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@joanna That's what a ton of people are fearing. The corporate control of the internet is nearly here and even if the inevitable court battles take a while, ISPs will be free to block and throttle content plus it would structure it like cable TV packages in the meantime.

This will also affect the upcoming midterm elections in a very bad way. More on that here. [theglobeandmail.com]

@kdfrawg The S2000 was a one of a kind car.

/@streakmachine @peemee

@joanna That's quite a lot of miles, my commute isn't that long maybe two miles.

/@larand @indigo

How much money each of the 535 members of the US Congress received in donations from the ISP industry, from 1989 to the present day [j.mp]

Basically, the ISPs own part of the US government.

Really not surprising that the tech giants are very quiet in terms of the Net Neutrality repeal, which is expected tomorrow. [nyti.ms]

Like I said, the only way now is take it to the courts.

Some insight on Xerox Parc’s Futures Day, which took place over 40 years ago. [j.mp]

Some good thought on a piece of tech history.

@streakmachine I only check it once a day now, very difficult to stay sane.

@matigo Luckily, we didn't get much snow so dodged a major one. A weekend isn't too bad either.

At least these trees make a lovely scene despite my mixed feelings on the snow.

FCC formally refuses to hand over any data or logs in New York attorney general's inquiry into fake net neutrality comments [variety.com]
Expect this to be a starring role in the inevitable lawsuits next month.