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An $18bn settlement – and Zuckerberg barely blinked. The tech titans must be stripped of their power, and soon | Jonathan Freedland
An $18bn settlement – and Zuckerberg barely blinked. The tech titans must be stripped of their power, and soon | Jonathan Freedland
Those who said Meta harms children struck a blow, but the ability of big tech to gouge profits and cause harm is barely diminished. That’s the battle to come, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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More brain drain: “Twenty-one universities in Canada announced on Thursday the hiring of dozens of researchers to join their top academic ranks, poaching the majority of the recruits from the United States. Of the incoming 64 researchers, 48 will leave American campuses…”
Canada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities (Gift Article)
A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.
nytimes.com
JUST IN: The Trump administration sent a man with torture protection back to Nigeria, where an immigration judge found he had previously been tortured by Boko Haram. He's now in hiding in Togo and has contracted malaria, per his lawyers. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The "constant roaring"... "It's like you're in the middle of the airport where the planes are taking off, but they never take off," she said. www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-mu...
Elon Musk's data centers are pushing out a family that's owned land since "before people of color were allowed to"
A plant in Southaven, Mississippi, that powers Elon Musk's SpaceXAI data centers in the area has sparked backlash from residents concerned about noise and air pollution.
cbsnews.com
California residents have a legal right to access the data that companies collect about them. Actually exercising that right is a burdensome nightmare. www.wired.com/story/i-dema...
I Asked 100 Companies for My Data. I Got Deletion Notices Instead
California residents have a legal right to access the data that companies collect about them. Actually exercising that right is a burdensome nightmare.
wired.com
Miami Herald: Doctor whose wife is at center of Trump-Epstein claims flees Miami before trial www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Doctor whose wife is at center of Trump-Epstein claims flees Miami before trial
Joao Araujo, 57, arrested by Aventura police and on the lam, told Brazilian journalist he “escaped the U.S. I’m a fugitive now. With honor.”
miamiherald.com
Limited public discussion of the trust fund's shortfall has experts worried that most Americans don't fully understand the problems Social Security faces — let alone be able to weigh in on solutions. n.pr/4hZFtu6
The Social Security trust fund is running out, and yet it's not a top campaign issue
Limited public discussion of the trust fund's shortfall has experts worried that most Americans don't fully understand the problems Social Security faces — let alone be able to weigh in on solutions.
n.pr
“.. Meta Platforms and others are writing big checks for Democrats ahead of the midterms, according to people familiar with the matter, a counterbalance to the tens of millions they gave to the White House ballroom and Republican initiatives.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
As I predicted on Monday (video below) NOW: Federal court blocks Trump/USPS mail-in ballot rule from going into effect. "Plaintiff Organizations’ members are at risk of irreparable harm where they face significant risk of disenfranchisement and interference with their rights under state laws." 1/
Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 4d agoI unpacked Supreme Court mail-in ballot ruling @outfrontcnn.bsky.social ⤵️ - The Executive Order is still blocked under a totally separate court order. - States should win quick victories now that USPS has "final rule" (SCOTUS simply held it's premature before that final rule issues). Explanation:
BREAKING: Liam Tadeo was just deported by ICE.
James Talarico@jamestalarico.bsky.social · 2d agoA 5-year-old Texan just spent the first day of school in an ICE detention center. ICE kidnapped Liam Tadeo on his way to a soccer game with his dad. Liam should be in kindergarten. Instead, our government has thrown him in a prison camp hundreds of miles from home.
Reliability lies at the heart of USPS — or at least it did until SCOTUS allowed it to carry out Trump's anti-mail voting executive order. Whether voters in every state will be able to vote by mail in the midterms is now before the courts. 🧵But how did we get here, and what comes next?👇
Ratko Mladić, Bosnian-Serb general convicted of genocide for his role during wars in the former Yugoslavia, dies at 84 https://cnn.it/4gnxMwz
The Supreme Court sowed confusion with its recent action on Trump’s mail voting executive order. But presidents still don’t control elections and Trump’s EO is still illegal. Watch: bit.ly/4zKpCGo
Scientists say climate change, caused mainly by burning oil, coal and gas, is making the Mediterranean Sea hotter, bringing hundreds of new and invasive fish species that decimate indigenous populations. https://to.pbs.org/4q3nQLY
The Mediterranean's warming waters are drawing hundreds of invasive species
Scientists say climate change, caused mainly by burning oil, coal and gas, is making the Mediterranean Sea hotter, bringing hundreds of new and invasive fish species that decimate indigenous populatio...
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Russia says UK ‘playing with fire’ amid reports CIA chief has warned Kremlin not to attack Nato www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Russia says UK ‘playing with fire’ amid reports CIA chief has warned Kremlin not to attack Nato
Moscow threatens retaliation after Andy Burnham says UK will help Ukraine start producing long-range missiles
theguardian.com
The water that data centers use for electricity generation in just the top 7 states with the most data centers is the equivalent of 12-times the annual water use of Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Washington, DC, combined. /1 news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
Data Centers Use More Water Than California Cities, Study Says
Electric power generation for data centers is a threat to water supplies even in states outside the arid Southwest, according to a report published Tuesday by the think tank Ceres.
news.bloomberglaw.com
Plus a $2.9B tariff refund this year, which comes after it jacked up prices on consumers. Walmart now claims that its refund will go towards lowering prices. But how much will actually go towards providing some relief to consumers instead of more stock buybacks and lucrative exec pay packages?
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · yesterdayWalmart spent $8.1 billion on stock buybacks last year. Over 156,000 Walmart workers are on Medicaid because they don't get healthcare from the company. ips-dc.org/report-execu...
Doug Ford says the U.S. is treating Canada like Communist China. I disagree. We're treating China much better than we treat our democratic allies.
I really don’t think we’re all taking this nearly seriously enough — Meta is legally admitting that it harms young people and is paying BILLIONS (but not nearly enough billions considering how much they knowingly and intentionally profit off that harm) to avoid proper accountability.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d agoMeta agreed on Wednesday to pay up to $17.1 billion to states to settle claims it harmed young users with its addictive platforms. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/t...
really bad news in light of the administration's successful "give people explosive diarrhea" initiative
Doug Saunders@dougsaunders.bsky.social · 2d agoSince we’re considering trade reprisals — I wrote last year about how easy it would be for Canada to make toilet paper completely unavailable to Americans. It could be done without any tariffs or embargoes. It may be happening already. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Undercurrent: House Freedom Caucus has been defanged in Trump 2.0. It used to firmly oppose CRs & debt limit hikes; that's over. It was willing to tank GOP priorities to achieve fiscal ends; no more. HFC helped grow the debt to $40T by backing Trump's tax cuts and spending hikes.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW: The 2026 elections are thinning the ranks of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus Norman: lost two primaries Ogles: lost primary Chip Roy: lost TX AG primary Donalds + Moore + Biggs + Tiffany: left to run for governor Perry + Crane: competitive re-election bids www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Staffing “was always bad. And now it’s at a breaking point,” a VA psychologist said. They described being stretched so thin that one-on-one appointments were cut down to 16 minutes or replaced with group sessions with as many as 35 veterans. (Published March)
Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...
propublica.org
The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) on Susan Collins: "JD was campaigning for her in Maine, so that's interesting ... and here's the truth with Susan Collins: when we need here, she's been there. And also, if we lose her, we're unlikely to ever get that seat back."
The president has NO authority to make lists of voters & tell the Postal Service who gets a ballot That power belongs to Congress & to the states, which have passed no such law. @campaignlegal.org & @democracydefendersfund.org are in court to put and end to these shenanigans @ms.now👇 -TN
GRAPHIC WARNING: This video contains sensitive footage that may disturb some viewers. A massive flash flood in the Himalayan border areas of Nepal and China's Tibet washed away villages while damaging roads, bridges and power projects in a region bordering Tibet, authorities said
DEVASTATING FLOOD Security camera footage shows the moment the flood crashes through the Nepal-China border. The flash flood wipes out everything in its path. People, houses, roads, and power projects were swept away in Nepal, while officials in Tibet said they feared “major casualties.”
23% drop in student visas to US in 2025 57% drop from India alone catastrophic for research and learning, here and abroad www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
