ECP: NetHappenings Headlines 8.15.23
The “head of a criminal enterprise.” That captures it.
Oh yeah, one more thing:
It’s a criminal enterprise whose aim was the destruction of everyone’s rights to control their own lives and to live in freedom under the rule of law and not the whim of one man. ~ Laurence Tribe
Donald Trump bombshell as lawyers from the prominent conservative Federalist Society publish a paper declaring that Trump MUST be banned from running for president “under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.”
Judge: Georgia Indictment Will Be Televised if and When Trump Gets Charged
Reporters and members of the public inside the Fulton County Courthouse can record video of the big moment
FBI Whistleblower Said Investigations Into Giuliani and Trump Allies Were Suppressed
Trump’s legal team connected to Georgia voting system breach
#CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE
Judge Jed Rakoff Has Regularly Dined in the Past with the Chairman of the Law Firm that Just Got a Big Win in His Court in the JPMorgan Sex Trafficking Case
Wall Street Mega Banks and Their Disgraceful Bailout Charts Since the Repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999
The Bill Clinton administration’s repeal in 1999 of the 1933 Banking Act, commonly known as the Glass-Steagall Act, ushered in the greatest kleptocracy America has ever known.
Jamie Dimon Faces an Uphill Battle Convincing a Jury He Didn’t Know that Child Sex-Trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein, Was Financing His Operation Out of JPMorgan
#HEALTH
New Covid vaccines are on the way as ‘Eris’ variant rises
‘Game-changer’: judge rules in favor of young activists in US climate trial
Rule of thumb -History of Intimate Partner Violence Reform
https://freedomandcitizenship.columbia.edu/ipv-history
!!! Privacy win: Starting today Facebook must pay $100.000 to Norway each day for violating our right to privacy.
80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans:
‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’
More Americans Won’t be able to Retire
At 101 years old, I’m the ‘world’s oldest practicing doctor’:
My No. 1 rule for keeping your brain sharp
More Americans say they can never retire
A growing share of working Americans don’t think they will ever retire, recent surveys suggest.
Retirement is a time-honored life stage and a near-universal expectation in working America. Yet, a comfortable retirement requires savings, and many workers fear they don’t have enough.
GEN X news Post-Pandemic Realities:
The Retirement Outlook of the Multigenerational Workforce
23rd Annual Transamerica #Retirement Survey of Workers PDF
The Hollywood strike drags on because of one stumbling block: studio greed | Kathleen Sharp
#AI
Untrustworthy AI is going to summarize untrustworthy Amazon reviews
ChatGPT Often Wrong About Coding but Sounds Authoritative
ChatGPT Isn’t as Good at Coding as We Thought
Supermarket AI meal planner suggests chlorine gas and ant-poison recipes
Yum!
U.S. Bans Future Investments in Chinese AI, Semiconductor, and Quantum Computing
An author says AI is ‘writing’ unauthorized books being sold under her name on Amazon
ChatGPT Costs A Whopping $700,000/Day To Operate, Says Research
Tech experts are starting to doubt that ChatGPT and A.I. ‘hallucinations’ will ever go away: ‘This isn’t fixable’
https://fortune.com/2023/08/01/can-ai-chatgpt-hallucinations-be-fixed-experts-doubt-altman-openai/
MUSIC
Music labels sue nonprofit Internet Archive for copyright infringement over digitized 78s of Frank Sinatra and other artistsSony Music Entertainment and five other major music companies sued the non-profit Internet Archive, saying that its posting of thousands of old songs and recordings online amounts to “wholesale theft” of copyright-protected music.
Internet Archive Responds to Recording Industry Lawsuit Targeting Obsolete Media
Imagine there’s no singers! Music bosses panic over new AI generated John Lennon song released 40 years after the Beatles’ star’s death
K12
k12 Newest “anti-woke” tantrum: Right-wingers don’t think kids of different races can be friends
A bizarre racist outburst at a Texas school board isn’t an isolated event — it’s part of a national pattern
K12 Oklahoma sued for funding US’s first ‘state-sponsored’ religious charter school
K12 California school district forces teachers to out trans kids to their parents
The state tried to warn them that the new rule is illegal.
K12 An Iowa school district is using AI to ban books
MISC.
Judge denies HP’s plea to throw out all-in-one printer lockdown lawsuit
AiO devices won’t scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers
Learn Network Cable Management for Home Racks
How to setup a Bitcoin Air-Gap Computer – DON’T
You will almost certainly screw yourself out of your Bitcoin. Use a hardware wallet instead.
Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating
Judge clears way for $500M iPhone throttling settlements
Trump Lawyers: Clarence Thomas Was ‘Only Chance’ to Stop Biden’s 2020 Victory
Matt Gaetz Has a Plan for Blocking Jack Smith’s Indictments of Trump.
Gaetz believes a select committee should be established to grant Trump immunity from prosecution for his crimes.
$5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘Incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial
Which of the popular BTC youtube channels are worth watching?
And which of those (popular channels) are an absolutely no go, and why?
Institutions Intend to Buy Bitcoin in Late 2023: Interview With CryptoQuant
SBA Paid $200M in SVOG Grants to Stars Like Post Malone, Chris Brown
SAG-AFTRA to Exclude Writers Guild-Covered Projects Produced in U.S. From Interim Agreement Eligibility