The headline here is that
(1) the increasingly authoritarian US government demanded that Google suppress videos serving the public interest because those videos are embarrassing to government officials, and
(2) Google readily over-complied with that request, deleting not just the videos but the entire channel.
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Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos of himself that criticized Covid vaccines
Doctor who created now-defunct channel says he wanted to ‘preserve’ what Trump health officials said during CovidStephanie Kirchgaessner (The Guardian)
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Angry threatening fog moves in as a monsoon thunderstorm develops over the mountains of southern New Mexico.
#NewMexico #Monsoon #Thunderstorms #Fog #Mountains #Photography
🎮 Nel mondo del gaming, la qualità conta! Scopri la nostra lista dei migliori monitor gaming sotto i 300 euro per Settembre 2025! 🚀 #GamingGear #BestBuy2025
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Migliori monitor gaming sotto i 300 euro (settembre 2025)
In questa nostra guida all'acquisto potete trovare i migliori monitor da gaming sul mercato sotto i 300 euro.Giulia Serena (Tom's Hardware)
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Apple just released a new AI chatbot to help retail employees sell iPhones
https://9to5mac.com/2025/08/31/apple-new-ai-chatbot-for-support-employees/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Apple just released a new AI chatbot to help retail employees sell iPhones - 9to5Mac
After implementing an AI chatbot in the Apple Support app to help customers a few weeks ago, the company is...Michael Burkhardt (9to5Mac)
Can newsrooms become social platforms themselves? Should they?
The future belongs to organizations that understand their communities, not just their analytics. In this post, I dig into a reader question that speaks to the future of social, newsrooms, and AI.
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Can newsrooms become social platforms?
How community-first thinking can help newsrooms survive AIBen Werdmuller
This is a great post on the good news, bad news dynamic of the AI boom.
The good news is demand is exploding. Nvidia can’t make GPUs fast enough nor can Microsoft & Google bring data centers online fast enough to meet demand.
The bad news is demand is exploding. New features like Deep Research or Agehts use 10x - 100x the resources of vanilla chatbot queries from a year ago. AI companies simply can’t raise prices high enough to match usage. $200/month it isn’t enough.
ethanding.substack.com/p/ai-su…
tokens are getting more expensive
the goal with this is to generalize what happened with claude code & windsurf to the fatal flaw in the idea that “models getting cheaper” will bail out consumer ai marginsEthan Ding (ethan's mandates)
We brush and clip Caesar regularly for mats, but about once a year we give everyone a break from the whole ordeal.
#CatsOfMastodon #MastodonCats #CatWuschel #Katzen #catstodon #AdoptDontShop #RescueCat #AcademicsWithCats
"You not believing it doesn't make it true. You not understanding it doesn't mean it isn't understood. Your ignorance give you no authority. Your skepticism doesn't make you wise."
- particle man (27%, 83 votes)
- triangle man (36%, 111 votes)
- surfel man (5%, 15 votes)
- voxel man (31%, 94 votes)
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🎶 Study finds big crowds hurt live-stream engagement
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#media #socialmedia #socialscience #research #streaming #livestream #engagement
Study finds big crowds hurt live-stream engagement
Most content platforms thrive on user engagement, but a professor at the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School has discovered that too much of it can be harmful.Blair S. Walker (Tech Xplore)
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Ok, oggi ho iniziato a settare #orgmode in #emacs . Prima reazione : maremma che caos. Dopo tre o quattro tutorial invece ora penso: sarà anche un po’ rognoso da settare , ma è una figata ! son solo agli inizi ma…. Trovo sia decisamente meglio di logseq e obsidian sommati insieme, se vinci la diffidenza. E c’è anche #roam-mode e sia benedetto il cielo evil mode (shortcuts di vim , che faccio fatica a tenere a mente sia quelli di eMacs che quello di vin!)
#linux #opensource #emacs
Comunque, se mai deciderai di usare Emacs "seriamente" ti consiglio lo stesso di limitare pacchetti e configurazioni solo per quello a cui proprio non puoi fare a meno... all'inizio anche io mi affidavo a "preset" scritti da altri, tipo copiando init.el da blog vari, e con il senno di poi questa cosa mi ha fatto più male che bene. Ho veramente iniziato a usare il potenziale del programma quando ho abbandonato tutto e sono ripartito da zero.
New strip found: Bizarro by Wayno & Piraro for Sun, 31 Aug 2025 arcamax.com/thefunnies/bizarro…
#comic #comicstrip #bizarro #bizarrostrip
Bizarro for 8/31/2025
Dan Piraro's "Bizarro" is an eccentric and bizarre look at everyday life through the cartoonist's eyes.ArcaMax
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“Notre solution coûte trois fois moins cher qu'Office 365” : comment Lyon a tourné le dos à Microsoft
La défiance face à Microsoft ne semble pas vouloir se calmer, en témoigne notamment une décision ambitieuse de la Ville de Lyon. Interview de Jean-Marie Séguret, son directeur du système d'information et de la transformation numérique.Antoine Roche (Les Numériques)
Archipelago of Fire – Uprising in Indonesia
"Red dunes in the mist"... 📸 ☁️⛰️
#nature #naturephotography #hills #outdoors #photography #darktable #natureisart #fog #mist #digikam #cloudy #photooftheday
Transcript: Gavin Newsom’s Harsh Trump Takedown Nails It: “Wake Up!”
As Newsom escalates his warnings about Trump, a critic of Democratic Party failures explains how Newsom is offering a new approach to the info-wars—and why it hints at an answer to MAGA authoritarianism.The New Republic
IL CARRO DAVANTI AI BUOI: O DEL PONTE SULLO STRETTO DI MESSINA
Immaginate una storia che si ripete da secoli, un'epica italiana di sogni grandiosi e fallimenti seriali, dove ogni governo promette di unire Sicilia e Calabria con un'opera titanica, solo per lasciare il progetto a marcire nei cassetti ministeriali.Luigi Moccia (Mappe di Città Invisibili)
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Durante il fine settimana dal 29 al 31 agosto, il porto di Barcellona è stato teatro di intense giornate di sostegno alla Palestina, organizzate per salutare la Global Sumud Flotilla. Domenica alle 15:35, le imbarcazioni sono salpate verso la loro…
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Indonesien will nach Protesten Zulagen für Abgeordnete streichen
Es sind die heftigsten Unruhen seit dem Amtsantritt von Indonesiens Präsident Prabowo: Mindestens fünf Menschen sind bei den Protesten gegen Luxus-Zulagen für Abgeordnete bereits gestorben. Nun will Prabowo einlenken.
Venezia 82, film e star della quinta giornata
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Venezia 82, film e star della quinta giornata
Leggi su Sky TG24 l'articolo Venezia 82, film e star della quinta giornataRedazione Sky TG24 (Sky TG24)
Bayrou mon vieux. Je suis jeune et je t'emmerde. Je suis beaucoup plus préoccupé par l'incurie écologique de ton gouvernement de fachos que par la dette. La seconde s'annule. Pas la première.
Streaming in Canada on Apple TV+, Crave, Disney+, Netflix, Paramount+ and Prime Video [Sept. 1-7]
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Streaming in Canada on Apple TV+, Crave, Disney+, Netflix, Paramount+ and Prime Video [Sept. 1-7]
Quite a lot of new streaming titles this week, including Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest, Wednesday (Season 2 -- Part 2) and HBO's Task.Bradly Shankar (MobileSyrup)
🍅🍆🔥¿Compartes tu receta favorita con verduras de temporada en #lecturascasaarbol ?
En este artículo tan interesante de Civil Eats cuentan cómo las bibliotecas de estados unidos crean red a través de la comida, compartiendo conocimiento sobre cocina y sobre la tierra. Ya lo hicimos en este club de lectura una vez, y ver esto me anima a repetirlo.
Si te animas, comparte en el hashtag tu receta favorita con verduras de temporada. Estamos tomando notas!! 📝 Vamos a cocinar muy rico este otoño 😊
A ver cuantas recetas sacamos!!
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How Libraries Are Creating Community Through Food | Civil Eats
Libraries nationwide are offering community classes on nutrition, food security, and how to get a good meal on the table.Liz Susman Karp (Civil Eats)
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“maybe he should just use Linux”
Spelling out the point of the snark there: the the post is not about what platform he’s using; it’s about the behavior of the US government and Google.
CockneyLaurie
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I mean…we should not be surprised, but we should still be outraged. It’s important not to skip that crucial step; assuming outrage and immediately moving past it is how complacency and acceptance set in.
And yes, there are ample alternate hosting options for the Streisand Effect to kick in. But we have to be sure to give Google and the Trump admin that black eye, every time.
AudhdDespiteNoisyAbleism 🇨🇦
in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •Genuine question from my pragmatic autistic point of view: and how that will change anything to give them the black eye?
Saying that, I’m going to look online for a way to contact the author of the video and to mention him the existence of Peertube that he has probably no idea about.
@cockneylaurie
Paul Cantrell
in reply to AudhdDespiteNoisyAbleism 🇨🇦 • • •“Give them the black eye” means “discuss this with in our various social circles and express outrage so as to damage their reputation and keep attention on it.” It is easy to underestimate just how real and how impactful that kind of social shift can be.
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