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This was such an interesting idea when it was proposed, seems good that it worked.
Probably the most hopeful angle regarding the fragmentation of the media landscape that's been happening. I think the biggest difference is that if the fragmentation is geographic, that's more random than our modern fragmentation, which is largely based on political alignment.
There was a lot of discussion of the old Eisenhower quote worrying about the military-industrial complex. But back then the military was 8% of GDP. Now it's under 3%.
Threads
• Thread summarizing the Supreme Court's decision on Gonzalez v. Google, a case regarding Section 230. TL;DR: Google won, and the court seems to be indicating that they think they maybe shouldn't have even taken the case in the first place.
• California's permanent extension of SB35 made it through committee with minor changes. TL;DR: they've included a union labor requirement, but it'll only apply if there are bids from a significant number of union labor firms.