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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<p>Sounds like 7-11 did a but of a rope-a-dope. No merger with Couche-Tard/Circle K</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> #711 <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a><br><a href="https://www.montrealgazette.com/business/article1046989.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">montrealgazette.com/business/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle1046989.html</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Sempf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Sempf</span></a></span> pretty shure <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@LaF0rge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LaF0rge</span></a></span> just wants to shake his head and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stman</span></a></span> wants to scream <em>"I TOLD YA SO!"</em> cuz this seems as if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eSIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eSIM</span></a> is a major <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/downgrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>downgrade</span></a> fr <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <em>by every metric</em> (except ~maybe~ convenience in some cases)…</p>
Fight Back or Move Over<p>Recently I've noticed subtle things about my groceries </p><p>*the package of bagels only has 5 now instead of 6<br>*the packages of Shake n Bake come without a shaker bag<br>*the salad package/kit didn't have the salad dressing with the toppings like usual (this one may have been a fluke)</p><p>Just little things, but ways corporations make more money &amp; trick us into spending more and getting less.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GroceryPrices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GroceryPrices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeceptivePackaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeceptivePackaging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consumers</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stman</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.hackers.town/@theruran" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>theruran</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cathode.church/@50htz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>50htz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.solarpunk.au/users/vidak" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vidak</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.net2o.de/@forthy42" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>forthy42</span></a></span> obviously <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/nvidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nvidia</span></a> doesn't have any interest fixing it and their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ECC</span></a> functionality is exclusive to the highest-end <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Quadro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quadro</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/nVidiaGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nVidiaGrid</span></a> cards, usually implemented only in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a>, thus sacrificing ~ 20% of VRAM.</p><ul><li>So for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/prosumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prosumers</span></a>, there will be <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WontFix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WontFix</span></a>!"</em> because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/nvidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nvidia</span></a> has <em>neither commercial incentive nor penalty</em> to incentivize them.</li></ul><p>I'm not surprised of this <em>at all</em>, only that it <em>took so long</em> surprises me...</p>
Nonilex<p>Update:</p><p>In reaction to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s 30% tariffs on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>, EC president Ursula <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vonderLeyen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vonderLeyen</span></a> said in a statement that such <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> “would disrupt essential transatlantic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupplyChains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupplyChains</span></a>, to the detriment of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/businesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>businesses</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/patients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patients</span></a> on both sides of the Atlantic.” She also threatened to hit back, though she did not make a retaliation sound imminent, talking about the “adoption of proportionate countermeasures if required.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trumpcession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a></p>
Austrian<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chris</span></a></span> No! Unions are exploiters, extortionists. They live (partly) at the expense of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> and non-union <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a>.</p>
AaronMoney Cycle
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Conversation: Chatbots are on the rise, but customers still trust human agents more. “Despite the enthusiasm on the business side for chatbots, customers are far less convinced. A recent survey found that 71 per cent of customers prefer interacting with a human agent rather than a chatbot. Sixty per cent of customers also report that chatbots often fail to understand their issue.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/10/the-conversation-chatbots-are-on-the-rise-but-customers-still-trust-human-agents-more/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/10/the-conversation-chatbots-are-on-the-rise-but-customers-still-trust-human-agents-more/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Register: Folks aren’t buying the PCs that US vendors stockpiled to dodge tariffs . “Total PC shipments in the US will increase by just 2 percent this year, thanks to Trump’s tariffs and little appetite from consumers for spending on ‘big-ticket’ items, despite the looming end of Windows 10 support.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/09/the-register-folks-arent-buying-the-pcs-that-us-vendors-stockpiled-to-dodge-tariffs/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/09/the-register-folks-arent-buying-the-pcs-that-us-vendors-stockpiled-to-dodge-tariffs/</a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>"According to the Invasive Species Council, about 75% of Australia’s invasive weeds started as garden plants." &gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/06/gazania-daisies-invasive-species-council-australian-nurseries" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/jul/06/gazania-daisies-invasive-species-council-australian-nurseries</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/gardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/horticulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horticulture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/weeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weeds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dumping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/invasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bellingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bellingen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Syngonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syngonium</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Gazania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gazania</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/beach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beach</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/coast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a></p>
Klaus-Gerd Giesen<p>"Before you can ask an <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> model to help you [...], the model is born in a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> center. Racks of <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/servers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>servers</span></a> hum along for months, ingesting <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>training</span></a> data, crunching numbers, and performing <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/computations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computations</span></a>. [...] It’s only after this <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>training</span></a>, when <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> or <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/customers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>customers</span></a> “inference” the AI models to get answers or generate outputs, that model makers hope to [...] eventually turn a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a> .[...]<br>80–90% of computing power for AI is used for inference."</p><p><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">technologyreview.com/2025/05/2</span><span class="invisible">0/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2214916/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2214916/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Tariffs set to spike prices on summer essentials, says U.S. Chamber of Commerce <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analysis</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cost</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Essentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Essentials</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>summer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.ChamberOfCommerce</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Similarly, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> cut back on <em>"non-essential spending"</em> as well, as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Greedflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greedflation</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shrinkflation</span></a> bleeds them dry.</p><ul><li>Cuz even when they are <em>able and willing to pay</em>, they get <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwuXF1AyKak" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">treated like shit and shafted hard</a> to the point that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>piracy</span></a> is not just ramping up, but getting <em>socially accepted</em>.</li></ul><p>Or to put in the words of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GabeNewell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GabeNewell</span></a>: <em>"Piracy is always a service problem!"</em></p><ul><li>And given how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Valve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Valve</span></a> turned their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OnlineDRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineDRM</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steam</span></a> into something that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IndieDevs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDevs</span></a> get <em>bullied into publishing on</em>, there's certainly some weight to it, as even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EpicGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpicGames</span></a> struggles to get even a tiny market share from Valve's <em>de-facto <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a></em> despite burning through millions <em>if not billions</em> of money to give away <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> (after all they still need to pay the licensees/publishers/creators of the games they give away)...<br></li></ul><p>Add to that the obnoxiousness of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AlwaysOnlineDRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlwaysOnlineDRM</span></a> that makes modern Games <em>literally unplayable</em> when the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a> decide to kill the infrastructure needed for it. </p><ul><li>Steam at least does have contingencies in place to actually remove it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DRM</span></a> and allow users to get a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DRMfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DRMfree</span></a> copy of their games <em>if they were to close shop</em> but that's not the norm in the industry. Otherwise <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StopKillingGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopKillingGames</span></a> would not be necessary as a petition.</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>It takes a bit fiddling, but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MiniLPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiniLPA</span></a> is kinda awesome!</p><ul><li>Espechally since it allows people to install <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eSIMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eSIMs</span></a> on <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eSIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eSIM</span></a> cards, which act like regular <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SIM</span></a> cards for devices. Giving <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/users" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>users</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> of choice for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/devices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devices</span></a> *and</em> the conveniences both <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SIMs</span></a> &amp; eSIMs have without the disadvantages. Plus it saves <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> &amp; cuts down on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plastic</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eWaste</span></a>.<br></li></ul><p><a href="https://github.com/EsimMoe/MiniLPA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/EsimMoe/MiniLPA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>Starting 1st July 2025! 🙌 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> is implementing mandatory labelling on animal-based food products, including <a href="https://mas.to/tags/meat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meat</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/milk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>milk</span></a>, and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/eggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eggs</span></a>, to disclose if animals experienced painful procedures without anaesthesia.</p><p>This includes practices like <a href="https://mas.to/tags/castration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>castration</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dehorning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dehorning</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TailDocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TailDocking</span></a>, and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TeethClipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeethClipping</span></a>.</p><p>We applaud this introduction, as <a href="https://mas.to/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> have a right to more transparency about the cruel processes to make more informed and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethical</span></a> choices. </p><p>1/2</p>
Nonilex<p>Under President Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>, the agency had sought to cap <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CreditCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreditCard</span></a> late <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fees</span></a> at $8 &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/overdraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>overdraft</span></a> fees at $5. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin's move to end those policies should together cost <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> $15 billion a year, according to the statement.</p><p>The dismissal of 22 enforcement cases that were pending when Biden left office in Jan — including actions against JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo &amp; Capital One — involved more than $3 billion in alleged harm to consumers.</p>
Nonilex<p>Admin officials accuse the agency &amp; its former leadership of exceeding their legal powers, burdening free enterprise &amp; engaging in politicized enforcement of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> laws.</p><p>However, in a statement on Tuesday, the two organizations listed actions <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s team had taken that they said shifted costs onto <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a>.</p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>Federal judge blocks Trump's firing of Consumer Product Safety Commission members, who sued the Trump administration last month. The law provides for firing only for cause, never claimed by Trump administration in any of their cases.</p><p>The courts are holding and they're still losing...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CPSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPSC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consumers</span></a><br> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/consumer-product-safety-commission-donald-trump-firings-case-4de756d7a68ba6dfdd36620b43381fd1?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/consumer-pr</span><span class="invisible">oduct-safety-commission-donald-trump-firings-case-4de756d7a68ba6dfdd36620b43381fd1?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=share</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fschaap" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fschaap</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@netopwibby" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>netopwibby</span></a></span> yeah, but why is it in the drawer (besides <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FirefoxOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxOS</span></a> being let to die prematurely)...</p><p>We may be aware of Firefox OS' existance in the past but it was never even tried to be sold anywhere to any effect.</p><ul><li>And believe me, both <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> and I tried to get our hands on <em>any device</em> that came with it and I've never heard of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ZTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZTE</span></a> Open C before, much less any device being sold in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> which is absolutely flabberghasting to me given that in the late 2000s and early 2010s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> was the dominant <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Browser</span></a> in Germany and thus had the best chance to leverage that customer base with good integrations like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MozillaPocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MozillaPocket</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FirefoxPocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxPocket</span></a>. </li></ul><p>I still love <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fennec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fennec</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FirefoxMobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxMobile</span></a> but I'm still mad at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cc/@Mozilla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mozilla</span></a></span> for not even trying to sell me a device, cuz I was at the time literally shouting: <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ShutUpAndTakeMyMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShutUpAndTakeMyMoney</span></a>!"</em> and searched the (back then 4) MNOs' and their (half a dozen) MVNOs' stores (both retail and online) and never came across a Firefox OS device.</p><ul><li>Same with (online) electronics retailers: <em>NONE</em> of them even had a single listing when I looked for those.</li></ul><p>Which reminds me of the (coined by me term) <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RedBlueIndex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedBlueIndex</span></a>"</em> [named after the parent company that owns both <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Saturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Saturn</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MediaMarkt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaMarkt</span></a>, the two biggest, spechalized electronics retailers]:</p><ul><li>If you can't find a product on shelf at Saturn/MediaMarkt, it doesn't exist in the minds and conciousness of the average <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a>!</li></ul>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cbo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cbo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wealthinequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wealthinequality</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a></p><p>Heather Cox Richardson 6/3/25<br>Republicans Attack Nonpartisan Economist /Consumers Pay the Bill</p>