[-] MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

My only weakness was not being cynical enough.

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[-] MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The other 39% view it unfavorably but don't have the spine to speak out against their own party when they know the poll results will be publicized.

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I've experienced similar issues on a local level, sometimes not even getting a response to requests at all. I've encountered law enforcement in online forums who seemed to have complete contempt for the public, bragging that they would deny any records request that came across their desk regardless of the validity or legality of it, and with complete confidence that they would not be penalized for their antisocial antics.

[-] MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago

I'm sat down with a republican family member and she curses the television every time Trump starts one of his ridiculous rants instead of answering a question. It's like watching a sports fan lament their favorite team losing.

[-] MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I did a quick dig because I wanted to see if the rise in police homicide would trend with population growth and violent crime rates. It did not.

Violent crime has been pretty stable for the past decade. Growth in police homicide exceeded the population growth rate by about 7%, if I did my math right.

I'd like to investigate more when I have the time.

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Do you feel that the 4th amendment should protect them? Or perhaps a new amendment should be written to protect them and abolish power of subpoena?

I'm slightly biased as I ask this. I feel that the mind is "sacred" in a sense, that it should be considered a fundamental human right for an individual to be able to preserve privacy over their internally held thoughts and memories, and that the ability of the court to force an individual to speak or disclose part of their mind is a wild overreach of power and an affront to the personal liberty of the innocent.

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I'm starting to like this news outlet.

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The DOJ COPS portal also has plenty of other law enforcement guidance material to peruse.

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Google Data Collection (PDF) (digitalcontentnext.org)
[-] MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world 124 points 3 months ago

The government doesn't need a warrant to browse data that it's already in possession of. Food for thought.

[-] MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I passed on a lot of the fancier apartment buildings for requiring an app and a cell phone to gain access to your own home. I shouldn't have to agree to an arbitration/class action waiver to use my own front door, I don't feel comfortable with management getting a notification on their phone every time I come or go, I don't like the fact that 20+ listed partner companies have access to sensitive personal data, and I shouldn't have to wait for maintenance to show up in the middle of the night because I couldn't make it back home before my personal tracking device died on me.

The sad thing is that most of these locking units cost these apartments hundreds of dollars each on top of a monthly subscription.

[-] MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm most interested in their video that covers the use of social media to advance policy.

[-] MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

What about them?

Google already got fined $170M for COPPA violations in 2019. Twitter was fined $150M in 2022 for disregard of privacy laws. Meta settled for $1.4B in a privacy suit just last week. TikTok isn't being singled out here.

[-] MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world 85 points 3 months ago

Intel is supposed to be heading domestic chip production very soon. An Intel failure could have significant national security implications. The fed won't allow them to fail.

[-] MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

I had to wait until I had organ damage that could be verified by testing for my symptoms to be believe. They were trying to shove anxiety meds, antidepressants, and antipsychotics down my throat the whole way down, and these were the doctors that I was traveling a long way to see because I actually liked them.

[-] MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

That's the first thing I was going to mention. I just closed the page without reading the article.

[-] MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world 52 points 3 months ago

They tried to search my laptop when they went through my car at the border, and were greeted with an encrypted boot screen. They tried to interrogate me twice. Glad to know nobody else will have to deal with that now.

"So, you're a tech guy, huh? I bet you're smart." 😐 ...

"Are you into politics? Who'd you vote for?" 🫤 ...

"I'm just trying to have a friendly conversation with you." 🤐 ...

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