Our digital age is full of distractions. Media reports the facts with bias. We collect the news you need about Big Tech, cybersecurity, transhumanism, social media and media ecology.
It has been observed by a number of pundits recently that the demand for racism seems to be outstripping supply. Due to the mercurial definition of racism, discrimination and bigotry can be found under every rock. Classical music is racist. One gentlemen admired the white supremacy that led to a teenager jumping on a trampoline with abandon. As this… Read More Demand and supply
De-bunking, the joy of fact-checkers and know-it-alls everywhere, is so two weeks ago. NBC News says that the new thing is “pre-bunking”. While the term may trigger thoughts of media bias and censorship – “that post has been removed” – it is actually something quite different. Researchers from Cambridge University wanted to explain “in simple, nonpartisan language some of the most common… Read More Show your work
At Mad Mondays, we’ve gathered quite a lot of evidence to show that the sexual revolutionaries are determined to recruit children. Or lie trying. Libs of TikTok, a social media account, consistently shows the insanity of progressive ideologues by re-posting their own words verbatim. For her trouble, the account’s owner Chaya Raichik has been pilloried by corporate media and banned by… Read More Dragged into the light
If you are serious about online privacy, Gear Patrol think they know how you can start to become a ghost in the machine. They recommend deleting Facebook and prescribe a nomadic use of public wi-fi, which all sounds a bit tricky. Well, at the very least stay away from TikTok! Yes, China is likely a paper tiger, but ByteDance, TikTok’s parent… Read More Now you don’t
If you watched last week’s Stop the White Noise, you would have caught Rev. and Mrs. Fisk discussing the helpful advice gleaned from self-help guru Tony Robbins. Robbins promotes a method of dealing with a crippling emotional life called “scrambling”. The mental exercise involves turning trauma and unhealthy mental habits into cartoons. In a similar vein, we… Read More Keeping it riddikulus
It would seem the New York Times is catching up. A recent report (we found it in the Daily Wire) says that 90% of PCR COVID positive tests are likely wrong. Folks who know better were warning that PCR tests were not fit for COVID testing from the early days of the pandemic. So excuse… Read More Playing catch up
Security online is a somewhat tenuous and ever-shifting problem that may be difficult tomanage or navigate. However, there are tools that can help. Since there are no perfect toolsthat keep you safe, nothing can substitute good, common-sense approaches. For instance,don’t open attachments or links from emails or texts you don’t 100% know are legitimate(unless you… Read More Online Privacy tips from our Mad readers
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt has written quite extensively about social media and its effect on childhood, mental health, and society more broadly. His lengthy piece for The Atlantic was shared widely and for good reason. It is a potted history of how we got here, but also a summary of the impact this technology has on us all. He… Read More Tyranny of the frivolous
Many meltdowns were over the charge that Twitter would become the Wild West of Hate and Misinformation, but Musk has clarified that he defines free speech as letting people speak within the bounds of the law. However, laws can be changed. In a strangely-timed announcement, Homeland Security said it was setting up a disinformation governance board. Dubbed the “Ministry… Read More Minority report
Just when we thought that Twitter could not get any crazier, last week showed that just isn’t possible. Elon Musk’s offer to buy the social media platform was accepted by the governing board. If you read the copious amounts of commentary, you would think that the end of the world was imminent. Even if Musk’s… Read More We will not have this man rule over us
