement that the government was outraged by “recurring episodes of violence against the civilian population in the State of Palestine,” extending beyond the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.
Brazil joins list of plaintiffs against Israel at ICJ
Thursday, July 24th 2025 - 09:32 UTCBrazilian authorities announced Wednesday the South American country's formal decision to join South Africa's lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people.Itamaraty said in a statement that the government was outraged by “recurring episodes of violence against the civilian population in the State of Palestine,” extending beyond the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.
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Brazil joins list of plaintiffs against Israel at ICJ
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33604842
Thursday, July 24th 2025 - 09:32 UTC
Brazilian authorities announced Wednesday the South American country's formal decision to join South Africa's lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people.Itamaraty said in a statement that the government was outraged by “recurring episodes of violence against the civilian population in the State of Palestine,” extending beyond the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.
Brazil joins list of plaintiffs against Israel at ICJ
Thursday, July 24th 2025 - 09:32 UTCBrazilian authorities announced Wednesday the South American country's formal decision to join South Africa's lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people.Itamaraty said in a statement that the government was outraged by “recurring episodes of violence against the civilian population in the State of Palestine,” extending beyond the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.
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Brazil joins list of plaintiffs against Israel at ICJ
Thursday, July 24th 2025 - 09:32 UTC
Brazilian authorities announced Wednesday the South American country's formal decision to join South Africa's lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people.Itamaraty said in a statement that the government was outraged by “recurring episodes of violence against the civilian population in the State of Palestine,” extending beyond the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.
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Newsman or businessman? Murdoch walks tightrope in battle with Trump
Rupert Murdoch had made up his mind. “We want to make Trump a nonperson,” he assured one of his former executives in a 2021 email, two days after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
Over seven decades, Murdoch has sought to charm, challenge and change prime ministers and presidents as he built one of the world’s most powerful media empires. In this particular endeavor, however, he failed.
Donald Trump, far from being made a nonperson, became the first defeated US president in 132 years to win back the White House. And from the Club World Cup final to the Oval Office, Murdoch has been seen by his side.
As the Wall Street Journal prepared to report that Trump provided a bawdy birthday letter to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein last week, the president appealed to Murdoch – chair emeritus of News Corporation, the newspaper’s owner – to kill the story, claiming it was false. The story ran.
But the story did not receive the same treatment across Murdoch’s empire. The Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham went on air 15 minutes after the Journal published its story, and talked about Epstein. “We have new news coming on about this, as well, from the Wall Street Journal. A new report tonight – next,” she said, throwing to a commercial break. When The Ingraham Angle returned, the new news did not feature.
Newsman or businessman? Murdoch walks tightrope in battle with Trump
Longstanding relationship between media mogul and US president is being tested amid Trump’s lawsuit against the WSJ for a story about his ties to EpsteinCallum Jones (The Guardian)
Law is ready for AI, but is AI ready for law?
Law is ready for AI, but is AI ready for law?
Legal AI is full of talk about 'explainability', but most of it is smoke and mirrors. If these systems are to be useful in law, they need more than plausible stories; they need legally sound reasoning and real-world rigour.policyreview.info
The US FDA's AI tool Elsa has fabricated nonexistent studies, misrepresented research, and cannot access relevant documents to assist with review work.
To hear health officials in the Trump administration talk, artificial intelligence has arrived in Washington to fast-track new life-saving drugs to market, streamline work at the vast, multibillion-dollar health agencies, and be a key assistant in the quest to slash wasteful government spending without jeopardizing their work.“The AI revolution has arrived,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has declared at congressional hearings in the past few months.
“We are using this technology already at HHS to manage health care data, perfectly securely, and to increase the speed of drug approvals,” he told the House Energy and Commerce Committee in June. The enthusiasm — among some, at least — was palpable.
Weeks earlier, the US Food and Drug Administration, the division of HHS that oversees vast portions of the American pharmaceutical and food system, had unveiled Elsa, an artificial intelligence tool intended to dramatically speed up drug and medical device approvals.
Yet behind the scenes, the agency’s slick AI project has been greeted with a shrug — or outright alarm.
Six current and former FDA officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive internal work told CNN that Elsa can be useful for generating meeting notes and summaries, or email and communique templates.
But it has also made up nonexistent studies, known as AI “hallucinating,” or misrepresented research, according to three current FDA employees and documents seen by CNN. This makes it unreliable for their most critical work, the employees said.
“Anything that you don’t have time to double-check is unreliable. It hallucinates confidently,” said one employee — a far cry from what has been publicly promised.
“AI is supposed to save our time, but I guarantee you that I waste a lot of extra time just due to the heightened vigilance that I have to have” to check for fake or misrepresented studies, a second FDA employee said.
Currently, Elsa cannot help with review work , the lengthy assessment agency scientists undertake to determine whether drugs and devices are safe and effective, two FDA staffers said. That’s because it cannot access many relevant documents, like industry submissions, to answer basic questions such as how many times a company may have filed for FDA approval, their related products on the market or other company-specific information.
All this raises serious questions about the integrity of a tool that FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary has boasted will transform the system for approving drugs and medical devices in the US, at a time when there is almost no federal oversight for assessing the use of AI in medicine.
“The agency is already using Elsa to accelerate clinical protocol reviews, shorten the time needed for scientific evaluations, and identify high-priority inspection targets,” the FDA said in a statement on its launch in June.
But speaking to CNN at the FDA’s White Oak headquarters this week, Makary says that right now, most of the agency’s scientists are using Elsa for its “organization abilities” like finding studies and summarizing meetings.
The FDA’s head of AI, Jeremy Walsh, admitted that Elsa can hallucinate nonexistent studies.
“Elsa is no different from lots of [large language models] and generative AI,” he told CNN. “They could potentially hallucinate.”
Walsh also said Elsa’s shortcomings with responding to questions about industry information should change soon, as the FDA updates the program in the coming weeks to let users upload documents to their own libraries.
Asked about mistakes Elsa is making , Makary noted that staff are not required to use the AI.
“I have not heard those specific concerns, but it’s optional,” he said. “They don’t have to use Elsa if they don’t find it to have value.”
Challenged on how this makes the efficiency gains he has publicly touted when staff inside FDA have told CNN they must double-check its work, he said: “You have to determine what is reliable information that [you] can make major decisions based on, and I think we do a great job of that.”
FDA Launches Agency-Wide AI Tool to Optimize Performance for the American People
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today launched Elsa, a generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool designed to help employees—from scientific reviewers to investigators—work more efficiently.Office of the Commissioner (FDA)
Tesla (TSLA) releases Q2 2025 financing results: revenue down %12, operating income down %42
Tesla (TSLA) releases Q2 2025 financing results: earnings down 23%
Tesla (TSLA) released its financial results and shareholders’ letter for the second quarter (Q2) 2025 after market close today. We...Fred Lambert (Electrek)
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is there any way to put my extra memory to use to play av1 files if my cpu overloads? Debian 12.11
debian 12.11
system memory size: 31GiB, 2 15.5 GiB cards
cpu: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz, version: 6.142.9, size: 3268MHz, capacity: 3500MHz, width: 64 bits
no graphics card whatsoever
computer can play h.265 and equivalent without troubles, provided video file is no higher than 1080 p.
Computer can play av1 files no higher than 1080 p only if I shut every other application down. If for example I run a browser and an av1 file with either mpv or vlc, system shuts down.
Can I put all that memory to use and avoid overloading the cpu?
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As others have said, you should probably replace your CPU fan ASAP.
A computer in usable condition does not shut down without user input.
I had an i5-7200u equipped laptop and I could do AV1 playback, not well but it didn't do what you described.
Also is it maxing out memory or cpu? I would check btop during playback. Look at CPU usage, memory usage and temps while doing so and report here.
Edit: Something is definitely wrong with your machine, that is abnormal behavior. Maybe it's overheating, maybe it's trying to do some sort of gpu decode and has no idea what to do with it as it doesn't support it. Can you check what encoder mpv is using? I would assume it would failback to CPU.
Columbia University says it has suspended and expelled students who participated in protests
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University announced disciplinary action Tuesday against students who participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration inside the Ivy League school’s main library before final exams in May and an encampment during alumni weekend last year.
A student activist group said nearly 80 students were told they have been suspended for one to three years or expelled. The sanctions issued by a university judicial board also include probation and degree revocations, Columbia said in a statement.
The action comes as the Manhattan university is negotiating with President Donald Trump’s administration to restore $400 million in federal funding it has withheld from the Ivy League school over its handling of student protests against the war in Gaza. The administration pulled the funding, canceling grants and contracts, in March because of what it described as the university’s failure to squelch antisemitism on campus during the Israel-Hamas war that began in October 2023.
TBH, the stories regarding Columbia feel muddled, perhaps purposefully.
I know when there were high-profile protests at my old university, Mizzou, several years ago, the most controversial aspect was the occupation of some public areas of the campus and the deliberate exclusion of some members of the student body from accessing them. (And in one case a professor was filmed demanding help to physically remove people from the occupied space.) In the case of Columbia University, that's been one of the sticking points, and it would seem Columbia has a legitimate basis for punishing students if they too did this. (ie, protesters barring Jews from certain parts of campus.)
That said, from what I've read, the main sources for those allegations were Columbia University and the Trump Admin, two sources I'm not particularly inclined to believe.
I honestly don't know what to think.
Columbia University says it has suspended and expelled students who participated in protests
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University announced disciplinary action Tuesday against students who participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration inside the Ivy League school’s main library before final exams in May and an encampment during alumni weekend last year.
A student activist group said nearly 80 students were told they have been suspended for one to three years or expelled. The sanctions issued by a university judicial board also include probation and degree revocations, Columbia said in a statement.
The action comes as the Manhattan university is negotiating with President Donald Trump’s administration to restore $400 million in federal funding it has withheld from the Ivy League school over its handling of student protests against the war in Gaza. The administration pulled the funding, canceling grants and contracts, in March because of what it described as the university’s failure to squelch antisemitism on campus during the Israel-Hamas war that began in October 2023.
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FUCK THIS IS THE WORST
MY DEVICE IS SET TO SPANISH. THERE IS NO WORLD WHERE I WANT TO LISTEN TO A SPANISH LANGUAGE VIDEO IN ENGLISH WITH A SHITTY AI VOICE
Like I'm cool with the option. I'm even cool with it turning on by default according to your account settings.
BUT WHY IN THE NAME OF FUCK CAN IT NOT BE TURNED OFF????
The first time it happened I assumed I could just go to the audio track settings because some creators put in multiple tracks with different languages. BUT IT'S NOT THERE.
I could disabled it easily.
My beef is with the caption always turned on videos when I watch on my phone (Android). Every time I have to disable it manually.
Speaking only one language has nothing to do with this, there have always been subtitles.
YouTube does this so that one way or another they can say that more people use AI translations, and that shows investors there's value in AI and Google gets more investments.
Anti-Corruption Activist Under Pressure in Ukraine
Anti-Corruption Activist Under Pressure in Ukraine
On July 11, Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) conducted searches targeting Vitaliy Shabunin, a prominent anti-corruption activist who has played a key role in exposing allegations of government corruption.Human Rights Watch
Cosa succede tra Thailandia e Cambogia?
Cosa cambia con il DDL Conti Correnti?
Femi Kuti - No Place For My Dream (2013)
Figlio del famoso musicista nigeriano Fela Kuti, in venticinque anni di produzione discografica Femi non ha mai tradito la rivoluzione afrobeat, un'identità culturale che resta viva nonostante la realtà sottostante abbia perso quei connotati di urgenza e rabbia che infiammò la stagione d’oro della musica africana... Leggi e ascolta...
Femi Kuti - No Place For My Dream (2013)
Figlio del famoso musicista nigeriano Fela Kuti, in venticinque anni di produzione discografica Femi non ha mai tradito la rivoluzione afrobeat, un'identità culturale che resta viva nonostante la realtà sottostante abbia perso quei connotati di urgenza e rabbia che infiammò la stagione d’oro della musica africana. Polistrumentista abile sia con i fiati che con le tastiere, Femi si è dimostrato acuto nel contaminare gli elementi base dell’orchestra Egypt 80 con tracce di Motown sound e elementi dance, mentre il fingerpicking ossessivo delle chitarre, i fiati in coppia e gli incessanti fluidi ritmici di basso e percussioni si sono incontrati con suoni latini e world che hanno ampliato la capacità comunicativa della sua proposta... ondarock.it/recensioni/2013_fe…
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Storia e disinformazione. I miti fondativi
Quella che oggi definiamo disinformazione è stata presente fin dai tempi antichi, talvolta celata dietro il velo della mitologia e della leggenda.
Gli albori delle civiltà, spesso, affondano le proprie radici in racconti di fantasia, dichiaratamente falsi o privi di solide basi storiche. E se consideriamo che le società attuali conservano caratteristiche di quelle civiltà che sono sopravvissute ai millenni (si pensi a cosa rappresenta il diritto romano per il diritto moderno, ad esempio) si può dire che a livello culturale la narrazione sull’origine delle nostre stesse società e di molti loro tratti essenziali potrebbe derivare da millenarie e mirabili menzogne.
Roma ha segnato a fondo il diritto europeo
Quando si pensa all’eredità romana in Svizzera e nel resto dell’Europa occidentale, la mente va spesso ai grandi monumenti, agli anfiteatri o agli acquedotti. Nei paesi di lingua neolatina, la stessa lingua ricorda l’influsso romano.Swissinfo API (SWI swissinfo.ch)
A ticketing board
GitHub - mattermost-community/focalboard: Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.
Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana. - mattermost-community/focalboardGitHub
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Ah, you mean for fediverse to work as an LDAP?
My point is
Let's imagine we have a board on some instance. You use your account on another instance to ask the owner of the board to give you access to the board.
The contents of the board are, IMO in most cases of such boards, "members only". So any changes happening inside should not be sent out to federating instances. Otherwise, privacy of such boards would be at the mercy of privacy of other instances. If restricted changes were sent out, technically speaking, any server it federates to can choose to show that content to everyone.
Which means you won't be able to access the contents via any other instance. Apart from the logging in part, you will still need to go to the instance hosting the board.
Unless it would be for publicly accessible boards only, like codeberg issues. That use-case could work
What is the best way to learn investing, portfolios, stocks, options, futures, etc.?
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I need to make my money work but I don't have enough knowledge about the topic to do smart things with it, but I love studying and learning new things.What would you recommend to learn how to administer money in the best way possible?
I found a 2008 edition of the Finance Theory I [1] course on MIT OpenCourseWare , would it make sense to learn from there?
For context I studied computer science with a focus on artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science.
Also context, I am in the EU (Italy).
MIT OpenCourseWare
This course introduces the core theory of modern financial economics and financial management, with a focus on capital markets and investments.MIT OpenCourseWare
Pay or Okay report: how companies make you pay for privacy
So-called ‘Pay or Okay’ systems are on the rise in Europe. First introduced by newspapers in Austria and Germany, Meta adopted the approach for Instagram and Facebook in 2023. By now, many websites across Europe are using similar systems. Instead of giving users a genuine choice whether to accept or reject ad tracking, ‘Pay or Okay’ systems ask for a payment if you want to refuse “consent”. This leads to “North Korean consent rates” of 99.9%. Many news companies claim that the approach is necessary to finance quality media. In reality, digital advertising makes up at best 10% of the revenue of European press. Given the upcoming guidelines by the EDPB on this topic, this report analyses the industry’s arguments and the actual economic impact of ‘Pay or Okay’.
CBS cancels The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Colbert’s show cost over $100 million annually and reportedly lost $40–50 million each year. But this alone does not explain its termination. Television history is filled with unprofitable yet high-profile productions that networks sustained for strategic reasons.
The political atmosphere surrounding the decision and the mounting evidence of behind-the-scenes coercion offer further insight into Colbert’s firing. Paramount Global, CBS’s parent company, is in the midst of an $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, which would create a $28 billion behemoth called Paramount Skydance Corporation. Skydance CEO is David Ellison, son of Oracle’s Larry Ellison, a multibillionaire. Both Ellisons are Trump supporters.
The merger is undergoing regulatory scrutiny—particularly by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), now under the direct control of the Trump administration. The deal’s approval has been delayed until at least October 2025, and its fate clearly hangs on Paramount’s ability to placate the White House.
This is the same Trump administration that has made a specialty of waging legal and financial war on the media. Most recently, Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal ($10 billion). Previously, he settled a defamation lawsuit with ABC News ($15 million) and, most relevantly, with Paramount itself—$16 million paid to settle a suit related to a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris.
Colbert publicly denounced the latter settlement, calling it a “big fat bribe.” Days later, CBS announced the cancellation of The Late Show.
CBS cancels The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Corporate mergers, political pressure and economic decline are reshaping American media.World Socialist Web Site
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CBS cancels The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Colbert’s show cost over $100 million annually and reportedly lost $40–50 million each year. But this alone does not explain its termination. Television history is filled with unprofitable yet high-profile productions that networks sustained for strategic reasons.
The political atmosphere surrounding the decision and the mounting evidence of behind-the-scenes coercion offer further insight into Colbert’s firing. Paramount Global, CBS’s parent company, is in the midst of an $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, which would create a $28 billion behemoth called Paramount Skydance Corporation. Skydance CEO is David Ellison, son of Oracle’s Larry Ellison, a multibillionaire. Both Ellisons are Trump supporters.
The merger is undergoing regulatory scrutiny—particularly by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), now under the direct control of the Trump administration. The deal’s approval has been delayed until at least October 2025, and its fate clearly hangs on Paramount’s ability to placate the White House.
This is the same Trump administration that has made a specialty of waging legal and financial war on the media. Most recently, Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal ($10 billion). Previously, he settled a defamation lawsuit with ABC News ($15 million) and, most relevantly, with Paramount itself—$16 million paid to settle a suit related to a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris.
Colbert publicly denounced the latter settlement, calling it a “big fat bribe.” Days later, CBS announced the cancellation of The Late Show.
CBS cancels The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Corporate mergers, political pressure and economic decline are reshaping American media.World Socialist Web Site
AIPAC-Backed Lawmakers Are Pushing AI Funding for Israel
A wish list of legislative items prioritized by the pro-Israel lobbying powerhouse American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) earlier this year has been nearly entirely fulfilled by the new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), including tens of millions of dollars a year for the Israeli military to develop artificial intelligence technologies.
Congressional Republicans have, as usual, turned the must-pass annual defense policy legislation into a defense industry bonanza. The latest version of the NDAA that advanced in the House last week authorizes $848 billion in spending for the US military, much of which will be funneled (with additional revenue from Donald Trump’s megabill) straight to private defense contractors like Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
Israel, unsurprisingly, is another major winner, thanks in part to the lobbying forces of AIPAC in Washington, DC. The group spent more than $100 million on the 2024 federal elections, setting a campaign spending record. Nearly two-thirds of Congress have accepted AIPAC money, ensuring a united bipartisan front in support of Israel even as the country wages what many experts have definitively concluded is a genocide in Gaza.
AIPAC-Backed Lawmakers Are Pushing AI Funding for Israel
Congressional Republicans have delivered on the pro-Israel organization AIPAC’s wish list in the latest military spending bill, including tens of millions of dollars a year for the Israeli military to develop AI technologies.jacobin.com
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GitHub - jesusmgg/comic-shanns-mono: a classy font for programming
a classy font for programming. Contribute to jesusmgg/comic-shanns-mono development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Free Fonts & Typefaces › Fontesk
Discover the best free fonts in our curated typography collection. Download high quality fonts for free and enhance your design aesthetics.Fontesk
Free online tool hub – from text utilities to SEO tools, no sign-up, no ads, works instantly ⚡
Just stumbled upon this clean and super lightweight website offering a bunch of handy tools —
from text utilities to emoji generators, love calculators, email extractors, SEO helpers, and more.
✅ No login
✅ No pop-ups
✅ No tracking
✅ Everything works instantly in-browser
Honestly feels like a throwback to when websites were simple and fast.
Check it out 👉 shatoolshub.com/
Shatoolshub
Discover free and powerful online tools on Shatoolshub including email extractor, text repeater, password generator, and more. Make your daily tasks easier!shatoolshub.com
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You stumbled across this site? Wow, what an odd coincidence! It seems exactly like this other site that you said you made here:
And I do mean exactly.
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🎯 A free collection of 40+ web tools – from dev utilities to productivity boosters
I've been working on a small project called Shatoolshub –
it's a hub of online tools like:Meta tag generator
Password generator
Text repeater
Emoji tools
Email extractors
GST and Stock calculators
And lots more
No login needed, free to use, ad-free. Built mostly in JavaScript/HTML.
It’s meant to be lightweight, mobile-friendly, and fast.
Open to feedback and suggestions if anyone has ideas on improving it!
Shatoolshub
Discover free and powerful online tools on Shatoolshub including email extractor, text repeater, password generator, and more. Make your daily tasks easier!shatoolshub.com
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Why lie? There's absolutely no reason to lie here.
Nevermind. Vibe coded cyberjunk.
🎯 A free collection of 40+ web tools – from dev utilities to productivity boosters
I've been working on a small project called Shatoolshub –
it's a hub of online tools like:
Meta tag generator
Password generator
Text repeater
Emoji tools
Email extractors
GST and Stock calculators
And lots more
No login needed, free to use, ad-free. Built mostly in JavaScript/HTML.
It’s meant to be lightweight, mobile-friendly, and fast.
Open to feedback and suggestions if anyone has ideas on improving it!
Shatoolshub
Discover free and powerful online tools on Shatoolshub including email extractor, text repeater, password generator, and more. Make your daily tasks easier!shatoolshub.com
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You made this site, you say? What an odd coincidence! Were you inspired by the site you say you "stumbled upon" here?
Because it sure seems like the exact same site. 🤔😑🙄
Free online tool hub – from text utilities to SEO tools, no sign-up, no ads, works instantly ⚡
Just stumbled upon this clean and super lightweight website offering a bunch of handy tools —
from text utilities to emoji generators, love calculators, email extractors, SEO helpers, and more.✅ No login
✅ No pop-ups
✅ No tracking
✅ Everything works instantly in-browserHonestly feels like a throwback to when websites were simple and fast.
Check it out 👉 shatoolshub.com/
Shatoolshub
Discover free and powerful online tools on Shatoolshub including email extractor, text repeater, password generator, and more. Make your daily tasks easier!shatoolshub.com
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Alphane Moon
in reply to Alphane Moon • • •This is hilarious! Microsoft branding has always been borderline random. "Games for Windows Live" What kind of a brand name is that?
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chronicledmonocle
in reply to Alphane Moon • • •This kind of random shit with Microsoft just blows my mind.
Google is just as bad. Look at their messaging apps. Is it Duo? No that name died and was merged into Google Meet. However, old Google Meet is....uh....Google Meet Classic? I think? And then there is/was Google Voice, Allo, Google Talk.......
And people wonder why I just use and donate to apps like Signal.
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Alphane Moon
in reply to chronicledmonocle • • •Google and messaging app is whole story on its own.
Although MS isn't that great with messaging either. There was MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, various Skype services and finally MS Teams.
And feels like all of them were bloated and badly made.
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