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...and I get that it would probably prevent "investment" as its known now, but maybe actual human people could invest in it in small amounts, rather than venture capital and other large corporations

Now that's a good headline.

"Zuckerberg Announces New Measures to Increase Hate Speech on Facebook"

https://futurism.com/zuckerberg-meta-announcement-hate-speech

I think the world needs businesses that fall in between "profit-maximization company" and "nonprofit organization."

Like, can we get more people making and selling goods and services who have a mission statement to simply do their best work and pay their employees fairly, without the "grow, grow, grow" part?

I would support those businesses

See photos of fire, smoke and flight as wildfires race across Southern California https://apnews.com/article/california-pacific-palisades-wildfires-los-angeles-4b67b7f29d0d6eb7321a52ef60c17d60?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

US Justice Department accuses six major landlords of scheming to keep rents high https://apnews.com/article/algorithm-corporate-rent-housing-crisis-lawsuit-0849c1cb50d8a65d36dab5c84088ff53?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I talked to 10 current and former Meta employees about the company's surrender to the right on speech issues. All were upset. One person called the changes "a precursor to genocide" https://www.platformer.news/meta-fact-checking-free-speech-surrender/

One of my goals for this year is to immediately turn off any TV show or movie where I get even one whiff of guy wants to "get" "girl"*

(*Girl is usually an adult woman)

Cleo, Ricki’s retail chains to shutter as owner seeks creditor protection https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/2025/01/07/cleo-rickis-retail-chains-to-shutter-as-owner-seeks-creditor-protection

Sam Altman’s sister files sexual abuse lawsuit against him — his family says it’s ‘utterly untrue’

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338736/sam-altman-sexual-abuse-lawsuit-ann-sister

#FAMILY #SAMALTMAN #SEXABUSE #KEWLNEWS #PRESS

Trouble in Trumpland? Broligarchs v. MAGA!: Today's #BradCast

Guest: @ryanlcooper of 'The American Prospect'; Also: Wildfire weather in L.A.; Battle over release of Jack Smith report; Giuliani found in contempt...

FULL STORY, LISTEN: https://bradblog.com/?p=15268