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MorganThank you, Elizabeth Warren, and your deep love of receipts. <a href="https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/new-warren-report-special-interests-over-the-public-interest-elon-musks-130-days-in-the-trump-administration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/new-warren-report-special-interests-over-the-public-interest-elon-musks-130-days-in-the-trump-administration</a><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonmusk</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/oligarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarch</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/senatorwarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#senatorwarren</a>

Wendy SiegelmanSpecial Interests Over the Public Interest: Elon Musk's 130 Days in the Trump AdministrationA great report from Senator Elizabeth Warren that documents Musk's massive conflicts of interest, opportunism, and work to curtail regulations, enforcement actions, etc.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SenatorWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SenatorWarren</a> <a href="https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/130_days_of_elon_musk_report.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/130_days_of_elon_musk_report.pdf</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPOL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SenatorWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SenatorWarren</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wisconsin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JudgeDugan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JudgeDugan</a>

beSpacific<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rape</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sexualassault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sexualassault</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/violenceagainstwomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#violenceagainstwomen</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maga</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChristianNationalism</a> - <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hegseth</a> Told <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Senatorwarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Senatorwarren</a> He Paid $50,000 to Woman Who Accused Him of Rape. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/politics/hegseth-payment.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/politics/hegseth-payment.html</a> The settlement’s existence after a 2017 accusation had been documented before the defense secretary nominee’s confirmation hearing this month, but the amount had not been known publicly. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#defense</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/character" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#character</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/integrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#integrity</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nationalism</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hatred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hatred</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Six <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Senators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Senators</a> accuse <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/JPMorgan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JPMorgan</a>’s <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/JamieDimon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JamieDimon</a> of backtracking on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> commitments Although a climate-disrupted world demands stronger action by the financial sector to reduce <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emissions</a> and protect nature, the Wall Street firm is heading in the opposite Demanding clarification about intentions of world’s biggest <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bank</a>. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SenatorWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SenatorWarren</a>: “If <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/JPMorganChase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JPMorganChase</a> has misled <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/investors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#investors</a> and the public, both <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a> and regulators have a range of tools to respond as necessary.” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/10/jpmorgan-jamie-dimon-climate-change-us-senator" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/10/jpmorgan-jamie-dimon-climate-change-us-senator</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Senator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Senator</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ElizabethWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElizabethWarren</a> claims <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TurboTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TurboTax</a> ‘relentlessly’ upsells customers in letter to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FTC</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SenatorWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SenatorWarren</a> says <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Intuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Intuit</a> TurboTax ‘deserves’ the FTC’s scrutiny. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has written a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, saying that TurboTax "continues to relentlessly upsell" customers while also directing them away from services that would otherwise be <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#free</a>. <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/15/24128746/turbotax-senator-elizabeth-warren-ftc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/15/24128746/turbotax-senator-elizabeth-warren-ftc</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/taxday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxday</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tax</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a>, you know <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a>, Refuses to Answer Questions on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a>, Say <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SenatorWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SenatorWarren</a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SenatorSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SenatorSanders</a> In the days after October 7, Meta said it removed more than 2 million pieces of Hebrew and Arabic content, but didn’t break down the data. <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/03/26/meta-gaza-censorship-warren-sanders/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theintercept.com/2024/03/26/meta-gaza-censorship-warren-sanders/</a>

Cory Doctorow<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/15yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#15yrsago</a> Virgin Media cable says that the record industry is in charge of your router configuration <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080903210334/https://willmcgree.tumblr.com/post/38380033/bpi-letter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080903210334/https://willmcgree.tumblr.com/post/38380033/bpi-letter</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#10yrsago</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/SenatorWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SenatorWarren</a> to US Trade Rep: release the <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/TransPacificPartnership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransPacificPartnership</a> docs — if they piss the people off, then we shouldn’t be part of it <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130615142431/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-06-13/senator-warren-presses-white-house-to-release-pacific-trade-text" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130615142431/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-06-13/senator-warren-presses-white-house-to-release-pacific-trade-text</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#10yrsago</a> Lawsuit: “<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/HappyBirthday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HappyBirthday</a>” is not in copyright, and Warner owes the world hundreds of millions for improperly collected royalties <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2013/06/13/filmmaker-finally-aims-to-get-court-to-admit-that-happy-birthday-is-public-domain/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.techdirt.com/2013/06/13/filmmaker-finally-aims-to-get-court-to-admit-that-happy-birthday-is-public-domain/</a>4/

AnneTheWriter<a href="https://botsin.space/@kottke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kottke</a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/@marcprecipice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@marcprecipice</a> 1) Just a reminder that as <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chatbots</a> are taking off, demand for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electricity</a> and other <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#energy</a> usage will also increase. We should keep this in mind as we discuss advances in <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/InformationTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InformationTechnology</a>.2) As <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SenatorWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SenatorWarren</a> pointed out recently, big-money <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ransomware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ransomware</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cybercrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybercrimes</a> will only use <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cryptocurrency</a> for payments. I don't foresee the politicians, who are in the hands of big-money donors, ending <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crypto</a> completely. But at the very least they should find a way to regulate it and bring it under control.

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