Are people arguing that an app where people watch video clips of cats riding Roombas is a threat to national security? Yes. And is this just as ridiculous as it was the last time I wrote about it? Yes
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The TikTok saga has gotten even stupider if that's possible
This week could see the end of the TikTok saga, and if it does β€” regardless of what the ending is β€” I for one will be grateful if that happens....
β€œWe make plenty of money already”:
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“We make plenty of money already”
I posted this tweet today, and I thought I would expand on the story for anyone who might be interested. The comment from Craigslist CEO Jim Buckma...
Random question for anyone who knows things about federating: tried to connect my blog to Bridgy Fed so I don't need to crosspost things manually, but my blog is located at a subdomain (mathewingram.com/work) and Bridgy says no when I try to connect it. Is there any way to make this work?
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It's tempting to think that disinformation on social media made people vote for Trump, but the reality is that what happens on social networks is more of a symptom than a cause
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Social media is a symptom, not a cause
I know that it's tempting to blame what happened on Tuesday night β€” the re-election of a former game-show host and inveterate liar with 34 felony...
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Today in β€œWhen The Going Gets Weird,” the Stanford Prison Experiment was faked, and no one knows why it’s called a monkey wrench
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The famous Stanford Prison Experiment was a fake
From Vox: "The Stanford Prison Experiment, one of the most famous and compelling psychological studies of all time, told us a tantalizingly simple ...
New from me at The Torment Nexus: Forcing Google to give the media $100 million is not a win
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Google giving $100 million to the media isn't a win
I know the headline on this post probably sounds ridiculous to some (perhaps all) of you reading this, but I'm going to do my best to convince you ...
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β€œIt finally shows the world what WordPress really is, an abusive, predatory organization/community lying about its virtues to abuse other companies and organizations in an effort to get free work”
Chris Wiegman
So Long WordPress
This has been a hard post for me to write after participating in WordPress since before I even started a career in tech and, until 3 months ago, fo...
Media elites are the last people to ask about the future of journalism: β€œThe whole exercise is a bit like canvassing the designer of the Hindenburg on the future of air travel” https://www.thenation.com/article/society/new-york-media-elites/