This week in The Torment Nexus, why you should be careful what you post on social media part two:
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Be careful what you say on social media, part 2
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post for The Torment Nexus that was titled "Be careful what you post on social media, they are listening," which was tri...
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Ghost β€” the open-source platform I use to publish my daily "When The Going Gets Weird" and weekly "The Torment Nexus" newsletters β€” has integrated with the fediverse through ActivityPub. So you can follow the daily one through @npub15xg7...7u62 and the weekly one by following @npub1ukk7...s8xw
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So the incoming president of the United States is promoting a crypto coin named after himself. I guess I shouldn’t be shocked, but I confess I didn’t expect things to get this stupid this quickly. My bad!
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Did Donald Trump Really Just Drop a Solana Meme Coin? - Decrypt
Donald Trump is promoting a Solana meme coin from his social media accounts. Elaborate hack or a truly wild new era for crypto?
Are people arguing that an app where people watch video clips of cats riding Roombas is a threat to national security? Yes. And is this just as ridiculous as it was the last time I wrote about it? Yes
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The TikTok saga has gotten even stupider if that's possible
This week could see the end of the TikTok saga, and if it does β€” regardless of what the ending is β€” I for one will be grateful if that happens....
β€œWe make plenty of money already”:
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“We make plenty of money already”
I posted this tweet today, and I thought I would expand on the story for anyone who might be interested. The comment from Craigslist CEO Jim Buckma...
Random question for anyone who knows things about federating: tried to connect my blog to Bridgy Fed so I don't need to crosspost things manually, but my blog is located at a subdomain (mathewingram.com/work) and Bridgy says no when I try to connect it. Is there any way to make this work?
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It's tempting to think that disinformation on social media made people vote for Trump, but the reality is that what happens on social networks is more of a symptom than a cause
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Social media is a symptom, not a cause
I know that it's tempting to blame what happened on Tuesday night β€” the re-election of a former game-show host and inveterate liar with 34 felony...
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