Polish Pope Paul II, Czechoslovak playwritter Havel and Hungarian Soros were the key enablers who tore the Berlin Wall as we know success has many fathers, but this holy troika of saints and sinners made it happen ... The mud that is thrown at Soros is unprecedented even the communists were not as ruthless in their execution of his character ... Almost on L... Scale ...
Washington: Liberal philanthropist George Soros has called on Facebook to initiate an independent, internal investigation of its lobbying and public relations work.
The call comes after The New York Timespublished a report claiming the company had hired an opposition research firm to discredit critics by linking them to Soros, a frequent target of conservatives and anti-Semitic vitriol from the far right
Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis - The New York Times: “…When Facebook users learned last spring that the company had compromised their privacy in its rush to expand, allowing access to the personal information of tens of millions of people to a political data firm linked to President Trump, Facebook sought to deflect blame and mask the extent of the problem.
Another Facebook vulnerability could have exposed information about users and their friends The Verge
Students in Brooklyn protest their school’s use of a Zuckerberg-backed online curriculum designed by Facebook engineers Business Insider
'An orchestrated political hit': NSW Greens party room in turmoil -
Home Affairs, Crime Commission flag suppression for audits
Auditor-General Grant Hehir revealed the department, and the criminal intelligence commission, were the first two agencies to signal they could try having sections of his reports blacked out. The national auditor has revealed which agencies have warned they could seek to black out parts of his reports.
AFP seize cars, wine, allege Chinese buying homes with crime proceeds
Jewellery, cars and high-end items worth $8.5m have been seized by federal police, with Chinese nationals allegedly using proceeds of crime to buy property.
'I'll get you': NSW Libs hit by allegations of verbal abuse
The party's federal vice-president is threatening to report a NSW Upper House MP to the police over the alleged abuse.
Ministers quit May government as Brexit deal threatens to fall apart
The senior minister in charge of Brexit describes his own government's deal as a threat to the integrity of the UK.
'Paranoia': NSW government denies gagging critics of feral horse plan
The Berejiklian government rejects claims it gagged scientists due to address a conference on the damage in the Kosciuszko National Park from feral horses.
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Reddit has an entire “Shower Thoughts” subreddit dedicated to “the miniature epiphanies you have that highlight the oddities within the familiar.” In honor of those weird, wonderful and sometimes profound musings ...
University of Pennsylvania: “Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram may not be great for personal well-being. The first experimental study examining use of multiple platforms shows a causal link between time spent on these social media and increased depression and loneliness.
The link between the two has been talked about for years, but a causal connection had never been proven. For the first time, University of Pennsylvania research based on experimental data connects Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram use to decreased well-being. Psychologist Melissa G. Hunt published her findings in the December Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology..”
Melissa G. Hunt, Rachel Marx, Courtney Lipson, Jordyn Young. No More FOMO: Limiting Social Media Decreases Loneliness and Depression. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 2018; 751 DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2018.37.10.751
The Future Library — books that will not be published until their authors die (NYT)
New journal allows academics to publish controversial articles under a pseudonym (while they are still alive).
What you do every day matters more than what you do every once in a while. Read The Power of Habit.
Slain Mobster Whitey Bulger's Career Advice To Students: 'If You Want To Make Crime Pay, Go To Law School Independent, Career Mobster James Whitey Bulger's Surprising Advice to Three Schoolgirls:
In
the years leading up to his death in jail last week, notorious Boston
mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger wrote about his regrets in life.
Bulger,
imprisoned for life for his role in 11 murders, wrote a letter to three
teenage girls in 2015, telling them he was "a ninth-grade dropout" who
"took the wrong road". The former mobster said he was among "society's
lower, best forgotten" members. He told the students, who had first
written to him for a school history project, not to spend their time on
him. "My life was wasted and spent foolishly, brought shame and
suffering on my parents and siblings and will end soon," he wrote.
The US Bureau of Prisons confirmed that Bulger (89) died last Tuesday at the jail in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.
TOXIC MASCULINITY: ‘Multiple Men’ Were ‘Ready to Take a Bullet For Any Single One of Us,’ Says Woman Who Survived California Shooting.
Workplace rumours: how should organisations respond?
CORPORATE COMMUNICATION: Rumours are a normal part of workplaces in times of change, but when handled poorly can be damaging.