2015 archive
All the News that Fits, Ministry of Propaganda Dept. 0
The Las Vegas Sun’s Brian Greenspun points out that, too often, propaganda masquerades as news and serves, not the pubic interest, but the public biases. A snippet:
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Just look at Congress.
We have people in charge of science and technology who believe the world is 5,000 years old. We have people in charge of foreign policy who believe venturing away from the shores of America is a foreign concept. We have people who talk about women in a first-class way who legislate laws about women as if they were second-class citizens.
I ask myself why that is every day. And now I know the answer.
There is an entire industry of very smart people who realize they can manipulate Americans like sheep just by telling them lies, over and over again. Lies the people are only too willing to hear. Sound familiar?
Read the rest.
Have Cake, Eat It Too 0
Organization of persons who habitually rush to judgement alleges “rush to judgement.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Ensure that the young conduct themselves politely.
Listen Up, Y’Hear 0
I have a couple of new podcasts up at Hackerpublicradio.org, and you can too.
One is about Mutt, a command line email client which manages email the way email was meant to be managed; the other is about vim, a powerful and versatile text editor, but one with an extremely cryptic command set which many, including me, have found intimidating.
The Wages of Sin The Fruits of Fanaticism
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In related news, GoFundMe is trying to get out of the business of subsidizing the hate-full, to the dismay of Wingnutistan.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The question in this scenario is quite simple. Who’s the biggest turkey?
Whocouldanode? 0
There’s a Beer Advertising Code.
Hitting the Fan 0
Honest to Betsy (Pete’s off on assignment), you can’t make this stuff up.
This Thing Is Not What You Think It Is 0
Gins and Tacos points out the misreading.
Facebook Frolics 0
Facebook says, “Privacy, schmivacy. I’m going to take my electrons and go home.“