1/ the "facebook whistleblower" is an op to push for more censorship. her today's testimony is for pushing more censorship to stem - get this - the danger of "political polarization" and "stoking division". manufacturing consent much?
2/ even worse, the "harming kids" narrative is based on an online poll (!). apparently 15% teens responded FB makes their lives worse, 34% that it makes their lives *better*, and 51% didn't lean either way.
this is how a "whistleblower" made it to congressional hearing lol
3/ the unsaid part is that FB is killing the old style media, and their narrative-making capability.
the other unsaid part is journalists were told to stop being little hall monitors.
it absolutely is a media hit op.
4/ note the format: for the last ~5 years the media were poisoning the well wrt. Facebook, by posting story after story of "blue site bad".
this all came to head today - a hitherto uknown-nobody whistleblower got in front of nodding-in-agreement congress in 2 days.
5/ this was in the works ever since Zuckerberg "sold out progressive cause" by selling to Trump's 2016 campaign the same data he sold to Obama's campaign earlier.
6/ for extra irony:
the media thinks itself so much better than Facebook that it lobbied - and got! - a law mandating FB pays *it* for it being able to post their content to FB.
7/ in US power flows a bit differently:
the media are gunning for new regulation that would force FB to limit "divisive ", "polarizing" content, etc. - nebulous concepts as *decided on the spot* by the reporting in the media.
10/ imagine the outrage if a random nobody posted this to Facebook,
rather than esteemed journalist Ashley to an esteemed newspaper Jezebel.
i disavow.
11/ media's strategy:
- amplify select voices of people who already agree with their propaganda ("the facebook whistleblower")
- prompt insiders to issue sweeping proposals on the wave of media's reporting
2/ Isn't she pretty?
In particular the Ukrainian maritime variant, with seabird decal.
3/ Unique design allows for low observability, in particular low radar cross-section. Not quite "full on stealth" - but it's much stealthier than an average flier.
We don't have official numbers, but this calculates baseline expectations - and it's good:
2/ #T14Armata, an innovative russian tank with crew fully enclosed in the front hull behind heavy protection, while a fully automated turret was located in the classic way.
Along with the tank, related T-15 IFV and 2S35 SPG were developed as shared platform.
3/ The design seemingly got a lot *right*, tho there remains some discussion as to armor of the turret - supposedly absent in the vehicles produced.
With a lot of hopes riding on its shoulders, the design failed to enter serial production and seems stuck. How come?
1/ Unpopular opinion:
the recent wave of "work from home" is the biggest and unique opportunity to "stick it to the boomers". Actually to do much better than that.
2/ Good management is both about enabling your employees - and also about measuring their effectiveness.
Beyond "walking around & seeing butts in office chairs", actual measurement - and reporting both up & down the chain. "Work from home" pushes in that direction.
3/ There are also various other benefits to "work from home" - less dependence on proximity to city; more personal freedom to shape work as you see fit, to juggle & smoothly change works, etc.
1/ >US commenced "invasion" in Ukraine by regime changing it
No.
2014: Ukrainians over-threw their government aligned with Russia - the Russia that for well over a century occupied Ukraine, drained resources & talent, suppressed culture.
2/ You see people in Ukraine staunchly & resolutely defending their freedom for 2+ months now. That is a clear and strong signal. I support their defense of freedom.
As for democracy... whatever. Both sides are democracies with all the trappings & faults, and it helped neither.
3/ To see just how pernicious and pervasive suppression of Ukraine's culture was back under russian control, see this well written thread: