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Dear DailyKOS Support Team, I am writing to express my growing concern regarding the apparent absence of a straightforward option to delete one’s account on your platform. This oversight not only inconveniences users who wish to manage their digital...
by donthedingdong
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on Wed Apr 10, 2024 at 07:49 AM PDT
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The Federal Communications Commission announced Wednesday that it will finally be voting on whether to restore net neutrality protections that were repealed under the Trump administration.� The ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 02:00 PM PDT
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I’m surprised not to have seen this in the KOS recently. It’s a biggie, because it affects possibly 60 million Americans. The ACP program subsidised Internet access for those who would otherwise struggle to afford it. Military families and Southern...
by Adventurist
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on Sat Mar 23, 2024 at 05:56 PM PDT
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I’m currently ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
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on Sat Mar 23, 2024 at 05:00 PM PDT
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There’s plenty of reason to continue keeping some places but with the many options for the left, what are your favorites? I’m still open to better ‘federated’ option(s). I am on a variety of platforms; Discord, Mastodon, Post, Tribel, Bluesky, threads,...
by annieli
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on Wed Feb 28, 2024 at 04:39 AM PST
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Meta, the megacorporation that owns Facebook, wants the government to pass new legislation regulating the Internet. They say that they want this to protect your kids and your privacy. Folks, common sense will tell you that Internet companies care about...
by RobertEnders
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on Mon Feb 05, 2024 at 12:26 PM PST
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Hi’. Over a decade of US politics taught me, a Swiss foreigner, not to get bogged down in petty details. This is the case again as I read the comments of this NYT editorial. As a reminder, since fall 2023 the majority of the US has decided to “close...
by Vuld Edone
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on Fri Feb 02, 2024 at 10:49 PM PST
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More of the great images as above at https://xkcd.com/ Nate’s substack is often free, or mostly anyway, and I’d recommend you Subscribe here down on the bottom. Besides predicting odds Nate is often funny and irreverent. Nate was spurred to think of...
by Somchai
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on Wed Jan 31, 2024 at 04:26 PM PST
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NY Magazine has a heartbreaking story about a woman, her son, and her sister who died after the woman became convinced that the world was about to end. �To protect her family, she took them “off ...
by angryea
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on Mon Jan 22, 2024 at 05:00 AM PST
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This is a weekly feature of North Carolina Blue . The platform gives readers interested in North Carolina politics a place to share their knowledge, insight and inspiration as we take back our ...
by randallt
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on Sun Jan 21, 2024 at 10:00 AM PST
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President Joe Biden visited North Carolina on Thursday to highlight $82 million in new investments that would connect 16,000 households and businesses to � high-speed internet .
The Democratic ...
by Associated Press
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on Thu Jan 18, 2024 at 04:49 PM PST
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I’ve started seeing threatening messages warning that a Facebook page for a group I work with has material that violates trademark/copy right, supposedly from Facebook/Meta, and the page will be permanently shutdown/deleted. I’m seeing this coming...
by xaxnar
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on Sun Jan 14, 2024 at 05:57 AM PST
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Our species has had a wild and crazy adolescence. These days we’re facing the consequences of our irresponsible behavior. We can now see that our bad habits will kill us if we don’t quit. It’s time to grow up. Can we stop eating too much meat, using...
by AliceT4
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on Sat Jan 06, 2024 at 03:16 PM PST
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by Jen Sorensen
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on Tue Dec 26, 2023 at 04:50 AM PST
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On Monday, Comcast sent notices out saying that hackers had obtained access to the personal data of almost 36 million of its customers. According to Comcast, the “suspicious activity” took place between Oct. 16 and Oct. 19, wasn’t noticed by the big...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Dec 20, 2023 at 11:43 AM PST
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It’s confusing that people are OK with paying billions of tax dollars to land-based telecoms corporations who fail to provide even half-decent internet service, and whose services are not "scalable", but people balk at Starlink. The "rural niche"...
by CalicoValley
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on Mon Dec 18, 2023 at 10:40 AM PST
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Now, nobody can land a job or a date and shopping and news are broken Originally, this piece was going to compare the difficulties of finding a partner and a job: Single women: I can’t find a good man! Single men: I can’t find a good woman! Employers:...
by Michelle Teheux
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on Fri Dec 08, 2023 at 04:10 PM PST
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There is a very good article in the MIT Technology Review that discuss how to fix the internet. �The theme is a bit of a misnomer, as the “fixing” portion of the article is both wrong and very ...
by angryea
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on Tue Oct 31, 2023 at 05:00 AM PDT
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Everyone knows that today marks the 25th anniversary of the debut of Google, not least because everyone sees the 25th anniversary Google Doodle (above) on the Google front page. Far fewer people know that Google is currently in the middle of an...
by msszczep
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on Wed Sep 27, 2023 at 11:04 AM PDT
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First EVAH diary in over 20 years. Anyone else enjoying their weekend tethered to their cell phone to get internet service? Looks like Xfinity is down and out EVERYWHERE and they’re even promising credit for the time down. Cyber experts; can you please...
by Not So Sirius
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on Sun Sep 03, 2023 at 02:17 PM PDT
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- This is a great post to start off with. “O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.” It isn’t graphic, but it was tagged private so I can’t embed it, but this is the Troll of the Year. Superb. *chef’s kiss* Edit: Found one that will embed: I...23 comments 135 Recs
- "He Wrote All of it Down" - Prosecution has Weisselberg's Handwritten Notes, Spelling Out the SchemeMichael Cohen’s testimony in the election interference trial of Donald Trump shall be corroborated by a simple bank statement, on which CFO Allan Weisselberg broke down the reimbursement scheme. The prosecution has that bank statement, as they told the...158 comments 454 Recs
- Reading a brief Raw Story breakdown of some of today’s arguments from the justices in the never-should-have-been-taken-up-in-the-first-place immunity case, this quote from Alito leapt out of my screen like a rabid dog: “A stable, democratic society...17 comments 31 Recs
- One predictable effect of the various states charging the fake electors is that because these people were State Party officials, any lawyers hired by the defendants will very likely have their fees paid by the state party. e.g. In GA, the State...111 comments 539 Recs
- Multiple news outlets are reporting that infamous right-wing election conspiracy-slinging website, The Gateway Pundit, has declared bankruptcy in order to “consolidate” risk associated with multiple pending lawsuits. These defamation lawsuits are the...70 comments 402 Recs
- (Click here for an interactive version of the map above showing brief details for each coal plant.) The Biden-Harris administration on Thursday released its final rules to curb emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. This will force...94 comments 204 Recs
- I just want to say thank you from Ukraine to every US citizen and every friend of Ukraine all over the world who took action and made this critically needed military assistance package possible. Thank you for every call and email to your congressman,...192 comments 777 Recs
- Hi everyone! 4/20 fell on a Saturday this year, so I didn’t get to use some memes I’d saved just in case (because looking at a calendar never occurred to me...)�Plus I found this on the-site-...147 comments 75 Recs
- 'Individual -1', unindicted co-conspirator in several states, comes back to court smelling like KongOn Wednesday Jesse Watters compared Trump to King Kong—prompting his co-hosts to remind him that the monster gorilla dies at the end of the film. Tiny monkey paws, but throwing weight around, falling off the Empire State building. Democrats, Watters...31 comments 103 Recs
- The type of dyslexia that I have is referred to as visual dyslexia, I have tinted glasses, and use colored overlays. The reason that I am writing this short diary? I learned to read late, and as a result, I was mocked until it was both diagnosed and...136 comments 242 Recs
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