Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg struggled in federal court to defend his reasons for the Facebook owner’s $1 billion purchase of Instagram more than a decade ago — one of two acquisitions the Federal Trade Commission now contends was illegally anticompetitive.

‘When boys are taught to interpret social change as a personal attack, they’re less likely to reflect on power, inequality, or the limits of masculinity. Instead, they’re encouraged to direct their frustration at feminism.’ - great article @womensagenda.bsky.social

There is still beauty in this world

‘Silicon Valley is reaching the outer limits of the current regime’s usefulness; contemporary authoritarianism provides new degrees of…attacks on the common good — all of which are conducive to profit.’

Excellent analysis from Brian Chen @datasociety.bsky.social

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With Trump’s climate-sceptic administration days from the White House and 2 sycophant social media CEOs now at his beck and call, it is imperative that we keep momentum on science-based climate action.

The apocalyptic scenes in California are a stark reminder…

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1. Hundreds of companies who pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 4 years

But we've identified 10 promise keepers:

Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft

It's human instinct to dismiss what we disagree with. But Trump, Bannon, Musk, Farage benefit from being underestimated.

"It gives credence to the notion their radical politics is necessary. Left unchecked, 'outlandish' possibilities can become concrete realities"

Take it seriously. My thoughts 👇

Could Tenbury Wells be the first UK town centre abandoned due to climate change?

Farage: "Is 24 weeks right for abortion given that we now save babies at 22? That to me would be worthy of a debate in Parliament"

This @bylinetimes.bsky.social report by @mc00.bsky.social shows why we shouldn't underestimate/ignore what Farage does/says in the next 4 years. He has a track record.

💥 “But it doesn't take much reading between the lines to wonder if X is paying attention to the astronomic rise of Twitter alternatives BlueSky and Threads. Over the past week alone, BlueSky's daily active users have soared to 3.5 million, a massive 300 percent increase since Election Day”

Rich countries have agreed to pay developing nations $300 billion a year to help them with their climate actions—but the agreement doesn’t say who specifically should contribute or how.

The Harris campaign spent billions blanketing airwaves with ads (outspending Republicans 3:1), bombarding undecided voters with text messages, and bussing out-of-state volunteers to canvas. None of those tactics leave a trace after the election. They might as well have set the cash on fire.