PATREON and Anonymity

you can sign up for PATREON using your ID and screen name here .. (see picture)

your email will not be shown
you do need credit card or paypal info entered but ALL that is private even from the ppl you donate to..

so your name is not revealed

When you first create the account it may populate the user name with yours after you put payment info in.. but you can change it right away. https://counter.social/media/TKxVprRfvxhX0zaX7AM

WTP HAS A QUESTION:

Facebook complies with censorship laws in Russia, China, & Israel to name a few - So why is it so hard for them to conform to any form of editorial rules in regards to campaign advertising??

Just asking

From: John Sipher:

Facebook—“the biggest surveillance-based enterprise in the history of mankind..."

New Yorker Article: Cambridge Analytica and a Moral Reckoning in Silicon Valley

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/02/cambridge-analytica-and-a-moral-reckoning-in-silicon-valley

What Are 'Data Brokers,' and Why Are They Scooping Up Information About You?
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bjpx3w/what-are-data-brokers-and-how-to-stop-my-private-data-collection

Don't know if you've ever seen the California Redwoods IRL, they are staggering. https://counter.social/media/01t6F3Fvz7_JhlEZylM https://counter.social/media/3TRytYJFnU6PmZdq6KA

Happy National Oreo Day !

Now, this is the news I like:

Aerospace engineers found a way to predict with 100% accuracy where the cream ends up when you twist an Oreo

Rocket science is so sweet

https://qz.com/806914/oreo-twist-off-game-prediction/ https://counter.social/media/r8VYP_1m4pASGDgT2NY

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