Field of Rye, 1888 #impressionism #camillepissarro
A new investigation reveals Amazon has destroyed 1,000 rare books to scan them into a system that trains AI models.
The Amazon team in charge of book destruction uses a logo featuring a T-Rex eating a book.
Trump's FCC Chair says he will put a "bias monitor" in place who will "report directly" to Trump
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Trump's FCC Chair Brendan Carr brags that "Trump is fundamentally reshaping the entire media ecosystem"
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TorrentFreak
• Ernesto Van der Sar
A German Court Drew the Piracy Line at 81.5%, KinoGO Was Blocked with (at least) 82.4%
Germany doesn't have a hard benchmark for when a site is structurally infringing. However, the site-blocking clearinghouse CUII stated that illegal content clearly outweighs legal content when at least 81.5 percent of a site is infringing. After KinoGO was recently blocked with a floor of 82.4 percent, that line is closing in, raising the question of whether sites could simply pad their libraries with legal fillers.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
Sir, You Brought Five Black Conservatives to a Reading-Comprehension Problem. (medium.com)
Lake District Diary (medium.com)
medium.com/writers-blokke/lake-district-diary-043440b4d16e?sk=65315c7e036790fac66e475c66fed0a9
Gulf Oil Giants Push to Expand Overseas Stockpiles as Iran War Drags On (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
How NASA Engineers Are Keeping the Voyagers Alive (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
The end of USMCA would have a surprisingly small impact on the Canadian economy (theglobeandmail.com)
Walter and Boehly are selling up at Chelsea. Why now, for how much and what does it mean for the club? (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Google Just Made It Easier for Campaigns to Send You Fund-Raising Emails (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Vandals are destroying license-plate cameras as anger over surveillance rises (wapo.st)
As the Phillies chase October, it’s the little things that matter more than ever (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Looks like we’re getting the camera AirPods soon. I’m curious how Apple is going to frame the privacy for these considering all the Meta glasses backlash. Even if the image never leaves your phone, will people trust it?
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Google Just Made It Easier for Campaigns to Spam You
“Google quietly rolled out a new program on Monday that will allow candidates, political parties and political action committees to more easily bypass Gmail’s spam filter and send fund-raising appeals to the inboxes of the company’s many millions of email users,” the New York Times reports. “The change comes after years of complaints from Republicans […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Trump Posts Map with Strait as ‘New U.S. Territory’
“President Trump doubled down Tuesday on his claim to the Strait of Hormuz on behalf of America, posting a revised map of the area on social media that labeled the waterway ‘new U.S. territory,'” the New York Post reports. “Trump posted the image on his Truth Social site, before claiming in subsequent posts that the […]
Whatever
• Athena Scalzi
Trying Out Thrive Market: The Last Installation Of My Online Grocery Shopping Membership Journey
With both Misfits Market and Martie Goods having been reviewed, it’s finally time to talk about the third and final horse in the race, Thrive Market. Just like Misfits Market and Martie Goods, it’s an online grocery store that claims to give deep discounts on good products to their customers. One difference I noticed with […]
Hyde Park Police Rescue Dog Trapped Inside Storm Drain
A Hyde Park police officer crawled into a smelly storm drain and took several bites to the hand to rescue a trapped dog. Continue reading…
SCOTUSblog
• Josh Blackman
The chief justice should share much of his power
