A Boring Dystopia

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Former Biden administration official Shuwanza Goff is joining Paramount Skydance as VP of U.S. government affairs...

Goff will be tasked with helping shape the company’s public policy and government affairs strategy, including engagement with federal and state policymakers and industry partners. She was previously a partner and chief strategy officer at lobbying firm Empire Consulting Group.

Goff served as the director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs from 2023 to 2025 in the Biden administration. In that role, she drove the White House’s policy agenda and was the steward of key bipartisan relationships on Capitol Hill...

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/65695061

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Cross posted from https://lemmy.zip/post/65355368

What if you woke up tomorrow and completely lost access to your bank account, credit cards, PayPal, and Venmo, all because of something you posted online?

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/8649490

I love betting on natural disasters! i-love-not-thinking

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Video from Jan 1, 2026, that popped in my feed and I completely missed.

[YouTube AI summary] Anton Petrov examines a study highlighting how high-density satellite networks create a fragile 'house of cards' in low Earth orbit. The analysis focuses on the rapid increase in collision risks due to limited maneuvering time and the potential impact of extreme space weather.

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First tool ban is here! A new law was just signed in New York that requires blueprint blocking technology on every CNC machine, laser cutter, lathe and 3D printer. This affects everyone who makes, builds or fixes things. This isn't a firearms law. It's a manufacturing law. And they buried it in the budget because they knew exactly what it was.

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American Wealth, Sliced Up (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
 
 

We’re having a pizza party with 100 guests! Let’s divvy up the slices the way wealth is divided among American households.

https://kottke.org/26/05/american-wealth-sliced-up

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iOS screenshot showing text "Audio and video are paused because you may be showing something sensitive. If you feel uncomfortable, you should end the call." with buttons "Resume Audio and Video" and "End Call"

note: this was in the developer beta in July last year and was disabled before the general release.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/1131528

Comments on Hacker News

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Driven away like royality

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