"I have spent decades looking for examples of Google putting its enormous thumb on the scale to censor or amplify certain results, and it hadn’t even occurred to me that Google just flat out deletes queries and replaces them with ones that monetize better.”
Absolutely bonkers. The Google antitrust trial discovered that Google is actually *changing user queries* in order to generate results that give more sponsored ads
https://www.wired.com/story/google-antitrust-lawsuit-search-results/
New findings that SARS-CoV-2 can directly infect and replicate in coronary arteries, promoting plaque inflammation atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular risk https://nature.com/articles/s44161-023-00336-5
A top advisor to Zelensky states that Elon Musk's decision to assist Russia by disabling Starlink for the Ukrainians led to the deaths of civilians, including children.
Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft
These are the first 6 companies designated as ‘gatekeepers' under the Digital Markets Act.
They have 6 months to ensure their core platform services comply with our rules, including:
✔ Allowing users to unsubscribe and remove pre-installed services
✔ Allowing the download of alternative app stores
❌ Banning tracking outside of their services without consent
❌ Stopping ranking their products more favourably
She came to our church in Dublin, as a visitor, some six years ago, and led the famous “Amazing Grace”. Then, during the week, she served along with us the homeless people at the GPO (city centre). I even had the opportunity to pray with her. May the Lord remember #sineadoconnor.
‘Cause nothing compares to His love for us all.
“The reason the UK will have the lowest growth in the G7 next year is #Brexit. We’re not going to reverse the decline until we begin to remove the barriers – economic, social, scientific – that we chose to erect with the rest of our continent. That’s not rocket science. Just say it.” Professor Brian Cox https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/prof-brian-coxs-stark-message-to-labour-over-brexit-has-gone-viral-327597/
Mastodon went from 1.2M active users last week to 1.8M active users this week. That's not 70M users overnight, but it's something! 🙂
I think the real “problem” the fediverse has isn’t that it’s hard to use, it’s that it doesn’t fit the pattern. It’s like if someone asks “what grocery do you order from?” and you respond “My building’s co-op, I get meals & fresh food delivered from participating farms & cooks— I do solar panel maintenance and run the website in return— plus goodie fees”
“goodie fees? … um … so is that like UberEats then?”
And what’s worse is it sounds more complex because it’s atypical— but really it’s easier
@anneapplebaum No one says anything…. indeed (I mean the ones in power, though some people clap). They wait to see who wins and then they take the winner’s side. No courage at all. Not to mention that one is worse than the other. Why choose then? We will see the crumbling fall of this Babylon!
ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Putin https://www.voanews.com/a/icc-issues-arrest-warrant-for-putin-over-ukraine-war-crimes-/7010144.html #voanews #voiceofamerica
One more. #adventist
Academia’s migration to Mastodon is huge.
Social networks aren’t just about how many people use it, but who uses it.
Mastodon truly gained traction when devs migrated and started building off the API.
But academia’s adoption likely means student adoption. And student adoption is the vector for everyone else.
They are not “religious”… https://info.thebulletin.org/webmail/878782/719056498/245bef775fca08337a22414594832ce87fa350405863e4aa2c89b33f3860f5e4
The religious dimensions of January 6 were almost entirely overlooked by the J6 report and have been under-covered by the mainstream press. This piece makes a strong case for seeing Christian Nationalism as a crucial dimension of the insurrection. And importantly, that religious movement has not waned or changed course in any significant way since it led the "spiritual warfare" at the US Capitol two years ago. https://religiondispatches.org/evidence-strongly-suggests-trump-was-collaborating-with-christian-nationalist-leaders-before-january-6th/
@MeidasTouch who believes SH? 🤧
Oh, look. Meta is trying to replace Twitter with its own Twitter-like service.
We all completely trust Zuckerberg, and know this will only result in positive things happening. https://mashable.com/article/meta-becomes-twitter-ew
@thehullq that’s a very good one. May I just join with “the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay. (Habakkuk 2:3 NIV) Hopefully the false prophet will fall.
@virginiaheffernan several teachings that fuel ones are wrong. Let me tell you a few (as some are connected): conversion of Jews to Christianity, building the third temple, Armaggedon in Israel territory, rapture, Israel/Jerusalem becoming again a centre for all religious people. This is NOT in the Bible they claim to follow. Rather it is political interpretation built up in the last century. They will not take place and politics should not follow such “evangelical” interpretations.
