Thursday, May 15, 2025

Today's news and jokes

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U.S. health regulators have announced plans to phase out fluoride-containing supplements sometimes used to strengthen children’s teeth.

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— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) May 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM










Scoop: Flock is adding people tracking to its license plate detecting cameras. This is a significant escalation in capabilities, and extremely concerning. Functionally means cops will be able to track anyone with a car anywhere they go directly within the Flock tool www.404media.co/license-plat...

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— Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) May 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM

The really crazy thing is that Flock is enriching its own license plate data with *hacked data* from ParkMobile, a parking meter app that got hacked a few years ago, and which has fully replaced parking meters in many cities/lots. Flock also using credit report data, marriage info, property records

— Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) May 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM

Internal conversations at Flock that 404 Media obtained discuss how they are going to try to make connections between people

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— Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) May 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM








46 percent of republicans think cryptocurrencies are a complete scam and 53.9 percent of them are being scammed and don't know it. .1 percent of them are the scammers

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— Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) May 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM


("GD Culture Group, a publicly traded firm with a Chinese subsidiary, has only eight employees, its public filings show, and recorded zero revenue last year from an e-commerce business it operates on TikTok, the Chinese-owned video-sharing app.")







NEW: I was at Dulles yesterday when the South African refugees arrived. I met an Afrikaner family excited to start a new life in Idaho www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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— Nick Miroff (@nickmiroff.bsky.social) May 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM




ME: Give it to me straight doc. Is the tumor malignant? MY ONCOLOGIST WHO THE INSURANCE COMPANY REPLACED WITH AI: Regarding White genocide,

— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono.bsky.social) May 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM




Love all the technology making our lives better

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— Patrick Daugherty (@rotopat.bsky.social) May 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM


it is funny how the tech is so shitty they can't even make it do the propaganda properly

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— Bruno Dias (@brunodias.bsky.social) May 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM


(A write-up about Grok) (And from 2016, "Tay: Microsoft issues apology over racist chatbot fiasco")















BBC















1 year ago ~to the day~

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— Seth Trueger (@mdaware.org) May 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM


i'm losing it

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— amy brown 💫 (@amybrown.xyz) May 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
















Something experts were apparently predicting







you're so proud of your 6yo's reading and confidence until she's shouting the taglines of your romance paperbacks at the library book sale. "NO WOMAN CAN RESIST....THE CAPTAIN OF ALL PLEASURE." like good job but girl be cool

— alix e. harrow (@alixeharrow.bsky.social) April 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM








@doina

I just bought these safety cables and i have to say they are ELITE. When people steal luggage on trains usually it’s a matter of a very quick “easy” action, i’ve been on so many trains where thieves either stole or tried to steal luggage just afore doors close and they always target whatever looks the most available, so this bit of extra protection should hopefully discourage them 🫡

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