Posted on December 25, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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In an interview with The New York Times, Patreon’s Jack Conte and Jacqueline Hart addressed the fallout from their removal of political commentator Sargon of Akkad. A fallout that took with it the likes of Sam Harris and a sizeable chunk of patrons. A…
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Current Events, Fractal Briefs, Jack Conte, Jacqueline Hart, Karl Benjamin, News, Patreon, Politics, Sam Harris, Sargon of Akkad, Silicon Valley, Tech, Tech News, The New York Times, Trends
Posted on December 10, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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Here’s my cringetastic reporting on a local bit of news from last year. And….here’s how it turned out… I plan to do a bit more of this sort of on the ground stuff in the coming year. Subjects will vary but I’m thinking…
Posted on October 24, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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Decided to dispense with the mic due to current hardware limitations making rendering an hours long nightmare. Topics – Weather – – Water – – Geetha Angara Death – – Trump’s withdrawal from Nuclear Arms Treaty with Russia – – Tech Addiction – –…
Category: Environment, Philosophy, Psychology, Technology, UncategorizedTags: Alex V Weir, Current Events, Fractal Radio, Geeth Angara, News, Nonproliferation, Nuclear, The Fractal Journal, Treaty, Trump, Vlogs, Water
Posted on September 29, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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Beware the Hufflepuffs. For More Info The Adam Morgan Show | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKeCCfeBlTc Theodore T’so | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Ts’o Linus Opinion on CoC | https://linux.slashdot.org/story/18/09/27/1529236/linus-torvalds-on-linuxs-code-of-conduct My Links http://www.minds.com/Weirmellow | Join me on a freedom loving social media platform! – http://www.patreon.com/TheFractalJournal | Become a patron and help improve production…
Category: Philosophy, Technology, UncategorizedTags: Corporate Culture, FOSS, Linux, Linux Torvalds, News, Open Source, Politics, Social Commentary, Social Justic, The Linux Foundation
Posted on September 9, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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Public discourse is vital to a free and open society. Effective public discourse faces many challenges. One such challenge is Pundits Disease – moralizing about pet issues from a high tower. Pundits and commentators whether mainstream or independent tend to be removed from direct…
Category: Philosophy, UncategorizedTags: Commentators, Current Events, Ideas, Media, News, Politics, Pundits, Talking Heads, Trends, Vlogs
Posted on September 8, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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I ramble about odds and ends and the ongoing importance of raising environmental awareness. I cringe a tad writing that due to the baggage attached to ‘environmental awareness.’ It’s an unfair stigma that really detracts from a pretty sound idea. Taking care of our…
Posted on September 3, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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Axon the company that was once Taser is just that a company – a corporate entity. Yet, its cloud holds police data which as far as I understand is subject to public interest and access. Whether or not the data is actually ‘public’ is…
Category: Philosophy, Technology, UncategorizedTags: Articles, Axon, Current Events, Dana Goodyear, Economics, Essays, News, Policing, Politics, Social Commentary, Taser, The New Yorker, VieVue
Oddity Podcast
Cheer and Gloom – Milltown Blues
Posted on December 10, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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Here’s my cringetastic reporting on a local bit of news from last year. And….here’s how it turned out… I plan to do a bit more of this sort of on the ground stuff in the coming year. Subjects will vary but I’m thinking…
Category: Philosophy, Politics, Social Commentary, UncategorizedTags: Alex Weir, Columbia SC, Historic Housing, Housing, News, Protests, The Fractal Journal