New: the FCC is trying to ban burner phones by forcing all telecoms to store ID information on all new and renewing customers. That includes a government issued ID number. Massive privacy-impacting change
“We never thought that would happen here,” the ACLU says www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to...
The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers' government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse s...www.404media.co
Several diabetes researchers were brusquely escorted out of a major scientific conference organized by the American Diabetes Association for distributing paper copies of an editorial criticizing President Donald Trump’s administration. https://scim.ag/3StTrJS
This is huge news! Particularly for those of us who get sunburned just by sitting in the shade.
“For the past year, FIFA has leased an office on the 17th floor of New York’s Trump Tower that has sat all but empty. The rent goes to President Trump’s family business, but soccer officials say the space sits largely idle.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
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If you want to watch when they have to take Trump's name off the Kennedy Center, there's a 24/7 webcam right here. 👇
Well that's a new one...
If I remember right, the average profit Facebook makes from each member is $250+ per year. So this is pocket money that I've just been given to compensate me for them abusing my privacy. It's like they price this into their business model.
I'm old enough to remember when it was supposed to burn up in 2027
You have to hand it to them. If they could steal candy from a baby they would at this point (although they already stole the kids health insurance).
"Stahl, according to the people, said Ellison assured her that his top priority is righting the ship and pledged that the broadcast would retain editorial independence—a promise he had, notably, previously made before betraying them by allowing Weiss to fire correspondents and senior staffers."
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A new sunscreen ingredient used for years in Europe and Asia was approved for use in the US. The ingredient is safer than some currently in use, experts say.
Bari Weiss has been largely MIA and holed up in her secured sixth-floor suite at CBS News as David Ellison personally intervenes to assuage the concerns of rattled “60 Minutes” staffers, Status has le...
“Missouri Republicans are taking an ax to Dolly Parton’s signature initiative.
The state’s decision to freeze enrollment in Parton’s Imagination Library, which offers free books to kids, comes at a perilous time for children’s literacy.”
www.ms.now/opinion/doll...
Today, I got my news from an entirely new source: DoorDash customer service. They called to inform me that my order had to be canceled because of a hostage situation. When I said “sorry, what?” They helpfully explained that swat team was not letting drivers through.
The state’s decision to freeze enrollment in Parton’s Imagination Library, which offers free books to kids, comes at a perilous time for children’s literacy.
Hubble Science in the 2030s White Paper: High-Contrast Optical and UV Spectroscopy with HST/STIS
astrobiology.com/2026/06/hubb... #astrobiology #exoplanet #astronomy
