Joshua Casey 😷 @JoshuaACasey@social.cleverlibre.org

putting aside the merits of the tiktok ban debate in the US, there is a typical lack of self-awareness in it all, given that american tech companies dominate the sector in so much of the world & collect massive amounts of data on people globally. sure, of course, american companies lack the relationship with the USG that bytedance has with the PRC, but they certainly *are* american and have marinated in american ways of thinking about interests, ideals, law, jurisdiction, privacy, etc. so...

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It's not available yet, but I'm looking forward to the annual message from the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

I can preview it's content: "We're not corrupt. La-la-la-la."

It likely will hail the passage of internet censorship legislation as part of the NDAA that prevents publication of some information concerning the ethics of federal judges.

It likely won't mention that more than a hundred judges heard cases in which they had a financial interest.

Think about all the humor the world didn't get to see before Twitter existed. The parodies alone!

I’m seeing lots of schadenfreude about the guy “losing” $200 billion. It benefits no one. A better way would be to tax the megabillionaires fairly: i.e., returning the bulk of their wealth to the society that made them rich in the first place.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-30/elon-musk-becomes-first-person-ever-to-lose-200-billion

You deserve better.

#GetSession

Are we clear now extreme disparities of income—and particularly subsidizing billionaires—is not great for a healthy, stable society?

A new study estimates that 7% of Americans (19 million people) have Long COVID (LC). 25% report it affects their daily activities "a lot." Interestingly, LC is more prevalent among folks age 25-34 than among folks age 65+.

But masks make you look silly, amiright?

https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciac961/6948437