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I don’t think there was ever a time when money was not important in politics. The single most striking development in American politics is the extent to which money is so predominant that everything else including the public interest is insignificant.
Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Interview (2006-10-09), “Who’s It Screw, and Who’s Doing the Screwing?” by Rosalind Alexander, Seattle WeeklyMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/85840/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #America #influence #lobbying #money #politicalinfluence #politics #publicinterest
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I don’t think there was ever a time when money was not important in politics. The single most striking development in American politics is the extent to which money is so predominant that everything else including the public interest is insignificant.
Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Interview (2006-10-09), “Who’s It Screw, and Who’s Doing the Screwing?” by Rosalind Alexander, Seattle WeeklyMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/85840/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #America #influence #lobbying #money #politicalinfluence #politics #publicinterest
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Great to see more kiwi independent media using Ghost to run their own homepage, instead of SS or some other corporate platform;
https://www.publicinterest.nz/
The videos they produce are included on their site as embeds from YouTub, so there's still some work to do there. But you can subscribe and listen to the audio, at least, via a standard podcast feed (works for me in AntennaPod).
In theory we can follow this outlet here. I did find an account at; @index
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Great to see more kiwi independent media using Ghost to run their own homepage, instead of SS or some other corporate platform;
https://www.publicinterest.nz/
The videos they produce are included on their site as embeds from YouTub, so there's still some work to do there. But you can subscribe and listen to the audio, at least, via a standard podcast feed (works for me in AntennaPod).
In theory we can follow this outlet here. I did find an account at; @index
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trumpsauthoritarianassault.blogspot.com/2026/08/lp-1... LP-147 Democratic Mandate as Conditional Public Trust: Donald Trump, Power, Accountability & the Public Interest #ConditionalPublicTrust #democraticaccountability #DemocraticMandate #DonaldTrump #LP-147 #politicalaccountability #PublicInterest
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www.tumblr.com/climatejusti... #publictrust #constitutionalpower #parliamentaryscrutiny #politicalintegrity #publicinterest #Russianinvolvement #Oil #Venezuela #Maduro #Trump #climatejustice #humanrights #corruption #ai #education #rightsofnature #civilresistance #trumpscoverup #johnsonscoverup
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Engineer says 50 years of erosion research ignored by government and courts
"I've come to the conclusion, after 50 years, that there's very little other option than for the Australian government, Australia-wide, to just simply say, 'You can enjoy the coast while it's there, but property owners cannot protect their property.' End of story," Mr Gordon said."
"The Byron and Tweed Shire councils were urged to control development within 1 kilometre of the shoreline, and stipulate landholders who disregarded the policy did so "at their own risk".
The paper 'Beach law in the anthropocene' "reviewed legal systems around the world and found private property rights trumped public interest...Our common law tradition assumes coastlines are stable and coastal property boundaries can be fixed...But as the effects of climate change become more dramatic, those assumptions no longer hold."
"Professor Smith said it was time for tough discussions about a transition strategy.
"We really need to think about what sort of future we want for the coastal zone, and we need to resolve who bears the ultimate rights and responsibilities for these lands — whether we are going to preference private property rights over public rights, whether we're going to preference people's rights over nature's rights," he said."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-05/beach-erosion-expert-claims-research-ignored/106746240
#erosion #coast #NSW #PrivateProperty #rights #FossilFuels #science #climatefiasco #roads #PublicInterest #CompulsoryAcquisition #governance #law -
Engineer says 50 years of erosion research ignored by government and courts
"I've come to the conclusion, after 50 years, that there's very little other option than for the Australian government, Australia-wide, to just simply say, 'You can enjoy the coast while it's there, but property owners cannot protect their property.' End of story," Mr Gordon said."
"The Byron and Tweed Shire councils were urged to control development within 1 kilometre of the shoreline, and stipulate landholders who disregarded the policy did so "at their own risk".
The paper 'Beach law in the anthropocene' "reviewed legal systems around the world and found private property rights trumped public interest...Our common law tradition assumes coastlines are stable and coastal property boundaries can be fixed...But as the effects of climate change become more dramatic, those assumptions no longer hold."
"Professor Smith said it was time for tough discussions about a transition strategy.
"We really need to think about what sort of future we want for the coastal zone, and we need to resolve who bears the ultimate rights and responsibilities for these lands — whether we are going to preference private property rights over public rights, whether we're going to preference people's rights over nature's rights," he said."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-05/beach-erosion-expert-claims-research-ignored/106746240
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Q: Is Palantir the most evil f*cking company in the world?
Answers on a postcard!
“The NHS and Palantir: Why Britain Is Being Urged to End the Data Platform Deal”
by ANA VRAČAR in Savage Minds on Substack
“Health organisations are urging the British government to use an exit clause in its contract with tech firm Palantir and shift from its Federated Data Platform (FDP) in the National Health Service (NHS) in early 2027. Recent reports by Medact, Just Treatment, and other groups argue that Palantir’s system brings limited benefits at the cost of patient trust and data security—not to mention millions of pounds”
https://open.substack.com/pub/savageminds/p/the-nhs-and-palantir
#Press #SocialMedia #UK #NHS #Palantir #FDP #Contract #Opposition #Thiel #Karp #Israel #PalestinianGenocide #Gaza #PublicInterest #Exit #DataSovereignty
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Q: Is Palantir the most evil f*cking company in the world?
Answers on a postcard!
“The NHS and Palantir: Why Britain Is Being Urged to End the Data Platform Deal”
by ANA VRAČAR in Savage Minds on Substack
“Health organisations are urging the British government to use an exit clause in its contract with tech firm Palantir and shift from its Federated Data Platform (FDP) in the National Health Service (NHS) in early 2027. Recent reports by Medact, Just Treatment, and other groups argue that Palantir’s system brings limited benefits at the cost of patient trust and data security—not to mention millions of pounds”
https://open.substack.com/pub/savageminds/p/the-nhs-and-palantir
#Press #SocialMedia #UK #NHS #Palantir #FDP #Contract #Opposition #Thiel #Karp #Israel #PalestinianGenocide #Gaza #PublicInterest #Exit #DataSovereignty
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Discurso midiático global se pluralizou e o espaço de informação passou a ser mais acessível
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Discurso midiático global se pluralizou e o espaço de informação passou a ser mais acessível
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Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme vs Big Pharma
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Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme vs Big Pharma
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The country will remember. The Youth remembers!
Shame! Shame! Shame!
#TheCountryWillRemember #YouthRemembers #Shame #Justice #Accountability #Democracy #HumanRights #CivilRights #RuleOfLaw #Constitution #Freedom #Equality #Truth #Transparency #PublicInterest #CivicEngagement #PeoplesVoice #SocialJustice #StandForJustice #SpeakUp #RaiseYourVoice #NoMoreSilence #India #Mastodon #activism -
The country will remember. The Youth remembers!
Shame! Shame! Shame!
#TheCountryWillRemember #YouthRemembers #Shame #Justice #Accountability #Democracy #HumanRights #CivilRights #RuleOfLaw #Constitution #Freedom #Equality #Truth #Transparency #PublicInterest #CivicEngagement #PeoplesVoice #SocialJustice #StandForJustice #SpeakUp #RaiseYourVoice #NoMoreSilence #India #Mastodon #activism -
E. Jean Carroll should auction off that $5.6M check from Trump
#Trump, #EJeanCarroll, #5.6MCheck, #Justice, #LegalBattle, #PublicInterest
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TT (French -> English) @br66: "Sport is a common good. When FIFA disregards transparency rules, it is only right for Europe to demand accountability. No one should be above the law, especially an organization as powerful as that. Demanding an investigation is not about politicizing football; it is simply a reminder that ethics and democracy apply to everyone—even the giants of the sports world."
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TT (French -> English) @br66: "Sport is a common good. When FIFA disregards transparency rules, it is only right for Europe to demand accountability. No one should be above the law, especially an organization as powerful as that. Demanding an investigation is not about politicizing football; it is simply a reminder that ethics and democracy apply to everyone—even the giants of the sports world."
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This week in NYC's #CivicTech is out. Early voting is underway for the June 23 primary. Albany's tech session closed with big losses for the industry. The Charter Revision Commission wants public comment. Participatory budgeting is open online.
Plus a farewell from our Chief of Staff, Jazzy Smith, new jobs, and events.
#CivicTech #NYC #OpenData #PublicInterest #BetaNYC #NewYork
Read the full issue → https://beta.nyc/newsletter-2026-week25
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This week in NYC's #CivicTech is out. Early voting is underway for the June 23 primary. Albany's tech session closed with big losses for the industry. The Charter Revision Commission wants public comment. Participatory budgeting is open online.
Plus a farewell from our Chief of Staff, Jazzy Smith, new jobs, and events.
#CivicTech #NYC #OpenData #PublicInterest #BetaNYC #NewYork
Read the full issue → https://beta.nyc/newsletter-2026-week25
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YouTube’s Brand Safety Rules Override EU Public Interest
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — June 21, 2026
Reporting
YouTube maintains that its content policies balance safety, free expression, and public interest. In communications with European regulators, the platform emphasizes that enforcement decisions are guided by clear standards designed to protect users and advertisers alike.
In practice, advertiser preferences often determine outcomes.
EU journalists, educators, and civic commentators report that content addressing lawful but sensitive topics—war reporting, political corruption, labor disputes, public health failures—faces reduced distribution or demonetization despite compliance with platform rules. The common factor is not illegality, but perceived brand risk.
YouTube’s own guidance distinguishes between content that is allowed and content that is “not suitable for ads.” Yet the consequences of ad unsuitability extend beyond revenue. Reduced monetization frequently coincides with diminished recommendations and visibility, even when content remains publicly available.
Analysis
Brand safety functions as a parallel governance system.
While public-facing policies describe content standards, advertiser-facing controls shape what is amplified. Decisions made to reassure advertisers can quietly outweigh considerations of public interest, particularly in news and civic contexts. Because these controls are framed as commercial rather than editorial, they receive less regulatory scrutiny.
This hierarchy reflects incentives set at the parent level. Google operates one of the world’s largest advertising networks. Protecting advertiser confidence is central to that business. When commercial risk and civic value conflict, systems optimized for revenue predictably favor the former.
For EU regulators, this creates a mismatch. Laws designed to protect democratic discourse and media pluralism can be undermined by private brand safety standards that are neither transparent nor accountable.
What Remains Unclear
YouTube does not disclose how brand safety classifications affect recommendation systems within the EU. It does not publish data showing how often public-interest content is restricted for advertiser reasons, nor whether such restrictions vary by country or topic. Without this information, the scale of the impact cannot be assessed.
Why This Matters
Public-interest content often addresses uncomfortable realities. If its reach depends on advertiser tolerance rather than legal standards, then commercial considerations effectively set the boundaries of permissible discourse.
EU law does not grant advertisers veto power over lawful speech. Yet opaque brand safety systems can produce that outcome indirectly. When visibility and sustainability hinge on advertiser comfort, creators are incentivized to avoid topics that matter most to democratic accountability.
For oversight to be meaningful, regulators must examine not only formal content rules, but the commercial systems that quietly determine which voices are heard. Until those systems are transparent, claims of balanced governance remain incomplete.
References (APA)
European Commission. (2024). Digital Services Act: Protection of civic discourse and media pluralism.
#advertising #brandSafety #EURegulation #Google #publicInterest #YouTube
Center for Democracy & Technology. (2023). Brand safety, advertising, and online speech.
Napoli, P. M. (2019). Social media and the public interest. Columbia University Press. -
RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/116780494584602899
For humanity to reach its potential, financial resources must be prioritized for collective needs rather than billionaire wealth.
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
Under the spoils system a man is appointed to an ordinary clerical or ministerial position in the municipal, Federal, or State government, not primarily because he is expected to be a good servant, but because he has rendered help to some big boss or to the henchman of some big boss. His stay in office depends not upon how he performs service, but upon how he retains his influence in the party. This necessarily means that his attention to the interests of the public at large, even though real, is secondary to his devotion to his organization, or to the interest of the ward leader who put him in his place.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 5 “Applied Idealism” (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #civilservant #civilservice #corruption #employment #favoritism #graft #influence #merit #partisanship #politics #publicinterest #quidproquo #spoils #spoilssystem
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
Under the spoils system a man is appointed to an ordinary clerical or ministerial position in the municipal, Federal, or State government, not primarily because he is expected to be a good servant, but because he has rendered help to some big boss or to the henchman of some big boss. His stay in office depends not upon how he performs service, but upon how he retains his influence in the party. This necessarily means that his attention to the interests of the public at large, even though real, is secondary to his devotion to his organization, or to the interest of the ward leader who put him in his place.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 5 “Applied Idealism” (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #civilservant #civilservice #corruption #employment #favoritism #graft #influence #merit #partisanship #politics #publicinterest #quidproquo #spoils #spoilssystem
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Data centre proposals can be overwhelming by design.
So I pulled together the questions communities should be asking before approvals happen.
Not slogans. Not panic. Just the questions that matter.
The Data Center Anarchists’ Handbook is free:
https://archive.org/details/the-data-center-anarchists-handbook
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Data centre proposals can be overwhelming by design.
So I pulled together the questions communities should be asking before approvals happen.
Not slogans. Not panic. Just the questions that matter.
The Data Center Anarchists’ Handbook is free:
https://archive.org/details/the-data-center-anarchists-handbook
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💰 Tell regulators to stop this $67 billion utility power grab. Data center demand should not become an excuse for corporate consolidation, higher electric bills, and less accountability for ordinary families. civicshout.com/p/block-the-... #CorporateGreed #PublicInterest
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chatgpt.com/s/t_6a296e2a... #ElectionIntegrity #KristenWelker #DonaldTrump #MeetThePress #MediaAccountability #JournalisticIntegrity #RuleOfLaw #Democracy #Transparency #CivicEmpowerment #CriticalThinking #PoliticalAccountability #InformedCitizenship #PublicInterest #OneCrisisTwoFaces
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A good post on the state of civic tech today.
Many practitioners are rushing to implement harmful solutions, more efficiently
https://blog.ronbronson.com/better-technology-for-cruelty-or-administrative-burden-as-a-service
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A good post on the state of civic tech today.
Many practitioners are rushing to implement harmful solutions, more efficiently
https://blog.ronbronson.com/better-technology-for-cruelty-or-administrative-burden-as-a-service
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💰 Tell regulators to stop this $67 billion utility power grab. Data center demand should not become an excuse for corporate consolidation, higher electric bills, and less accountability for ordinary families. civicshout.com/p/block-the-... #CorporateGreed #PublicInterest
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Health Dossier Remains Sealed; Questions Swirl
Donald Trump's latest health report is still not public. People want to know why the White House is not sharing details.
#TrumpHealth, #WhiteHouse, #Transparency, #HealthReport, #PublicInterest
https://newsletter.tf/trump-health-report-not-released-white-house/
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Health Dossier Remains Sealed; Questions Swirl
Donald Trump's latest health report is still not public. People want to know why the White House is not sharing details.
#TrumpHealth, #WhiteHouse, #Transparency, #HealthReport, #PublicInterest
https://newsletter.tf/trump-health-report-not-released-white-house/
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The White House has not released Donald Trump's latest health report, unlike past presidents. This lack of information is causing public questions.
#TrumpHealth, #WhiteHouse, #Transparency, #HealthReport, #PublicInterest
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The White House has not released Donald Trump's latest health report, unlike past presidents. This lack of information is causing public questions.
#TrumpHealth, #WhiteHouse, #Transparency, #HealthReport, #PublicInterest
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💰 Tell regulators to stop this $67 billion utility power grab. Data center demand should not become an excuse for corporate consolidation, higher electric bills, and less accountability for ordinary families. civicshout.com/p/block-the-... #CorporateGreed #PublicInterest
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💰 Tell regulators to stop this $67 billion utility power grab. Data center demand should not become an excuse for corporate consolidation, higher electric bills, and less accountability for ordinary families. civicshout.com/p/block-the-... #CorporateGreed #PublicInterest
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... and in the #NHS too...
No doubt with the blessings of dad's protegé and chief backstabber #Wes, #Euan's company #Multiverse partnered up with (hear hear) #Palantir ... to provide #AI training to #NHSstaff ..
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... and in the #NHS too...
No doubt with the blessings of dad's protegé and chief backstabber #Wes, #Euan's company #Multiverse partnered up with (hear hear) #Palantir ... to provide #AI training to #NHSstaff ..
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"Some might argue that the way for news publishers to differentiate in the age of AI is to return to human-only workflows. But opting out of technological development is not a viable strategy for those aiming to serve broad publics. At best, it positions journalism as a premium, artisanal product accessible to affluent audiences. At worst, it ignores (and possibly, further alienates) the millions of people who don’t have the financial or cultural capital to attain what is often referred to as ‘premium’ journalism.
The opposite of ‘hand-made’ is not an attractive future, either. Machine-centric hybridisation processes risk reducing journalism to a process optimised primarily for scale, growth, and efficiency rather than public value. As AI systems are tasked with larger roles in producing, selecting and distributing news, human journalists may be pushed to the sidelines, less able to shape narratives, challenge assumptions, or exercise contextual and ethical judgment.
In organisations driven by platform logics and productivity metrics, this can lead to increasingly homogenised content, weakened accountability, and a narrowing of journalism’s civic mission. The danger is not automation itself, but the adoption of an industrial value system where speed and optimisation consistently outweigh human expertise, editorial independence, and public value.
The question is not whether to engage with AI, but how. Intentional, human-centric hybridisation may be the only credible alternative to drifting into machine-centric systems that gradually displace the very capacities journalism depends on."
#Journalism #Media #News #AI #HumanInTheLoop #PublicInterest ##LLMs #GenerativeAI #Automation
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Making tech giants pay for news was a success the first time around. It can be done again
#BigTech #Journalism #Media #NewsIndustry #TechRegulation #DigitalEconomy #Google #Meta #Democracy #PublicInterest #Politics #SocialMedia #MarketFailure #Business
https://the-14.com/making-tech-giants-pay-for-news-was-a-success-the-first-time-around-it-can-be-done-again/ -
A Framework for Books and AI in the Public Interest newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/a-fram… #AI #books #PublicInterest
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The Public Interest Corpus: Final Report and Path Forward www.authorsalliance.org/2026/04/29/the… #AI #training #DigitalBooks #libraries #PublicInterest
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WEBINAR 28 APR 17:00 UTC – ICANN Global Public Interest Framework (GPIF) and its Relevance to At-Large
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On Tuesday 28 April 2026, at 17:00-18:15 UTC, ICANN At-Large will host a webinar ' ICANN Global Public Interest Framework (GPIF) and its Relevance to At-Large'.
In advocating for the interests of individual Internet users, the ALAC and At-Large community’s enga
#post #2026 #AtLarge #gpif #ICANN #PublicInterest