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Yeah, when I think of Maureen, I think of two things: asphalt... and trouble.
Shakespeare is NOT Old English He might sound fancy, but his language is remarkably modern To see why, just look at the Lord’s Prayer Its evolution tells the story of the English language — and why you’re more like Shakespeare than you think…
1. New piece from the TWITTER FILES. How the pharmaceutical industry lobbied social media to shape content around vaccine policy. The push included direct pressure from Pfizer partner BioNTech to censor activists demanding low-cost generic vaccines for low-income countries.
1.TWITTER FILES: Supplemental More Adam Schiff Ban Requests, and "Deamplification"
1.THREAD: Twitter Files #14 THE RUSSIAGATE LIES One: The Fake Tale of Russian Bots and the #ReleaseTheMemo Hashtag
This isn't "BOMBSHELL NEWS🚨🚨🚨" - it is abuse of data to arrive at a conclusion, and naked grifting. This tactic is very common in antivaccine activism and really scares people, so lets look at why its utter nonsense, and how to spot it in the wild. A thread 🧵
Software as a Disservice
SaaS vendors like to boast that with cloud-based apps, "you're always running the latest version!" The next version of Adobe's apps will require you to pay that $21/month Pantone fee, or any Pantone-defined colors in your images will render as black. 17/
"In other words, there is no history of the medieval lullaby—even though thousands (or probably millions) must have been sung. Yet even more strange: the same thing is true of the current-day lullabies." tedgioia.substack.com/p/ten-observat…
Preserving and extending "Right to Repair" is extremely important for the future of computing. If you value independent repair shops, or the right to repair your own devices, consider supporting Louis Rossmann's push for much-needed legislation: youtube.com/watch?v=dWIF3Z…
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Let's discuss the environmental cost of bitcoin. Because despite all the push for sustainable and green investment in the tech sector, there's a giant smoldering Chernobyl sitting at the heart of Silicon Valley which a lot of investors would prefer you remain quiet about. 🧵 (1/)
A lot of manual labor work is fun or at least satisfying if you don't *have* to do it
Tom Lehrer - one of the finest satirists ever - has released all his lyrics into the public domain. tomlehrersongs.com/?fbclid=IwAR0j…
This Mother Jones article on Epstein is fascinating, and the money quotes are near the end. motherjones.com/politics/2020/…
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