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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/58469061

Summary

The EU warns that Trump-aligned tech leaders, including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, pose an "existential threat" by pressuring Brussels to weaken its digital regulations.

Trump has threatened tariffs on countries enforcing strict rules on U.S. tech firms, with Musk openly mocking EU governance.

Brussels insists on its right to regulate disinformation and antitrust issues but faces growing U.S. retaliation.

The dispute could escalate into a trade war, with both sides preparing countermeasures.

 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/19515961

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Nearly 200 advocacy groups have urged [U.S.] Democratic representatives to “proactively and affirmatively” reject potential industry attempts to obtain immunity from litigation.

“We have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to…shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,” reads a letter to Congress on Wednesday. It was signed by 195 environmental groups such as the Sierra Club, Earthjustice, and Sunrise Movement; legal nonprofits including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice; and dozens of other organizations.

Over the last decade, states and municipalities have brought more than 30 lawsuits accusing big oil of intentionally covering up the climate risks of their products, and seeking potentially billions in damages. The defendants have worked to kill the cases, with limited success.

Now, with Republicans in control of the White House and both congressional chambers, advocates fear the industry will go further, pursuing total immunity from all existing and future climate lawsuits. To do so, they could lobby for a liability waiver like the one granted to the firearms industry in 2005, which has successfully blocked most attempts to hold them accountable for violence.

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cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/1903996

Nothing quite says “high-performance muscle car” like a popup ad for a Mopar Extended Warranty covering your whole center console. That’s right, Dodge Charger owners are now experiencing an exciting new feature: pop-up ads that appear every time the vehicle stops at a light. This absolute garbage feature was spotted in the wild, take a look here.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/33467614

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Republicans should be excluded from any serious conversation on policy. They are not serious and should be taken seriously

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26375626

A team of volunteer archivists has recreated the Centers for Disease Control website exactly as it was the day Donald Trump was inaugurated. The site, called RestoredCDC.org, went live Tuesday and is currently being hosted in Europe.

As we have been following since the beginning of Trump’s second term, websites across the entire federal government have been altered and taken offline under this administration’s war on science, health, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Critical information promoting vaccines, HIV care, reproductive health options including abortion, and trans and gender confirmation healthcare have been purged from the CDC’s live website under Trump. Disease surveillance data about bird flu and other concerns have either been delayed or have stopped being updated entirely. Some deleted pages across the government have at least temporarily been restored thanks to a court order, but the Trump administration has added a note rejecting “gender ideology” to some of them.

“Our goal is to provide a resource that includes the information and data previously available,” the team wrote. “We are committed to providing the previously available webpages and data, from before the potential tampering occurred. Our approach is to be as transparent as possible about our process. We plan to gather archival data and then remove CDC logos and branding, using GitHub to host our code to create the site.”

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is that Francine smith in he back of the second panel?

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26347636

Arellano’s article focused on the KKK’s place in Anaheim city politics a century ago. The AI-generated alternate viewpoint downplayed the KKK’s history there, saying that “local historical accounts occasionally frame the 1920s Klan as a product of ‘white Protestant culture’ responding to societal changes rather than an explicitly hate-driven movement.” A screenshot of the summary, taken by Mac, also noted that “critics argue that focusing on past Klan influence distracts from Anaheim’s modern identity as a diverse city.”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What if we have a nice dormitory like set up. They would all have DC housing and we wouldn't have time worry about dumb shit like this

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

Fucking go Birds. Best team in football!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

We need to start holding companies liable for environmental and financial terrorism

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I believe they are trying to capitalize on the holiday today, but i get the frustration. I would say that you may want to look into and reach out to a local leftist group to see what/when they do their community outreach or about upcoming protests

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

So long as I can side step attacks, I'm happy. Soul Caliber is a classic but its newer iterations lost me. So for now it's memories of SC2 that shine the brightest, slowly going down hill ever since

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I love love love tekken and other 3d fighters. I mostly stay away from 2d fighters outside of skull girls and smash (yeah, I'm calling it a fighting game, pick up the sticks)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

We can only hope it's by a train and not by the Republicans

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Huh? Put what in writing? I'm eating smoked ham

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I dont wanna remember shit anyway

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

Audio quality was terrible, i saw a clip online later that was much clearer on audio

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