Category Archives: technology

Nextdoor dotcom – real-estate value manipulation, fake local politics, scammers, racism, stalking/harassing of unhoused, slander, Parler gateway, etc

I don’t plan to spend a whole lot more time or space discussing the stalker/vigilante/fascist neighborhood surveillance network ‘Nextdoor’, but thought I would post something of a summary analysis about what I’ve learned and what I feel others should be aware of about this drama and chaos-filled “social” network, which has already been associated withContinue reading “Nextdoor dotcom – real-estate value manipulation, fake local politics, scammers, racism, stalking/harassing of unhoused, slander, Parler gateway, etc”

Gamestop? Yes, lets increase a stealthy military recruiter’s stock prices to own the short sellers.

Let me see if I understand this. A mob of Reddit users from a sub-Reddit known for alt-right membership, Trumpism, video games, and… investment strategies, decided to make Short Sellers hurt by INCREASING the value of their held stocks through small dollar investments made en masse via social media. Gamestop is the video games retailerContinue reading “Gamestop? Yes, lets increase a stealthy military recruiter’s stock prices to own the short sellers.”

Virtual Breadlines, and other quintessentially American problems-

At least during the past, before the internet and online ordering, when the breadlines formed and basic supplies became limited you could *see* those breadlines forming, photograph them, and document them in this way. Today, under late-stage capitalism and all it has wrought, the ‘breadlines’ are virtual since most people order online and enjoy, lol,Continue reading “Virtual Breadlines, and other quintessentially American problems-“

I knew I picked a good time to abandon Facebook

https://www.fastcompany.com/90510515/facebooks-zuckerberg-backs-trump-over-dorsey-in-twitter-fact-check-feud As MUCH of Facebook’s success is built on hosting the wildest fantasies of online propagandists, fascist governments and their intelligence services, religious extremists, theocracies, and censorship-heavy regimes, as well as what launched them in the first place — the domestic right-wing clickbait and propaganda ads that helped elect Donald Trump, which we blame onContinue reading “I knew I picked a good time to abandon Facebook”

Apps are not Real, Personal Computing is Dead for Most of You.

Don’t let anyone try to convince you ‘apps’ are real. Are you ready to give up the “personal” in your personal computing environment? You may have already. What is an app? It is a collection of program files, potentially some dlls, file systems, and data files, among other things, and they are designed to runContinue reading “Apps are not Real, Personal Computing is Dead for Most of You.”