Of course, my day might have been marginally less corpo-shocking if I hadn't started it out reading Ed Zitron's latest gem right before I started work today.

My bad.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-against-generative-ai/

for those who are asking—the documentary is called Into Great Silence 🐱

#meme #memes #cat #cats #kitty #caturday

Want UblockOrigin for life

Some kinda augmented reality that replaces all display advertising with classical art or gifs from /r/aww

Quote attributed to Banksy put it best:

A gem by @pluralistic from a couple of months ago:

"Geometry hates Tesla, and physics hates Starlink. Reality has a leftist bias. The future is fiber, and public transit. These are both vastly preferable, more efficient, safer, more reliable and more plausible than satellite and private vehicles. Their only disadvantage is that they fail to give an easily gulled, thin-skinned compulsive liar more power over billions of people. That's a disadvantage I can live with."

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/16/symmetrical-10gb-for-119/

Hey, remember this band?

yeah... me neither.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbHfgXJKn1Y

Literally how Facebook got started

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/06/yarra-valley-grammar-students-suspended-spreadsheet-rating-female-classmates

(please note I am not downplaying the creepiness of this, I'm pointing out how creepy Zuckerberg was and perhaps still is)

If you are the tech-savvy person within your family or friends group  :

Never ever shame someone for coming to you for advice after being the victim of a scam, malware, or for using an unsecure product.

If you do this,
they might never come back to you later. They might just feel so ashamed they will just stay alone with their tech problems.

Instead, always tell them:

1. It was a good idea to come to you with this. Be empathetic with them 💚

2. Give them advice on how to minimize the damage now. Actionable advice 🚑

3. Help them harden their security for now and for the future. Recommend better products to them. But be careful not to overwhelm them with advice. One step at the time 🔒

4. Talk to them with respect and empathy. Tell them how the people who abused their trust are horrible and anyone can fall for the right scam. Remind them there are things to do to reduce the risks of being victimized again in the future, and help them slowly implementing these 💪

5. Be thankful they trusted you with this. It means they think highly of you 🥰

#Security #Privacy

Daaaamn. @mmasnick’s takedown of _ The Anxious Generation_ is masterful.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-coddling-of-the-american-parent