simli
@simli.bsky.social
privacy, labour, online moderation (he/him)
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November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The EU are sacrificing our privacy rights on the altar of AI:
> Draft changes would create new exceptions for AI companies that would allow them to legally process special categories of data (like a person’s religious or political beliefs, ethnicity or health data) to train and operate their tech.
> Draft changes would create new exceptions for AI companies that would allow them to legally process special categories of data (like a person’s religious or political beliefs, ethnicity or health data) to train and operate their tech.
EU officials are ready to sacrifice some of their most prized privacy rules for the sake of AI, as they seek to turbocharge business in Europe by slashing red tape.
Brussels knifes privacy to feed the AI boom
Draft proposals obtained by POLITICO show EU is breaking sacred privacy regime to placate industry.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The EU are sacrificing our privacy rights on the altar of AI:
> Draft changes would create new exceptions for AI companies that would allow them to legally process special categories of data (like a person’s religious or political beliefs, ethnicity or health data) to train and operate their tech.
> Draft changes would create new exceptions for AI companies that would allow them to legally process special categories of data (like a person’s religious or political beliefs, ethnicity or health data) to train and operate their tech.
danmarks forhold til ophavsret er generelt et af de større problemer, især mht. ytringsfrihed og fair use
2025-absurditet i tal
40-årig dansk mand har ulovligt delt nøgenscener fra bl.a. danske spillefilm og tv-serier på Reddit = syv måneder betinget fængsel
OpenAI træner ChatGPT og Sora på gigantiske mængder patenteret materiale = 500 mia. dollar i markedsværdi
ekstrabladet.dk/krimi/mand-d...
40-årig dansk mand har ulovligt delt nøgenscener fra bl.a. danske spillefilm og tv-serier på Reddit = syv måneder betinget fængsel
OpenAI træner ChatGPT og Sora på gigantiske mængder patenteret materiale = 500 mia. dollar i markedsværdi
ekstrabladet.dk/krimi/mand-d...
Mand dømt for deling af nøgenscener
Læs mere her
ekstrabladet.dk
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
danmarks forhold til ophavsret er generelt et af de større problemer, især mht. ytringsfrihed og fair use
fresh off their attempt to force chat control dragnet surveillance on its members, the eu are planning to gut gdpr and privacy rights to pave the way for ai to siphon everyone's private information
this is why we have to limit governments' access to our data
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
this is why we have to limit governments' access to our data
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
Brussels knifes privacy to feed the AI boom
Draft proposals obtained by POLITICO show EU is breaking sacred privacy regime to placate industry.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
fresh off their attempt to force chat control dragnet surveillance on its members, the eu are planning to gut gdpr and privacy rights to pave the way for ai to siphon everyone's private information
this is why we have to limit governments' access to our data
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
this is why we have to limit governments' access to our data
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
@fightchatcontrol.bsky.social might already be time for a new campaign to protect eu privacy rights and gdpr against ai deregulation
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
Brussels knifes privacy to feed the AI boom
Draft proposals obtained by POLITICO show EU is breaking sacred privacy regime to placate industry.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
@fightchatcontrol.bsky.social might already be time for a new campaign to protect eu privacy rights and gdpr against ai deregulation
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
are we ready for movie twitter + award show + bluecheck ragebait + sportsbetting discourse all rolled into one for the oscars
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
are we ready for movie twitter + award show + bluecheck ragebait + sportsbetting discourse all rolled into one for the oscars
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Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Davie tells staff departure was “my own decision” but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speech
Tim Davie, the BBC’s director general, and the head of BBC News have resigned after a former adviser to the corporation accused it of “serious and systemic” bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights.
In a shock move, Davie said his depature was his own, but comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way the broadcaster edited a Donald Trump speech. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
what do you mean guillermo del toro frankensteined a movie out of elordi's hauntingly gentle portrayal of a monster stitched together with the goofiest british performance by an american since dick van dyke was a chimney sweep
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
what do you mean guillermo del toro frankensteined a movie out of elordi's hauntingly gentle portrayal of a monster stitched together with the goofiest british performance by an american since dick van dyke was a chimney sweep
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Bad news for human rights and national security, no matter how you spin it
NSO Group has a new executive chairman, David Friedman, who's a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and onetime bankruptcy lawyer for President Trump.
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli... via @WSJ
NSO Group has a new executive chairman, David Friedman, who's a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and onetime bankruptcy lawyer for President Trump.
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli... via @WSJ
Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Gets New Owners, Leadership and Seeks to Mend Reputation
Investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds have taken a controlling stake in the company behind Pegasus, and former Trump official David Friedman has been named executive chairman.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Bad news for human rights and national security, no matter how you spin it
NSO Group has a new executive chairman, David Friedman, who's a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and onetime bankruptcy lawyer for President Trump.
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli... via @WSJ
NSO Group has a new executive chairman, David Friedman, who's a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and onetime bankruptcy lawyer for President Trump.
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli... via @WSJ
i danmark ville sådan en historie ikke være en skandale - tværtimod
#dkpol
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/shows/...
#dkpol
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/shows/...
Kash Patel’s girlfriend files defamation suit against suggestion she’s an Israeli spy
Kash Patel’s girlfriend Alexis Wilkins sued a failed U.S. Senate candidate in Utah who, she alleges, defamed her in suggesting that she’s a secret Israeli agent assigned to manipulate and compromise D...
www.msnbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
i danmark ville sådan en historie ikke være en skandale - tværtimod
#dkpol
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/shows/...
#dkpol
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/shows/...
genuinely why even have a marketing department if gets caught using genai like coca-cola
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
genuinely why even have a marketing department if gets caught using genai like coca-cola
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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Hi - we're putting together a mutual aid map for NYC, a directory of resources and aid: dora.nyc
if you have any resources like food pantries, community fridges, etc. you'd like to add, please consider including them in this map!
if you have any resources like food pantries, community fridges, etc. you'd like to add, please consider including them in this map!
NYC Directory Of Resources and Aid
A directory of aid resources in NYC
dora.nyc
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hi - we're putting together a mutual aid map for NYC, a directory of resources and aid: dora.nyc
if you have any resources like food pantries, community fridges, etc. you'd like to add, please consider including them in this map!
if you have any resources like food pantries, community fridges, etc. you'd like to add, please consider including them in this map!
pluribus is great, but also a reminder of how terribly people engage with fiction nowadays: everyone wants some singular metaphor or explanation of "what it's really about"
November 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
pluribus is great, but also a reminder of how terribly people engage with fiction nowadays: everyone wants some singular metaphor or explanation of "what it's really about"
> Per the report, Meta internal projections from late last year said that 10% of the company’s total 2024 revenue would come from scammy ads and sales of banned goods — which works out to $16 billion.
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
Meta projected 10% of 2024 revenue came from scams and banned goods, Reuters reports
The report shows that the company was hesitant to crack down harder on scams, due to the billions in revenue that they were generating for Meta....
sherwood.news
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
> Per the report, Meta internal projections from late last year said that 10% of the company’s total 2024 revenue would come from scammy ads and sales of banned goods — which works out to $16 billion.
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
vendinger som "Danmark skal gå forrest i EU for at sikre bedre børne- og ungebeskyttelse." plejer at varsle dårligt nyt for danskernes rettigheder
www.digmin.dk/digitaliseri...
#dkpol
www.digmin.dk/digitaliseri...
#dkpol
Danmark går forrest – politisk aftale sætter en ny standard for digital beskyttelse af børn og unge
Som et af de første lande i EU tager Danmark nu et banebrydende skridt mod at indføre aldersgrænser på sociale medier. Det sker for at beskytte børn og unge i den digitale verden. Med aftalen om digit...
www.digmin.dk
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
vendinger som "Danmark skal gå forrest i EU for at sikre bedre børne- og ungebeskyttelse." plejer at varsle dårligt nyt for danskernes rettigheder
www.digmin.dk/digitaliseri...
#dkpol
www.digmin.dk/digitaliseri...
#dkpol
it’s been 0 days since an ft chart crime
lmao this is incredible, strong contender for one of the least useful charts ever made
you could do this with anything, draw a straight trend line plus one exponentially up and one exponentially down
average baseball fastball pitch speed in 2050:
0mph, 105mph, or 1000000mph
you could do this with anything, draw a straight trend line plus one exponentially up and one exponentially down
average baseball fastball pitch speed in 2050:
0mph, 105mph, or 1000000mph
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
it’s been 0 days since an ft chart crime
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Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
fun book recommendation engine trained on goodreads reviews. also has similarity lookups
could also be used to look up your own books to see what's related
book.sv
could also be used to look up your own books to see what's related
book.sv
Recommend | book.sv
Great book recommendations.
book.sv
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
fun book recommendation engine trained on goodreads reviews. also has similarity lookups
could also be used to look up your own books to see what's related
book.sv
could also be used to look up your own books to see what's related
book.sv
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The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
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@politico.com JUST IN: 5th Circuit will allow Texas to enforce law against minors attending drag shows. Majority: Southwick (GWBush), Engelhardt (Trump). Partial dissent: Dennis (Clinton). Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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www.documentcloud.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
@politico.com JUST IN: 5th Circuit will allow Texas to enforce law against minors attending drag shows. Majority: Southwick (GWBush), Engelhardt (Trump). Partial dissent: Dennis (Clinton). Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Real ones also know that the AI industry is already basically getting bailed out (because they’re exempt from the tariffs the rest of us have to pay)
www.apricitas.io/p/the-tariff...
www.apricitas.io/p/the-tariff...
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Real ones also know that the AI industry is already basically getting bailed out (because they’re exempt from the tariffs the rest of us have to pay)
www.apricitas.io/p/the-tariff...
www.apricitas.io/p/the-tariff...
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If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical in 2025, it speaks to how far we’ve drifted from democracy’s core promise. Markets will not save democracy.
My new piece for @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My new piece for @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Zohran Mamdani shows how Democrats can defeat authoritarians like Trump | Isabella Weber
Democrats have two choices: fight to make life affordable again for ordinary people or watch voters embrace authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical in 2025, it speaks to how far we’ve drifted from democracy’s core promise. Markets will not save democracy.
My new piece for @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My new piece for @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...