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2025: Keep democracy alive. Our New Year’s resolution

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FrameLab – Advice for defeating the authoritarian threat – “It is hard to compete with Woody Guthrie’s timeless list of New Year resolutions from 1943, which includes these ever-relevant goals:

Work more and better.
Read lots of good books.
Keep hoping machine running.
Help win war – beat fascism.
Wake up and fight.

But here’s a list of FrameLab resolutions as we head into 2025: [highlights without the abstracts but please read the entire post]: Be Brave, Cultivate empathy, Stay focused, Be proactive, Foster real connections, Avoid brain rot and lies, Share a positive message when possible, Demand accountability, Engage young people, Don’t help Trump, Don’t argue with his supporters, Remember: this is a regime, Learn from history, Support artists and the arts, Take care of yourself, Celebrate victories, Persist!

The Internet Is Not Forever

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Zeit Online: “The Internet is forever. At least, that was the promise — and the threat — of the digital age, echoed across browsers, clouds, and platforms. A silent warning accompanied every upload: be careful what you post — this will last forever. But with each passing day, it becomes increasingly clear how deceptive that… Continue Reading

Study Finds Consumers Are Actively Turned Off by Products That Use AI

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The Byte: “Researchers have found that including the words “artificial intelligence” in product marketing is a major turn-off for consumers, suggesting a growing backlash and disillusionment with the tech — and that startups trying to cram “AI” into their product are actually making a grave error. As detailed in a new study published in the… Continue Reading

EPA Report Finds That Formaldehyde Presents an “Unreasonable Risk” to Public Health

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ProPublica: “A long-awaited report from the Environmental Protection Agency has found that formaldehyde presents an unreasonable risk to human health. But the report, released Thursday, downplayed the threat the chemical poses to people living near industrial plants that release large quantities of the carcinogen into the air.The health risk assessment was published weeks after a… Continue Reading

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 4, 2025

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Via LLRX – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and… Continue Reading

I Configured These 5 Firefox Settings for Optimal Security

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How to Geek: ” Enhanced Tracking Protection Website Privacy Preferences Website Advertising Preferences Use Primary Password Deceptive Content and Dangerous Software Protection I’ve been a Chrome user for the longest time, but I recently switched to Firefox because of its advanced security settings. If you’re considering switching to Firefox or are already using it, I… Continue Reading

The Ethics Complaint Against Liz Cheney: Blue Smoke Without Fire

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Just Security: “A recently released House of Representatives Subcommittee on Oversight report accuses former Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney of unethical conduct and concludes that “the Federal Bureau of Investigation must also investigate Representative Cheney.” The report is the House Republican majority’s investigation of the House’s own January 6 report, created when the Democrats still controlled the… Continue Reading