Beware! That person walking down the street in the heavy-looking glasses might be stealing your data!

This story from today is alarming. Your entire life might be on-screen in Kenya, totally unbeknownst to you at all. And the glasses themselves might even be dangerous to its own users! If you thought Mark Zuckerberg and his AI systems were intrusive and even malevolent, you haven't even seen the worst yet. I am …

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The EU has declared WAR on Free Speech and on Elon Musk’s X platform! Big Fine Issued!

This week, the unelected, tyrannical European Commission issued notice of a 120 Million Euro Fine against Elon Musk and the free-speech platform X (formerly known as Twitter). His wrongdoing? Failure to respond to European notices to CENSOR posts issued by European members that ran afoul of the Digital Services Act covering all online speech. https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1996958605015158830?s=20

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #323: Sounds of Silence

First off this week, I have to disagree with one of the quotes Tina used in her post (link at the bottom). The quote stated that all noise is "waste". In my opinion, it depends on how you define "noise". Is the soft plashing of a creek considered noise? Or is it a pleasant, relaxing …

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