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"The $500,000 recently dropped by crypto billionaire Chris Larsen to back his preferred District 10 supervisor candidate is akin to a person with a $1 million net worth donating around $37."

Grâce Š mon expérience, j’ai pu aider un étudiant Š sortir du bâtiment D. Vous voyez, c’est très simple: il faut juste aller au bout de ce couloir sombre, et puis il y a une porte, derrière laquelle il y a une autre porte…

"Kennedy has repeatedly told the American people that we’re being “poisoned” by our food, but the agencies under his purview have not banned a single food chemical of concern"
https://foodfix.co/whats-old-is-new-again-fresh-speculati…

What’s old is new again: Fresh speculation about defining ultra-processed foods
Washington is (once again) in a tizzy over whether the Trump administration might (but probably will not) release the ultra-processed foods definition before the election.

Ich trage heute Adidas-Hose zu Puma-Hoodiejacke 🙃
#IYKYK

Saturday morning, approaching noon It’s another mild day here. I went out to work in just shirt and shorts again. It’s not typical for OCtober but I certainly not complaining. I really do not enjoy the chilly dark winter days at all.

The modern GOP is a cult of personality with almost no room for dissent
and where the dissent exists, it’s because some people think it’s fucking awesome to put up ads calling child rape victims a liar
and others saying well maybe that’s a half-step too far.
But I actually do think the Republicans’ future is pretty bright
and the reason for that is that there’s no evidence that extremism is going to make one bit of difference in their electoral success over the long …

Republican Optimism - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Some National Review guy wrote a Times op-ed about 10 days ago that said basically “sure, Democrats are going to do well in November, but long term, Republicans are gold.” It’s worth at least considering some of this. That cacophony of voices representing itself as Republican would have been unthinkable before Mr. Trump. And it […]

If you're in #Toronto, Halloween doesn't have to be the end of the line for your Jack o'lantern. It can ride again at a pumpkin parade on November 1.
https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festi…

For future reference: a simple documentation of the pattern that Meta follows wherein the company breaks the law it violates people’s privacy, gets caught, waits a while until the storm blows over or people get distracted, and then does it again until people stop fighting. I write it down so you can share it with media or policy makers when they get fooled by this stupid truck over and over.

The Facebook Fake-out
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

I head the CAS Texten at ZHAW. Yesterday we awarded the certificates and celebrated. It’s not unusual, that some participants become friends or start doing business together somehow. It’s also not unusual that people have a different job in the end. But the last cohort was special:
2 out of 11 lost their job, 1 quit, another is thinking about quitting
#AcademicChatter

#Proton VPN has served me well, but the @… CEO’s recent utterances (“loser thinking”) and push for AI-driven “velocity” are disgusting, and will ultimately lead to security issues, too.