Anyone who can't see what is happening is blind.
1) Banning of the ability to have privacy with a cellphone
2) Banning of the ability to own a foreign router (which may not "comply" with future "required" legislation )
3) Identity checks at the OS, App Store and Service provider levels.
4) Ability to restrict individuals access to the internet, to given types of content, etc
5) Forced front and center "official" news media forced into online services.
6) Control over AI algorithms
7) Control over algorithms for visibility/sharing of content
8) Control over peoples cars (remote kill switches, embedded biometrics, automated reporting to LEO, inebriation checks).
9) Forced biometrics to login to computers, phones, etc
10) Digital ID to replace physical ID.
11) Digital cash to replace physical cash
12) Millions of biometrics and license place cameras + millions of "gun shot detection" systems
13) Banning of mobile applications and endpoint software the government deems wrong, dangerous, or incorrect, etc. (Tiktok, Kaspersky, etc)
14) AI being embedded in every processor, mobile device, desktop OS, etc.
15) Laws demanding "backdoored" encryption.
16) Laws demanding client side scanning.
17) Laws demanding control over speech deemed harmful, violent, dangerous, upsetting, etc
18) Charges and convictions against anyone releasing privacy focused software (tornado cash).
19) AI predictive policing and predictive dissent detection
20) Centralizing of all healthcare, psychological, financial, online, offline, travel and government records.
21) Forced biometrics collection to travel, attend public events, etc
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@BDaveWalters Wow, B Dave. I had no idea you were dealing with all this. I want you to know that I have always liked and respected you. When people ask me who you are, I tell them you ran D&D for the Stranger Things kids
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Definitely the biggest thing I hate about Twitter right now is how many people literally post to get people to hate them for engagement and normal people eat that slop up to say how bad they are and push it right into my feed
There was a time when Twitter was useful and a nice way to socialize with friends, or even meet new people. But I 've been feeling it's just not a great experience for a while. I'm considering deleting soon
I will literally never forget the time someone compared Godzilla getting nuked with a person getting hit in the face with a pie, "you'll eat the pie, and it'll be tasty, but you most definitely won’t be happy about it. That’s probably how Goji felt" they said.
UPDATE: After an enormous outcry, Cigna has reversed their unconscionable last-minute denial and will be covering Carole's transplant (!!).
Carole is extremely relieved, and she's grateful to the many, many people who emailed Cigna over the past 24 hours.
Having said that...