In the News (#1652)

Meta spent tens of billions of dollars on building the future of the internet, and all it has to show for it is a handful of bored children in the parking lot of an offbrand drive-thru restaurant. – James Ball Without Let or Hindrance (#1459) When the victim isn’t a nationally-known politician, this usually takes closer to 24 months to resolve than 24 hours: [Democratic politician] Pete Buttigieg…and his [4-year-old] children were the [targets] of an [“]investigation[“] by Child Protective Services [because of a malicious] anonymous report…both children [were subjected to terrifying] forensic interviews where no family could be present. Because he…[is a celebrity the ordeal was over in] twenty-four hours…”It’s not lost on me that this happened soon after we shared photos of our family on social media for Father’s Day,” Buttigieg said in his statement… Shame, Shame (#1607) An excellent essay on the failure of Zuckerberg’s “metaverse” fantasy: Mark Zuckerberg was so convinced the…