Police arrest six, suspend 20 during final week of checkstop program https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/this-just-in/police-arrest-six-suspend-20-during-final-week-of-checkstop-program
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"Last week a corrupt court system bought and paid for by corporations effectively made it illegal for the federal government to protect broadband consumers from widely despised regional telecom monopolies. That, as we wrote at the time, is at the heart of the death of the several-decade net neutrality fight": U.S. Media Once Again Fails To Cover The Corrupt Net Neutrality Ruling With Any Clarity https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/07/u-s-media-once-again-fails-to-cover-the-corrupt-net-neutrality-ruling-with-any-clarity/
Flipboard News Desk boosted
Judge largely blocks Tennessee's porn site age verification law as other states enforce theirs
https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-porn-age-verification-lawsuit-2fdc2563836315c6d4e8eb4d57ab9913?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Judge Aileen Cannon temporarily blocks release of the Special Counsel report. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.682.0.pdf
Oil Tops Brazil Exports, Bolstering COP30 Host’s Challenge
#politics #brazil #economy
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-06/oil-tops-brazilian-exports-bolstering-cop30-host-s-challenge?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=twitter
“Washington Post Lays Off 4 Percent of Its Work Force
The layoffs will affect employees across The Post’s business operations, not its newsroom.”
Taylor Swift tribute show coming to Burt in April https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/this-just-in/taylor-swift-tribute-show-coming-to-burt-in-april
"The windmills are driving the whales crazy obviously," according to President-elect Trump.
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"A pluralistic society is marked by belonging — to families, tribes (in the best and most supportive sense, which Sebastian Junger defines as “the people you feel compelled to share the last of your food with”), clubs, congregations, organizations, communities. A pluralistic society is more secure and less vulnerable to domination as a whole, as a mass. In such associations we do not give up our individuality; we gain individual identity by connecting, gathering, organizing, and acting with others who share our interests, needs, goals, desires, or circumstances."
"A pluralistic society is marked by belonging — to families, tribes (in the best and most supportive sense, which Sebastian Junger defines as “the people you feel compelled to share the last of your food with”), clubs, congregations, organizations, communities. A pluralistic society is more secure and less vulnerable to domination as a whole, as a mass. In such associations we do not give up our individuality; we gain individual identity by connecting, gathering, organizing, and acting with others who share our interests, needs, goals, desires, or circumstances."