Boddhisatva @ Boddhisatva @lemmy.world

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I think that the protests have finally gotten the politically uninformed to look around and see what's happening. Most of those "independents or those who don't identify with either major party" are just not in the habit of informing themselves about policy. Many, or maybe even most, get the bullet points on the daily news and that's it. Now, somewhere north of 6 million people have protested Trump's policies and the news has been covering it. It has shaken them out of their routine. They've looked around and educated themselves and realized that this is not normal.

I hope this means the next round of protests hits the 10 million people mark.

Rule 1. Post only links to articles. Title must fairly describe link contents.

Don't post screenshots. Post a link to the article. I'm not going to waste my time trying to find an article when you don't bother to post a link to it.

Not politics and not an article.

Really bad headline. The actual article is about a study showing that browser fingerprinting is being used in real time in pricing target ads to your browser.

To investigate whether websites are using fingerprinting data to track people, the researchers had to go beyond simply scanning websites for the presence of fingerprinting code. They developed a measurement framework called FPTrace, which assesses fingerprinting-based user tracking by analyzing how ad systems respond to changes in browser fingerprints. This approach is based on the insight that if browser fingerprinting influences tracking, altering fingerprints should affect advertiser bidding — where ad space is sold in real time based on the profile of the person viewing the website — and HTTP records — records of communication between a server and a browser.

“This kind of analysis lets us go beyond the surface,” said co-author Jimmy Dani, Saxena’s doctoral student. “We were able to detect not just the presence of fingerprinting, but whether it was being used to identify and target users — which is much harder to prove.”

The researchers found that tracking occurred even when users cleared or deleted cookies. The results showed notable differences in bid values and a decrease in HTTP records and syncing events when fingerprints were changed, suggesting an impact on targeting and tracking.

Additionally, some of these sites linked fingerprinting behavior to backend bidding processes — meaning fingerprint-based profiles were being used in real time, likely to tailor responses to users or pass along identifiers to third parties.

Aaaah! Act now! Hurry! Change ALL your passwords! Your password was stolen by malware on your device so change it now... on your device... that still has malware... Wait a minute. Shouldn't this article at least suggest removing the malware first?

I bet the business address is that same as the one for his Trump watches, gold sneakers, and some “male enhancement honey” that you'd have to be very hard up well, desperate to try.

In my defense I didn't say I wouldn't do it for less...

Oh yes, let's tell the bloodthirsty narcissist that he's the chosen of God and can do no wrong. I hope we're all ready for WWIII because here it comes.

“We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there - We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now. But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Thank you for your attention on this matter? What a bizarre thing to say.

Oh, no! Did she accidentally show someone compassion?

Fucking ghouls.

Well I for one am perfectly convinced that patient TX45788288 is clean and free of drugs. Of course, I don't really know who that is. Probably isn't Musk though. Even if it is, I'm quite sure that he could easily find someone to piss in a cup for him for a million or so. Hell, I hate the dirt bag and I would have done it for a million bucks.

Also, I would never impute the integrity of Jennifer Taylor of Fastest Labs of South Austin, but I think maybe her boss should check to see if she suddenly jumped into a new tax bracket.

Your primary job as governor is to vet the people you’re bringing on board your administration.

That is far from the primary job of a state Governor. Do you really think that state Governors primarily sit around and personally read through everyone's social media posts?

It sounds like some rubber stamp bullshit a governor signs off on after his subordinates approve/disapprove candidates. I bet Walz had no idea who he was when he signed off.

I think this is absolutely correct. In fact, he was Boetler was originally appointed to the board by the prior Governor Mark Dayton. All Walz did was retain him in the same position he already held.

It appears it is the same Boelter who was appointed to the Governor’s Workforce Development Board in 2019 by Gov. Tim Walz. He appointed to the Governor’s Workforce Development Council in 2016 by then-Gov. Mark Dayton.”

Okay, they say they found a secret signal chat with "democratic operatives" and crypto advocates pushing for legislation beneficial to crypto companies. No names at all, and not legislators, just 'operatives.' Then they go on to talk about the GENIOUS Act, a Republican bill that is that is scheduled to be voted on in the Senate. What even is the point of this article?

And there's this...

In the chat, they admitted that while “Trump’s corruption is manifesting dramatically in crypto,” it would be “political suicide” for Democrats to reject doing the industry’s bidding

Yeah, that is just how I see democratic operatives chatting. We must do the industry's bidding!

I'm afraid I must disagree. The right, in general, don't care for dogs any more than they care for any other livestock. There are exceptions, of course, but in general they care about them as tools. Guard dogs, hunting dogs, great, but if that hunting dog misbehaves, they have no problem taking it straight to the gravel pit like Kristi Noem did. You even point out in your post that cops in the US shoot dogs at a mind boggling rate. Well, those cops are predominantly aligned with the right, are they not?

Yes, that's actually part of the fascist mindset. It brings to mind Umberto Eco's 14 Common Features of Fascism, well, this one, anyway.

8. The enemy is both strong and weak. “By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”

Just as Biden was a doddering old fool who kept falling asleep, he was at the same time was a sinister mastermind running the deep state and destroying America. Modern American conservatives have no difficulty holding opposing concepts like these in mind at the same time. They are immune to cognitive dissonance.

And if Trump has his way, that baby will someday get deported too. The dad should be glad the baby wasn't with mom when they kidnapped her. They might have taken the baby too.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

This is why I am having a hard time feeling bad for Trump supporters who just found out that Trump wants them out too despite them being legal residents. There were never enough undocumented immigrants to meet the deportation numbers he wants. He was always planning on cancelling work and student visas and anything else to kick brown people out of the country.

Good. I really hope this passes, but if it doesn't, some people will be on record supporting yet another pointless war in the middle-east.