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dr. Sybren  

This is accurate.

#Science

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☆ Dmitri ☭  

Parenti perfectly summed up the hypocrisy of UK revoking CGTN license in Democracy for the Few
globaltimes.cn/page/202102/121

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@admin
intesantĂ­simo

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Sergio Montañez Naz  

Los tres pecados capitales de nuestros lĂ­deres polĂ­ticos

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r҉ustic cyÍ beÌžrpuÌ”nkđŸ€ đŸ€–  

I mentioned this a while back when Mastodon was still fairly new

Running an instance is a pretty good substitute for Facebook for families, if at least one family member is tech savvy enough to set it up

Each member can use a client of their choice, fitting their platform, set text size limits, and also choose which instances to federate with (or none at all) depending on their preferences

I did see a number of family instances back then so they were at least testing the waters

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@yogthos
sweet irony

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☆ Dmitri ☭  

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Being non-political is stance that the capitalist system represents a sensible normality that does not require critical analysis or warrant any radical change.

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Jonathan Mburugu  

Speckled Mousebird, in Kimeru language they are known as “Muthumbi”
Tembea #Kenya

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Electronic Frontier Foundation  

Digital security trainings have a better chance of succeeding if all learners have a similar threat model, but sometimes trainers are asked to work with broad audiences. Here are some tips for what to do when that happens. sec.eff.org/articles/different

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Hacker News 50  

A Collector of Math and Physics Surprises

Link: quantamagazine.org/tadashi-tok
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2

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Electronic Frontier Foundation  

While many people rightly are concerned with the power of companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, the uproar around Section 230 is misplaced. It’s not 230 that is the problem. It’s oligopoly. eff.org/deeplinks/2021/01/its-

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2ck  

fda.gov/food/ingredients-addit

What is an acceptable amount of insect parts and rodent hair in your peanut butter? If you're in the USA and eat food from commercial food sources, the answer probably isn't "none". As it says on the site, the amounts are expected to be less than the amounts listed: they're "defect action levels" meaning it's something the FDA would act on if that amount is detected, but it's worth thinking about the fact that we're accepting these limits already.

Prompted by freakonomics.com/podcast/disgu
#freakonomics #usa #food #usgov

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Hacker News 50  

Ontology of Psychiatric Conditions: Taxometrics

Link: astralcodexten.substack.com/p/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2

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☆ Dmitri ☭  

The problem with with designing metrics is that behavior ends up being optimized towards what's actually being measured as opposed to what was intended. The same problem exists in the context of machine learning and managing human organizations.

aiweirdness.com/post/172894792

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The ongoing events around /r/wallstreetbets teaches us, once again, about the value of open platforms, and the tremendous risk involved in using proprietary platforms. The economic elites who control those proprietary platforms, backed by their venture capital interests, will shut us down if we threaten them. We’re taking serious risk by casting our lot with them.

drewdevault.com/2021/01/28/Use

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Electronic Frontier Foundation  

When a company does the right thing for its users, EFF will stand with it, just as we will come down hard on companies that do the wrong thing.

Here, Apple is right and Facebook is wrong.

eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/face

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Freddy :ptshield:  

How SEO is ruining everything you love about being online.

currentaffairs.org/2020/12/how

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Freddy :ptshield:  

Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.

activism.net/cypherpunk/manife

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