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suckitsam··on Americas richest 10% is responsible for 40% of its planet heating pollution
"Top X% of earners/producers responsible for the top Y% of production/expenditures/consumption" is a whole genre.

It's great because the top 10% are bad and the rest of us are good.

I'll hide under my bed (where I recycle my straw wrappers) if you show me global numbers.

suckitsam··on 9/11 in Realtime
There was a video I saw once several years ago that claimed to sync up ATC audio and flight radar of commercial and military traffic, but I haven't been able to find it since despite a couple cursory searches here and there.

IIRC, it was a custom animation/overlay like they use in documentaries and newscasts, not a screenshot of FlightAware or anything.

Any chance anyone knows what I'm talking about and has a link?

suckitsam··on The right to data ownership is the only way to take on Big Tech
Yeah, I'm just not sure personal data is actually The Problem.

Sure, ̶b̶a̶n̶k̶ ̶r̶o̶b̶b̶e̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶u̶n̶d̶e̶t̶e̶c̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶f̶r̶a̶u̶d̶ Identity Theft is a Bad Thing, and this would seemingly minimize the number of SQL dumps my birthday and SSN appears in, but that isn't exactly The Data that Big Tech feeds off of.

suckitsam··on Retirement savings simulator
I'm pretty sure PA's entire legal system exists to fund institutions.
suckitsam··on The right to data ownership is the only way to take on Big Tech
I feel like these kinds of solutions can necessarily only protect boring data - my phone number, date of birth, favorite color, and mother's maiden name.

I can't see how I could ever get the interesting/profitable/problematic data (my location history, my neighbor's doorbell videos of me, call records, purchase history at Target, and which ads I click on) into something like that.

suckitsam··on Kansas Bureau of Investigation takes lead following police raid of newspaper
> The KBI said it was asked by Marion police and Marion County Attorney Joel Ensey to join an investigation into accusations of “illegal access and dissemination of confidential criminal justice information.” Ensey will decide whether to file criminal charges after the KBI forwards the findings of its investigation.

Isn't Ensey the guy whose family owns the hotel/liquor license that started all of this?

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