May, 2019 archive
Box Cat Box 0
She pulled the “drawer” open herself. She likes boxes of all sorts.
Facebook Frolics: A Question of Identity 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, John Diaz considers Facebook’s half-hearted and sporadic efforts to reign in hate speech. After pointing out that Facebook is a private entity and can limit speech if it chooses to, he cuts to what he considers a crucial issue:
Facebook has essentially claimed each role, depending on the convenience of the moment.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, politeness is child’s play.
(snip)
The shooting took place at around 11:50 a.m. at a home off of Lightview Lane. The 1-year-old’s father had been outside of the house smoking a cigarette when he heard the firearm discharge. Upon re-entering the home, the man and his wife found the two children and a hand gun.
In an unusual development, the victim was only grazed by the bullet.
The Failure of Facts 0
The Colorado Independent syndicates a column by David Barker and Morgan Marietta exploring why facts don’t matter. A snippet:
But it turns out that the roots of such divergent views go much deeper. We found that voters see the world in ways that reinforce their values and identities — irrespective of whether they have ever watched Fox News or MSNBC and regardless of whether they have a Facebook account.
For example, according to our data from five years of national surveys from 2013 to 2017, the most important predictor of whether a person views racism as highly prevalent and influential is not her partisan identification. It is not her general ideological outlook. It is not the amount or type of media that she consumes. It isn’t even her own race.
It is the degree to which she prioritizes compassion as a public virtue, relative to other things like rugged individualism.
Provoking Discord 0
The SPLC examines how members of right-wing hate groups are attempting to cover their digital tracks on “social” media in the wake of the New Zealand shootings.
The Party of Stinkin’ 0
SNL captures the essence of today’s Republican Party.
A Rally Big Moment 0
Stephen dissects Trump’s Texas rally.
Geeking Out 0
The Fluxbox window manager on Slackware 14.2.
(I posted this solely because I find the background image quite striking and you should to.)
The Pusher Men 0
And this surprises you how?
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The conspiracy was hatched at trade shows, cocktail parties, and golf outings, according to a statement by the state Attorney General, Gurbir S. Grewal, who said that one of the meetings included more than a dozen high-ranking company executives and was held at a Bridgewater steakhouse, which was not identified in the complaint.
Much more at the link.
War and Mongers of War 0
Seth and Trita Parsi discuss whether John Bolton is maneuvering us into another Great and Glorious War for a Lie in a country whose name starts with an “I.”
One More into the Breach 0
Will Bunch decides to run for President.