The internet was built as a public good--like a public library, using taxpayer $...including the NSF grant that went to grad students Page & Brin in the 90s, giving them the means to build Google. Then guys like them privatized public goods--stole what we paid for & made themselves billionaires.

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God we (the US) are so fucked.

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The only poll that counts. This record-breaking Day 1 turnout by NC Dems in the face of lackluster voting by gopers augers a blow-out of unprecedented size IF WE KEEP THIS UP THROUGH ELECTION DAY. Republicans are ashamed to show their faces at the polls this year, while Dems are ashamed *not to*.

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BREAKING: We just sued Jared Kushner for unlawfully acting as one of the country's top diplomats without undergoing Senate confirmation or filing financial disclosures. It’s abundantly clear that he should be blocked from performing this outsized role: www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action...

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Still trying to understand how Napster got shut down, but Anthropic is going public and still hasn’t paid us authors yet after stealing our work.

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