Quote of the Day

In the space of one hundred and seventy-six years the Mississippi has shortened itself two hundred and forty-two miles. Therefore ... in the Old Silurian Period the Mississippi River was upward of one million three hundred thousand miles long ... seven hundred and forty-two years from now the Mississippi will be only a mile and three-quarters long. ... There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesome returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
-- Mark Twain

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Twitter/Facebook/Instagram should be the side dish, not the main course

I’ve had a web presence since 1995… NONSTOP SINCE 1998, PALAlso, yes, this. I'm not leaving Twitter but I am strongly encouraging people to build/repopulate their own sites, stuff them full of content, and encourage people to visit them there. Twitter/Facebook/Insta should be the side dish, not the main course. https://t.co/5wkgo0E2lj— John Scalzi (@scalzi) January … Continue reading “Twitter/Facebook/Instagram should be the side dish, not the main course”

Major policy decisions at Facebook are being driven by three Republican political operatives

2. "Decisions are made to benefit Republicans because they are paranoid about their reputation among conservative Republicans, particularly Trump," one former Facebook employee who worked in the DC office said https://t.co/5mBoi8301s— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 17, 2019

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