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Cake day: July 29th, 2023

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  • I don’t know if it says anything that the caption says “social media posts” but 3 of them are photos of IRL signs/banners, and the other one is an illustration of a sign. And there is no surrounding context, like 9 trillion likes or anything included. If I was writing this report I would have chosen different images to make my point.

    But 2 things from that same document, are they accurate?

    During his arrest, authorities discovered Mangione was in possession of a three-page handwritten claim of responsibility. In the writings, he made several references to a “parasitic” healthcare system filled with “corruption and greed”.

    It was three pages?? Were they very small pages or is there more? The “manifesto” that was posted all over the place is very short, not 3 pages.

    During the course of the investigation, law enforcement discovered “delay”, “deny”, and “depose” written in permanent marker on the bullet casings used in the shooting.

    It was written in marker? I assumed you’d have to paint it or something. How big are bullets? I just used a fine point Sharpie to write “depose” as small as I can and it isn’t legible below about 1 1/8" x 3/8" on a flat piece of paper. Wouldn’t is rub off while being shot out of the gun?




  • Wikipedia’s Sci-Hub:

    In December 2022, in the journal Information Development, an academic researcher survey found, when confronted by a paywall, they try to find an open-access version, then ask colleagues with other credentials, then use shadow libraries.[2] 57% of respondents have used shadow libraries while 36% of respondents were unaware that shadow libraries exist.[2]

    In other words, whether you use grassroots, collectivized forms of knowledge centralization (aka “shadow libraries”) in your work depends entirely on whether you are aware they are an option. Those who know, use. Most know.

    (That is one of more boring parts of that wikipedia page.)


  • I have considered dling via yt to make use of sponsor block as you suggest. Does it work?

    Podcasts are extremely neglected in this general area. Few torrents exist. They are at high risk of disappearing off the internet forever because they cost a lot to keep hosted while producing zero revenue. Archiving is not happening as far as I know.

    Add removal would be great. TIP if you use a VPN you might gets ads targeted to that country. Which in some cases is actually no ads. Hop around and see if you can kind the right one. It’ll be different per distributor.