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Wouldn't it be great if the organizations responsible for allowing private data to be stolen and released had to actually answer for that loss in a meaningful way...?

My SO sent this to me. She really gets me. 💗

Source:
http://www.poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/keeps-you-going/

Removing One Maine Dam 20 Years Ago Changed Everything
https://therevelator.org/edwards-dam-removal/

(submitted by howard941)

China Is Waging a Disinformation War Against Hong Kong Protesters
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/world/asia/hong-kong-protests-china.html

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Hey! I’m new to Mastodon. It was recommended to me by some fellow artist friends. I live in Melbourne, Australia and I live for my art.

I concentrate exclusively on animals which means I’m usually doing some kind of wildlife art or pet portraits. Here’s a charcoal piece I did fairly recently called “Thy Fearful Symmetry”. I used a reference courtesy of Kaz Turner.

#wildlifeart #charcoal #tiger #tigerart #traditionalart #mastoart

How do I know Republicans aren't really religious? Because if they genuinely cared about their souls they wouldn't do all the things they do.

Engage in random acts of kindness and altruism. This has been linked to mood boosting.

How Walking Fosters Creativity: Stanford Researchers Confirm What Philosophers and Writers Have Always Known

http://www.openculture.com/?p=110334 https://t.co/b2jrOXhlui

Web Scraping and Crawling Are Perfectly Legal, Right?
https://benbernardblog.com/web-scraping-and-crawling-are-perfectly-legal-right/

(submitted by heshiebee)

Hear Lost Recording of Pink Floyd Playing with Jazz Violinist Stéphane Grappelli on "Wish You Were Here"

http://www.openculture.com/?p=88527 https://t.co/VyafUlox1Y

#Trust, what it is, how its gained, how its lost, what it's woth, how it behaves, what it does, how it can (and cannot) be substituted, has been a major theme of mine.

Fascinating 5-part series from HBR, with many references and citations, by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta.

https://hbr.org/cover-story/2019/07/the-trust-crisis

This is not science. This is gimmicky garbage dressed up to look like how a stupid person thinks science should look.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/07/22/cargo-cult-science-in-defense-of-right-wing-bias/

I Wish Google Would Figure Out What They’re Doing With Music https://www.droid-life.com/2019/07/16/i-wish-google-would-figure-out-what-theyre-doing-with-music/

If only somebody had warned them that the world would roll them like this.
https://xkcd.com/2176/

A video game community filled my nephew's final days with joy
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/jul/04/how-a-video-game-community-filled-my-nephews-final-days-with-happiness-elite-dangerous

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Reverb.
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I didn't realize until the other day that Snoopy dreams about aerial combat with the Red Baron because plane battles are called dog fights

Look.
Chrishallbeckstore.Com

Did you backup your important documents today?

But more importantly: Did you try recovering the data from your backups today? A backup is useless if you can't extract data back from it!