Debbie Goldsmith @dgoldsmith@mastodon.social

We've added new blogs on FtB!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/12/15/check-out-our-updated-roster-on-ftb/

"Do you see shadows here?" the king said.
Nani squinted and looked around. There was a dark patch by- no, that was the cat.
#AdvenTale 15/25

Here's the Pew Research report that those statistics came from:

"Americans and Privacy: Concerned, Confused and Feeling Lack of Control Over Their Personal Information"

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2019/11/15/americans-and-privacy-concerned-confused-and-feeling-lack-of-control-over-their-personal-information/

"Tech industry allies... argue that consumers willingly trade their personal data for access to valuable services... [But] 81% of respondents said they feel they have little or no control over the data companies collect on them and that the potential risks outweigh the benefits."

"Meet the scholar who diagnosed ‘surveillance capitalism’"

https://apnews.com/68e73fe9c328fc4548d051e0d56b1b7f

Everyone Nani saw was beautiful and wearing bright, colourful clothes. None of them, however, outshone the king. He smiled.
#AdvenTale 14/25

It's not the brown people…it's the racist demagoguery that's wrecking the country.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/12/14/are-we-screwed-it-sure-looks-like-we-are/

#activitypub is
“also something Thunderbird is actively looking at supporting, in product, in 2020.”
https://twitter.com/mozthunderbird/status/1205221539165229056

"Inequality is essential for the spirit of envy" - Boris Johnson.

A key, underlying narrative of the new "Britain Trump" era will be those in power seeking not to lower our position on this chart by decreasing inequality, but to bring it up even higher to the level of the US.

"Here?" The person laughed. "Let's go ask the king. May I have your name?"
Nani knew that trick.
"You can call me... Nina."
#AdvenTale 13/25

Scottish National Party leader says Boris Johnson has no mandate to take Scotland out of the EU and demands independence vote

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/13/snp-sturgeon-says-johnson-has-no-mandate-to-take-scotland-out-of-eu.html

The Vivascope showed the fabric of lived reality, the patchwork of communities, the seams, the stains, tears, and mends.
"There are a lot of little random stitches here and there," I observed. "What are those?"
"Acts of kindness."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories