Liz Amsden
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- Sep 29, 2026
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Hollywood: The Fate of the Film Biz (opens the original)
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ACCORDING TO LIZ - On July 13, Attorneys General in thirteen states sued to stop Paramount Skydance’s assimilation of Warner Bros. Discovery and the consequential monopolistic narrowing of news media and entertainment viewpoints. As well, California’s Rob Bonta was particularly concerned about potential job losses in SoCal’s premier industry and economic losses from the resultant diminished draw for tourism. An emergency motion to block the merger and subsequent rulings put the brakes on the mer
Those Nasty Little Stickers. Dangers of PLUs vs. Threats from Electro (opens the original)
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ACCORDING TO LIZ - It’s been over three years since I last railed against those annoying price-look-up stickers defiling our fruits and vegetables, gumming up our compost heaps, and frowned upon by organics recyclers across the country. The proliferation of plastics in multiple forms is a significant contributor to environmental damage as well as to climate change, and take generations to break down. Corporations used PLUs to replace workers who used to track inventory with machines to identify
Gone Phishing? Cybercriminals Are Getting Savvier (opens the original)
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ACCORDING TO LIZ - Phishing is that nasty form of digital fraud that uses e-mail to steal personal information such as usernames and passwords. For texts, it’s known as “smishing” but most of the same comments apply. Technology experts warn that such credential theft is often just the first stage of a longer attack that can end in fraud and up the ladder, ransomware and hijacking of corporate networks. In today’s world, all our data is valuable to those who would use it for their own profit. Whi
Raise the Flag of Ethical Populism; Righteous Socialism Is Alive and W (opens the original)
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ACCORDING TO LIZ - Remember those heady days of idealism as pro-democracy movements swept the world promising real change? From the Arab Spring to Occupy people seized the chance to challenge corrupt political systems and the scourge of capitalism. September 17, 2026, marks the fifteenth anniversary of the Occupy movement in the United States. From Wall Street to cities across the country and around the world almost by osmosis the inchoate anger that also fueled the Arab Spring spread to discuss
AI Has No Conscience â So Why Are We Giving It Power? (opens the original)
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ACCORDING TO LIZ - North of the border, Quebec courts have laid it on the line; generative artificial intelligence has no place in rendering judgment. New guidelines jointly adopted by the Quebec Court of Appeal, Superior Court, Court of Quebec and the province's municipal courts are very clear: âGenerative A.I., however sophisticated, possesses neither judgment nor conscience and is not subject to any form of accountability. It cannot understand the human, social and legal context specific to
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