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The Problem with Palantir
This gent does a nice job of summing up why Palantir is loathed, and why the data that they have access to is a danger to pretty much everyone.
Category: Thoughts on the Matter at Hand
Welcome to the analytical sorting floor. “Thoughts on the Matter at Hand” functions as our main commentary category, pulling apart cultural absurdities, institutional overreach, and the shifting baseline of modern society. This is the repository for non-biographical observations: evaluating why surveillance data tech like Palantir is a clear and present danger, dissecting the cruel line between honesty and abusive factuality, and occasionally bitter mockery.
From corporate creep and privatized police forces to bizarre local crime blotters, we parse the news of the day. No filters, no delusions—just critique of the cultural landscape.
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Creeper letter: A Commentary
There's a difference between being "honest" about a situation, and and being cruelly and abusively factual. This guy's letter falls into the latter category. So, while I agree in a…
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Initial Notes on American Folk-Christianity
I’ve compiled these impressions based on 20th Century American Christian popular media, Fox News, and several weekend retreats in my teens.
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Cities hiring private police?
Klint Finley over at Renegade Futurist recently pointed out This Story from the Wall Street Journal about the city of Oakland, CA hiring private guards to supplement their police force.…
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Best News Story EVER.
from the Courier Mail Man fined for penis in pasta jar November 19, 2008 04:20pm A MAN caught by police with his penis submerged in a pasta sauce jar was…