2019 archive
The Surveillance Society 0
David and his guest, Kade Crockford, Director of the ACLU’s Technology for Liberty program, discuss biometric surveillance, privacy, facial recognition technology, the interactions of these technologies with law enforcement, and much more.
A quibble:
Methinks the conversation focused too much on law enforcement and not enough on Big Data.
For example, I keep the GPS turned off on my Android unless I have a positive need for it. On the rare occasions when I do have it turned on, I get creepy messages from Google asking how I enjoyed my visit to such-and-such business.
I understand that they can track the general location of my phone via cell towers, and I can live with that, but it’s none of Google’s damn business where I ate lunch, for Pete’s sake.
Q and A 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Joseph Pierre posts the transcript of an interview on QAnon and delves into why persons fall for choose to believe in conspiracy theories.
This one’s worth a read. Here’s a bit:
Honoring the Troops, the Republican Way 0
Sam talks with Digby about Republican attempts to smear Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman.
Read Digby’s article.
You Cannot Tell Spot a Lie
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At Psychology Today Blogs, Christian Hart examines why this is so. Here’s a bit:
Deep Thoughts about the “Deep State” 0
Veteran Federal employee Michael Levy takes issue with Donald Trump and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers’ notions about what they disparage as the “deep state.”
Just read it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is, as ever, child’s play.
The Rule of Lawless 0
The Las Vegas Sun’s Brian Greenspun opines. A snippet:
A judge asked President Trump’s lawyer whether he was suggesting that Trump could actually shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and, because he is the president, actually get away with murder. To which the lawyer answered, “yes.” As long as he was our president!
(snip)
And he was deadly serious.
Facebook Frolics 0
Shorter Susan Estrich: A Constitutional lawyer Zuckerberg’s not.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to your escort.
In a rather unusual twist, the politeness practitioner is in custody.
