Tag: News
Posted on December 25, 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Posted on September 1, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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I was born in 1989. A mere 29 years ago and despite my ‘youth’ I still feel odd about cloud storage. A radical shift happened in the new millennium. All my childhood and adolescent visions of precincts with tidy file cabinets of records…
Category: Philosophy, Psychology, Technology, UncategorizedTags: Axon, Cameras, Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice, Current Events, Law, Law Enforcement, News, Police, Taser
Posted on August 29, 2018
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However faintly the frantic words ‘don’t tase me bro’ still probably echo in the popular imagination. Subduing a nebbish university student for an uncouth question is arguably the wrong way to use a taser. Is there a right way? Figuring that out has been…
Category: Philosophy, Psychology, Technology, UncategorizedTags: Axon, Columns, Dana Goodyear, Fred Reed, News, Opinion, Police, Politics, Social Commentary, Taser, The New Yorker, Violence
Posted on August 29, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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Dana Goodyear (The New Yorker) recently visited Axon, formerly Taser. I use this story as a springboard for a discussion on policing, surveillance, and citizenship. http://www.fractaljournal.com | Stories, Essays, Webcomics and more! http://www.minds.com/Weirmellow | Join me on minds! http://www.patreon.com/TheFractalJournal | Support Indie Media https://www.policeone.com/patrol-issues/articles/60959006-7-of-the-biggest-issues-facing-law-enforcement-in-2016/…
Category: Philosophy, Psychology, Technology, UncategorizedTags: Commentary, Current Events, Ethics, News, Opinion, Social Commentary, The New Yorker, Vlogs
Posted on August 23, 2018
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I stall for time! In the coming days, I will post a fairly in-depth analysis of internet issues and the recent Vanity Fair Article about Tim Berners-Lee and his new project called ‘SOLID.’ For now, I just give a brief overview of the problem…
Category: Philosophy, Technology, UncategorizedTags: Current Events, Fractal Radio, Internet, News, Opinion, Social Commentary, SOLID, Tech, Tech News, The Fractal Journal, The Web's Inventor Plots A Do-Over, Tim Berners-Lee, Vanity Fair, Vlogs, WWW
Posted on August 14, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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I’m a Linux fan. I’ve even got a hat! So, why Linux, what item of news has recently made me even more confident in my passion? Watch to find out more. Essays, Stories, Music, Webcomics + | http://www.fractaljournal.com Social Media | http://www.minds.com/Weirmellow…
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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