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In its truest, most sophisticated form, you are correct, but this tech can be trained to each individual who uses it.
What happens when someone just decides to extrapolate from a small sample size & apply it to everyone?
In its truest, most sophisticated form, you are correct, but this tech can be trained to each individual who uses it.
What happens when someone just decides to extrapolate from a small sample size & apply it to everyone?
A Brain Implant That Turns Your Thoughts Into Text | Tom Oxley | TED
YouTube video by TED
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December 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
youtu.be/7Fiaew7nDmE?...
In its truest, most sophisticated form, you are correct, but this tech can be trained to each individual who uses it.
What happens when someone just decides to extrapolate from a small sample size & apply it to everyone?
In its truest, most sophisticated form, you are correct, but this tech can be trained to each individual who uses it.
What happens when someone just decides to extrapolate from a small sample size & apply it to everyone?
I think, maybe ironically, this version of social media doesn't exist anymore.
We don't use it as organically as we did a decade+ ago. Echo chambers & an overload of junk posts probably remove the ability to analyse this accurately (for now).
We don't use it as organically as we did a decade+ ago. Echo chambers & an overload of junk posts probably remove the ability to analyse this accurately (for now).
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I think, maybe ironically, this version of social media doesn't exist anymore.
We don't use it as organically as we did a decade+ ago. Echo chambers & an overload of junk posts probably remove the ability to analyse this accurately (for now).
We don't use it as organically as we did a decade+ ago. Echo chambers & an overload of junk posts probably remove the ability to analyse this accurately (for now).
"But it didn’t stop there. Intelligence, religious affiliation, as well as alcohol, cigarette and drug use, could all be determined. From the data it was even possible to deduce whether someone’s parents were divorced." 2/2
December 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"But it didn’t stop there. Intelligence, religious affiliation, as well as alcohol, cigarette and drug use, could all be determined. From the data it was even possible to deduce whether someone’s parents were divorced." 2/2
2012, Kosinski proved that on the basis of an average of 68 Facebook “likes” by a user, it was possible to predict their skin color (with 95 percent accuracy), their sexual orientation (88 percent accuracy), and their affiliation to the Democratic or Republican party (85 percent). 1/
The Data That Turned the World Upside Down
How Cambridge Analytica used your Facebook data to help the Donald Trump campaign in the 2016 election.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
2012, Kosinski proved that on the basis of an average of 68 Facebook “likes” by a user, it was possible to predict their skin color (with 95 percent accuracy), their sexual orientation (88 percent accuracy), and their affiliation to the Democratic or Republican party (85 percent). 1/
The Data That Turned the World Upside Down
www.vice.com/en/article/h...
This is an excellent explanation of how analysis of social media habits can give so much more personal information than most people realise. (The bit about 2012 research.)
www.vice.com/en/article/h...
This is an excellent explanation of how analysis of social media habits can give so much more personal information than most people realise. (The bit about 2012 research.)
The Data That Turned the World Upside Down
How Cambridge Analytica used your Facebook data to help the Donald Trump campaign in the 2016 election.
share.google
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The Data That Turned the World Upside Down
www.vice.com/en/article/h...
This is an excellent explanation of how analysis of social media habits can give so much more personal information than most people realise. (The bit about 2012 research.)
www.vice.com/en/article/h...
This is an excellent explanation of how analysis of social media habits can give so much more personal information than most people realise. (The bit about 2012 research.)
A Brain Implant That Turns Your Thoughts Into Text | Tom Oxley | TED
YouTube video by TED
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This tech does exist. There's a ted talk on implanted chips that enable people to communicate after (eg) a stroke. They still have to be trained by each individual, but they work.
Yes, it's early tech (& this is the ethical exception), but it makes your point even more important & urgent.
Yes, it's early tech (& this is the ethical exception), but it makes your point even more important & urgent.
December 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This tech does exist. There's a ted talk on implanted chips that enable people to communicate after (eg) a stroke. They still have to be trained by each individual, but they work.
Yes, it's early tech (& this is the ethical exception), but it makes your point even more important & urgent.
Yes, it's early tech (& this is the ethical exception), but it makes your point even more important & urgent.
"It is also a reminder that anti-trans, anti-queer and Islamophobic positions do not spring from nowhere. Public consensus can be manipulated by discreet networks with distinct agendas and multimillion dollar budgets."
December 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"It is also a reminder that anti-trans, anti-queer and Islamophobic positions do not spring from nowhere. Public consensus can be manipulated by discreet networks with distinct agendas and multimillion dollar budgets."
"Farage has started calling the UK’s 24-week abortion limit “utterly ludicrous”. This summer a survey found that less than half of men aged 16-34 believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, compared to 82% of men aged 55-77 – a generational vulnerability that could be exploited"
December 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"Farage has started calling the UK’s 24-week abortion limit “utterly ludicrous”. This summer a survey found that less than half of men aged 16-34 believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, compared to 82% of men aged 55-77 – a generational vulnerability that could be exploited"
"Since 2020, US legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) more than doubled its spending in Britain... ADF was an architect of the overturning of Roe v Wade, regularly represents clients who oppose gay and transgender rights – and is now exporting its methods to the UK."
December 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"Since 2020, US legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) more than doubled its spending in Britain... ADF was an architect of the overturning of Roe v Wade, regularly represents clients who oppose gay and transgender rights – and is now exporting its methods to the UK."
"In its most nationalist guise, this new racism views Christianity as synonymous with whiteness (it matters not that Christianity originated in the Middle East). Other religions, but especially Islam, can be repurposed as existential threats"
December 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"In its most nationalist guise, this new racism views Christianity as synonymous with whiteness (it matters not that Christianity originated in the Middle East). Other religions, but especially Islam, can be repurposed as existential threats"
"Robinson has clearly recognised the political value of the Christian faith: there was an abundance of Christian symbolism at the “unite the kingdom” far-right march...
Pastors on stage gave speeches and led worship songs, aping the style of the evangelical mass politics of the US Christian right."
Pastors on stage gave speeches and led worship songs, aping the style of the evangelical mass politics of the US Christian right."
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Robinson has clearly recognised the political value of the Christian faith: there was an abundance of Christian symbolism at the “unite the kingdom” far-right march...
Pastors on stage gave speeches and led worship songs, aping the style of the evangelical mass politics of the US Christian right."
Pastors on stage gave speeches and led worship songs, aping the style of the evangelical mass politics of the US Christian right."
"The British right is increasingly invoking the Christian tradition: the question is what it hopes to gain from doing so."
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
Is British politics immune to US-style rightwing Christianity? We’re about to find out | Lamorna Ash
Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson are increasingly espousing Christian ‘values’, and a wealthy US legal group is becoming influential – this could have dire consequences, says author Lamorna Ash
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"The British right is increasingly invoking the Christian tradition: the question is what it hopes to gain from doing so."
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
“As we approach Christmas and recall the Holy Family’s own flight as refugees, we reaffirm our commitment to stand alongside others in working for an asylum system that is fair, compassionate, and rooted in the dignity of being human.”
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
“As we approach Christmas and recall the Holy Family’s own flight as refugees, we reaffirm our commitment to stand alongside others in working for an asylum system that is fair, compassionate, and rooted in the dignity of being human.”
"...in... the teaching of Jesus, there is an unambiguous call to ensure justice for the weakest and most vulnerable."
December 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"...in... the teaching of Jesus, there is an unambiguous call to ensure justice for the weakest and most vulnerable."
"He said that Robinson’s conversion to Christianity in prison was welcome but did not give him “the right to subvert the faith so that it serves his purposes rather than the other way round”."
December 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"He said that Robinson’s conversion to Christianity in prison was welcome but did not give him “the right to subvert the faith so that it serves his purposes rather than the other way round”."
"The Joint Public Issues Team, a partnership between [some churches] is offering a “rapid response resource” for local churches trying to “navigate the complexities” of Christian nationalism and the “co-option of Christian language and symbols – including Christmas – for a nationalist agenda”."
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"The Joint Public Issues Team, a partnership between [some churches] is offering a “rapid response resource” for local churches trying to “navigate the complexities” of Christian nationalism and the “co-option of Christian language and symbols – including Christmas – for a nationalist agenda”."
"The C of E’s decision to challenge Robinson’s extreme rightwing stance comes amid growing unease among church leaders about the rise of Christian nationalism and the appropriation of Christian symbols to bolster the views of his supporters."
December 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"The C of E’s decision to challenge Robinson’s extreme rightwing stance comes amid growing unease among church leaders about the rise of Christian nationalism and the appropriation of Christian symbols to bolster the views of his supporters."
"The posters, which will go on display at bus stops, say “Christ has always been in Christmas” and “Outsiders welcome”. They will also be available for local churches to download and display over the festive period."
December 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"The posters, which will go on display at bus stops, say “Christ has always been in Christmas” and “Outsiders welcome”. They will also be available for local churches to download and display over the festive period."
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In a shocker today, Donald Trump won the We-Invented-This-Prize-a-Week-Ago-Solely-to-Bribe-Donald-Trump Prize. Nothing is impossible.
December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In a shocker today, Donald Trump won the We-Invented-This-Prize-a-Week-Ago-Solely-to-Bribe-Donald-Trump Prize. Nothing is impossible.