Goodbye, Facebook
In 2008, shortly after everything in my personal life started to slide sideways, I took a job to make ends meet. And here we are. Continue reading “Goodbye, Facebook”
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If you’re new, welcome aboard…
This is the last weekend my account will be connected to Facebook. You can see the previous post for why that is. Continue reading “If you’re new, welcome aboard…”
What Meta can do with its new Terms of Service…
Fair warning:
On July 26, 2022, Facebook will be updating their terms of service.
On July 25, 2022 I will be closing my account.
Here are the terms of service. I direct you to investigate all of 3.2.
https://www.facebook.com/legal/225652215540499/
Who gets to decide what reports are frivolous? Meta?
Nope. Continue reading “What Meta can do with its new Terms of Service…”
Politicize this…
I am so fucking tired of the casual racism. It is everywhere. Continue reading “Politicize this…”
Six months left…
Because THIS is the best thing he can do under the current circumstances??! Continue reading “Six months left…”
Aftermath (Part 10): Are we really so blind we can’t see?
It’s remarkable, you know. I see patterns other people don’t and there are people who know me and think I’m too full of hyperbole to pay attention. Even when I’m right. Continue reading “Aftermath (Part 10): Are we really so blind we can’t see?”
Still wondering if this shit’s real? Here’s a clue by four…
Early this year, in the mad grab for Hamilton tickets, I decided to go ahead and get a full subscription to the Hippodrome in Baltimore. I invited a friend to join me, and we got a pair of tickets for the coming season. Continue reading “Still wondering if this shit’s real? Here’s a clue by four…”
It only took 80 years to get here…
There it is. The magic phrase.
“It is believed that Bowers acted alone.”
Found it here, on Pittsburgh’s CBS Local website:
So, lone wolf narrative is it? Continue reading “It only took 80 years to get here…”
Connecting the Dots, Part 8…
When you were a kid, did you ever read Dr. Seuss’ book The Sneetches and Other Stories? You know the one I’m talking about. Continue reading “Connecting the Dots, Part 8…”
Locking Down Facebook…
The following four articles led to this note. Please read them in order (but watch out for the AUTO LAUNCH VIDEO in the first link):
1. CBS News: Facebook knew of illicit user profile harvesting for 2 years, never acted
2. Reuters: Republican lawmakers concerned by Facebook data leak
3. The Guardian: How to protect your Facebook privacy – or delete yourself completely: If you found the Cambridge Analytica data breach revelations deeply unsettling, read our guide to the maze of your privacy settings
4. BBC News: Is leaving Facebook the only way to protect your data?
Upshot: Panic in the streets. Momentary threats to leave Facebook. And in a week, when something new distracts us, another privacy violation or some other horrible thing that happens in government or in your local community pushes the panic out of the way and we resume our daily lives. Continue reading “Locking Down Facebook…”