The LinkedIn Self Promotion posts of recent college graduates
Is your LinkedIn feed filled with nearly identical posts from recent college graduates? There is a reason why this is happening – and everyone is playing the same game.
Independence Day, July 4th, 2026
Passkeys are a mess, but many business trying to force you to use them
Notably, there are 2 big issues: The real world reality is this is a mess. 1. Security vs. Interoperability To make passkeys highly secure, they are tied to a device’s Hardware Security Module (HSM) or a specific tech giant’s cloud infrastructure (Google, Apple, Microsoft). Because Apple does not want Google reading your device hardware, and Google does not want Microsoft accessing your secure enclave, they built deep walls around their password managers. 2. The “Ecosystem Trap” Big tech has little…
Does the media, WaPo, even matter?
Take a look at some of things they thought were news.
The purpose of social media is to be misleading
Sigh.
Media: How travel writing became self-centered narcissism
Travel writing has become self-centered, narcissistic, female focused – because Editors and content creators are working to satisfy “The Algorithm”. Self-centered stories, about the writer, not the destination, often presented as overcoming a victim-like challenge, are what gets the clicks.
Policy: Tourists to U.S. to be required to provide 5 years of social media posts
We have no idea what they are looking for and can be misconstrued. Only safe option is leaving social media.
Media: False allegations of illegal immigrant elected as St Paul Mayor
This item from a right-wing media outlet looks bad – and isn’t true. Ultimately, it’s just ugly for PJ Media which furthers the false allegations.
Media: Now EVs are awful
The media flip flopped from EVs are great to EVs are awful.
Media: Misinformation about plant-based eating
Story teller advocates via Today Show that we should eat “plant-based”, without once mentioning real life health effects such as B-12 deficiency.