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ravenaspiring

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  • Peter Thiel and other tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich

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  • YouTube cofounder Steve Chen said at a talk at the Stanford Graduate School of Business last year that he wouldn’t want his kids consuming only short-form content, noting that it might be better to limit kids to videos longer than 15 minutes.

    I hope this is introduced at the LA trial in some form that demonstrates the why.

    I should not be amazed, but I still am, at the entire lack of morality that tech entrepreneurs have post dotcom bursting.

  • The Mullvad ad that was banned in the UK

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  • Student who punched another student holding pro-ICE sign at Lake Zurich High School received 2-day suspension

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  • So far I don't think it exists. At least not with gofundme as it would violate their TOS apparently. Danny Spud has a site, but I'd question it (and won't post it because of that). Our brown hoodie hero is unnamed and hopefully will remain so for a while given the propensity of the right to be retributive in their violence.

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  • A couple that I've found

    1. Presidential Pardon Power and Immunity Reforms https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5088538-biden-calls-for-constitutional-amendment-on-presidential-immunity/

    2. Corporate Political Speech Restrictions https://www.movetoamend.org/motion

    3. Healthcare as a Righr https://usconstitution.net/constitutional-right-to-health-insurance/

    From https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/twelve-failed-constitutional-amendments-that-could-have-reshaped-american-history-180987425/

    The United States Constitution had been in effect for little more than a year when Congress first moved to amend it. On September 25, 1789, the legislature sent a dozen proposed amendments to the then-13 states (soon to be 14) for ratification, as the law required. By December 15, 1791, the necessary three-fourths of states had ratified 10 of the 12 amendments, which collectively became known as the Bill of Rights.

    Another 17 amendments have been ratified in the 234 years since, for a total of 27. But these measures represent just a tiny fraction of the amendments that have been proposed in Congress over the years—nearly 12,000 to date.

  • Six cancers rising faster in younger adults than older ones

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  • Op could have posted:

    The study examined cases that occurred between 2000 and 2017 and found 13 cancers on the rise in those under 50 in at least 10 countries, and six cancers — colorectal, cervical, pancreatic, prostate, kidney and multiple myeloma — rising faster in younger adults than in older adults in at least five.

  • Say NO to Mandatory E-Bike License Plates and Registrations [California]

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  • Why this Bill Fails California and the East Bay Community:

    It Ignores the Real Danger: The leading cause of traffic violence, especially for bike riders, is that of outdated street design and heavy vehicular traffic. We need protected bikeway networks for all ages and abilities, not license plates.

    It Targets the Wrong Problem: Most “e-bike” safety concerns stem from illegal “e-motos” or hacked devices that operate in excess of legal speeds, not the legal Class 2 and 3 bikes used by families, commuters, and workers.

    It Punishes Sustainable Choices: While a gas car emits 374 g of CO2 per mile, an e-bike emits only 8g. By adding DMV-style red tape to e-bikes, we discourage the exact behavior needed to meet the state’s ambitious climate goals.

    It Enables Biased Policing: In 2022, California abolished local bike registration requirements (AB 1909) in part because they were used as a pretext for biased stops. Reintroducing regulation and plate requirements provides a new tool for discriminatory enforcement.

  • How can we protect kids from the harms of social media without sacrificing everyone's privacy?

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  • I think this point is getting buried, but the regulatory change that needs to happen to start with is not the algorithm alone, but Monetization realignment!!

    • Shift ad models to reward completion (e.g., pay creators per finished video) rather than scroll depth
    • Offer paid tiers where users pay $2-5/month to disable all addictive features (no A/B testing on these users)
    • User-controlled ad preferences with revenue sharing
    • Behavioral cost transparency

    Or others. Basically disincentivize addictive apps. I would also suggest penalizing harshly those that do, as many of these companies make so much off of this that only the harsher enforced penalties will force change (if they don't avoid it through regulatory capture).

  • How can we protect kids from the harms of social media without sacrificing everyone's privacy?

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  • Chronology is only one part of this, although I think it is the right foot forward.We also need:

    • Mandatory session limits with friction
    • Notification redesign replacing real-time alerts with scheduled digest batches
    • Engagement friction mechanisms
    • Especially need algorithmic transparency & control to make the user aware and in not manipulated
    • Behavioral feedback systems
    • An most importantly Monetization Realignment

    The parents point is true, but more generally I think it needs to be that "people" need to be held responsible and accountable for their actions both as adults and children, and to enable this they need to be taught critical thinking skills as well as given the tools to make this happen. Common sense isn't common, it's instilled.

  • How can we protect kids from the harms of social media without sacrificing everyone's privacy?

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  • There are https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof which can do exactly what you just proposed. I'm not sure it's a foolproof answer, but it is designed to exactly deal with that identity conundrum as well as others.

    In cryptography, a zero-knowledge proof (also known as a ZK proof or ZKP) is a protocol in which one party (the prover) can convince another party (the verifier) that some given statement is true, without conveying to the verifier any information beyond the mere fact of that statement's truth.

  • Democrats’ struggles could be partly because they’re just too old, says Obama

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  • By young, they mean not geriatric. Some of the candidate running in open or challenge seats. And we need more.

    Nikki Foster (D) Age: 38 | Race: U.S. Senate (OH) | Background: Labor organizer and 2022 Senate candidate; running against incumbent J.D. Vance in an open-seat scenario.

    Adam Gray (D) Age: 42 | Race: U.S. House (CA-13) | Background: State Assemblymember challenging Republican incumbent John Duarte in a Central Valley swing district.

    Mia Janecka (D) Age: 38 | Race: U.S. House (TX-23) | Background: El Paso County prosecutor; running against Republican Tony Gonzales in a border district with shifting demographics.

    Syler Roberts (D) Age: 34 | Race: U.S. House (OR-06) | Background: Climate policy advisor and Gen Z activist challenging Republican Andrea Salinas in a Portland suburbs district.

  • Scientists find a 'blue hole' so deep they can't reach the bottom

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  • So the line they brought for the CTD was only 500m, and they only made it to 423 before the reading didn't line up with the wire out.

    So it's deep, but sometimes you can't bring the CTD & winch you want, you bring the one you can get.

    They'll figure it out sooner than later, but for anyone who works with these thing it's clickbait title.

    I wouldn't be surprised if someone gets funding or a billionaire to want to film this hole so they'll stick an ROV in it and make a documentary about it. That would probably be more reliable than a standalone CTD or rosette.

  • HP has laptop subscriptions now

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  • I'm sure they'd love this.

  • United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml
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    U.S. births dropped last year, suggesting the 2024 uptick was short-lived

    www.pbs.org /newshour/health/u-s-births-dropped-last-year-suggesting-the-2024-uptick-was-short-lived

  • Bill and Hillary Clinton agree to testify in House Epstein probe ahead of contempt vote

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  • Oversight will subpoena the Clinton's and move forward in holding them in contempt, but won't for how many other Republican's on the Epstein list... Shit show and obviously not after the truth. Not that it is a surprise, just infuriating.

  • Helping SO move away from Spotify

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  • Are you sticking with Plex and hoping to phase in Navidrome on it later? Or a back end switch too?

  • Massive union overseeing Border Patrol demands ouster of Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller

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  • “Our demand is clear: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was responsible for carrying out the policy that led to Alex’s needless killing, and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy, must resign immediately. If they refuse, President Trump must dismiss them," AFGE National President Everett Kelley said in a statement.

    “Public reporting has established that Mr. Miller is the driving force behind the administration’s harsh immigration agenda," he continued. "He personally directed its implementation and used high-pressure tactics to force compliance across the federal government. These were not abstract policy choices. They were imposed from the top and enforced without regard for the consequences."

  • The Archive of Crimes of ICE

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  • New Evidence Reveals Renee Good Was Still Alive When ICE Blocked Medic

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  • You can be shot in the head and survive. I don't have statistics, but there have been many who have survived.

    A 28 year old at close range. A 14 year old. 47 year old. Etc.

    The point is that Good had an outside chance and these bastards don't give a shit about people they've shot.

  • New Evidence Reveals Renee Good Was Still Alive When ICE Blocked Medic

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  • New records from emergency responders obtained by The New York Times show that Good was not breathing but had an irregular pulse when local medics arrived at the scene, and had no pulse by the time they removed her from her car. This comes after an initial video captured by bystanders showed ICE agents screaming at a medic who offered help as Good lay dying in her car.

    “Can I go check a pulse?” a man said after Good was shot, his hands in the air.

    “No! Back up!” an ICE agent told him.

    “I’m a physician!”

    “I don’t care!” the agent replied, before another came up and said they had their own EMS on the way. They arrived and performed CPR on Good—who had two gunshots in her chest and one on her arm—before taking her to the hospital, where she later died.

  • A decade in the making, clean energy power line for Mass. is up and running

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  • Though the project would mostly be built in existing transmission right of ways, it did require clearing a 150-foot wide corridor through 54 miles of forest in western Maine. Almost immediately, the plan encountered much of the same pushback as the New Hampshire proposal. There were lawsuits and regulatory delays, and many Maine residents questioned why their state should sacrifice pristine forest for the benefit of Massachusetts customers.

    Despite promises from Avangrid that the ecological impacts of the project would be minimal, a powerful alliance of local environmentalists and fossil fuel companies — some of which stood to lose money if the power line was built — took root. This effort culminated in a 2021 ballot referendum in Maine to revoke a key permit for the project, which had already begun construction.

    Advocates and opponents of the transmission line poured more than $90 million into the campaign, and in the end, nearly 60% of Maine voters rejected the project. Construction was halted, the developers sued. In April 2023, a Maine jury verdict paved the way for construction to resume.

    The year-and-a-half delay caused the project’s price tag to balloon by more than $500 million dollars — an increase that Massachusetts ratepayers are on the hook to pick up. Even so, electric customers in the state are expected to come out ahead.

    The projected annual savings are small — around $18-$20 per household, according to the governor's office. But with power demand rising, the actual savings could grow over time, said Boyd Rabin of the Environmental League of Massachusetts.

    Residents of Maine will also benefit from the transmission line. As part of the contract negotiations, Gov. Janet Mills arranged for Hydro-Québec to sell some discounted electricity to the state through the new transmission line. The deal is expected to save ratepayers at least at least $14 million annually. The project developers have also agreed to invest millions in residential energy efficiency programs, job creation, broadband internet access and conservation efforts in the state. And they've promised to help defray the cost of heat pumps for low-income residents, and make investments in Maine's electrical infrastructure.

    A model for the future of power transmission lines in the US in several ways. The negative is the push back infrastructure improvements will get from all side which will caused a bloom in cost, but the positive is an ROI and community improvement which succeeds in spite of the push back.

    As a project though, it shows how far behind we as Americans are from the ability for China to build fast and adapt fast. China's Qinghai-Henan line 493-mile-per-year construction rate, dwarfs the US capacity to build, and it's mostly because of red tape. Qualitatively, the New England line might be better in it's cautious approach from several stand points, but I think the US has lost perspective on it's economic dominance.

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    America Needs Economic Warriors

    www.foreignaffairs.com /united-states/america-needs-economic-warriors
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    Future NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made bold promises. Can he keep them?

    www.pbs.org /newshour/politics/future-nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-has-made-bold-promises-can-he-keep-them
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    U.S. Senate votes 50-46 to nullify Trump tariffs on Canada, with four Republicans crossing aisle

    www.ctvnews.ca /world/trumps-tariffs/article/us-senate-votes-50-46-to-nullify-trump-tariffs-on-canada-with-four-republicans-crossing-aisle/
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    'South Park' co-creator jokes he's 'terribly sorry' about premiere that angered White House

    www.pbs.org /newshour/politics/south-park-co-creator-jokes-hes-terribly-sorry-about-premiere-that-angered-white-house
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    An Attack on America’s Universities Is an Attack on American Power

    www.foreignaffairs.com /united-states/attack-americas-universities-attack-american-power
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    Spain, Portugal and parts of France hit by massive power outage

    www.euronews.com /my-europe/2025/04/28/spain-portugal-and-parts-of-france-hit-by-massive-power-outage