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kegill

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Writer/speaker/journalist/professor. #UX. #Elections geek. MSF instructor. #BookLover. Fights #disinfo. Writes at WiredPen.com. Deep south ex-pat #breastCancer #uga she/her

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kegill, to random
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Not that I’m surprised… but wowza. I wonder why the employee leaked info to a German publication.

concerns, privacy problems
A employee gave more than 100GB of data (2015-2022) to Handelsblatt that unveiled thousands of safety concerns.

No context (number of issues but not # of cars).

Employees are directed NOT to respond to customer issues in writing.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/05/massive-trove-of-tesla-files-contains-thousands-of-safety-complaints/

petergleick, to climate
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I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Climate deniers can claim any nonsense they want, but it's the insurance industry that will bring the reality of climate change to your doorstep. And your pocketbook.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/state-farm-halts-home-insurance-sales-in-california-5748c771

kegill,
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@petergleick

Yes, but.

Look at North Carolina.

Federal $ to rebuild beaches.
Reject reports predicting sea rise.
Subsidizing wind insurance

And FEMA: why are we still rebuilding instead of relocating? We need new floodplain maps.

Our species is very shortsighted. 🙁

https://www.terrain.org/2020/nonfiction/beach-subsidy/

kegill, to random
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PSA: do not buy , Pharma’s Artificial Tears or Delsam Pharma’s Artificial Ointment.

If you own them, stop use immediately. They are linked to blindness and death.

From
@arstechnica

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/05/4th-death-in-eye-drop-outbreak-now-81-cases-14-blinded-and-4-lost-eyeballs/

kegill, to random
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Please read & share.

You may need Kleenex.
You may need an outlet for anger.

Me, I need to feel less impotence and despair.

Milo lived in torture, unable to catch his breath, for 99 minutes.

“Deborah and her husband, Lee, learned in late November that their baby had Potter syndrome…He arrived in the world with no kidneys, underdeveloped lungs and a life expectancy of between 20 minutes and a couple of hours.”

🎁 gift link
https://wapo.st/3MJDwls

jeffjarvis, to random
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It arrives. Happy day. The Gutenberg Parenthesis.
Out next month. Available for preorder. 😎
https://gutenbergparenthesis.com

kegill,
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@jeffjarvis
Woohoo! Congratulations!

kegill, to random
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For Pete’s sake!!
News orgs are democracy’s pallbearers.

They are writing about the GOP threat to default as though they have a valid argument and are a legitimate party!

THEY SHOULD REPORT THE STAKES.
STOP “CALLING THE GAME.”

This is not sport and “both sides” aren’t equal.

gruber, to random
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Even with sarcasm, Betteridge's Law tends to hold true (cc/ @ianbetteridge):

https://daringfireball.net/2023/05/do_wall_street_journal_reporters_read_the_wall_street_journal

kegill,
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@gruber
Lordy. That was such a great rundown of East coast consumer media.

I ran a short-lived site in the 1990s called Mac Facts because I was so POed at how MSM treated Apple.

markwyner, to random
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Recently I posted that some libraries in southern Oregon were under attack. Racist, bigoted fascists were trying to infiltrate their Board so they could ban books.

Well, the voters have spoken. Our candidates—kind people with integrity—won the election. They won!

Small elections are huge. They mean so very much. Just wanted to share, because these victories have been few and far between.

https://votelibrary.com/we-won/

#Fascism #Elections #Libraries #Library #Oregon #Voting #LGBTQ #SystemicRacism

kegill,
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@markwyner

Thanks for this news!
👏👏👏👏

ct_bergstrom, to random
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Digital information technologies are having unprecedented effects on society. Both their implementations and consequences are extremely difficult to monitor, and efforts to do so are often impeded by the technology companies that deploy them.

Today we have piece out in which we make the case for an intergovernmental body, analogous to the IPCC, with the role of collating information about implementations and consequences, benefits and harms of these systems.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01606-9

kegill,
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@ct_bergstrom

Thanks for this, Carl.

One of my ENGR 231 students texted me Tuesday to alert me to the insanity at Texas A&M. So I talked about it in class on Wednesday. 🤦🏼‍♀️

I despair.

kegill, to random
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A man was able to enter the DC home of National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in the middle of the night about two weeks ago.

Despite two agents being “on duty.”

Two reminders:
and .

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/16/national-security-adviser-home-intrusion/

The two guards who we’re supposed to be guarding Jeffrey Epstein were not.

Colarusso, to random
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You know what I haven't seen on Mastodon since I joined? Ads.

What's funny is I can't remember ever intentionally clicking through on a Twitter ad in over a decade. Yet, I have monthly recurring payments setup to support multiple Mastodon instances. Funny that.

P.S. Tip your admins.

kegill,
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@Colarusso

I see plenty of “ads” - they are self-promotion post (buy this, subscribe to that). I block them all so far; their lack of relevance makes them spam in my world.

Reportedly this instance (mastodon.social) is allegedly rife with real spam.

kegill, to random
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<< On Friday, approved Veozah (fezolinetant) to treat moderate to severe hot flashes from . It binds to and blocks the NK3 receptor, which plays a role in the brain’s regulation of body temperature. >>

Risk to liver.
?

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-novel-drug-treat-moderate-severe-hot-flashes-caused-menopause

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randahl, to random
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My hero this week is senior student Leo Friedman from Iowa who said yes to participate in a certificate ceremony with republican governor Kim Reynolds (seen to the right).

Yep — his t-shirt says "I read banned books".

Perfect move.

kegill,
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@randahl

There’s a pair of t-shirts!

The ceremony was on April 30. I’m very glad both chose to participate! Clementine Springsteen, too - “Trans rights are human rights!”

https://twitter.com/KuckelmanAshley/status/1653373061532352512/photo/1

https://iowastartingline.com/2023/05/11/newton-seniors-banned-books-photo-with-governor-goes-viral/

https://iowastartingline.com/2023/05/05/trans-iowa-student-stands-up-to-governor-heres-how-she-did-it/

mattblaze, (edited ) to random
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If this is true, that prime-time Trump infomercial was an even more shameful act of journalistic malpractice on CNN's part than was previously understood.

Allowing audience members to applaud - but not boo or express disapproval - doesn't report the story, it materially alters it. It creates the false impression that Trump and his odious policies and behavior are more popular than they are.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/republican-at-trump-town-hall-says-many-in-audience-were-disgusted-or-bewildered-by-ex-president/

(HT @lauren)

kegill,
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@mattblaze

Matt, I have not seen any denials. And it’s the sort of thing someone would do if the goal was strictly entertainment. 🤬

kegill,
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@mattblaze
No shame, there.

I’ve never been an Anderson Cooper fan, but I’m stunned at his monologue. What is Chris Licht holding over his head?

kegill, to random
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Perhaps the best observation about last night that I have read:

“We knew who Trump was of course. But last night showed us who we are and what’s about to happen. This is the GOP frontrunner.

“He is still the star who can do anything. And it will get worse.”

Link: https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/the-moment-that-you-knew

kegill,
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I doubt anyone who needed to “wake up” did so.

The second part of this Chris Licht quote also needs a rewrite:

<< There is no excuse for any news org to normalize Trump’s campaign because CNN’s illustrated the stakes should he regain the WhiteHouse. >>

arstechnica, to random
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OTC birth control pill gets unanimous vote in favor from FDA advisers

"We need to trust women."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/otc-birth-control-pill-gets-unanimous-vote-in-favor-from-fda-advisers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

kegill,
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@arstechnica
Will OTC make more money for BigPharma? They won’t have to negotiate with insurance companies.

juddlegum, to random
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The audience for the CNN townhall w/Trump will be 400 Republicans & GOP-leaning independents

Allowing Trump to appear in front of an audience exclusively comprised of people who are likely sympathetic to Trump -- and then turn over the questions to that group -- is irresponsible

kegill,
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@juddlegum
The entire episode is journalistic malpractice.

Pwnallthethings, to random
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Gotta hand it to the man, the guy delivers

kegill,
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@Pwnallthethings here’s the full tweet with date stamp.

Verso, to random
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Thank you again straight man for telling me "guys is gender neutral."

How many guys have you slept with?

I rest my case.

kegill,
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@glennf

😂😂😂

SrRochardBunson, to random

This is the message. Shout it from the rooftops and beat the GOP to death with it.

kegill,
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@freemo

Ummm. Tax cuts are what got us upside down!

Defense $ is about HALF of discretionary spending. Trillions. And we spend more than the next 10, including China and Russia, combined. It. Is. Obscene.

https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0053_defense-comparison

kegill,
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@tcely

“President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget released March 9 … is the largest budget proposal in U.S. history for veterans – total FY 2024 request for VA is $325.1 billion.”

The DEFENSE budget proposal is almost $1,000,000,000.

VA $ is “outside of it.”

VA is the 2nd largest department after DOD.

https://www.legion.org/veteranshealthcare/258356/biden%E2%80%99s-fiscal-year-2024-budget-provides-historic-care-veterans

kegill,
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@tcely

Chris, the VA is a separate agency from DoD. They have different budgets. I have never said that VA budgets are excessive although I believe discretionary wars should not happen. We have a host of vets from not one but two wars in Iraq (I have a friend who fought in both and has the scars to prove it). Both were discretionary.

kegill,
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@tcely

I agree. Wholeheartedly.

I long for the days of Reagan-era corporate and marginal tax rates.

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