these are all terrible options, and if we lived in a functioning democracy with working regulators we'd think nothing of putting a blanket end to pointless media consolidation these deals are always terrible for product quality, consumers, art and labor, but this is always downplayed in coverage. [Paramount throws in more cash ...](
Los Angeles Times
Paramount throws in more cash in bid for Warner; Comcast wants to combine assets with NBCUniversal
Jockeying for HBO-owner Warner Bros. Discovery has intensified as the auction appears to enter its home stretch.
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if you still use twitter you support white supremacy https://porcini.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:xtg6uhgsy2j7k2a6qtcood2w&cid=bafkreiczndyabbfmji5ddky5evfq66rflsqlo5rwegvyvh5z35eaiaadye
DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it RE:
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Karl Bode (@karlbode.com)
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires https://www.thedailybeast.com/musk...
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hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires [Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off...](
The Daily Beast
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
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The Trump administration's cybersecurity policies are indistinguishable from a foreign attack. In many ways they're worse, given they're wrapped in layers of phony operational efficiency. [Trump Cybersecurity Policy Is ...](
Techdirt
Trump Cybersecurity Policy Is Indistinguishable From A Foreign Attack
Last year almost a dozen major U.S. ISPs were the victim of a massive, historic intrusion by Chinese hackers who managed to spy on public U.S. offi...
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never fails RE:
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Dominique Baker (@bakerdphd.bsky.social)
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It's cool that the owner of [DSLReports.com](
DSL Reports
DSLReports Home : Broadband ISP Reviews News Tools and Forums
DSLReports Home : Broadband ISP Reviews News Tools and Forums, broadband news, information and community
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DSL Reports
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it's curious how our consolidated corporate media and brunchlord pundit class' only consistent solution for Democrats' problems is to be more right wing funny how that works
U.S. journalism and punditry completely ignores the fact that the U.S. electorate belief system --including their belief of what Democrats stand for -- is shaped predominately by a massive right wing propaganda network across AM radio, broadcast TV, cable news, and the internet. [Left-wing ideas have wrecked D...](
Exclusive: Left-wing ideas have wrecked Democrats’ brand, new report warns
The center-left group Welcome relied on polling of hundreds of thousands of voters over six months for its findings, shared first with Semafor.
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It literally took decades of advocacy to pass these reforms, which would have prevented prison phone and teleconferencing companies from ripping off inmates and their families to the tune of hundreds of millions annually [F.C.C. Changes Course on the P...](
F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls
Brendan Carr, the F.C.C. chairman, cited security concerns in rolling back most of the lower costs he voted for last year.
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