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Re “Balance of Nature” Hi -- this is my very first diary. And not even a topic about which I am passionate; merely annoyed. I hope you will be kind. If you watch TV with ads, you will have seen many heartwarming stories about the “Balance of Nature”...
by StevenevetS
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on Tue Apr 16, 2024 at 06:39 PM PDT
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We subscribe to cable for content, but also to avoid ads. On Amazon Prime, this year, t o get rid of the commercials, you'll have to subscribe to a more expensive tier of the service, ...
by side pocket
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on Sun Mar 17, 2024 at 05:30 PM PDT
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I’ve had it! The comedians joke about it. Bernie Sanders railed against it on Seth Meyers the other night but with “Citizens United” in effect, evidently no one can do anything about it. Back in the day when many corporations couldn’t advertise on...
by hardlocked
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on Wed Feb 07, 2024 at 02:13 PM PST
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I keep on seeing a commercial for Indonesia on BBC News channel. The way they are selling themselves, in some ways, tickles me: Amid the world slowdown, we stand firm. As home to a fifth of global nickel reserves, Indonesia is poised to lead the global...
by gmoke
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on Sun Nov 26, 2023 at 11:07 AM PST
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I’ve had it with YouTube and their attempts to force me into watching adverts. It began a little while ago when YouTube and its Godforsaken apparatchiks presumably decided that they weren’t making enough money. No matter that they capitalise on our...
by Adventurist
22 comments
on Wed Nov 08, 2023 at 09:15 AM PST
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There is a very good article in the MIT Technology Review that discuss how to fix the internet. �The theme is a bit of a misnomer, as the “fixing” portion of the article is both wrong and very ...
by angryea
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on Tue Oct 31, 2023 at 05:00 AM PDT
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“Slow to learn or understand; obtuse.” --American Heritage, 4th ed. A year ago I wrote a piece titled, The Golden Age of Stupidity. It was well received. The question I want to address a year later is how we can quantify this rather negative “natural...
by Wilburhorse
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on Sun Sep 17, 2023 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Lately I've gotten into watching the U.S. Open. I enjoy the mix of male and female athletes from different countries, and I also admire the fact that the tournament is celebrating 50 years of equal pay. So in a way I hate to single it out. That said,...
by Jen Sorensen
46 comments
on Tue Sep 05, 2023 at 04:50 AM PDT
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The business of the news media is to bring us truth and the latest news. Certain media outlets repeatedly tell you that they have the only truth and that you must watch them. When I hear that, I hear ‘propaganda’. Various religions make the same claim....
by iarnstein
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on Thu Aug 10, 2023 at 07:55 PM PDT
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I was first taught how to crochet a double-crochet stitch by one of my sweet mommy’s aides. A lovely woman, named Gisele, who took such excellent care of my mother for around two years, right up until Covid hit. From there, I taught myself how to...
by mlwalton13
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on Thu Jul 06, 2023 at 07:21 PM PDT
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I have the most tolerant wife in the world. Last August, she let me spend $1,525 of our money on a half-page ad in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune bashing evil Republicans. This month, goaded by the nonstop campaign of hate from Gov. Ron DeSantis and Moms...
by EG for example
211 comments
on Wed Jul 05, 2023 at 09:12 AM PDT
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Elon Musk announced Thursday he will hire a new Twitter CEO, at which point he will “transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops.” Musk’s purchase and near-destruction of the social media giant took just over eight...
by Walter Einenkel
76 comments
on Fri May 12, 2023 at 01:50 PM PDT
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Courtesy of Brian Tyler Cohen. Media Matters filed a complaint against Fox News with the FEC . "According to the filings and Rupert Murdoch's own acknowledgements during deposition, his own sort of validation, he said he did this thing, basically in...
by Dem
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on Sun Mar 12, 2023 at 10:32 AM PDT
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A look at some advertising-to-hit-singles, after-the-jump …... But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across comments daily that are perceptive, apropos and .. well, perhaps even...
by Ed Tracey
11 comments
on Thu Feb 23, 2023 at 07:10 PM PST
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Two years ago Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites, suspended Donald Trump's accounts. They correctly assessed that his relentless lies about election fraud were likely to incite more ...
by News Corpse
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on Sun Jan 29, 2023 at 11:13 AM PST
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The clown-show that is the Republican Party is getting its undies in a twist because Kevin McCarthy’s Speakership is hitting the rocks, and there is a very real possibility that he’s not going to be Speaker. And Jim Jordan is not going to be Speaker....
by ultrageek
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on Wed Jan 04, 2023 at 02:13 PM PST
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I've been stuck in the hospital for almost two weeks now which sucks on many levels. I have only 1 book to read which I finished days ago.....the Internet via my cell which for motor skill and visual issues is not ideal....and cable television which is...
by CameronProf
57 comments
on Tue Dec 27, 2022 at 08:22 PM PST
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For those who can’t see or read data in Tweets: From the @FEC The FEC approved a Final Rule and E&J revising its disclaimer requirements for certain public communications placed for a fee on the internet, NPRMs on technological modernization and...
by Angela Marx
79 comments
on Thu Dec 01, 2022 at 01:43 PM PST
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A month ago, Google's Chief Sustainability Officer Kate Brandt published a blog post about how "Google is committed to reducing our own emissions and using technology to help everyone make sustainable choices." With an impressive goal of net-zero...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
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on Thu Dec 01, 2022 at 06:10 AM PST
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Heil Hitler, to you too. Or is that a hand of Gawd prayer? On top of the news that Lindell wants to replace the current village idiot in charge of the RNC, Ronna McDaniel, his ads are popping up in the Chicago area. Said he, “The RNC’s a mess. The...
by agnostic
12 comments
on Mon Nov 28, 2022 at 09:34 AM PST
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