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I've reported on the ground from many epidemics, but this is the first one I'm really living through. A of memories to follow...For me, this got real when I
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We covered a lot of ground this year in @Slate's Source Notes column about @Wikipedia and internet knowledge. Here is my list of five stories that I'm proud of from
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I'm fine with saying that consciousness is an emergent property/product of a complex system. But the system in question is not just the neurons in the skull, it's the system
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Mental illness is not a choice. A thread: Mental illness can be caused by lots of things. Genetics. Environmental factors. Trauma. A chemical imbalance. Early life environment. Medical and hormonal
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1/ THREAD ON FACEBOOK ACTIONS: Yesterday Facebook announced "An Update to How We Address Movements and Organizations Tied to Violence". The actions taken by the platform affect multiple ideological groups,
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As we reckon with record poor air quality in Portland and across the west, some thoughts as my partner and I try to shore up the indoor air quality in
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Read this, and remember a few things (more below).https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/08/facebook-roger-stone/ Roger Stone was in personal contact with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/us/pol
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Tech Policy Advent Calendar 2020 All your favourite tech policy proposals — some epic, some complicated, but mostly completely baffling DM me your suggestions and I'll try to include them
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The producers of The Social Dilemma brought some serious and valid concerns about the impact of social media platforms to a broad Netflix audience. BUT… There were glaring omissions,
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A question was asked: "How to overcome triggers?" To answer that question first we need to understand what triggers are. Triggers are automatic reactions to ego based programming/conditioning. Ego based
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This, as it happens, is also how fraud scams work. Everyone thinks they’re too smart for it and what fraudsters know, & abusers know on some level too, is that
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The mainstay of online advertising is "behavioral advertising" in which ads are placed based on dossiers of your activity and preferences that have been compiled by Big Tech giants and
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In the early 2000s, dramatic shifts in radio spectrum allocation for mobile data applications, combined with advances in radio transmission and receiving prompted some networking engineers to propose a radical
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JUST ONE PERSON—UK scientists think one immunocompromised person who cleared virus slowly & only partially wiped out an infection, leaving behind genetically-hardier viruses that rebound & learn how to
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A while ago I posted that I was conducting research for my Qualitative class and the topic was “You Can’t Pour from an Empty Cup: A Phenomenological Study of Black
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Morning folks, it’s Project Day alreadyTime to sort out some more jobs on the #Stang Filling the reservoirThis should be done, gaining access by unbolting & taking out the
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