How did a 2FA protected Facebook account get hacked?
Through a mistake in Facebook’s account management that enabled a hacker to attach a victim’s phone number (linked to the FB account) to their own FB account. That’s one possibility:…
Idiocy: The Post of the Day
Am thinking of making this topic a regular feature – but there are not enough days in the year and so many idiots! The original tweet from Harvard Med was…
Public Death: “U.K. Briefly Mulled Killing All Pet Cats to Stop COVID-19”
Public health at work: “Can you imagine what would have happened?” former deputy health minister Lord Bethell told Channel 4. Source: U.K. Briefly Mulled Killing All Pet Cats to Stop…
US government attempted to control online speech about Covid topics
Twitter censored online speech about Covid topics. 100% of what most of us see is selectively reported, edited, hidden, then curated, promoted, de-emphasized, censored as part of someone's propaganda campaign.
Tech: Not good for repeat sales, though – “Oculus founder claims he made a VR headset that actually kills you”
The founder of virtual reality (VR) firm Oculus claims he has designed a new headset that can kill you in real life if you die in a game. Source: Oculus…
Twitter: Media has meltdown over proposal to charge a fee for “Blue check”
Much of the media is having a meltdown over Twitter’s proposal to charge users for a Blue Check verified account. Here’s a quote from a Bloomberg news column: The plan…
How social media should handle “misinformation” content moderation
Currently, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube apply heavy handed censorship to user created content. Twitter, and Youtube, have both sanctioned, even shut down accounts – of professionally qualified individuals who express…
The Social Media Doc and Science Army ruined our trust
Watching the Twitter expert class during Covid ruined trust in science. Every day saw dueling experts saying inconsistent, contradictory, illogical and sometimes incoherent things about Covid. Many began name calling/bashing…
I must have “Long Hepatitis”
Covid-19 has a side effect causing people to post long threads on Twitter about Long Covid. The thread roughly describes my situation – but I have Long Hepatitis, I guess.
Trevor Jacob and his plane crash
Trevor Jacob competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics on snowboard. Since then he appears to have made his living producing high risk “stunt” videos on Youtube, and possibly leading “adventure”…