The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.

This is unpopular opinion, but for Firefox to live, Mozilla, as it currently operates, needs to die.

They forgot their core user base hates cloud and AI features. They want a simple browser that connects to web servers and displays pages. Meanwhile, executive are getting fat salaries and bounces while begging users for money on AI and other privacy intrusion projects like adding perplexity directly to Firefox. They lost their vision long time ago.

Nick Clegg says that a law requiring tech companies to ask permission to train AI on copyrighted work would ‘kill’ the industry, according to The Times.

Okay, maybe let it die then. Maybe we can get back to building tech that actually works rather than hyping up hallucinating plagiarism machines in order to fluff up corporate quarterly reports.

If generative AI just went away tomorrow, it would be a net positive for the world.

Forgive me, but if your "industry" depends entirely on stealing someone else's work, it deserves to die.

"Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.”

https://www.theverge.com/news/674366/nick-clegg-uk-ai-artists-policy-letter

Universe’s mysteries may never be solved because of Trump’s Nasa cuts, experts say | Trump administration | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/trump-nasa-cuts

"In the 2023-2024 school year, international students contributed a combined $43.8 billion to the economy and supported more than 375,000 jobs across the US. And when international graduates stay in the US long-term and work, they create jobs, start new businesses, and raise wages for US-born workers."

https://www.fwd.us/news/student-innovation/

The National Association of the Deaf says it has filed a lawsuit to compel the White House to immediately resume providing American Sign Language interpreters during broadcasts of press briefings. https://www.nad.org/2025/05/28/national-association-of-the-deaf-sues-white-house-for-access-to-press-briefings/

Today in Labor History May 29, 1854: Civil rights activist, Lydia Flood Jackson, opened the first school for black children in Sacramento, California. Jackson was a member of the black petty bourgeoisie. Her father taught her how to invest in real estate and that business supported her through her life. However, she also developed a line of beauty products known as “Flood Toilet Cremes.” She fought most of her life for African American civil rights and women’s rights. She was the first legislative chair of the California State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. She was also a member of the Fannie Jackson Coppin Club and the Native Daughter's Club.

#lydiafloodJackson #racism #CivilRights #feminism #education #school #BlackMastadon

Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading effort to slash the federal government.

@AssociatedPress reports: "He dramatically reduced his target for cutting spending — from $2 trillion to $1 trillion to $150 billion — and increasingly expressed frustration about resistance to his goals."

https://flip.it/PUw2.U

#ElonMusk #DOGE #Trump #USPolitics #News

#socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism #anarchy #marxism #anticapitalism #revolution #classwar #politics #fascism #antifascism

@peterbrown @Uair

Yes! I totally forgot about the "opening mechanism" - A.K.A. the supplied 'church key'...

The wonders of 'Spam'.. hehe..

@Uair @oldguycrusty and on the subject of survival, it doesn’t even need a tin opener to get into it. And whilst it is definitely better fried, it is possible to eat it cold so yes good for survival.

Just spoke with my CDC sources they said:

COVID is surging again. Over 350 deaths weekly as variant NB.1.8.1 spreads fast across many states.

Low vaccination and missed treatment are key drivers.

RFK Jr. told teams to stop reporting and won't recommend COVID shots for kids or pregnant women.

This is willful neglect.

I report directly on Bird Flu, COVID-19, Measles, and other infectious diseases from trusted CDC sources.

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@mloxton

I admire your confidence that there will be a moment when
"...this is all done and we are trying to rebuild..."

The fascism unfolding is broad and profound. I think there will be mid-term elections in 2026, but I really think 2028 elections are no longer a certainly.

There is no longer any dem leadership - anywhere... there are players I respect, but the party structure is broken and seems to have no leaders or plan...

#fascism #Democracy #elections #voting

So when this is all done and we are trying to rebuild a semblance of a functioning modern society, all these MAGA folk are going to want us to treat them with due process and kindness, right?

They aren't expecting us to say something like "Ha, ha, no, ... you don't get a hearing. You broke that thing."

A little girl may die within days, bc of Trump's #immigration crackdown. It's unconscionable & cruel, but there're no bounds in his heinous regime.

A🚨4-yr-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could💔die within days of losing med care. In 2023, a Mexican girl with a life-threatening med condition was allowed to enter the US legally on humanitarian grounds. The Trump regime has now ordered the girl & her parents to leave the country.
#DHS #ICE #Deportations #Reist #USPol https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-27/deportation-trump-healthcare-immigration-humanitarian

"... the Homans and Millers of a cruelty-is-the-point regime knows the only way to actually do a mass deportation is to pull over motorists for Driving While Brown, or flock to courthouses like vultures. These cowardly ICE agents want to shoot their fish in a barrel." https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/ice-ximena-arias-cristobal-immigration-civility-college-admissions-20250527.html

Anti-vaxx is a classic upper-class luxury belief.

You reject vaccines, not because you’ve studied the science, but because your zip code has a 97% vaccination rate.

https://www.theindex.media/the-herd-immunity-illusion/

“We don't take an #oath to a wannabe #dictator”

“We take an oath to the #Constitution.…and we're willing to die to protect it"

- General Mark Milley
#MemorialDay2025

In case you missed it.

i Newspaper

'SpaceX Starship spins out of control and breaks apart in latest test flight
Elon Musk had planned to deliver a post-flight speech on "multiplanetary life" ambitions, but did not show up'
SpaceX mission control lost contact with the upper stage of Starship as it leaked fuel, spun out of control, and made an uncontrolled re-entry after flying halfway around the world .

Musk and his exploding Space Craft are going to cause a disaster soon.