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Spotify made £56m profit, but has decided not to pay smaller artists like me. We need you to make some noise | Damon Krukowski (www.theguardian.com)

Tax time (startrek.website)

Man grabs Greta Thunberg's microphone after pro-Palestinian address at climate rally (news.sky.com)

Palestinian Red Crescent says one killed, many wounded by Israeli gunfire at Gaza hospital (www.reuters.com)

US and Israel Only 'No' Votes as UN Members Demand End to 61-Year Cuba Embargo (www.commondreams.org)

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You can’t get rid of it, you can only hide it: Microsoft imposes controversial Windows Backup on users (gadgettendency.com)

You can’t get rid of it, you can only hide it: Microsoft imposes controversial Windows Backup on users::Like it or not, the Windows Backup app installed in Windows 10 and Windows 11 is here to stay, with Microsoft calling it a “system component” that can’t be

The Man Amazon Erased (www.tabletmag.com)

Jackson soon discovered that Amazon suspended his account because a Black delivery driver who’d come to his house the previous day had reported hearing racist remarks from his video doorbell. In a brief email sent to Jackson at 3 a.m., the company explained how it unilaterally placed all of his linked devices and services on...

Still better than windows. (lemmy.world)

it's that time of year (mander.xyz)

What's with telling YEARLY salaries?

I think this is mostly a US thing. Why use yearly salary? You’re not paid once a year, are you? Most likely once a month. Referencing monthly salary makes much more sense....

Is there a title (Mr/Ms/Mrs) that is gender neutral?

Let’s say there’s someone I want to call Mr/Ms/Mrs [Name], but I don’t know their gender, is there a title I can use that doesn’t assume their gender?

Everything Made By an AI Is In the Public Domain (doctorow.medium.com)

The US Copyright Office offers creative workers a powerful labor protective.

After Raising $235K, Abode Remains Committed to Taking on Adobe (petapixel.com)

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Jack Black axes tour over bandmate's Trump comment (www.bbc.com)

Jack Black has said he’s cancelled the rest of the Tenacious D world tour after his bandmate Kyle Gass sparked an outcry with a comment about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump....

Is my girlfriend gaslighting me? (Edit: No, she is not gaslighting me, but may have some other issues.)

Today, before taking an Uber home, she sent me a text wanting me to be downstairs on the street to greet her as the Uber arrives. I read it and told her that yes, I’ll be there. I didn’t notice any further text because I was in the middle of something....

Study: Congress literally doesn’t care what you think. The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy. (act.represent.us)

My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore (www.howtogeek.com)

Adults and teens pick dumbphones to curb social media addiction (www.bbc.com)

Adults and teens concerned about their screen time are turning in their smartphones for “dumber” models....

Has ethernet become illegitimate? A librarian flipped out after spotting me using ethernet

I plugged into ethernet (as wifi w/captive portal does not work for me). I think clearnet worked but I have no interest in that. Egress Tor traffic was blocked and so was VPN. I’m not interested in editing all my scripts and configs to use clearnet, so the library’s internet is useless to me (unless I bother to try a tor...