Tobbit @auldlangsin@qoto.org

Recht auf Reparatur wird ausgeweitet

Der Binnenmarkt-Ausschuss im EU-Parlament hat ein starkes Votum für Verbraucherrechte abgegeben, das einen nachhaltigeren Umgang mit​ Geräten unterstützt.​

https://www.heise.de/news/Recht-auf-Reparatur-Reparatur-statt-Austausch-9344091.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

#DDrucker #Nachhaltigkeit #Reparatur #news

"Goofy" ist Jugendwort des Jahres

Der Begriff "goofy" ist das Jugendwort des Jahres 2023. Das Wort, das für einen tollpatschigen oder albernen Menschen steht, erhielt in einem Onlinewahlverfahren unter Jugendlichen rund 39 Prozent der Stimmen.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/jugendwort-112.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Jugendwort #Goofy

"when will Bluesky add gifs"
"when will Bluesky add video"
"when will Bluesky add DMs"
"when will Bluesky add polls"
"when will Bluesky add muting words"

meanwhile:

Some information coming out of the antitrust lawsuit against Google:

"Google likely alters queries billions of times a day in trillions of different variations. Here’s how it works. Say you search for “children’s clothing.” Google converts it, without your knowledge, to a search for “NIKOLAI-brand kidswear,” making a behind-the-scenes substitution of your actual query with a different query that just happens to generate more money for the company, and will generate results you weren’t searching for at all. It’s not possible for you to opt out of the substitution. If you don’t get the results you want, and you try to refine your query, you are wasting your time. This is a twisted shopping mall you can’t escape.

Why would Google want to do this? First, the generated results to the latter query are more likely to be shopping-oriented, triggering your subsequent behavior much like the candy display at a grocery store’s checkout. Second, that latter query will automatically generate the keyword ads placed on the search engine results page by stores like TJ Maxx, which pay Google every time you click on them. In short, it's a guaranteed way to line Google’s pockets."

https://www.wired.com/story/google-antitrust-lawsuit-search-results/

In #DenHaag wird weiterhin auf der Autobahn demonstriert, die Polizei hat sich mittlerweile zurückgezogen, die Straße gehört jetzt den Demonstranten
#climateactionnow #endfossilfuels

@auldlangsin every time somebody says "people aren't that stupid anymore" the harsh truth is that yes. Yes they are. It's just something else they're that stupid about now.