Yeah no. That’s antisemitic bullshit you see literal Nazis spout off about.

This recent “story” was only posted in a shitty tabloid, picked up by a couple other shitty tabloids, and gullible people spread it all over social media.

Firefox also sells personalized ads

Is this in reference to sponsored content on the new tab page?

and tracks your keystrokes.

Telemetry? Or something else?

Well I’m convinced! /s

Idk, pretty sure TinTin is Belgian

My favourite is “absolute free speech!!” combined with “if you say something someone doesn’t like, they are entitled to punch you”

Anyone who says that is forgetting that punching falls under assault.

Hate speech is far beyond merely “something I don’t like”. It is advocating for the oppression and even eradication of people based on their very identity.

Hate speech should not be tolerated if we want to live in a society that tolerates the existence of others. (So called “paradox of tolerance” which is really not a paradox when you frame it as I have). We can tolerate the existence of bigoted assholes but prohibit them spreading their bigotry. Otherwise we live in a society that supports intolerance.

You might be right now that you mention it. 🤔

I was told earlier today this was due to a transporter accident.

Can relate. They should call it Attention Control Deficit Disorder. (Or, really, Executive Function Disorder but anyway…)

Well, we sure as shit better not get “involved” on the ground in Iran.

Is it? Maybe I’m out of the loop.

FWIW, EFF just published this:

New Privacy Badger Prevents Google From Mangling More of Your Links and Invading Your Privacy

Better late than never I guess?

Geez I just realized many people probably never lived to see this fixed… fuck. Now I’m sad and feeling extra mortal.

And privacy badger

I see all too many recommendations to use Brave in comments so a post like this is of value.

What a disgusting load of bullshit.

The school board is going to investigate. I wonder what will happen.

The article below has more details of the whole fiasco.

https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/breaking_news/school-board-announces-investigation-into-students-discipline-at-walker-high-school/article_34d5376a-64af-11ee-8800-a7d83346e392.html

I was thinking more like a few folks go to each other’s house and finish up some things but accountability chat would be great too.

We need to form local clubs where we help each other finish shit.

Appreciate your efforts! Interesting find about social media. Would not have expected that.

True, I totally agree.

However, if one is evaluating “functional literacy” that means determining if one reads well enough to function in society.

So to truly evaluate functional literacy for native Spanish speakers, it seems like one would have to somehow factor in two things.

First, English is the de facto language in the US. Second, Spanish language translations are provided for a number of written things (for example, our school district letters to parents).

One would be more functional being fluent only in English than only in Spanish, sure (and it depends on which part of the country even which part of a city). But one would surely be more function having some knowledge of English and fluency in Spanish.

I’m not convinced that social media causes a loss of reading skills. I suppose it is possible but I would want to see some studies on the topic. Anecdotally, I do find myself reading less than I used to. I took a number of English lit classes as electives purely for fun and enjoyed reading a number of fun works that I think would hopefully qualify me as reading above a 6th grade level. But that was many years ago. I haven’t done a lot of reading in the last decade except for news articles about everything going to hell. Of the few books I have read, I read them for pleasure and each was lightweight, not too much analysis and explication required, one rather challenging history book about the lead up to the first world war notwithstanding, though it’s difficulty is due more to more complex sentence structure and arcane vocabulary, and less to its erudite discussion of an already complex topic. Nevertheless, I don’t believe I have had any difficulties demonstrating far beyond mere functional literacy you described despite my infrequent reading of anything longer than a news article or Reddit post. Still, this is anecdotal and so I would be interested to see if any scientific evidence exists to connect a loss of reading skills with disuse and to what degree those skills are diminished.

Dumb it down for me doc?