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@Popehat “Very truly yours” 😂😂

I remember when Aaron Swartz was criminally prosecuted for downloading too many academic journal articles, but, sure, it's totally cool to scrape everyone's personal photographs as part of a commercial effort to market discriminatory surveillance tech to police departments.

https://www.businessinsider.com/clearview-scraped-30-billion-images-facebook-police-facial-recogntion-database-2023-4

Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook to share with police

Law enforcement officers have used Clearview AI's facial recognition database nearly a million times, Hoan Ton-That, the company's CEO, told the BBC.

Business Insider

My parents: travel with my brother to Yellowstone. One year later, mom still sharing Yellowstone-related pics/links on FB.
My mom: travels with my family to Hawaii. Months later, still total radio silence about the trip.

This sucks.

Trying to think of something for a yearbook dedication for my son. This is going to be tough. He's not an easy kid, but I love him to pieces.

Argh. I joined D23 this year, and not only am I still showing as a free-tier member, but my husband can’t get the affiliate membership activated.

How long does it take to get an email reply?? #disney #D23

In honor of Sherlock Holmes' official full entrance into the public domain, I would like to share one of my favorite @neilhimself short stories: "A Study in Emerald." #publicdomain #sherlockholmes #neilgaiman https://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/shortstories/emerald.pdf
It's pretty remarkable how much Elon's Twitter takeover is a textbook fascist takeover: leftists immediately purged, censorship regime imposed behind the scenes, secret police rooting out enemies, right wing terrorism supported by the state, etc and how uncannily similar the mainstream liberal response of pretending nothing is wrong is, even with *very low* costs of walking out the door and refusing to collaborate.
I’ve written about of a lot of weird folks in the GOP, but this guy may have set a new bar. Meet soon-to-be Rep. “George Santos.” I feel I have to put the name in quotes, because who knows what’s true with this guy.
My piece here: https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-gop-could-lose-a-precious-house?sd=pf
The GOP Could Lose a Precious House Seat Because of a Con Artist

Hoo boy. This story is peak 2022. The GOP has no shortage of “colorful” characters in its House caucus, from QAnon conspiracy peddlers like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to gun-toting Christian Nationalists like Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) to professional trolls under federal investigation for sex trafficking like Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL). I could go on. But the latest character to emerge is Rep. George Santos (R-NY)—if that’s even his real name. Reporter Benjamin Dryer aptly

The Status Kuo