It looks like the US House of Representatives is going to vote to ban TikTok in the US ( Read more... )

I think I gave years of my life to this game, and was sad about that, later, but I'm back, I think I need games like this to resuscitate me,

I need resuscitation, I'm not giving years of my life, I'm taking years of my life back,

“Whether it's COVID, vaccines, Bitcoin, stuff about elections, we’re swayed by the anecdote,” Nassim Nicholas Taleb says. “Our world is becoming more complex, and so requires more statistical sophistication, while social media is driving us to the most primitive way of thinking.”Yes, give people on social media one example of something, whether it ( Read more... )

I'm waiting to see whether I'll need to register as Republican to vote against Trump in the 2024 primary.  Right now polling and betting markets see DeSantis winning the nomination, but there will probably be a dozen candidates competing for it once they all get going.  The main issue will be whether the non-Trumpers split their votes and allow ( Read more... )

As I wrote about before, earlier this month the US yield curve inverted, which means overnight interest rates are higher than long-term interest rates, for the first time since the pandemic recession.  The strongest indicator of an upcoming recession that we have is an inverted yield curve.  There is one stronger indicator that a recession has ( Read more... )

"many of the issues with Twitter are just issues in how people communicate online, and people shifting over to a different platform doesn't magically change that"

An old friend of mine announced today on Twitter that if he leaves Musk's social media service, his online peeps could find him on Instagram.  Which is owned by Facebook.  I fail to see the moral superiority of Facebook over Twitter.  People who didn't leave Twitter during all those years before it banned Trump, now suddenly want to express their ( Read more... )

no wonder he doesn't want to see my pics anymore (ever),

he got over two thousand likes yesterday,

I've seen a couple news stories, recommended to me by others, within the past 24 hours about the same problem --> popular social media accounts/sites that are encouraging real-world harassment of transgender people and their allies (including driving multiple people to suicide). But despite encouraging real-world harassment, the host companies ( Read more... )

"A Nebraska woman was charged with two felonies related to an illegal abortion after authorities discovered information about the pregnancy through private messages on Facebook Messenger, according to court documents."

The future has arrived.