You can just watch the NSA facial recognition database grow as people post their Google portrait matches. Just kidding, Congress stopped bulk data collection. And if you believe that, you also believe Google will not misuse the image of your face. #privacy #security #prism

Test syndication post from my blog to Mastodon. 🔌

Near future prediction-- Woman takes on an ambitious project to create the first A.I. politician. 4 days later a mysterious company bought the A.I. and she no longer has access to it.

"What do you do for a living?"
"Me? Oh, I own the patent for wheat. Yeah, so if anyone wants to eat, they have to buy my seeds."

This is why we'll never meet aliens. The basic needs of food and shelter are held hostage by capitalism.

Dear America, "Whether they are pregnant or not, women are second-class citizens when it comes to health care. "

This is shameful. https://qz.com/1108193/whats-killing-americas-new-mothers/

This Friday is a good day because I say so, dammit brain.
https://mastodon.social/@sikkdays/18366823

Great take on Google. Read it and see if you can still use their products with good conscience. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/opinion/sunday/google-tech-diversity-memo.html

Upcoming pod on mental health, "It's your health. We need to treat it as seriously as high blood pressure, as diabetes, as cancer." - Paul D

Never been to Disney. I don't think I ever want to go there now. This is just downright creepy. https://gizmodo.com/how-i-let-disney-track-my-every-move-1792875386

The question we never ask ourselves..
What happen to the Funky Bunch, Mr. Wahlberg?