Imogen @imgn@mastodon.social
Scientist | Songwriter | Storyteller
Feminist | Indigenous | Queer 🦄
Joined Nov 2019
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Age: Gen X
Gender: Female XX
Orientation: Pansexual
Pronouns: She/Her
Sign: Leo/Ox
Status: Single
Career: STEM
Education: PhD
Location: USA
Politics: Left/Liberal
Race: Native/White
Religion: Agnostic
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Riveting, but not surprising. The psychopathy of the Trump dynasty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeIZb1lZDy0
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Google accidentally enables Home smart speakers to listen in to everyday house sounds
Cloak your photos with this #AI privacy tool to fool facial recognition https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/4/21353810/facial-recognition-block-ai-selfie-cloaking-fawkes
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Neuroscientist explains why Christian evangelicals are wired to believe Donald Trump’s gaslighting lies. Being taught to suppress critical thinking begins at a very early age. It is the combination of the brain's vulnerability to believing unsupported facts and aggressive indoctrination that create gullibility. #uspol #politics #usa #corruption https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/neuroscientist-explains-why-christian-evangelicals-are-wired-to-believe-donald-trumps-gaslighting-lies/
I know I am not alone in saying that I have read dozens of nearly identical posts from developers over the past two decades. If you are not emotionally prepared for the responsibilities of managing a growing community, then please rethink the launch of your passion project. Dumping your 35K users when things get tough is not a strategy. It's why people become reluctant to invest in new platforms or instances. /rant #invidious https://omar.yt/posts/stepping-away-from-open-source
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The CEOs of Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon tried to shift the narrative about whether their companies are monopolies. But their statements don’t match reality. Read more here: https://protonmail.com/blog/tech-ceos-hearing/
In a nutshell, Zuck is saying that if FB is not allowed to grow bigger and more powerful then someone else will (like the Chinese commies) https://invidio.us/watch?v=OgzqQzu7Woc
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As the #BigTech CEOs prepare for their Congress antitrust hearing today, take a look at the timelines we’ve prepared about @google @Facebook @Amazon @Apple's years of abuse of their massive power:
https://privacyinternational.org/corporateabusetimeline?tid=440 https://nitter.net/privacyint/status/1288421833277046784/photo/1
Noam Chomsky on Trump's tinpot dictatorship https://invidio.us/watch?v=HahFTAkXlwA
Reading the book now https://invidio.us/watch?v=wlYJTsToJzQ
Rufus Wainwright - Devils & Angels (Hatred) #music https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=pt3RcNoveDU
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Scientist | Songwriter | Storyteller
Feminist | Indigenous | Queer 🦄
Joined Nov 2019
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