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  • Parler and the insurrection

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    taiwan_girlT
    It is crazy how much data is out there on me (and everybody else). LOL
  • Facebook v. Apple Inc.

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    AxtremusA
    h/t wtg: https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-apple-feud-over-privacy-internet-future/ WIRED article on the Apple-Facebook feud over privacy and the future of advertising on the Internet.
  • Privacy PSA

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    AxtremusA
    Thank you, @jon-nyc. I just want to add that starting from the iPhone X and inclusive of the iPhone SE 2, a non-removable version of that tracker chip is also embedded in your iPhone. Go back to iPhone 8, iPhone SE, or older models if want one without an embedded, non-removable tracker chip.
  • Twitter moves to Amazon

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    George KG
    @jon-nyc said in Twitter moves to Amazon: FWIW Parler wasn't removed for content per se it was removed because it didn't have a sufficient process to monitor it. I understand. If Twitter allows this content, then its monitoring is clearly subject to improvement. I wonder if AWS will consider that.
  • "Maday, mayday! My vessel broke!"

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    Aqua LetiferA
    Very vigorous maritime engineering standards. Link to video
  • Harry needs to go home.

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    jon-nycJ
    Sounds like he's been at home since last summer.
  • Remember Lois Lerner?

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    George KG
    @jolly at least they're open about it this time.
  • RIP Hilton Valentine

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  • California Highway 1 Collapse

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    brendaB
    Even us Minnesoooootans have driven that. It was while kiddo was in undergraduate school. It's spectacular. I hope nobody was going too fast on it that night.
  • Snow coming

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    Doctor PhibesD
    @lufins-dad said in Snow coming: One of these days I will spend a couple of weeks in Buffalo in the winter. I need to see 6 feet of snowfall... We used to get the Buffalo local news when we lived in Ontario. It used to make us feel slightly better about our lot.
  • The nice thing about snow days?

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    LuFins DadL
    @aqua-letifer Not bad. I tried this two years ago on a ski trip (literally for breakfast, I did the whole traditional Irish breakfast...Black pudding, white pudding, fried tomato, baked beans, etc...). It was great. So I saw it yesterday and figured “snow day!”. Not as good this time around. Not bad, just not as good.
  • Contagious no more

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    taiwan_girlT
    Excellent news @Copper That is very exciting to hear that!!
  • AntiVax people

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    KincaidK
    I miss the days of police wading in and swinging batons.
  • Question about Trump’s Senate trial

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    JollyJ
    Better have lots of money, if you don't already have your bullets. 9mm asking price recently was $100/box.
  • What is your definition of far-right?

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    RenaudaR
    @klaus I agree and that point of convergence is the totalitarian state.
  • Cry Me A Cockroach - yeah, it's a thing.

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  • China flies over Taiwan

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    AxtremusA
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china-security/taiwan-says-chinese-fighters-u-s-aircraft-both-entered-defence-zone-idUSKBN2A00I3 “TAIPEI (Reuters) - Six Chinese fighter aircraft and a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan’s air defence identification zone on Sunday, the island’s defence ministry said, in an unusual admission of U.S. military activity.”
  • Tesla’s Regulatory Credits ...

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    L
    Many businesses business model is reliant on government regulations. Huzzah.
  • Black Lives Matter is nominated for a Nobel peace prize

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    Aqua LetiferA
    @lufins-dad said in Black Lives Matter is nominated for a Nobel peace prize: https://babylonbee.com/news/blm-nominated-for-new-nobel-mostly-peaceful-prize
  • What a fascinating thing in the Theranos documentary

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    @horace said in What a fascinating thing in the Theranos documentary: They are essentially shame detectors. Exactly