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  • On the post: Working Futures, An Anthology Of Speculative Fiction About The Future Of Work

    HegemonicDistortion ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2019 @ 07:45pm

    So...

    Is there a link to order it or look at it?
    Who are the contributors to the anthology?

  • On the post: The FBI Can't Get Into The Dayton Shooter's Phone. So What?

    HegemonicDistortion ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2019 @ 02:08pm

    From thehill article:

    The cost of encryption is “ultimately measured in a mounting number of victims — men, women and children who are the victims of crimes, crimes that could have been prevented if law enforcement had been given lawful access to encrypted evidence," Barr said during a speech at a cybersecurity conference.

    How exactly would the lack of encryption have helped Barr prevent this shooting? This is pure fearmongering.

  • On the post: The Death Of Ownership: Educational Publishing Giant Pearson To Do Away With Print Textbooks (That Can Be Resold)

    HegemonicDistortion ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2019 @ 03:43pm

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    This needs more recognition. Schools should not be forcing the publishers' corrupt model onto the students.

  • On the post: Dear Kara Swisher: Don't Let Your Hatred Of Facebook Destroy Free Speech Online

    HegemonicDistortion ( profile ), 29 May, 2019 @ 12:00pm

    Swisher is a tech bubble herself. She seems to believe she asks all the hard questions, has such deep insights, and breaks deep news (see for example all the self-cites to her interview with Zuckerberg at SXSW a few years ago, which she constantly references in new pieces, and which she seems to believe was profound, powerful work).

    But the reality is that her work is mostly the hot air of a hype bubble -- superficial, sometimes to the point of being silly. The piece cited in Mike's article above is one. Another is a fairly recent piece (also in the NYT) about the potential societal benefits of tech companies creating "chief ethical officer" positions, which she took at face value and treated earnestly, seemingly oblivious to the notion that these might just be pure PR moves and that no actual power would be accorded to such figureheads whatsoever.

  • On the post: Tennessee Sheriff Defends Department's Armored Vehicle With A String Of Non Sequiturs

    HegemonicDistortion ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2019 @ 04:53pm

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    You win the Internetz this week.

  • On the post: Tennessee Senate Unanimously Passes Actual Anti-SLAPP Bill

    HegemonicDistortion ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2019 @ 03:19pm

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    Well, one of our legislature's recent priorities has been to try to block city/county govts from banning plastic bags, so let's not get hasty with the accolades yet. The year is young and still so many opportunities to propose backward or stupid legislation.