At a time when the FCC cannot even decide if it wants to keep open the 3650-3700 spectrum already set aside for non-exclusive sharing, Congress seems to be picking up the ball. Alas, I am swamped at the moment with work and visiting relatives, so I will refer you to this summary on boing-boing here.
Stay tuned . . . .
So DoJ has decided to punish Princeton for recognizing its history of racism. Must double my annual giving.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/us/princeton-racism-federal-investigation.html?fbclid=IwAR1via82dH7ppCedXbKNIF0deXPDYP-EGTjHlmBfLuQezP6zGsXhJv_vcoE
The authors of #Section230 file comments with the FCC to explain how NTIA interpretation of Section 230 is totally wrong.
https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10917190303687/2020-09-17%20Cox-Wyden%20FCC%20Reply%20Comments%20Final%20as%20Filed.pdf
Funny, whenever people make comparisons to human and simian behavior, they never mention gentle, nurturing fathers.
1. Even though they look grouchy, gorillas are amazing dads. They're very protective and patient fathers. When a gorilla's mom dies or transfers out of a group, the silverback will step in as a surrogate mom
This baby mountain gorilla is using his dad's back to take a nap!
Last I checked, I'm pretty sure "my country" is the united States. (checks passport) Yup.
On a Rosh Hashanah White House (not campaign) call, Trump calls on Jews to vote for him because he says Democrats will be ruinous for Israel, signs off, "we love your country." story to come.
Fascinating visual representation of what 1 gig of mobile costs globally. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cost-of-mobile-data-worldwide/
A ray of light! How welcome! Even here on Wetmachine, where I am the patron of darkness.
In other news, Harold, I’ll be out in my lonely hotel room in California this weekend and and and I plan . . . dare I say it. . . to type up the notes from the conversation you and I had about this topic during Worldcon way more than a year ago.