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Apple Music

dimanche 26 juillet 2015 à 02:00

Senator Franken asked for an anti-trust inquiry into Apple's competition with other music-streaming services.

The major music-streaming services are based on DRM, tracking, and EULAs. While unfair competition is always wrong, "fair" competition would not legitimize these disservices. Please join me in rejecting all of them — insist on having your own DRM-free copy, so that you can share copies, and never agree that you will not share them.

Eating disorders

dimanche 26 juillet 2015 à 02:00

The roots of eating disorders in teenagers can be found in children as young as 8, who already feel dissatisfied with their bodies.

Income inequality

dimanche 26 juillet 2015 à 02:00

A study estimates that 1/3 of the recent increase in income inequality comes from adoption of digital technology.

Productivity has increased greatly, but that doesn't raise workers' wages because there are too few jobs and workers must compete for them.

Proponents of laissez-faire policies argue that automation inevitably spreads its benefits to everyone. Now we know that this claim is not merely dubious, but already falsified.

Neonicotinoids

dimanche 26 juillet 2015 à 02:00

A study in Massachusetts collected samples of honey from beehives, and pollen collected by foraging bees. 70% of the samples contained neonicotinoids.

US Justice Department

dimanche 26 juillet 2015 à 02:00

The Inspector General of the US Justice Department says that he can't do his job because information is being kept from him.

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