Archive for the 'Media' Category
Art Bell Dead at Age 72—Days After Supporting a Friend’s Plan to Drive Into Area 51
April 14th, 2018Art Bell has been in poor health for decades and he was a heavy smoker, so I can’t say that his death comes as much of a surprise. But… Just before he died, Art was supporting radio host Heather Wade in her plan to drive into Area 51 as an act of civil disobedience. Initially, […]
California: SB-1424 Internet: Social Media: False Information: Strategic Plan
April 9th, 2018Via: Jon Rappoport: This bill would require any person who operates a social media, as defined, Internet Web site with a physical presence in California to develop a strategic plan to verify news stories shared on its Web site. The bill would require the plan to include, among other things, a plan to mitigate the […]
Do You Trust This Computer?
April 7th, 2018Via: doyoutrustthiscomputer.org: Do You Trust This Computer? from Busy Child on Vimeo.
This Is Extremely Dangerous to Our Democracy
April 1st, 2018Via: Sinclair Broadcast Group:
Musk Removes Tesla and SpaceX Facebook Pages
March 24th, 2018Via: The Verge: During a tweetstorm, Elon Musk has removed both of his companies’ Facebook pages after being challenged to do so by a few of his followers. The pages of both SpaceX and Tesla are now inactive. Each had around 2.6 million followers. Musk was answering a flurry of tweets this morning when he […]
Trump’s Election Consultants Filmed Saying They Use Bribes and Sex Workers to Entrap Politicians
March 19th, 2018Via: Channel 4: An undercover investigation by Channel 4 News reveals how Cambridge Analytica secretly campaigns in elections across the world. Bosses were filmed talking about using bribes, ex-spies, fake IDs and sex workers. Senior executives at Cambridge Analytica – the data company that credits itself with Donald Trump’s presidential victory – have been secretly […]
Two Weeks Before His Death, Hawking Submitted a Paper on Parallel Universes
March 19th, 2018I still miss Walter and the gang from Fringe. Via: ScienceAlert: Stephen Hawking submitted the final version of his last scientific paper just two weeks before he died, and it lays the theoretical groundwork for discovering a parallel universe. Hawking, who passed away on Wednesday aged 76, was co-author to a mathematical paper which seeks […]
At My Lai: The Photographer Who Captured the Massacre
March 17th, 2018Via: Foto: Ron Haeberle was a combat photographer in Vietnam when he and the Army unit he was riding with — Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment — landed near the hamlet of My Lai on the morning of March 16, 1968. Villagers weren’t alarmed; American GIs had visited the region near the central […]
YouTube Will Add Information from Wikipedia to Videos About Conspiracies
March 14th, 2018Via: The Verge: YouTube will add information from Wikipedia to videos about popular conspiracy theories to provide alternative viewpoints on controversial subjects, its CEO said today. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said that these text boxes, which the company is calling “information cues,” would begin appearing on conspiracy-related videos within the next couple of weeks. Wojcicki, […]
‘Dorm Living for Professionals Comes to San Francisco’
March 5th, 2018The New York Times is promoting Khrushchyovka-style living in San Francisco for $1,400 to $2,400 a month. Via: New York Times: Shared bathrooms at the end of the hall and having no individual kitchen or living room is becoming less weird for some of the city’s workers thanks to Starcity, a new development company that […]
