Twits on Twitter 0
Someone should tell SFGate’s Eric Ting that it’s futile to try to to make sense out of stupid.
He Said the Quiet Part Out Loud 0
Louisiana Senator says, “Don’t count black women.”
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
Thoughts and Prayers 0
Via Job’s Anger.
No Place To Hide 0
The EFF looks at the roundly debunked movie, 2000 Mules, and points out that, in addition to its outright lies and–er–dubious conclusions, the film highlights the invasive nature of our private enterprise surveillance society. Here’s a bit from the EFF’s article; follow the link for much more.
And the irony! Even as persons were fretting about the “surveillance state,” those same persons failed to notice that private enterprise was assembling a corporate surveillance monster beyond anything George Orwell ever imagined. Heck, they turned a blind eye to it even as they happily agreed to those unread internet “terms of service” agreements that made it possible.
The Voter Fraud Fraudsters 0
Yet another Republican has been arrested for–surprise!–voter fraud.
As I think I’ve mentioned before, I think one reason they claim to see voter fraud everywhere is a form of projection. They themselves willing to break the rules, so they think everyone else is too.
The Other Pandemic 0
Nike Kelly comments on the other pandemic—you know, the one no one willing to confront. Here’s a brief bit:
But America is also ground zero for cluelessness.
Much more at the link.
Immunity Impunity
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Methinks Noz is onto something here.
Making Book 0
Another member of the Trump administration (sic) comes out with yet another self-serving book.
Aside:
I know them both. Sheetz is okay, but Wawa rocks.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
A TikTok Blockbuster 0
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
The Crypto-Con 0
Two professors from the University of South Florida explain that (no surprises here) it’s bubblelicious.
Follow the link for their reasoning.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Susan A. Nolan and Michael Kimball discuss the Finnish model for fighting disinformation and misinformation through teaching media literacy to (what here would be called) middle and high schoolers. A snippet:
But does such early education work? In a word, yes.
Follow the link for their reasoning.
The Entitlement Society, Reprise 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Cassandra Rice has a taxing thought:
Yet, thanks to our skewed tax code, they won’t have to pay more in taxes like the rest of us do.
Follow the link for more taxing thoughts.
Facebook Frolics 0
We are a society of stupid.
We will believe stuff we read on a computer screen, but, if the same stuff came in the mail, we wouldn’t even open the envelope.