Has anyone seen any good discussion or analysis of the potential long term impact the Israeli pager explosives attack may have generally on mass consumer confidence, not only in Israeli tech, but in consumer tech generally?

How on the nose is it to demonstrate so cleanly that the tech you buy is not trustworthy, harms people, is designed to exploit you, and may even. . . kill you? cc @pluralistic

#privacy#tech #ai#Israel#Terrorism#Fascism#Democracy #labor #gaza

@pluralistic This video essay touches on some of what I have been wondering about.

The channel is mostly China propaganda but the analysis of western espionage and potential impacts is not wrong, and at least reflect what China, the largest trade partner for most of the wold's countries, will be saying about Western tech globally.

#tech#IT #geopolitics#Israel #terrorism #gaza#china #imperialism #politics #economics

https://youtu.be/CGnVF55Eu0o?si=0OMlPEaaeuF_qu1z

I don’t think the nature of the video is solely directed at old white men, though that is certainly a target. It’s about authenticity than anyone can appreciate. It’s the contrast between Harris and Walz, and Trump and Vance. Both Trump and Vance hate poor people. #Politics#Vote
Sorta sounds like the ideal MAGAt candidate.

Mark Robinson, NC GOP nominee for governor, called himself a ‘black NAZI!,’ supported slavery in past comments made on porn forum | CNN Politics
#politics
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/politics/kfile-mark-robinson-black-nazi-pro-slavery-porn-forum/index.html

#politics #elections #Russia #propaganda #disinformation#InformationWarfare

'The practices alleged by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) closely match what my co-authors and I have identified in our new book...as having become standard practice in Russian attempts to influence international audiences.

Here are five key features of Russian information manipulation we identified, and which can help understand the latest election-meddling scandal.'

https://theconversation.com/five-disinformation-tactics-russia-is-using-to-try-to-influence-the-us-election-238379

A #congress member intervened to help #Trump’s social media company jump the line for a difficult-to-obtain foreign-worker #visa to bring a company exec to the US, acc/to interviews & records reviewed by @ProPublica.

A fmr staffer for Rep #DonBacon, a #Nebraska#Republican, said the congressman personally instructed her to help Trump Media, even though she thought it was inappropriate to mix #politics w/the office’s constituent services duties.

#immigration #law
#HarrisWalz2024

I love that Kamala's pick for vice-president is a data and maps nerd. This makes me very, very happy. 👇

Former geography teacher Tim Walz is really into maps • Minnesota Reformer

https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/08/06/former-geography-teacher-tim-walz-is-really-into-maps/

#data #maps #gis #geography #uspol #politics

Axios:
Harris builds an army of House surrogates

The Harris campaign is casting a drastically wider net in recruiting House Democrats to stump for the presidential ticket...

The Harris campaign has been hearing from members proactively reaching out with offers of assistance, according to a source familiar with the matter...

Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) ... "Everybody wants in on this campaign, and they're excited about it."
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/25/kamala-harris-campaign-biden-house-surrogates

#News#Politics#Harris#KamalaHarris#TimWalz