Anu Breadford coined the term „Brussels Effect“ for the regulatory super power the EU has. Of course not every regulation is done right, but comments like this one are a concerted effort by companies to dismantle a powerful regime that has been building over the last decades. Especially tech bros like Elon and authoritarians like Miles hate it. That should tell you everything.

We need to build a society of library socialism.

We have to get rid of profit-driven systems.

Oh, didn‘t catch that. Nice!

What about WERO?

Perfect!

I recently saw a yt video where the different levels of understanding of media were discussed. For leftists the deeper meaning and social context is obvious. But right wingers just see the plot on the surface. That is why MAGA folks can unironically say they like Star Trek or Superman etc.

Canada is a former French and British colony. One could argue that the country is of European descent.

A federation can have different levels of centralisation.

I was about to mention Cory Doctorow. He has been a force for years. For everyone new to him: His talk at 39c3 some days ago was awesome!