Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “link”
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Rand Paul to challenge Biden’s Saudi arms sale | Lexington Herald Leader'
- kudos:The thing about Rand Paul is that sometimes he gets things very right, even though he so often gets things so wrong. link to ‘Rand Paul to challenge Biden’s Saudi arms sale | Lexington Herald Leader’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Predictive analytics in child welfare raise concerns - Youth Today'
- kudos:We need data to make decisions, but predictive analytics tend to give me the heebie jeebies. link to ‘Predictive analytics in child welfare raise concerns - Youth Today’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Lexington KY gets ‘perfect score’ for LGBTQ protections | Lexington Herald Leader'
- kudos:Good news for Lexington! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 link to ‘Lexington KY gets ‘perfect score’ for LGBTQ protections | Lexington Herald Leader’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Stop Warrantless Car Spying by Police'
- kudos:Something else to write representatives about. link to ‘Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Stop Warrantless Car Spying by Police’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'BTS fan accounts targeted with fake copyright takedowns - The Verge'
- kudos:Weaponized copyright enforcement is awful. link to ‘BTS fan accounts targeted with fake copyright takedowns - The Verge’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Podcast Episode: What Police Get When They Get Your Phone | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
- kudos:Time to write some representatives. This is scary stuff. link to ‘Podcast Episode: What Police Get When They Get Your Phone | Electronic Frontier Foundation’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Ed Tech Usage is Up. So Are Parent Privacy Concerns'
- kudos:Interesting read on an important subject. link to ‘Ed Tech Usage is Up. So Are Parent Privacy Concerns’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'In Moscow’s Technological Advances, a ‘Double-Edged Sword’ - The New York Times'
- kudos:Facial recognition is worrying. link to ‘In Moscow’s Technological Advances, a ‘Double-Edged Sword’ - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Internet-Connected Products: Ever-Advancing, Ever-Creepier | by Stephen Moore | Nov, 2021 | OneZero'
- kudos:Good take on the privacy issues involved with modern gift-giving. link to ‘Internet-Connected Products: Ever-Advancing, Ever-Creepier | by Stephen Moore | Nov, 2021 | OneZero’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'After Facebook Leaks, Here Is What Should Come Next | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
- kudos:Always appreciate the EFF’s perspective. link to ‘After Facebook Leaks, Here Is What Should Come Next | Electronic Frontier Foundation’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'What happened when Facebook asked users what content was good or bad for the world.'
- kudos:Interesting read. link to ‘What happened when Facebook asked users what content was good or bad for the world.’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'The infrastructure bill could be a lifeline for students without internet : NPR'
- kudos:Internet is a question of infrastructure, and infrastructure is a question of justice. link to ‘The infrastructure bill could be a lifeline for students without internet : NPR’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'How sexual assault survivors are harmed by the Texas abortion law : Shots - Health News : NPR'
- kudos:So devastating. link to ‘How sexual assault survivors are harmed by the Texas abortion law : Shots - Health News : NPR’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'How Republicans Have an Edge in the Emerging 2022 Congressional Maps - The New York Times'
- kudos:Gerrymandering is gross and wrong, no matter who’s doing it. link to ‘How Republicans Have an Edge in the Emerging 2022 Congressional Maps - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'A new monument in Frankfort will honor the Kentuckians who died from COVID-19 – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville'
- kudos:Beautiful gesture and a perfect name for it. link to ‘A new monument in Frankfort will honor the Kentuckians who died from COVID-19 – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Pluralistic: 14 Nov 2021 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
- kudos:Doctorow has some good thoughts on surveillance capitalism here. link to ‘Pluralistic: 14 Nov 2021 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Vizio’s profit on ads, subscriptions, and data is double the money it makes selling TVs - The Verge'
- kudos:Terrifying stuff. I know “Orwellian” gets overused these days, but TVs that watch us are straight out of 1984. link to ‘Vizio’s profit on ads, subscriptions, and data is double the money it makes selling TVs - The Verge’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Why a wealth tax for people like Elon Musk is so hard to pull off : NPR'
- kudos:Interesting and helpful read. link to ‘Why a wealth tax for people like Elon Musk is so hard to pull off : NPR’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'UK students flock to see Sister Cindy's 'slut shaming show' | News | kykernel.com'
- kudos:So very gross. link to ‘UK students flock to see Sister Cindy’s ‘slut shaming show’ | News | kykernel.com’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Twenty-first century swashbucklers: The rise of ethical media piracy | Opinion | kykernel.com'
- kudos:Got some future Pirate Party supporters here at UK. link to ‘Twenty-first century swashbucklers: The rise of ethical media piracy | Opinion | kykernel.com’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'EFF to Supreme Court: Warrantless 24-Hour Video Surveillance Outside Homes Violates Fourth Amendment | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
- kudos:Surveillance is scary. link to ‘EFF to Supreme Court: Warrantless 24-Hour Video Surveillance Outside Homes Violates Fourth Amendment | Electronic Frontier Foundation’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Apple Has Listened And Will Retract Some Harmful Phone-Scanning'
- kudos:Good progress but need more. link to ‘Apple Has Listened And Will Retract Some Harmful Phone-Scanning’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Menace, as a Political Tool, Enters the Republican Mainstream - The New York Times'
- kudos:Truly frightening. link to ‘Menace, as a Political Tool, Enters the Republican Mainstream - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read '24 UK employees placed on leave for breaking COVID policy | Lexington Herald Leader'
- kudos:Glad local reporters are looking into this; when the measures were announced, I was wondering what responses would be. link to ‘24 UK employees placed on leave for breaking COVID policy | Lexington Herald Leader’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'The Secret to a Better Internet? Post Less, Chat More. - The New York Times'
- kudos:Interesting argument. I will say that having a running Keybase chat with distant friends has been terribly helpful during the pandemic. link to ‘The Secret to a Better Internet? Post Less, Chat More. - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Sen. Josh Hawley claims without evidence that liberals are attacking masculinity : NPR'
- kudos:Du Mez is the perfect person to respond to this. Fwiw, Gab is giving some serious Jesus & John Wayne vibes right now, for all the same reasons Hawley is. link to ‘Sen. Josh Hawley claims without evidence that liberals are attacking masculinity : NPR’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Rep. Gosar anime video highlights ties to the online right - The Verge'
- kudos:The whole point of far right meme culture is plausible deniability. Telling people to relax and that it’s just a joke is not only ridiculous but further plays into the parallels. link to ‘Rep. Gosar anime video highlights ties to the online right - The Verge’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Data Broker Veraset Gave Bulk Device-Level GPS Data to DC Government | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
- kudos:Location data harvesting is scary stuff. link to ‘Data Broker Veraset Gave Bulk Device-Level GPS Data to DC Government | Electronic Frontier Foundation’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'U.S. Holocaust Museum Says China ‘May Be Committing Genocide’ Against Uyghurs - The New York Times'
- kudos:We have a magnet from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum reminding us (and everyone else who walks past our fridge) to keep an eye out for modern day hate, injustice, and genocide. link to ‘U.S. Holocaust Museum Says China ‘May Be Committing Genocide’ Against Uyghurs - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Supreme Court conservatives are skeptical on spiritual advisers in death chamber : NPR'
- kudos:Religious freedom only counts as such when it’s applied across the board and not just for conservative talking points. link to ‘Supreme Court conservatives are skeptical on spiritual advisers in death chamber : NPR’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'These Parents Built a School App. Then the City Called the Cops | WIRED'
- kudos:Heck of a story. link to ‘These Parents Built a School App. Then the City Called the Cops | WIRED’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Taika Waititi to adapt The Incal for the screen | Boing Boing'
- kudos:Taika Waititi is doing a movie based on a Franco-Belgian comic, and I am very excited. I haven’t read this series, but it’s time to fix that. [link to ‘Taika Waititi to adapt The Incal for the screen | Boing Boing’](https://boingboing.net/2021/11/04/taika-waititi-to-adapt-the-incal-for-the-screen.html?utm_source=rss
🔗 linkblog: just read 'In Florida, a Firestorm Over Silenced University Professors Grows - The New York Times'
- kudos:So very dumb. link to ‘In Florida, a Firestorm Over Silenced University Professors Grows - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'ICO to step in after schools use facial recognition to speed up lunch queue | Facial recognition | The Guardian'
- kudos:Why are people still touting facial recognition as a convenience? link to ‘ICO to step in after schools use facial recognition to speed up lunch queue | Facial recognition | The Guardian’
🔗 linkblog: just read '7-Eleven breached customer privacy by collecting facial imagery without consent | ZDNet'
- kudos:We ought to be talking more about biometric data. link to ‘7-Eleven breached customer privacy by collecting facial imagery without consent | ZDNet’
🔗 linkblog: just read '‘Sideloading is a cyber criminal’s best friend,’ according to Apple’s software chief - The Verge'
- kudos:By this logic, macOS is malware’s best friend by allowing users to install software outside the App Store. It’s a dumb argument. link to ‘‘Sideloading is a cyber criminal’s best friend,’ according to Apple’s software chief - The Verge’