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Casey Anthony
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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No, I won't be watching this on Netflix, I find it far too disturbing.
But the case does highlight - as did the documentary "Dear Zachary" - the ease with which women get away with murder.
Link: https://www.vox.com/culture/23506125/casey-anthony-evidence-where-the-truth-lies-how-true-or-false
The Dream of Heroes - Adolfo Bioy Casares
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A curious book, interesting in the beginning, and in the end. An easy read suited somewhat to my temper at the moment.
Freedom of Speech
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You knew it, with the Freedumb convoys and all the truthers and the increasing general level of stupidity that has pervaded the planet.
Musk, I've been suspicious, and increasingly dismayed/disgusted by his actions, and this just cements it:
Link: https://boingboing.net/2022/12/12/musk-shadow-bans-the-twitter-account-tracking-his-
UPDATES: (Dec 14, 2022):
- Musk suspends twitter tracking account
- Musk bans tweeting that reveals location data
- Musk starts irrelevant lawsuit
To summarize, that kid that had a website tracking Musk's private jet usage has effectively had his twitter account "Shadow-banned", meaning that it will be unavailable to most users. That's Elon Musk, champion of freedom of speech, except when it concerns him.
Now, a few things regarding "Freedom of Speech" and - "Freedumb" in general - is that the people that go on about it usually want freedom of speech for themselves, and for everyone else just to listen.
That, of course, is not part of the bargain. People that argue "Freedom of Speech" seldom, if ever, allow for informed or intelligent dissent.
And "Freedumb" can be summarized as the "right to do as you choose without regard to it's effects on others". This is almost always an exclusionary Freedumb, the one lobbying for his or her "Freedumb" never wants someone else to have the freedom to choose differently.
Anyways, a day of trifling annoyances on the internet, but I read the news, what did I expect?
Late Stage Capitalism
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Link: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/12/is-canada-euthanizing-the-poor.html
If you read the URL, the short answer is "Yes", but for a more detailed explanation follow the link.
This is of course fine, and on a par with the way the world is going. What I want to know is when we will be able to we eat them afterwards?
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