The rise of social media as the primary mode of social interaction has caused us to substantially overvalue opinions as a gauge of character. We are now defined more by what we say than what we actually do, and words, unlike deeds, are cheap and easy to counterfeit.

Scott Adams In my experience, from being involved in several newsworthy events over my lifetime that had no political or public-figure factor, news coverage is wrong 100% of the time. Believing anything else is pure Gell-Mann Amnesia.

Face filters are getting incredibly advanced. 🤨 Social media face filters vs AI filter. 🔊

The Fine People Hoax. The pinnacle of American political stupidity.

What are the biggest media lies of the last few years? -Covid-19 (all of it) -Jan 6 'insurrection' -'safe and effective' jab -Jussie Smollett -Bubba Wallace -Covington hoax -Kyle Rittenhouse story -'Very fine people' hoax -'drinking bleach' -'horse dewormer' What else?

Scott Adams “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” - H. L. Mencken

Per request, unlocking this piece: The Democrats' Disastrous Miscalculation on Civil Liberties open.substack.com/pub/taibbi/p/t…

Today we recognized our winter sports teams for their 5 championships—a historical amount of wins for the state & Salesianum! Congratulations! Read more: hubs.ly/Q01HfSJ50. 📸@dybfilms #diaa #delhs #salesianumathletics

Most of the recommendation algorithm will be made open source today. The rest will follow. Acid test is that independent third parties should be able to determine, with reasonable accuracy, what will probably be shown to users. No doubt, many embarrassing issues will be

On May 2, 1958, in Japan, Honda Super Cub was first introduced by Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Since its introduction, the Honda Super Cub has become the best-selling motorcycle in the world, with over 100 million units sold in various countries. The Super Cub was designed to be

On social media, fools feel clever by mocking bigger fools, and scoundrels feel virtuous by condemning bigger scoundrels. We feel good simply by portraying others as worse. In an age of anxiety & inaction, many seek self-esteem not in their own abilities, but in other's failures.

#2 In 2011, just 35% of white liberals thought racism in the United States was “a big problem,” according to national polling. By 2015, this figure had ballooned to 61% and further still to 77% in 2017.

Massive public manipulation

Facebook, incredibly, is censoring our report on censorship:

Stop watching. It is all manufactured outrage. Both sides.

There are only three truly censorship resistant technologies at scale today: tor, bitcoin, and nostr. All are currently niche…showing most of the world doesn’t actually care about censorship. Granted, these technologies aren’t yet accessible or easy to use. But…they will be!

Zaps on Twitter good ✅ Zaps on Damus⚡️ bad ❌ Damus is being forced to remove this feature, whats up with that?

This seems to be a misunderstanding by @apple of how this feature works and what it's for. It's a critical part of the future of the internet. It has the capacity to bring people around the world into the economy without the traditional gatekeepers. Please reconsider Tim Cook.

Me doing the dishes every night if Serrano was my wife

4. 1967-2018 The same motorcycle, the same couple.