7/6/23 ECP NetHappenings Headlines
#CryptoRegulation, #StudentDebt, #Instagram, #K12Tech, #Pentagon, #BannedBooks, #AI
World Wide Crypto will be regulated by the end of 2023
Abracadabra Money Mulls Registering DAO as Centralized Legal Body
Abracadabra Money’s team leader had put forward a proposal to form to introduce “a certain degree of centralized legal structure” for its DAO.
GOD TOLD ME TO HATE YOU
In another 6-3 decision, Supreme Court rules, it’s not prejudice if you call it religion
Cancel Student Debt
The Biden administration is resuming costly student debt payments—which is cruel and unnecessary.
Hear from 101 student debtors on why they can’t go back to costly repayment.
Threads’ Instagram ‘Trap’ Shows Why Facebook Should Have Been Broken Up Years Ago
To delete Meta’s new Twitter rival, you also have to delete Instagram.
Threads, Meta’s Twitter rival, launched on Wednesday and people are already trying to deactivate their accounts. The issue is: you can’t deactivate your Threads account unless you delete your Instagram account too.
“You may deactivate your Threads profile at any time, but your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account,” the Threads Supplemental Privacy Policy reads.
A Federal Ruling Restricts Oversight of Social Media
A Trump-appointed judge imposed limits on the Biden administration’s contact with online platforms, potentially opening the floodgates for unregulated misinformation. Biden signed an executive order to expand protections for federal workers, including requiring fed contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage. Republicans slammed his move saying it would result in millions of lost jobs. It didn’t! Help elect more Dems.
1st Grade optional summer homework.
Q. If you could be any superhero, who would you be? What would you do with your superhero powers?
A. I can shoot hot dogs all around the world. I can feed the hungry people of the world. Hey call me hot dog man!!
New York approves $13M for school tech and security upgrades
New York school districts will receive funding to buy tech like video cameras, emergency notification systems and interactive whiteboards. The investment includes $7.9 million for high-tech security upgrades, $4.7 million for classroom technology, $356,000 for school connectivity and $275,000 for non-public schools’ classroom technology and school connectivity. The funds come from the state’s $2 billion Smart Schools Bond Act, an education technology finance initiative that was approved by New York voters in 2014. The law requires each school district requesting funds submit a plan for approval before engaging in any bidding or contracting vendors for projects approved for SSBA funds.
Banned Book giveaway outside of Klanned Karenhood conference is perfect! Mom’s for Liberty has some other very accurate names. #HoesForHitler #StopTheSpin
“MAUS” (Banned by at least one Tennessee school board, so far) IS READ COMICS ONLINE FOR FREE (there are also other links to Maus also if you search)
“They will reduce the amount of money to existing public schools that have real standards.” A coalition of parents and public-school
#teachers has sued to prevent the privatization of schools in Montana.
Is the Air Force too old and small to win?
The Bunker: The Pentagon’s “More-More-More” Refrain
That’s the bottom line in a second Mitchell Institute report, issued three days after the sky-is-falling study cited above. “We’re on a collision course” with reality says a retired three-star Air Force general who helped write the paper. Fighter force readiness could “fall off the cliff,” he added. (It already has [PDF].)
The Bunker: Pentagon Bookkeeping Bloopers!
Pentagon budget shop could be collateral damage
The House Armed Services Committee wants to shutter (PDF) a tiny Pentagon office that keeps track of how and where the Defense Department is spending our money. The panel reportedly believes the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) office isn’t sufficiently pliable when it comes to paying attention to lawmakers.
G/O Media’s AI ‘innovation’ is off to a rocky start.
The company, which owns outlets like The A.V. Club, Gizmodo, and The Onion, announced last week it would begin experimenting with AI tools. (yea, ESPECIALLY when AI submits lies and no one knows it’s a lie) Last week, G/O Media leadership had news for staffers at the many publications the company owns: AI-generated articles were just around the corner.