In 1921, public pressure prompted Congress to put on the appearance of investigating Klan violence and undue influence in local and state governments—but Congress quickly ended its inquiry when Klan officials denied the allegations. Immediately thereafter, new Klan membership applications jumped to 5,000 per day. By 1924, there were three million active members nationwide, including 35,000 in Detroit, 55,000 in Chicago, 200,000 in Ohio, 240,000 in Indiana, and 260,000 in Pennsylvania.
@mfioretti As 5G was rolling out last year or so, Xfinity was touting its "10G Network".
This was pure, unadulterated marketing.
6G telecom is one of those cases where I LOVE having been right... until I think to how much money was wasted:
Read this to see how right I was: https://buff.ly/4c531Yi
Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus Feasting On Great Pacific Garbage Patch!
This is good news!
https://futurism.com/the-byte/plastic-eating-fungus-pacific-garbage-patch
"Some commentators are snarking that Microsoft really really wants to make 2025 the year of Linux on the Desktop, and it's kind of hard to refute them right now."
Indeed: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/06/is-microsoft-trying-to-commit-.html
"even if you don't use Recall, if you send an email or instant message to someone else who does then it will be OCRd and indexed via Recall: and preserved for posterity.
Now imagine the shit-show when this goes corporate."
https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/06/is-microsoft-trying-to-commit-.html
David Frum's 2019 Atlantic article on a history of the history of D-Day, written for the 75th anniversary
People don't trust #science for a reason (see screenshot).
But there would be nothing bad, even if we really weren't smart enough to do more science, or science really had nothing new and useful to offer anymore:
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/science-usefulness-has-ended-so-what
Four in five CISOs have been told to downplay a potential risk’s severity. https://securityboulevard.com/2024/06/cisos-and-senior-leadership-at-odds-over-security/
PSA for American Citizens, wherever they are:
You are still in time to use these suggestion to make #USA2024 elections work:
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-usa2024-and-9-suggestions
(also valid for EVERY other elections, worldwide, of course)
Are #science and technology really ending? Maybe, but I don't care, and neither should you:
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/science-usefulness-has-ended-so-what
Why does a flash micro-rant mentioning hot actresses and madness get 20 times more impressions than announces of essays that took hours to write?
Prioritizing ephemeral memes and rants over serious content and sharing is what made #Facebook a cesspool, but LinkedIn? Seriously?
It's not "why small electric cars could be about to break the grip of SUVs" as @jjpjolly puts it:
It is "Small EVs by #EU + #China MUST and WILL break that grip", see https://buff.ly/4aGckgc
"Is #China’s electric-vehicle industry a threat to the U.S., or something to learn from?", asks J. Cassidy:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/is-china-electric-vehicle-industry-a-threat-to-the-us
My answer, short version: YES
Longer version: https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/carmakers-must-die-and-flat-cars
If "Small Modular Reactors: Still Too Expensive, Too Slow, and Too Risky" (1)
those are all more reason to do them in THIS way, the Liberty way:
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/a-nuclear-power-offer-that-you-cannot
@mfioretti they used to play it at the end of punk shows to get us to clear out.
#Parents, take note:
"People whose children do not yet have #smartphones or #socialmedia accounts should keep it that way for as long as possible", says @Catherine_Price (*)
Toldya:
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/honestly-the-problem-with-children
AND https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/it-doesnt-really-matter-whether-social
"For some reason, classical music doesn't appeal to young people, and young people stay away from places where there is classical music"
A sad/bad attitude, exploited in Finland and elsewhere for a good purpose:
The #nuclearpower offers that you cannot refuse are those about "less", but REAL and open #innovation, for a change:
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/a-nuclear-power-offer-that-you-cannot
Aspiring polymath, Tech Writer available for hire. See https://mfioretti.com for details