Shefaly

@shefaly
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Provocative questions | Epistemologically open-minded | Polyglot | NED: LSE:JUSC/TMPL/HEIT
@LondonMetUni | ex DittoAI, @hcltech | Governance, Risk, Tech, Talent
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Just in case you're wondering why we need regulation to control the data broker market ASAP, here's the FBI circumventing the courts by buying data from the commercial sector.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3z9a/fbi-bought-netflow-data-team-cymru-contract

Here is the FBI’s Contract to Buy Mass Internet Data

The FBI previously purchased access to "netflow" data, which a company called Team Cymru obtains from ISPs. Team Cymru then sells it to the government.

"I guess we should retire the expression "avoid it like the plague" given how little effort people put into avoiding an actual plague."

#CovidIsNotOver #WearAMask 🥴​

“Mansplaining as a service.” Spot on.

Quoting @andrewfeeney: https://phpc.social/@andrewfeeney/109466122845775778

Andrew Feeney (@[email protected])

@[email protected] Christine Lemmer-Webber (@[email protected]) described ChatGPT as Mansplaining As A Service, and honestly I can’t think of a better description. A service that instantly generates vaguely plausible sounding yet totally fabricated and baseless lectures in an instant with unflagging confidence in its own correctness on any topic, without concern, regard or even awareness of the level of expertise of its audience.

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I heard there was a secret note
That William Carlos Williams wrote
But you don't really care for sorries, do you?

It goes like this, they're cold, they're sweet
You saved them for a breakfast treat
But from your fridge, I took the plums and screwed you.

Any audiophiles here who share my frustration with "everything bluetooth" and "DAB" and can discuss building a music deck like it is.. 1988?

Hey, @palestine folks! I have a present for you today. If you're looking to expand your reading, or maybe pick up a gift for someone who loves a good book, here's the reading list I'm curating for the Palestinian speculative: lots of #fantasy, #ScienceFiction, #Horror etc... reads from Palestinian authors, all w/ links to where you can find it!

https://soniasulaiman.com/readpalestinianspecfic-reading-list/

Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List

The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…

Sonia Sulaiman
There’s no blue checkmark in the world worth giving your credit card info to a company that just fired the bulk of its devs responsible for digital security.

How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?

- Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers

#newyear

RT @[email protected]

Jethro Tull's guide to Indian Food by Ian Anderson

"The Indian meal has superceded the Sunday roast and the Fish ‘n Chip shop in representing the new (and some might suggest improved) national dish of our once great land"

http://jethrotull.com/ian-andersons-guide-to-choosing-indian-food/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/deepakmohoni/status/1212299600218009601

Ian Anderson's Guide to Choosing Indian Food - Jethro Tull

By Ian Anderson In this day and age, it’s hard to imagine that anyone could be completely unfamiliar with “curry”, if not with the subtle variety of Indian cuisine. Wherever we look, the supermarket shelves are filled with ever-more interesting and seductive homage to the world of spice and chile pepper madness. Thai, Indian and spicy Chinese ready meals and ... Read More

Jethro Tull

Remember: white supremacy is not a shark; it is the water.

(Kyle Guante Tran Myhre)

https://www.guante.info/2016/03/new-video-how-to-explain-white.html

#poetry #racism #whitesupremacy

"How to Explain White Supremacy to a White Supremacist" (New Video)

***EDIT: the video below is the NEWER version of this piece (the one that appears in my new book ), posted on 2/12/17. The older one can sti...