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Constraints Journal<p>Many thanks to Springer's SharedIt program!</p><p>From now on, we will share new issues of the Constraints Journal on the Association for Constraint Programming website, along with bonus content (e.g., videos about the contents): </p><p><a href="https://www.a4cp.org/cj2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">a4cp.org/cj2</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/ConstraintProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstraintProgramming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/AssociationForConstraintProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssociationForConstraintProgramming</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/ACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACP</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/Springer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Springer</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/SpringerPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpringerPublishing</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/Journal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journal</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/CP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CP</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/Optimisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optimisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/Optimization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optimization</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/SharedIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharedIt</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/OpenAccessPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccessPublishing</span></a></p>
solidaritéS<p>Le contenu du panier de courses est l’un des premiers indicateurs de l’inflation. Toujours plus de ménages renoncent à des produits biologiques régionaux, souvent trop onéreux, au profit de marques bas de gamme. Au Conseil Général de Neuchâtel, solidaritéS a déposé une motion à ce sujet:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Social</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paniers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paniers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Legumes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legumes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neuchatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neuchatel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://solidarites.ch/journal/446-2/paniers-de-legumes-pour-touxtes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">solidarites.ch/journal/446-2/p</span><span class="invisible">aniers-de-legumes-pour-touxtes/</span></a></p>
mvario<p>Study: Popular Low-Income Broadband Program Killed By Trumplicans Saved Taxpayers More Money Than It Cost | Techdirt</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/07/study-popular-low-income-broadband-program-killed-by-trumplicans-saved-taxpayers-more-money-than-it-cost/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/03/07/study-</span><span class="invisible">popular-low-income-broadband-program-killed-by-trumplicans-saved-taxpayers-more-money-than-it-cost/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReviveACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReviveACP</span></a></p>
Red Learning<p>Syed Ibrahim believes the PMP and ACP corporate training program will be a game-changer for his projects. The skills and knowledge gained in project management and agile practices have equipped him to take on more complex projects and lead with greater confidence. He’s excited to apply these insights and advance his professional growth. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pmp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pmp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/projectmanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projectmanagement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/redlearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redlearning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/testimonials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testimonials</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/explorepage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>explorepage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/explore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>explore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/feature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/traininginstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traininginstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trainingcenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trainingcenter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reels</span></a></p>
Red Learning<p>Li Jiawei shares his experience with Red Learning's PMP &amp; ACP corporate training, highlighting how the program aligned him with industry best practices and provided valuable insights that will boost his professional growth. <br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/redlearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redlearning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dubai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dubai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/traininginstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traininginstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trainingcenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trainingcenter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/testimonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testimonial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/learners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learners</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pmp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pmp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/projectmanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projectmanagement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/courses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courses</span></a></p>
☭ 𝗖 𝗔 𝗧 ☭<p>American "Communist Party (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACP</span></a>)Defectors Reveal Toxic, Cult-Like Environment Hostile to Criticism<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/sAEi0upaY2s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/sAEi0upaY2s</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Socialism for All ☭ S4A<p>American "Communist" Party (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACP</span></a>) Defectors Reveal Toxic, Cult-Like Environment Hostile to Criticism</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AmericanCommunistParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCommunistParty</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAEi0upaY2s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=sAEi0upaY2</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p>
BlackHeroe<p>Unsere Lokalpresse hat tatsächlich mal einen guten Artikel über <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cannabis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cannabis</span></a> geschrieben 😃</p><p>Durchaus lesenswert, eine Breitseite an Informationen und enthält kaum ein Fehlerchen. Geschichte, Herkunft, Verbreitung, Nutzen und aktueller Status. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CanG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weedmod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weedmod</span></a></p><p>Wer da wohl seine<br>Info Finger im Spiel hatte 😏</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACP</span></a> Selbsthilfegruppe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medcannabis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medcannabis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kassel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kassel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ACM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACM</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.hna.de/lokales/witzenhausen/werra-meissner-cannabis-in-der-medizin-seit-tausenden-jahren-93489449.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hna.de/lokales/witzenhausen/we</span><span class="invisible">rra-meissner-cannabis-in-der-medizin-seit-tausenden-jahren-93489449.html</span></a></p>
Radio Temblor<p><strong>Panamá. Comunidades afectadas por la construcción del reservorio de Río Indio manifiestan su rechazo.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://venera.social/display/85a863ed-1167-6038-6e03-9d6223418605" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">venera.social/display/85a863ed</span><span class="invisible">-1167-6038-6e03-9d6223418605</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Coastal Retreat In Alaska Is Accelerating Because Of Compound Climate Impacts<br />--<br /><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-12-coastal-retreat-alaska-compound-climate.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-12-coastal-</span><span class="invisible">retreat-alaska-compound-climate.html</span></a> &lt;-- shared technical article<br />--<br /><a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2409411121" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1073/pnas.240941112</span><span class="invisible">1</span></a> &lt;-- shared paper<br />--<br /><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coast</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coastal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coastal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/retreat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>retreat</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/erosion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>erosion</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Alaska</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sealevel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sealevel</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sealevelrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sealevelrise</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/stormsurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stormsurge</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/extremeweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>extremeweather</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/permafrost" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>permafrost</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/melting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>melting</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/landloss" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>landloss</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/remotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>remotesensing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spatialanalysis</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatiotemporal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spatiotemporal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Arctic</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ArcticCoastalPlain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArcticCoastalPlain</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ACP</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ice</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>communities</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/planning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>planning</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>management</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>change</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/acclerating" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>acclerating</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/topography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>topography</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/subsidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>subsidence</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>risk</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hazard" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hazard</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/impacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>impacts</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>resilience</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mitigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mitigation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>funding</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Press Struggles To Explain How The GOP Killed A Popular Broadband Discount Program, Driving Millions Of Poor Americans Off The Internet</p><p>The FCC’s ✅Affordable Connectivity Program✅ ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/ACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACP</span></a> ), <br>-- part of the 2021 <a href="https://c.im/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/bill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bill</span></a>, <br>-- provided&nbsp;23+ million&nbsp;low-income households a 👍$30 broadband discount every month. </p><p>But the roughly 60 million Americans benefiting from the program are now facing much higher broadband bills because <br>🆘key Republicans <br>— who routinely dole out billions of dollars on&nbsp;far&nbsp;dumber&nbsp;fare&nbsp;<br>—&nbsp;💥refused to fund a $4-$7 billion extension.</p><p>There were several last ditch efforts to fund the program but ♦️none were successful -- thanks largely to Trump loyalist and current House Speaker <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mike</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Johnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Johnson</span></a>, <br>♦️who refused to let any of those funding efforts get close to a vote.</p><p>The GOP killed this popular program. </p><p>Yet in two different stories this week, <br>both CNET and the Associated Press <br>❌fail to clearly communicate that to readers. </p><p>➡️At <a href="https://c.im/tags/CNET" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNET</span></a>, the program simply “ran out of money”:</p><p>"In May, the $14.2 billion program officially ran out of money, leaving Jackson and 23 million households like hers with internet bills that were $30 to $75 higher than the month before."</p><p>➡️Over at the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Associated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Associated</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a>, the program vaguely died because “Congress” didn’t fund it:</p><p>"The Affordable Connectivity Program,&nbsp;part of a broader effort pushed by the administration&nbsp;to bring affordable internet to every home and business in the country, was not renewed by Congress and ran out of funding earlier this year."</p><p>🆘The GOP killed this program. <br>-- The GOP alone. </p><p>🔸The cuts heavily harm the GOP’s own constituents. </p><p>🔸Nearly half of the folks on the ACP program rolls were military families. </p><p>🔸Countless ACP participants live in Southern states where broadband access is spotty and expensive thanks to the GOP’s own policies. </p><p>🆘 Republicans killed a popular program heavily used by Republicans and only made necessary in the first place due to failed Republican telecom policies. </p><p>🔥They killed it because they didn’t want Democrats and Biden to enjoy credit for a popular program during an election season. </p><p>⚠️But neither outlet wants to make the GOP’s fault clear to readers lest they somehow offend Republican readers, sources, event sponsors, or advertisers. </p><p>It’s part of a general fecklessness that has expanded across the mainstream ad-based U.S. press, </p><p>and it results in <a href="https://c.im/tags/feckless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feckless</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/coverage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coverage</span></a> where the ❌GOP never has to truly own its broadly unpopular policy decisions</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/28/press-struggles-to-explain-how-the-gop-killed-a-popular-broadband-discount-program-driving-millions-of-poor-americans-off-the-internet/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2024/08/28/press-</span><span class="invisible">struggles-to-explain-how-the-gop-killed-a-popular-broadband-discount-program-driving-millions-of-poor-americans-off-the-internet/</span></a></p>
Socialism for All ☭ S4A<p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AmericanCommunistParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCommunistParty</span></a> = American Landlord Party: Head “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MAGAcommunist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAcommunist</span></a>" Declares <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACP</span></a> Chapters May Be "Ethical Landlords"</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialist</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communism</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/communist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communist</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/marxism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marxism</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/marxist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marxist</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHWSW0FMAMk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=zHWSW0FMAM</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p>
IT News<p>The Affordable Connectivity Program Died—and Thousands of Households Have Already Lost Their Internet - The ACP provided affordable internet connectivity to low-income Americans. Since it expir... - <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/affordable-care-act-low-income-households-lose-internet/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/affordable-car</span><span class="invisible">e-act-low-income-households-lose-internet/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a>/telecoms <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/acp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acp</span></a></p>
Judy Olo 🚫⚠️kakistocracy🌊<p>Well. I'm trying to escape <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Spectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spectrum</span></a>. Can't believe after repubs took away <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACP</span></a>, I called them to lower my bill, and the very next month, they RAISED it. It actually feels vindictive. Like HOW DARE YOU. The Rep had a damn noticeable attitude. Condescending. I was a service rep for 27 years --I get the vibe. Anyways, will see what Verizon says. I am trying to avoid people inside my house, which would be <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ATT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATT</span></a>/ <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Vexus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vexus</span></a>.</p>
ajaxStardust<p>What would be your advice?</p><p>Am I ready to go live with a full-on production company, or what?</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Traversy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Traversy</span></a> style n all! Look at that!<br>:D</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/aHnDl0Mt36Y?si=yX_-WDagRacwUrd6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/aHnDl0Mt36Y?si=yX_-WD</span><span class="invisible">agRacwUrd6</span></a></p><p>In all seriousness. </p><p>Maybe anyone struggling with understanding file and folder <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/permissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>permissions</span></a> and the corresponding <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/CHMOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CHMOD</span></a> numbers to set your desired ---rwx--- options... </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/UID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UID</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/UUID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UUID</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACP</span></a></p>
Judy Olo 🚫⚠️kakistocracy🌊<p>sorry, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JoyReid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoyReid</span></a> , nothing <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> has done has helped me. personally. . On SocSec.<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACP</span></a> canceled. The only govt benefit I ever had. I don't use insulin. But I am BLUE. aways. VOTE BLUE because we are people, :prideheart: 💖 💞</p>
Rob Pegoraro<p>The end of May coinciding with the end of a four-day workweek was a pleasant bonus of Memorial Day’s spot on the calendar this year. Another bonus: I had my last client-paid copy for the month filed by 2:09 p.m. Friday.</p><p>Patreon readers got one other post, a <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/register-in-one-105334483" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rant about the woeful UX</a> of a Hilton offer for double points on upcoming hotel stays. That didn’t get published until almost 9 p.m. on Friday–which is still a lot better than the filing frenzy I’ve exhibited in the final minutes of the final days of other months.</p><p>5/28/2024: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/t-mobile-to-buy-regional-carrier-uscellular" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">T-Mobile to Buy Regional Carrier UScellular</a>, PCMag</p><p>I didn’t notice the name on the credit of the photo of a T-Mobile flag on a golf course that I’d selected from Getty Images to illustrate this post until I copied that metadata to paste into PCMag’s CMS. That’s when I realized that my <a href="https://georgetownvoice.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Georgetown Voice</a> friend <a href="https://www.darrencarroll.com/index" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Darren Carroll</a>, a seriously talented photographer, had taken that shot during an idle moment at a golf tournament sponsored by the carrier.</p> <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/?attachment_id=23310" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><p></p><p>Screenshot</p> <p>5/28/2024: <a href="https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/cookies-websites-permission.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Lot of Websites Ask You About Cookies. How Should You Answer?</a>, AARP</p><p>My editor at AARP asked if I could write an explainer about those dialogs you see on so many pages that suggest, ask, implore or assume that you’re okay with the site–and, in most cases, advertising networks–writing information about your visit to small text files saved on your device. After talking to numerous experts, I continue to think that your best response to those dialogs, should you not want to be tracked by advertisers, is to use a browser like Apple’s Safari, Microsoft’s Edge and Mozilla’s Firefox that will block ad-network trackers by default.</p><p>5/29/2024: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/verizon-enlists-ast-spacemobile-to-kill-off-its-us-dead-zones" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Verizon Enlists AST SpaceMobile to Kill Off Its US Dead Zones</a>, PCMag</p><p>Verizon’s apparent disinterest in using low-Earth-orbit satellites to provide at least emergency-level coverage in dead zones was looking increasingly weird. Then the carrier signed up the same satellite operator as AT&amp;T to provide that backup connectivity, although it seems to be more conservative in its sales pitch than AT&amp;T.</p><p>5/30/2024: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/android-update-will-let-you-fix-dumb-texting-typos-to-other-android-users" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Android Update Will Let You Fix Dumb Texting Typos (to Other Android Users)</a>, PCMag</p><p>I’ve yet to get the update to Google’s Messages app that enables this editing of sent RCS messages–assuming the recipients also have the same update installed–so I cannot yet report on how satisfying it might feel to fix a text typo.</p><p>5/30/2024: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/irs-direct-file-app-to-return-for-2025-welcome-taxpayers-in-more-states" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IRS Direct File App to Return for 2025, Welcome Taxpayers in More States</a>, PCMag</p><p>This was one bit of news that I didn’t expect to see coming this week, but with the information-security conference I was attending not yielding any obvious breaking news, I jumped on the chance to write this up instead. And to point out to readers that while the IRS may call this rollout of its free tax-prep app “permanent,” you have to expect that voters returning convicted felon Donald Trump to the White House would soon be followed by Trump scrapping this program.</p><p>5/31/2024: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-its-game-over-for-affordable-broadband-connectivity-program" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FCC: It’s Game Over for Affordable Broadband Connectivity Program</a>, PCMag</p><p>The official end of the ACP and the $30 monthly discounts on broadband it provided for more than 20 million American households led to my editors asking me to cover this program one more time.</p><p><a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2024/06/02/weekly-output-t-mobile-buys-much-of-uscellular-cookie-permissions-dialogs-verizon-taps-ast-spacemobile-android-update-irs-keeps-direct-file-affordable-connectivity-program-ends/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://robpegoraro.com/2024/06/02/weekly-output-t-mobile-buys-much-of-uscellular-cookie-permissions-dialogs-verizon-taps-ast-spacemobile-android-update-irs-keeps-direct-file-affordable-connectivity-program-ends/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/acp/" target="_blank">#ACP</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/affordable-connectivity-program/" target="_blank">#AffordableConnectivityProgram</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/android-feature-drop/" target="_blank">#AndroidFeatureDrop</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/ast-spacemobile/" target="_blank">#ASTSpaceMobile</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/cookies/" target="_blank">#cookies</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/direct-file/" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/irs/" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/rcs/" target="_blank">#RCS</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/satellite-broadband/" target="_blank">#satelliteBroadband</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/t-mobile/" target="_blank">#TMobile</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/tax-prep-software/" target="_blank">#taxPrepSoftware</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/texting-typo/" target="_blank">#textingTypo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/tracking-cookies/" target="_blank">#trackingCookies</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/u-s-cellular/" target="_blank">#USCellular</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/uscellular/" target="_blank">#UScellular</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/verizon/" target="_blank">#verizon</a></p>
Judy Olo 🚫⚠️kakistocracy🌊<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Noir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Noir</span></a> day on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TCM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TCM</span></a> --Will soon loose, can't afford, because <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> #<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> refused to fund <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACP</span></a> They'd rather fund Elon and oil, their owners. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JaneWyatt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JaneWyatt</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RaymondBurr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaymondBurr</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Pitfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pitfall</span></a></p>
John Colagioia<p>Don’t Let Congress Widen the Digital Divide <a href="https://otherwords.org/dont-let-congress-widen-the-digital-divide/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">otherwords.org/dont-let-congre</span><span class="invisible">ss-widen-the-digital-divide/</span></a></p><p>Losing the ACP wouldn’t only cut off these families — it would undercut the financial viability of networks being planned under the Infrastructure Act’s broadband deployment funding, causing providers to build less and leave more people behind.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalDivide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalDivide</span></a></p>
Rob Pegoraro<p>This week starts with the wireless trade group CTIA’s <a href="https://www.ctia.org/news/2024-ctia-5g-summit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">5G Summit</a> on Monday but otherwise doesn’t have too much in the way of appointments or deadlines–which after the end-of-the-month crush last week feels like a real treat.</p><p>(Speaking of stories written in the last hours of April, I wrote a post for Patreon readers Tuesday about the <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/look-at-my-least-103384140" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">unpredictable nature of WordAds income here</a>.)</p><p>4/29/2024: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-fines-wireless-carriers-almost-200-million-for-careless-sale-of-location" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FCC Fines Wireless Carriers Almost $200 Million for Careless Sale of Location Data</a>, PCMag</p><p>That number in the headline requires the context of the billions of dollars in profit each of the big three carriers reported for the first quarter of 2024, so I made sure to include that. We then updated the post after publication with a statement from AT&amp;T decrying the FCC’s action; <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/fcc-fines-big-three-carriers-196m-for-selling-users-real-time-location-data/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jon Brodkin’s post at Ars Technica</a> includes comparable responses from T-Mobile and Verizon.</p><p>4/30/2024: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/congress-votes-to-strengthen-measures-against-online-child-sexual-exploitation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Congress Votes to Strengthen Measures Against Online Child Sexual Exploitation</a>, PCMag</p><p>Congress passing any substantive bill ranks as news these days, but a bill addressing a tech-policy problem from hell is even more newsworthy–even if this bill doesn’t include added funding to help attack this problem.</p><p>5/1/2024: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/fcc-new-internet-provider-labels/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Your Home Internet Bill Can Be Deceptively Confusing. Now It’s (Slightly) Easier to Understand.</a>, Wirecutter</p><p>Wirecutter asked me to write an explainer of the broadband-facts labels that the Federal Communications Commission now requires Internet providers to post, and I said I’d be delighted to help after covering <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/broadband-labels/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this issue multiple times</a> over the last two years. Then after I asked Comcast about criticisms of its implementation of the label, the company added a modem-rental fee that it had left out in some situations. (You’re welcome.)</p><p>5/1/2024: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/t-mobile-completes-mint-mobile-deal-promises-new-perks-for-mint-users" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">T-Mobile Completes Mint Mobile Deal, Promises New Perks for Mint Users</a>, PCMag</p><p>Shout out to my editor for spotting the Wall Street Journal’s report that actor and part owner of Mint Mobile Ryan Reynolds should make about $300 million from this completed transaction, then adding a link to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/t-mobile-to-buy-ryan-reynolds-backed-mint-mobile-for-up-to-1-35-billion-9a3e6a03" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the WSJ story</a> in this piece.</p><p>5/2/2024: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/congress-makes-last-ditch-effort-to-save-low-cost-broadband-program" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Congress Makes Last-Ditch Effort to Save Low-Cost Broadband Program</a>, PCMag</p><p>I wrote about two bills that seem like they might have better-than-usual odds of reviving the Affordable Connectivity Program: one that would restore the FCC spectrum-auction authority that Congress inexplicably let lapse last March and devote some of the resulting proceeds to the ACP, another that would expand the FCC’s Universal Service Fund by requiring broadband providers and large online platforms to contribute (an idea that I’ve seen both Democrats and Republicans endorse) and plow that new revenue into the ACP.</p><p><a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2024/05/05/weekly-output-fcc-fines-wireless-carriers-report-act-broadband-labels-t-mobile-now-owns-mint-mobile-affordable-connectivity-program-rescue-options/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://robpegoraro.com/2024/05/05/weekly-output-fcc-fines-wireless-carriers-report-act-broadband-labels-t-mobile-now-owns-mint-mobile-affordable-connectivity-program-rescue-options/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/acp/" target="_blank">#ACP</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/affordable-connectivity-program/" target="_blank">#AffordableConnectivityProgram</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/broadband-labels/" target="_blank">#broadbandLabels</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/cantwell/" target="_blank">#Cantwell</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/cell-site-location-information/" target="_blank">#cellSiteLocationInformation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/csam/" target="_blank">#CSAM</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/fcc-fines/" target="_blank">#FCCFines</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/fetterman/" target="_blank">#Fetterman</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/kaena/" target="_blank">#KaEna</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/location-data/" target="_blank">#locationData</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/mint-mobile/" target="_blank">#MintMobile</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/report-act/" target="_blank">#REPORTAct</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/securus/" target="_blank">#Securus</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/t-mobile/" target="_blank">#TMobile</a></p>