Joe Breuer

But not before they’ve given birth to an unwanted generation of more poor people.

Possibly even use Tasker or such to automate waking up to an isolated phone.

Or any of the countless “digital health”/screen time management apps, to block social media in the mornings. (?)

Sounds like bunnie would have got you, but that was half a generation ago:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chumby?wprov=sfla1

They sure would like that.

Never thought I’d hail the GEMA for what they’re doing…

How is it an “undisclosed [amount of] damages” - aren’t court rulings supposed to be public [records]?

I know stuff like the rulings of me going to court with the driver and insurance companies involved in a car accident certainly was public (in Germany).

Anyone in the know please ELI5 and/or point me at the relevant laws, how/what/in which cases (parts of) rulings can be “undisclosed”.

Looks scammy / requires ‘hoops’ that lead to invalid SSL certificates

Looks scammy / requires ‘hoops’ that lead to invalid SSL certificates

Which adblocker can block Facebook ad posts?

Doctorow’s as usual excellent take also touches on this:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/01/redistribution-vs-predistribution/#elbows-up-eurostack

TL;DR: it’s not so much only the US, it’s corporate (quasi-)monopolies, and those operate in a lot of countries.

How old were you when you realized that asking for a reward/recognition doesn’t exactly work out either?

Where did you go?