If I pluck a story at random on the Tesla Robotaxi fail, not a single one mentions that the Trump administration and his courts have taken an absolute hatchet to corporate oversight and consumer protection. Why? It's kind of important context that regulators can't/won't do their jobs anymore? https://porcini.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:xtg6uhgsy2j7k2a6qtcood2w&cid=bafkreif5l4pssiehpj3w5ffresqfxf7we7qihim2xkp4plygu3tkysbu3m
the only reason CBS hasn't folded and paid Trump his bribery money yet is California threatened an investigation into whether such a deal would violate state bribery laws, which chuck here "forgets" to mention [Exclusive | Paramount delays $...](
Paramount delays $35M settlement with Trump: sources
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There's a lot going on so you might have missed the fact that the Chinese hack into most of our major telecom companies was found to be much worse than publicly stated good thing a bunch of dipshits obliterated whatever was left of functional telecom oversight! [US agencies assessed Chinese t...](
Nextgov.com
US agencies assessed Chinese telecom hackers likely hit data center and residential internet providers
Data center giant Digital Realty and mass media titan Comcast were documented as likely victims of the Salt Typhoon cyberespionage group, people fa...
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none of the people whining about "bluesky bubbles" are coming at the complaint in good faith they're annoyed there aren't more centrist or right wing voices here propping up their bigotry and dumb takes. ironically because they wandered outside their traditional bubble stupid cack RE:
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jael holzman (@jael.bsky.social)
the reframing of bluesky as some sort of bubble for one viewpoint conveniently ignores the fact many of us left X because our work was obviously be...
I still think it's pretty wild that corrupt oligarchs destroyed the entirety of U.S. consumer protection and corporate oversight and it's barely written about by journalists or policy folks just not really of any serious interest
Republicans really stickin' it to their supposed enemies in "big tech" [Ted Cruz bill: States that reg...](
Ars Technica
Ted Cruz bill: States that regulate AI will be cut out of $42B broadband fund
Cruz attempt to tie broadband funding to AI laws called "undemocratic and cruel."
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DOGE brutality was the ultimate manifestation of the "free market" libertarian movement's generational quest to portray the destruction of federal governance and corporate oversight as the path to utopia many of those think tankers should be ostracized almost as intensely as the fascists RE:
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Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social)
“.. after wiping out entire offices, in some cases imperiling key services such as weather forecasting and the drug approval process.” 🤡 @...
*raises hand* a consolidated corporate media dominated by affluent brunchlords wants to supplant real journalism that challenges wealth and power with hollow, pseudo-journalistic infotainment that better serves and reflects the right wing, corporatist views of ownership RE:
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Adam Gurri (@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com)
What is the point of this guy, what a completely useless person to have the audience he does in our moment https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/jake...
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The U.S. broadband digital divide got measurably worse last year, thanks in part to Republicans killing a popular federal program that gave low-income Americans a $30 discount off of their monthly broadband bill: [The Broadband Divide Worsened ...](
CNET
The Broadband Divide Worsened in 32 States in 2024, Ookla Reports
New data shows internet performance gaps are growing between urban and rural areas despite improved broadband speeds.
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this was Verizon's reward for buckling under Trump's demands that they be more racist, and sitting on their hands while Elon Musk steals their $2 billion FAA contract [Verizon wins FCC approval for ...](
Los Angeles Times
Verizon wins FCC approval for $9.6-billion Frontier acquisition
The FCC approval paves the way for the biggest U.S. phone company to expand its high-speed internet business.
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