2019.11.19 The Sourtoe Cocktail

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one. - H.L. Mencken


Show Notes


Quote

"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken

RIP

King of the Xhosa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwelonke_Sigcawu

Dick Stevenson, inventor of the Sourtoe Cocktail https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/captain-dick-stevenson-sourtoe-obituary-1.5359630 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Hotel

F.U.

Aussie Farms

Bolivia

Hong Kong

Behrouz Boochani

Democracy Sausage.

Voting Process https://www.sbs.com.au/news/aec-s-vote-counting-machines-impossible-to-check-for-accuracy-scrutineers

Stacks

"Community Guidelines" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/14/facebook-wont-take-down-fake-posts-about-sally-mcmanus-and-bill-shorten

"do not belong" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/13/facebook-discrimination-black-workers-letter

Robert F Kennedy Jr https://www.verdict.co.uk/facebook-vaccination-adverts/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/13/majority-antivaxx-vaccine-ads-facebook-funded-by-two-organizations-study https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/robert-f-kennedy-jr-is-the-single-leading-source-of-anti-vax-ads-on-facebook/

Having an Amazon account can be bad for your health (insurance) https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614720/privacy-pew-research-data-collection-big-tech-facebook-google-apple/

"Data about you" and the idea of "Terra Nullius"

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