Meta Mulling [decentralized] Text-Based Social Network to Rival Elon
Musk's Twitter
https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/meta-elon-musk-twitter-rival-1235549293/
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Twitter's $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone
Not worth $8/month. -L
https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-data-api-prices-out-nearly-everyone/
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Twitter:
New York prosecutors warn Trump of possible indictment, report says
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-indictment-president-manhattan-da-b2297785.html
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Feds suspect Tesla using automated [driving] system in [fatal]] firetruck crash
[last month]
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/tesla-hit-firetruck-automated-driving-system-97713311
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EU tells Elon Musk to hire more staff to moderate Twitter
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/eu-tells-elon-musk-to-hire-more-staff-to-moderate-twitter/
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Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com
"I hate him passionately": New lawsuit texts show Tucker Carlson admit
Trump era was a "disaster"
https://www.salon.com/2023/03/08/i-hate-him-passionately-new-texts-show-tucker-carlson-admit-era-was-a-disaster/
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Musk apologizes after mocking, questioning disability of Twitter
employee who wanted to know job status
After this became a global story, here's the punchline from Musk -- are
you sitting down?
"Better to talk to people than communicate via tweet." -L
U.S. FTC asks Twitter for details on Musk's internal communications, layoffs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-ftc-asks-twitter-details-220826011.html
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Twitter:
EU Privacy Regulator Flags Concern About 'Breakdown Of Communication'
With Twitter
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/03/07/eu-privacy-regulator-flags-concern-about-breakdown-of-communication-with-twitter/?sh=4a4e33976899
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Senate Republican Leader McConnell slams Fox and Tucker Carlson for
Jan. 6 portrayal
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/07/1161686255/fox-tucker-carlson-jan-6-security-tapes-mcconnell-manger
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Lauren's Blog:
[Useful details] Elon Musk gets involved in humiliating spat with [ex] Twitter
employee
Musk isn't enough of a human being to be capable of humiliation. Lots of
details in this article, suggesting that there are no limits to Musk's
horrible behavior.
Elon Musk Publicly Mocks His [ex] Employee for Daring to Have Muscular
Dystrophy
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-mocks-employee-disability
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Twitter:
Musk publicly laughs at Twitter employee who asks if he still had a
job, makes fun of his muscular dystrophy
When is the U.S. government going to move to end ties to this horrific jerk? -L
https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-laughs-twitter-haraldur-thorleifsson-layoff-1850196254
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DeSantis appointee to new Disney oversight board suggested tap water
could turn people gay
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/politics/kfile-ron-desantis-disney-ron-peri-anti-lgbtq/index.html
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Former UK health minister says that early in covid pandemic they
considering killing all cats in Britain
If they had actually tried this, they would have destroyed the
government and probably much of the country in the riots that
would have resulted. I'm not kidding. I won't even tell you how
Texas Republican wants ISPs to block a wide range of abortion websites
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/texas-republican-wants-isps-to-block-a-wide-range-of-abortion-websites/
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Lauren's Blog:
US intelligence report says Havana Syndrome probably wasn't caused by
'energy weapons'
Many observers felt all along that the wide range of symptoms never
seemed logical for an energy weapon attack -- or really for any kind
of attack. -L
[But will it be ENFORCED?] Elon's Anything-Goes Twitter Now Has a 'Zero
Tolerance' Policy Towards Violent Speech
Not only is enforcement an issue, but notably, violent speech is not the
same thing as "hate speech". -L
Google adds client-side encryption to Gmail and Calendar
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/google-adds-client-side-encryption-to-gmail-and-calendar-should-you-care/
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Cyberattack fines
On consideration, I agree a million dollar fine isn't enough. Make it
a percentage of gross revenue. -L
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein
DISH & Sling TV Confirms it Suffered a Cyber-Security Breach, may
include "personal information"
Starting to think that there should be a million dollar fine for companies of
this size that screw up this way. And they should be put under external
oversight for at least five years. -L
The Borg vs. Musk
Fun Fact: The Borg had a more extensive and functional PR/Comms
operation than either Twitter or Tesla under Musk. -L
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Twitter:
YES! - Chrome on Android now lets you zoom in on text, images, videos,
and on-screen buttons up to 300 percent without affecting the layout
of the webpage
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/27/23615602/google-chrome-page-zoo
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Multi-day Dish Network cyberattack incident continues
Satellite and stream delivered video services are up, and at least some
never appear to have been down (e.g. Sling). However, this is a major
continuing incident. -L
https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/27/dish-outage-reported-cyberattack/
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Twitter lays off 10% of current workforce
https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/twitter-lays-off-at-least-50-in-relentless-cost-cuts-the-information-3014680
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Elon Musk defends Dilbert cartoonist over racist rant
https://news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-defends-dilbert-cartoonist-214028727.html
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Twitter:
Elon Musk lays off more Twitter employees, including hard-core loyalists
https://fortune.com/2023/02/26/elon-musk-lays-off-more-twitter-employees-including-hard-core-loyalists-looks-like-im-let-go/
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Racist against whites and Asians: Elon Musk on US newspapers dropping
'Dilbert' cartoon
How to drive even more advertisers away from Twitter. -L
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/racist-against-whites-and-asians-elon-musk-on-us-newspapers-dropping-dilbert-cartoon-11677445689659.html
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Administrivia: Request: Hyperbolic hate regarding tech is unwelcome here
All,
Of late I've noted a significant increase in disturbing replies to
various of my postings, replies filled with what I would term hyperbolic
hate against tech. Some (but by no means all) of these are coming from
what
'Dilbert' Cartoon Dropped From Many News Outlets Over Creator Scott
Adams' Racial Remarks
https://deadline.com/2023/02/dilbert-cartoon-dropped-from-many-news-outlets-over-scott-adams-racial-remarks-1235270803/
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Great article on Digital News Landscape by Richard Gingras (VP News @ Google)
Highly recommended. I agree with him on these issues 100%. -L
https://richardgingras.medium.com/questions-and-insights-about-the-digital-news-landscape-8ed4d6c21f96
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Google Issues article from 14(!) years ago, still relevant today
I was just reminded (thanks!) of this article in "Techdirt" from
almost exactly 14 (egads, 14?) years ago regarding my proposals for a
Google Ombudsman. It could be argued that in significant ways this
situation is far more
Amid cutbacks, desk sharing at Google Cloud, and office downsizing
My own view is that more extensive use of remote work makes more
sense than ever. Google operated quite effectively for a prolonged period
during COVID with the vast majority of workers remote. -L
Google tests blocking news content for some Canadians in response to
government bill
This is an interesting test. Google is not *obligated* to provide news
services to anyone. -L
GOP's Brnovich reportedly hid evidence that debunked fraud claims
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gops-brnovich-reportedly-hid-evidence-debunked-fraud-claims-rcna71845
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Elon Musk is letting Russian propagandists buy blue checks on Twitter,
giving prominence to their disinformation
Musk even replied to one, giving it even more of a boost. We know
whose side Musk is on! -L
Twitter's ad train wreck
Twitter trying to do Google-type ads based on keywords is likely
going to be a train wreck. When people Search, they're *looking for
something*. When people *mention* something on Twitter, they could
easily be saying that it's horrible -- not something most advertisers
Musk gave engineers one week to make Twitter's ad targeting
work like Google
As this article notes, this effort shows the deep depth of Musk's
ignorance about such issues, because the modality of usage for
Search vs. social media (e.g. Twitter) are so vastly different.
I won't even get into
Georgia grand jury recommended indictments for more than a dozen
people in Trump probe, foreperson says
When asked whether they included Trump, she said, "Potentially, it might."
Foreperson says Georgia grand jury recommended multiple indictments in
Trump investigation, report says
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/21/trump-georgia-grand-jury-foreperson/11313798002/
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Lauren Weinstein
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Two fun YouTube figures from today's Supreme Court arguments
I figured that at some point there'd be mention of the current public
metrics for YouTube, and I was right, courtesy of Google's lawyer:
A billion hours of videos watched each day.
500 hours of content uploaded every minute.
CNN edits out Supreme Court laughter
When CNN played an audio clip of Justice Kagan saying: "You know,
these are not like the nine greatest experts on the internet!" they
explicitly edited out the laughter that followed, and edited in
something she said later. -L
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Alex Murdaugh trial viewers shocked as defence lawyer makes 'tempting'
joke while pointing gun at prosecution
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alex-murdaugh-defence-dick-harpootlian-b2286880.html
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The Kindle Store has a prolific new author: ChatGPT
https://www.engadget.com/the-kindle-store-has-a-prolific-new-author-chatgpt-203039907.html?src=rss
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Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com
Twitter:
Another Supreme Court case tomorrow, this one involving Twitter
The next Internet case relating to the Internet is tomorrow, involving
Twitter and terrorist content. A later case involving the Texas and
Florida laws attempting to prevent the takedowns of hate speech will
likely be taken up in
The big laugh in today's Supreme Court case
One of the biggest audience laughs I've ever heard in a Supreme Court
case was when Justice Kagan said today: "You know, these are not like
the nine greatest experts on the internet!"
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Supreme Court case/Google
By the way, in the Supreme Court case today, the plaintiff arguing
that YouTube had "created new content" that by virtue of being new
would not be protected by Section 230 -- specifically by displaying
thumbnails and URLs for uploaded videos -- I think had pretty much
Section 230 Supreme Court case
Ironically, my sense is that by and large the conservatives "get this"
better than the liberals, but they're all hard to read.
The Google lawyer was good but I think made a couple of mistakes.
But what do I know? And who cares what I think?
L
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Direct Supreme Court audio link
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
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Mastodon:
Tucker Carlson goes full Putin, says: "Zelenskyy is an instrument of
total destruction"
I'm not giving the link. If you really want to give link juice to
FOX News on this, go ahead -- I won't. -L
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Santos says he didn't think people would find out about lies because
he 'got away with' them during 2020 campaign
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3867074-santos-says-he-didnt-think-people-would-find-out-about-lies-because-he-got-away-with-them-during-2020-campaign/
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Correction: "don't use" -> "use" 2FA
While it's obvious from context, the last line of the previous message
should have read:
"BUT it makes no sense to lock out those accounts, when such a small
percentage of active Twitter accounts apparently use any 2FA."
L
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Concerns about Twitter lockouts with 2FA changes
I've seen some concerns expressed about the wording of a notification
that suggests that if you only use SMS 2FA on Twitter and don't pay
Elon to keep using it, your account may be locked out when they remove
the SMS 2FA, if you don't have
Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for a 'national divorce' between liberal
and conservative states
Tell ya' what Marjorie, how 'bout this? We build walls around the red states
and let them fend for themselves. You don't have to send anything to the
blue states, and we won't send anything to you.
In 2022 report, Twitter said only 2.6% of active accounts used any
form of 2FA
In a July 2022 report, Twitter claimed that only 2.6% of active
Twitter accounts had 2FA enabled, and of those: 74.4% had SMS enabled,
28.9% had auth apps enabled, and 0.5% had security keys enabled. Any
account
My radio topic tonight: Elon's 2FA move will encourage Twitter account hacking
Tonight on my usual Monday evening network radio tech segment, I'll be
briefly discussing Elon's irresponsible and account hacking-friendly
decision to disable 2-factor authentication for all #Twitter users who
Marjorie Taylor Greene says blacks should be proud of Confederate statues
Perhaps she also thinks we should have majestic statues of Hitler around
the country to celebrate WWII? -L
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has given Fox News' Tucker Carlson
exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from
the Jan. 6 riot
Can you say selective editing? Of course you can! -L
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Lauren Weinstein
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Right vs. Left vs. Section 230 -- and wrecking the Internet
Most of the people on the Left and Right pushing for changes to
Section 230 have absolutely NO clue as to the enormous scale involved
in UGC (user generated content) and why their opposing "solutions" are
doomed to decimate it and
[Wrecking the Internet] Biden is 100% wrong about Section 230
Biden is 100% wrong to ally with people like Ted Cruz in an attempt to
decimate Section 230 at the Supreme Court in a couple of days. They
could utterly destroy UGC -- User Generated Content. And notably
people like Biden and people
Vanderbilt Univ. apologizes after using ChatGPT to create email
regarding MSU shooting
Whoever came up with the idea of using ChatGPT for this should be fired. -L
https://vanderbilthustler.com/2023/02/17/peabody-edi-office-responds-to-msu-shooting-with-email-written-using-chatgpt/
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Desperate Meta plans to sell blue badges in imitation of Musk's failures
Meta will also sell blue badge on Instagram and Facebook
https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/19/meta-verified-instagram-facebook/
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Tesla cofounder calls Autopilot and FSD software 'crap' that could
risk the carmaker's future
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-fsd-full-self-driving-autopilot-risk-criticism-martin-eberhard-2023-2
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Tesla driver killed after plowing into firetruck on freeway
Unknown if "autopilot" enabled yet. -L
https://www.click2houston.com/business/2023/02/19/tesla-driver-killed-after-plowing-into-firetruck-on-freeway/
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These 26 words 'created the internet.' Now the Supreme Court may be
coming for them
How to destroy the Internet. -L
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/tech/section-230-explainer/index.html
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Lauren's Blog:
More on 2FA incentives for Twitter
Additional notes: You would not be permitted to switch back to SMS 2FA
if you already are on an alternative method, just to try switch again!
There also needs to be an incentive for people *already* using
alternative methods. Details open for discussion. -L
Here's how Musk could have dealt with SMS 2FA costs on Twitter without
putting current users at risk:
1) Announce that starting on such-and-such a date (at least 30 days in
the future, let's say) new Twitter accounts cannot use SMS 2FA. This
will result in fewer and fewer accounts using SMS
Elon's "security depravity" revealed
The depth of Elon's "security depravity" is made clear by a simple
fact. If #Twitter was *really* concerned about the robustness of SMS
(text message) 2FA authentication, they would announce that they were
sunsetting SMS 2FA *entirely* at some future date
Elon throwing users to the wolves
I will also add that many people currently using SMS for 2FA on
Twitter don't have smartphones (virtually every mobile phone has SMS,
but you can't use auth codes without a smartphone in any practical
sense) and don't understand or aren't equipped to use
Even more on Twitter 2FA
Imagine the glee of hackers who have previously tried to access
#Twitter accounts of users whose account credentials have already been
compromised, but where the hackers were blocked by SMS 2FA from
getting into those accounts. On the day that SMS 2FA is disabled by
More on Twitter 2FA
I will add, if Twitter wanted to announce that SMS 2FA would not be
available to new accounts starting such and such a date, that would be
controversial, but not disastrous. But turning off SMS 2FA on
*existing* accounts where no other form of 2FA is enabled, is beyond
In windfall for hackers, Twitter will disable 2 factor authentication by sms if
you don't pay them
Twitter has three methods of 2 factor authentication -- SMS text
messages, authentication codes, and security keys. We all know that text
messages are the least secure of these -- still, they are
More on Sling TV price increase
I might add that while other services have been having price incrases
too -- pretty soon streaming will be more expensive than the cable TV
services that drove everyone away -- Sling TV is also technically very
bottom drawer, and can't compete with more
Sling TV really wants to drive subscribers away, with 25% increase over a few
months
Apparently Sling is hell-bent on going out of business. Over the last few months
they have raised prices (in two moves) by a total of around 25% for subscribers
in many major network markets.
They used to
Fox News stars and executives privately trashed Trump's election fraud
claims, court document reveals
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/16/media/fox-news-stars-executives-court-documents/index.html
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Leaked files reveal reputation-management firm's deceptive tactics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2023/eliminalia-fake-news-misinformation/
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In private text, Tucker Carlson complains about a "demonic" Donald Trump
https://boingboing.net/2023/02/17/in-private-text-tucker-carlson-complains-about-a-demonic-donald-trump.html
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Doctor on CNN compares Sen. Fetterman with Rep. George Santos
Doctor appearing on CNN compares Sen. Fetterman's health problems with
Rep. George Santos -- says they both shouldn't be in Congress.
Seriously, he compared health issues with Santos' stream of lies! You
should be ashamed CNN! -L
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Aviation Leak [Week]: Hobby Club's Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down By USAF
https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/hobby-clubs-missing-balloon-feared-shot-down-usaf
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'Unfathomable': Florida parents, students blast DeSantis idea to nix APs
DeSantis is actually worse than Trump. Quite an achievement.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/02/16/desantis-advanced-placement-parents-students-college-board-international-baccalaureate/
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Ron DeSantis requested the medical records of trans students who
sought care at Florida's public universities. Now students are
planning a statewide walkout.
https://www.insider.com/ron-desantis-trans-college-students-medical-records-florida-medical-care-2023-2
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Lauren
Hoping that Google/YouTube will fail, could help to destroy the best
of the Internet
I'm seeing a lot of people apparently rooting for Google /YouTube to
fail, to be split apart by the government, to be intensely regulated
and otherwise subject to massive fines and other actions.
It's
Tesla admits Full Self-Driving beta may cause crashes, recalls 363,000 vehicles
https://www.engadget.com/tesla-recalls-over-36-vehicles-for-full-self-driving-crash-risk-180110819.html?src=rss
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Ham radio pico balloon is missing -- may have been one of the items
U.S. frantically shot down for political purposes
https://www.rtl-sdr.com/the-us-airforce-may-have-shot-down-an-amateur-radio-pico-balloon-over-canada/
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After nearly 25 years at Google and 9 years leading YouTube, Susan
Wojcicki is stepping down
https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/16/youtube-ceo-susan-wojcicki-steps-down-will-assume-advisory-role-at-google-and-alphabet/
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Lauren Weinstein
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Trump grand jury recommends perjury indictments in probe of 2020
Georgia election meddling
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/16/trump-grand-jury-recommends-perjury-indictments-finds-no-fraud-in-georgia-2020-election.html
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Google asks employees to rewrite Bard's bad responses, says the A.I.
'learns best by example'
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/15/google-asks-employees-to-rewrite-bards-incorrect-responses-to-queries.html
Also:
Giving Creators and Websites Control Over Generative AI
Drive a Tesla, be a fascist. - Tesla fires dozens of workers one day
after launching union campaign
If you're driving a Tesla, you're driving around a promotion for
fascism. Don't be surprised if people view you as a fascist when
they see you with the Tesla. You can't separate the car from the
BREAKING: U.S. now considering possibility Chinese balloon was not
flown over U.S. deliberately
Yep, after all that screaming and ranting, and claims it was
deliberately targeting sensitive sites. Remember what I said days ago
about how you could float a balloon almost anywhere over the U.S.
DeSantis continues his push to turn Florida students into idiots
DeSantis says he could do away with AP courses altogether. Here's what
that means for Florida students.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/02/14/desantis-florida-ap-courses-college-board-feud/11250682002/
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Celebrated physicist Richard Feynman on the Scientific Method (and UFOs!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYPapE-3FRw
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Boosting the Fool: Elon Musk reportedly had his own tweets prioritized out of
jealousy
https://www.engadget.com/twitter-artificially-boost-elon-musk-tweets-053602807.html?src=rss
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Lauren's Blog:
Warning re YouTube "Smart Downloads"
YouTube has a feature (I'm unsure if this is restricted to YouTube Premium
or not -- probably since it involves downloads) where it will *automatically*
download to your local device memory various videos that it guesses you
might want to watch locally.
This was a 1987 April Fools' Day bumper. But now it feels like an
actual "politically correct" intro: https://youtu.be/Jn9nw2OIeZU?t=90
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Lauren's Blog: Giving Creators and Websites Control Over Generative AI
https://lauren.vortex.com/2023/02/14/giving-creators-and-websites-control-over-generative-ai
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U.S. reports on three shot down objects with nothing burgers
So the U.S. is saying that (1) three objects shot down may never be
recovered (2) they don't know what they were (3) they are not
considered harmful militarily or any other way (4) that they don't
know if they were commercial,
YES - Can We Just Cool It With the Balloon Panic, Already?
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/02/nationa-security-norad-shoot-down-balloon-panic.html?via=rss
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Not an alien invasion!
"White House reporters were so relieved to hear that extraterrestrial
activity was not involved in the recent shoot downs, that they failed
to notice the small tentacles plugged into the skulls of the official
spokespeople."
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BULLETIN: White House says no evidence of "extraterrestrial activity"
in recent shoot downs. Yeah, they really felt they had to say that.
Jeez. -L
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China says at least 10 U.S. balloons have flown in its airspace since 2022
U.S. denies it (what else can they say at this point?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/13/china-spy-balloon-us-surveillance/
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