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News of the Bogus:

• 0:43 – NRC Approval Paves Way For Historic Restart Of Palisades Nuclear Plant https://www.nucnet.org/news/nrc-approval-paves-way-for-historic-restart-of-palisades-nuclear-plant-7-5-2025
• 5:50 – Elon Musk’s X scores federal court win for free speech and open disclosure https://reason.com/2025/07/25/xs-win-in-federal-court-is-a-victory-for-free-speech-and-open-disclosure/
• 11:30 – Ending Political, Electoral and Social Issue Advertising in the EU in Response to Incoming European Regulation https://about.fb.com/news/2025/07/ending-political-electoral-and-social-issue-advertising-in-the-eu/
  • An update on political advertising in the European Union https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/political-advertising-in-eu/
  • EU introduces new rules on transparency and targeting of political advertising https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/03/11/eu-introduces-new-rules-on-transparency-and-targeting-of-political-advertising/

18:20 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Mastercard and Visa

• After Valve and Steam, credit card companies spurred by anti-porn group sink their teeth into Itch https://www.gamesradar.com/games/itch-follows-steam-in-conceding-to-scrutiny-from-our-payment-processors-with-a-move-that-affects-thousands-of-nsfw-games/
• Gaming’s recent run-ins with payment processors set a dangerous precedent https://www.destructoid.com/gamings-recent-run-ins-with-payment-processors-set-a-dangerous-precedent/
• Petition · Tell MasterCard, Visa & Activist Groups: Stop Controlling What We Can Watch, Read, or Play https://www.change.org/p/tell-mastercard-visa-activist-groups-stop-controlling-what-we-can-watch-read-or-play

26:42 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Authors Guild

• Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion – #528 in Authors Guild v. OpenAI Inc. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67810584/528/authors-guild-v-openai-inc/

This Week’s Quote: “The roots of copyright lie in censorship. It was easy for state and church to control thought by controlling the scribes, but then the printing press came along and the authorities worried that they couldn’t control official thought as easily.” —Stephan Kinsella

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