Christopher Sly

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Good for him for checking himself in and for being open. Openness on this saves lives. Silence and shame kill.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/16/politics/john-fetterman-depression-treatment/index.html

New: Data brokers are selling extremely sensitive info on Americans' mental health. One company advertised the names and home addresses of people with depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress or bipolar disorder

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/13/mental-health-data-brokers/

Now for sale: Data on your mental health

For years, data brokers have collected and resold Americans’ personal information. But the pandemic-fueled rise telehealth and therapy apps has spurred an even more contentious product line: Americans’ mental health data.

The Washington Post

Psst. Hey you, remember that blog of yours? I looked at it. You last updated it in 2018 or maybe 2015. I dunno. it's been a while.

Things have changed since then…

We’re (re)building the Open Web.

Join us.

Publish a blog post.

Don’t post things on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

Fuck that corporate shit and write it in your own home!

#mastodon #fediverse #indieWeb #rss #open

Or worse not being able to watch the show anymore.
What is the source? Before I go ballistic and start flipping tables, I want to verify that this document is real.
The NYTimes today published a piece showing that this newly elected GOP Congressman from NY fabricated most of the life story he told on the campaign trail. The fact that this statement on his behalf ends with a fake Churchill quote is just...I mean come on now...if I wrote it in a piece of fiction you'd give me a stern talking to about how hamfisted that detail was.

Browsing through the dumpster of reporting about Twitter I found a good piece written by @mmasnick about the hypocrisy that is Elon.
I like laughing at keyboard warriors that aren’t lawyers pretend to be.

After reading some of the toot responses, it is clear people do not read the TOS or understand that unfair !=illegal.

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/16/elon-tries-badly-to-defend-the-banning-of-journalists-as-twitter-starts-blocking-links-mentions-of-mastodon/

Elon Tries (Badly) To Defend The Banning Of Journalists As Twitter Starts Blocking Links & Mentions Of Mastodon

Look, I fucking warned Elon that this is exactly how it would go. It’s how it always goes. Remember Parler? They promised that they would moderate “based off the FCC and the Supreme cou…

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