Matthew Burton

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Former intelligence analyst and trainer. Current Federal tech exec. Forever trying to merge the two.

#informationwarfare, #Russia, #Ukraine, 
#whistleblower, #waroncars, #nyc

I write a very occasional newsletter about invisible systems and how they affect civic life. https://concrete.ghost.io/

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Githubhttps://github.com/Burton

"INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY!"

You say that. But have you read the indictment?

The suggestion that Menendez resign isn't simply about the possibility that he committed a crime. It's about the (very, very strong!) possibility that HE'S A FOREIGN AGENT WHILE CHAIRING THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE.

In an attempt to use all social media less, I recently deleted my Mastodon app from my phone and I won't be here as often for a while. Maybe a week, maybe a year. Dunno.

What’s a digital tool or product that everyone but you seems to use?

My answer: Venmo

@selfcare Kenken, baby. Kenken.
@MattHodges @waldoj this reminds me of the social dynamic on Wikipedia a bit. “Hey, we got norms around here, newcomer. Silly, stupid norms that make this place worse, and you WILL respect them!”
The main down side of this is that as the dew point drops, so does my motivation to explain urban heat islands to my neighbors.
@waldoj filters are another! Mastodon content filters are great. I use them to filter out people’s cat photos (sorry, @sbourne ). Put in your trigger words and you’re done. Don’t expect others to know what those are.

@waldoj I saw someone write this just the other day, urging everyone—and I do think he used the word “urge”—to use content filters for posts about US politics.

No. That’s what I write about. If you want to ignore the critical goings on that determine the fates of billions of people, find your own way to do that. Blocking me is one easy way.

@jimkreft plenty of guesses here too. Maybe I’m just extra conscious of this site because I use it several times a day, but it seems unique among major .govs in that, apart from being bad, it seems frozen in time circa 2002.