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https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1907860848845971499

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/bds-calls-for-boycott-of-microsoft

https://xcancel.com/BDSmovement/status/1907862613666451852

https://www.bdsmovement.net/microsoft

Summary

The Senate confirmed Dr. Mehmet Oz as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in a 53-45 party-line vote.

Oz will oversee healthcare for over half the U.S. population, including Medicare, Medicaid, and ACA programs, amid debates over Medicaid cuts.

He supports work requirements for Medicaid recipients.

He’s also embraced RFK Jr.‘s campaign to redesign the country’s food supply, reject vaccine mandates, and cast doubt on some long-established scientific research.

https://archive.ph/WNlaP

4Chan / Twitter values "For the lulz" nation who thinks Fox News is hilarious, a 78 year old "edge lord" leading the nation as a shit-bird Tweet king on the toilet is funny. As long as everything keeps people entertained with technology.

“Technopoly is a state of culture. It is also a state of mind. It consists in the deification of technology, which means that the culture seeks its authorization in technology, finds its satisfactions in technology, and takes its orders from technology.” ― Neil Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology, 1992

“What I had not realized is that extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people.” ― Joseph Weizenbaum, MIT 1974

I am kind of too scared to ask here, but what did it actually achieve?

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The Verge: Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s

Summary

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick defended Trump’s sweeping tariffs on over 180 countries during a Fox News interview, bizarrely claiming Europe rejects U.S. beef because “our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak.”

Critics quickly pointed out that EU restrictions on hormone- and antibiotic-treated meat drive the policy.

Lutnick falsely claimed the U.S. “can’t sell rice to Asia,” despite USDA data showing strong exports to parts of the region.

As economists warn of rising consumer costs, Lutnick’s remarks drew widespread mockery on social media.

Bhutila Karpoche on Bluesky

From universal health care to dental care, the programs that make us proud to be Canadian wouldn't be possible without New Democrats in Parliament.

As Liberals shift to the right, now more than ever we need strong progressive left voices fighting for our country and all Canadians.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/35528933

China is doubling down on the RISC-V architecture.

Summary:

Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate have introduced legislation that would amend a decades-old provision within the Internal Revenue Service regarding churches, pastors and nonprofits.

North Carolina Representative Mark Harris and Oklahoma Senator James Lankford introduced the bicameral Free Speech Fairness Act Monday. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas co-sponsored the legislation in the Senate, and 16 Republicans co-sponsored it in the House.

"Now that we have a Republican trifecta, [in the House, Senate and White House], [the bill sponsors are] hoping to have momentum behind it," a Harris spokesperson told Newsweek.

Newsweek reached out to the IRS and Lankford's and Cruz's offices for comment.

Why It Matters

The bill would remove the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 tax code provision.

Named after President Lyndon B. Johnson, the amendment prohibits all 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations—like churches, where contributions are tax-deductible—from supporting or opposing candidates in political campaigns. It was enacted to prevent tax-deductible money from being used in the process. Such organizations can still participate in electoral processes.

During his first term in 2017, President Donald Trump signed an executive order, Promoting Free Speech and Liberty, to ease restrictions on religious organizations and nonprofits and provide more protections.

Despite Trump's claims that he "got rid" of the Johnson Amendment, it remains in place and can only be changed by Congress or the U.S. Supreme Court.