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It’s All about the Algorithm 0
Rebecca Watson takes an in-depth look four recent studies of the effects of the Zuckerborg’s algorithms. She discusses not only what the researchers reported, but also what limits the Zuckerborg placed on their studies and how many grains of salt you need to digest the research.
Or you can read the transcript, which includes links to various citations in the video.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness again becomes child’s play.
And the headline at the link would again trick us into believing that “accident” and “negligence” are synonyms.
Watching and Waiting 0
Methinks my old Phlly DL friend Noz is onto something.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
But beware of the flying swatter.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic responsible gun owner exposes her child to politeness.
We are a broken society.
Twits Own Twitter 0
In related news, Paul Krugman asks, “What’s in a name?” A snippet:
And he’s been flailing wildly ever since.
Freedom of Screech 0
Self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk absolutely threatens to sue the Center for Countering Digital Hate for exercising free speech.
Facebook Frolics 0
Have you been assimilated by the Zuckerborg? You might be due some ducats.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Sam and his crew stand aghast at Fox News’s Jesse Watters’s defending Florida Man’s claim that slaves learned skills while enslaved, so that, somehow, being stolen from their homes, transported across the sea while bound in chains, and whipped into submission by their “owners” was therefore somehow a good thing.
How do these people sleep at night?
Oh, I forgot.
Money.
It buys souls, at least, those souls that are for sale.
The Fire This Time 0
Afterthought;
Yesterday, we finally got a break from two weeks of oppressive heat.
I must say, I cannot remember a heat wave which felt so oppressive as this one. I’ve been known to ride my bicycle in 90s Fahrenheit weather and still enjoy the ride, but this time I stuck to the inside bike.
I am not sanguine.
I fear we are well past the tipping point.
It’s Bubblicious 0
They live in their own little world.
(Of course, occasionally, the bubble bursts and spews its noxious comments about.)