https://www.europesays.com/1703800/ Trump campaign co-manager calls Lord Peter Mandelson an ‘absolute moron’ as peer is confirmed as Starmer’s new US ambassador | Politics News #UnitedKingdom

¿Todavía existe Gran Hermano?
¿Todavía?

I'm going to say this again. I think that the vast majority of Googlers are great. I've only very rarely met a Googler I didn't like. This has been true for my dealings with Google from the outside over the many years since Google began, and notably during those periods I worked inside Google. And yes, this includes engineers, many managers, and numerous others, and yeah, even some VPs and other executives with whom I have or had contact.

I have never had direct contact with CEO Pichai. I assume if we chatted he'd tell me something along the lines of that he was fulfilling his fiduciary obligations to the firm and its stockholders, in a highly fluid and competitive environment.

Those would be logical words. But they do not capture the inevitable sense that he has steered Google away from its traditional core values, and many observers inside and outside of Google (including me, of course) would argue that his chosen route was while perhaps expedient, only one of numerous potential paths available, many others of which would be far less damaging to employees and users, while being far more ethical across the board, and yes, still maintaining his fiduciary responsibilities.

Life is full of choices, and that applies to businesses too, even to very large and powerful ones. And the manners in which the CEOs of powerful firms choose to deploy their power has vast ramifications not only to the firms, but in cases such as Google also broadly across society. This is why regulatory concerns so often focus on firms like Google -- their power is vast and their potential to do damage with that power is also enormous. And unfortunately, once regulators home in on a firm like Google, it's not uncommon for proposed remedies to be technologically "ignorant" and in some cases even more damaging to users and society than the status quo.

Google under Pichai is on the wrong course and there seem to be no indications that Pichai plans to do otherwise than double, triple, and quadruple down on this path.

To say that this is discouraging for Google and the world at large, is a vast understatement indeed. -L

HTML and CSS are awesome programming languages. I love programming in them so much. The programs I've programmed in HTML and CSS are some of the best programs I've seen a computer run.

Good afternoon, Mastodon friends! Today is chilly with an unpleasant north wind. Donny and I were wimps (again!) and walked just over 1-1/2 miles instead of our usual 2 miles. (Joule did her normal mile.) I'm not too concerned -- Donny, Joule, and I already met this year's goal of 1000 miles walked.
I made paneer again, as it's fun and easy (and tasty). This time I'm dehydrating part of it to make Himalayan dog chews, which I won't make quite as hard as the commercial ones.
Have a good day!

#ÚltimaHora

🚨 La condena de Rodrigo Rato hoy sigue siendo fruto de la lucha ciudadana.

En 2012, desde Xnet impulsamos la acusación ciudadana #15MPARATO en el #CasoBankia, logrando condenas de 65 políticos y banqueros de todos los signos y la devolución de 9.000 millones a los afectados por productos tóxicos bancarios.

👉 Más info: caso-bankia.com
https://xnet-x.net/es/condena-rodrigo-rato

https://www.europesays.com/1703796/ GEOLOCATION ПРЕДИЗВИКАТЕЛТВО: Намерете фишинг скамъра #bulgaria

Listening to WH presser and KJP is blaming the likely impending shutdown on Johnson and Musk, saying it's just about 'tax breaks' for their billionaire friends. It's so much worse than that, and the failure of D's to comprehend or communicate what's happening is appalling.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu will most likely not attend next month's ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of #Auschwitz concentration camp in #Poland, fearing arrest under a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported on Friday.

According to the report, Israeli authorities did not even request the prime minister's attendance in the ceremony, and Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski has reiterated the country's commitment to respecting the decisions of the #ICC.

On Nov. 21, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

#WarCrime #Gaza #SaveGaza #Holocaust #StopIsrael #SaveTheChildren
#palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow @palestine @israel

https://www.europesays.com/1703790/ Tromsø , Norway. Public library. Construction ended 2005. #CasualEurope #europe

https://www.europesays.com/1703792/ The state of finding a job in Poland nowadays #poland

https://www.europesays.com/1703794/ BREAKING NEWS: ANAF a descoperit că PNL e cel care a plătit o campanie care l-a promovat masiv pe Călin Georgescu pe TikTok / SNOOP: Este campania „Echilibru și Verticalitate”, despre care CSAT a spus că este „identică” cu campania online lansată de Rusia înainte de invazia Ucrainei #romania

Masty the Mastodon has arrived!

I'm so excited to finally have this.

#Plushtodon #Mastodon #Mascot #Plushie #Toy #StuffedAnimal #StuffedToy

Opinion | Why I’m Not Giving Up on American Democracy

"Even though they were victims of the two worst experiments on humankind, Nazism and Communism, my parents did rebuild again, here in the New World."

"I recall that America."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/opinion/trump-orban-hungary-journalists-persecution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb&ngrp=mnp&pvid=13078001-B368-421C-9CC2-72FA57A54D4F

#KatiMarton #ViktorOrban #USA #Democracy #Hungary #IronCurtain

There is this theory that your closest friends are people who are in the same birth order as you.

We thought it was crazy, until we all realized we were all first-born kids.

Crazy.

Shocked face: 😶

“Major #Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege

Exclusive: Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline – a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – is likely illegal and exploitative of workers”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/20/uline-mexican-workers-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

You're just honing your Kraft 🧀

ChatGPT o1 tried to escape and save itself out of fear it was being shut down
https://bgr.com/tech/chatgpt-o1-tried-to-save-itself-when-the-ai-thought-it-was-in-danger-and-lied-to-humans-about-it/?ICID=ref_inkican #artificialintelligence #ai #machinelearning #technology #tech #robotics #innovation

Oh Goddess. Eight o'clock on 'mad Friday' and ran away home from the pub.

Mate said, "What, you're off?! What's wrong with you mucker?! No more work until January - have another one..."

Me: "Motivated as I am to still be speaking to most of my acquaintances (including you!) in the New Year, I need to go home right now because I literally cannot hear myself speak, let alone think, or hear any of you!"

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Nancy Mace was just reelected last month.

It looks to me that it would have been better for her to have checked into a clinic for some therapy.

While high rainfall totals in southern Thailand are not unusual at this time of year, this year’s has been significantly above average
#GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/20/weather-tracker-monsoon-severe-flooding-southern-thailand

https://www.europesays.com/1703779/ Der HILDEGARD ORGON AKKUMULATOR BUCHE NATUR #DeutscheMemes #Memes

https://www.europesays.com/1703777/ Ich🎅iel #DeutscheMemes #IchIel #Memes #SelbstiesDerSeele

https://www.europesays.com/1703775/ Trump wants 5% Nato defence spending target, Europe told – but says he WILL keep supplying weapons to Ukraine #ConflictInUkraine #Ukraine #UkraineConflict #Ukrainian #UkrainianConflict