He has been to Cork you know. St Augustine's Church on Washington Street. #TalkingPoint

@cstross Agreed with the general premise, but a part of the justification might also be that they can then use this as a marketing #talkingpoint, that their systems are so much more secure than the competition, ahead of anyone else, and in line with the image they're trying to cultivate that people on iPhones don't get hit by viruses or trojans? #optics being everything these days it seems.

#technology #ios #apple #quantum #security

Federal Judge Blocks Trans Care Ban In Georgia, Debunks "Experimental" Talking Point

A Federal Judge in Georgia has blocked a gender affirming care ban from taking effect. In doing so, she also debunked several anti-trans talking points, including the idea of "low quality evidence."

Erin In The Morning
I love how every generation thinks they can beat aging and ageism. Maybe we should take all generations seriously and not just the ones we think are cool. You loose out when you descriminate.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: It’s time to rethink what we call β€˜old age’ https://flip.it/GvOivo #talkingpoint #discussion #oldage #ageism

There is a funny thing about tech rival #CEO's in #SocialMedia I have noticed over the 23+ years I have lived in #SiliconValley:

ΒΉ Passive agressiveness in #MARCOM strategy going back decades about rival #SocialMedia services.

Β² #CEO's Not having _active_ accounts that are used as an outlet due to β„–ΒΉ, β„–Β³, №⁴, №⁡ & №⁡ points.

³ Not being able to afford a #SocialMediaManager for said accounts because a #Oligarch can't be bothered to acknowledge, let alone _use_, a deeply passive aggressive based #SocialMedia rivals' service due to #ZeroTrust of a rivals apps and/or web site. ☣️

⁴ #Legal at said ☣️ #SocialMedia
☣️ places frowning on yet another thing to approve for the bosss' comms strategy.

⁡ πŸ”ͺ☣️ #infosec ☣️πŸ”ͺat said #SocialMedia companies that don't trust the others' apps enough to even have an active account on a rivals service.

⁢ #Purging rivals #OldAccounts bringing this back into the #news cycle as a #TalkingPoint πŸ˜‚

As many as nine anti-#Trans bills have been introduced in #Arkansas, with most being signed into #law or on track to be enacted. #Republican Lawmakers claim they are just "protecting #children," a national #GOP #talkingpoint masking their intent to make #existing as #trans in public impossible. #Critics say these efforts are marginalizing already #marginalized #communities

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia

https://www.axios.com/local/nw-arkansas/2023/03/30/arkansas-anti-trans-legislation-national-gop

Arkansas' anti-trans bills mirror national push

As many as nine measures introduced this legislative session seek to limit the rights of transgender Arkansans.

Axios NW Arkansas

#Conservatives Aim to Build a #Chatbot of Their Own

After criticizing A.I. companies for liberal #bias programmers started envisioning right-wing alternatives, making chatbots a new front in the culture wars.

> automating their talking point #propaganda
#talkingpoint #rightwing #ai #culturewars

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/business/media/ai-chatbots-right-wing-conservative.html

Conservatives Aim to Build an A.I. Chatbot of Their Own

After criticizing A.I. companies for liberal bias, programmers started envisioning right-wing alternatives, making chatbots a new front in the culture wars.

The New York Times