nostr:npub1wcuzydjascw8h7f9wr5f6d9z3mw7q8774ess7azvquse9dk70xlq8q9j6s nostr:npub1almz26yhzkxvmg5053wg5msjfarnwztmp4ml54l60nr5ddndrxvqjk57vz
As far as I'm concerned, it leaves out so much vital information - and substitutes so much almost irrelevant information ("handwashing") - as to render it disinformation.
nostr:npub14cqpgj6a3u4cy0lz2e3dk96j0whv9xfc6m356a7a0jap8sgnmulsk6k7mw
☝️
"while it's tempting to blame Pride marchers and Burning Man pryotechnicians for the current state of affairs, it's actually the rich oligarchs and technolibertarian geniuses of Silicon Valley who can't seem to figure out how to finish a new rail line or convert some skyscrapers to condos, much less solve the homelessness crisis. Their only answers for the city's demise are lower taxes for themselves, and more cops for skid row."
Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: America's largest hospital chain has an algorithmic death panel; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/05/any-metric-becomes-a-target/
#Pluralistic
1/
nostr:npub1hykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fsj73p33
Quote boost:
"Companies can suborn the government to help them abuse the public, but whether public institutions can resist them is more a matter of how powerful those companies are than how fallible a public servant is. Our plutocratic, monopolized, unequal society is the worst of both worlds. Because companies are so big, they abuse us with impunity – and they are able to suborn the state to help them do it":
nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx
It's not that they are white. It's that they are very, very rich.
nostr:npub1zlf30z52fyvgz7x43urydvkahtvd8sncp2slzml3ra0pn8cfuv0q6jjxfl nostr:npub1lzz05275zkk6zwuzel45jusr74ftyyuah8zll8vl09k98w8smy7qedjhl3
These days most of my prayers are some version of, "please God, let the truth be exposed while I'm still alive".