Tag: Current Events
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Fractal Briefs | Patreon and The New York Times
In an interview with The New York Times, Patreon’s Jack Conte and Jacqueline Hart addressed the fallout from their removal of political commentator Sargon of Akkad. A fallout that took with it the likes of Sam Harris and a sizeable chunk of patrons. A fallout that affected not only political types but the average Patreon…
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Fractal Radio | Episode 25 – Carolina Weather, Death in New Jersey, and Nukes (O My)
Decided to dispense with the mic due to current hardware limitations making rendering an hours long nightmare. Topics – Weather – – Water – – Geetha Angara Death – – Trump’s withdrawal from Nuclear Arms Treaty with Russia – – Tech Addiction – – Announcements – https://www.patreon.com/TheFractalJournal | Support Steady Indie Goodness https://www.minds.com/Weirmellow |…
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Fractal Radio| Episode 24 – GNUsmas!
Did you ever notice that Samsung backwards is GNUsmas. For you normies out there GNU = GNU is not Unix. Recursive acronym joy! Topics Gnusmas! Projects and plans Russia/Trump Ideological Bubbles The Word Gay Silicon Valley Mythology Vanity Fair uses too much Axe Body Spray http://www.minds.com/Weirmellow – Social Media minus the Orwell http://www.patreon.com/TheFractalJournal –…
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Fractal Radio|Episode 20 – Fred Reed’s Cop Columns, Hurricane Florence, and Updates
A catchup vlog where I review topics like policing, surveillance, technology, chat a bit about the storm affecting (effecting? lol always hated this) the southeast and give some updates on upcoming content. Mr. Reed’s Cop Columns – https://fredoneverything.org/category/cop-colums/ https://www.fractaljournal.com | Stories, Essays, and More! https://www.minds.com/Weirmellow | Join the Indie Social Media Revloution! https://www.patreon.com/TheFractalJournal |…
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Fractal Radio | Episode 19 – Pundits Disease
Public discourse is vital to a free and open society. Effective public discourse faces many challenges. One such challenge is Pundits Disease – moralizing about pet issues from a high tower. Pundits and commentators whether mainstream or independent tend to be removed from direct involvement in what they are discussing. A position that leads them…
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‘Don’t Datamine Me Bro’ – Taser, Axon, Skynet? (Part II)
I was born in 1989. A mere 29 years ago and despite my ‘youth’ I still feel odd about cloud storage. A radical shift happened in the new millennium. All my childhood and adolescent visions of precincts with tidy file cabinets of records attended to by harried cops and clerks no longer hold sway.…