Buy dumb. It's more expensive because companies are monitizing your privacy
Smart TVs are spying on everyone
Regulators know this is a nightmare and have done little to stop it. Privacy advocacy group wants that to change Smart TVs are watching their viewers and harvesting their data to benefit brokers using the same ad technology that denies privacy on the…
There is a live webcam if you want to watch Milton make landfall. www.youtube.com/live/6K7KXT0...
The Tech Bro ecosystem has become self aware, and is now auto generating its own bullshit.
"Everybody and their brother, every meteorologist I know, knew what this hurricane was going to do. And then suddenly, it does it. And you still can’t help yourself from being astounded that it did happen."
"With climate-driven extremes putting us in a place that we haven't been before, it's very difficult to stay cool, calm, and collected."
A paper out of New York University on social media finds "0.1% of users shared 80% of fake news," and "74% of all online conflicts are started in just 1% of communities" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
![Online discussions are dominated by a surprisingly small, extremely vocal, and non-representative minority. Research on social media has found that, while only 3 % of active accounts are toxic, they produce 33 % of all content [4]. Furthermore, 74 % of all online conflicts are started in just 1 % of communities [5], and 0.1 % of users shared 80 % of fake news [6,7]. Not only does this extreme minority stir discontent, spread misinformation, and spark outrage online, they also bias the meta-perceptions of most users who passively “lurk” online. This can lead to false polarization and pluralistic ignorance, which are linked to a number of problems including drug and alcohol use [8], intergroup hostility [9,10], and support for authoritarian regimes [11]. Furthermore, exposure to extreme content can normalize unhealthy and dangerous behavior. For example, teens exposed to extreme content related to alcohol consumption thought dangerous alcohol consumption was normative [12].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:jmte4w4x7ukciit6lci6ziau/bafkreiddm2btaao7h3fzhkrjkn3iel7ppeihtycfzca7wbqj7l2v3pcuda@jpeg)
An extreme minority is setting our public discourse giving misinformation a front and center stage.
This Week's COVID stats update for Alberta: Deaths: Huge jump up 21 to 44. Positivity: flat at 12.1% Inpts: huge jump up 22 to 202. We're in another wave. Source: www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo...
“We are in another wave of COVID. It’s important to note that in the US vaccines have been available for a month and we won’t be getting access to vaccines in Alberta for another 2 wks … and we’re doing little aside from vaccination.” calgaryherald.com/news/doctors...
While Alberta doctors and nurse practitioners await further news, pharmacies have begun receiving COVID-19 and flu vaccines for the season.