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@Sydell

Long time public radio journalist, culture maven, looking at the intersection of culture and technology.

San Francisco, CA
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  1. 17 hours ago

    Just sharing a refresher “The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; -- The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President”

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    21 hours ago

    Near-immediate clarification from Grassley. Good lesson here. Gonna be lots of misinformation going on. Grain of salt.

    A Grassley spokesman clarifies that the senator does not "have any indication Pence won't be present." Grassley, he said, was just trying to explain that at president pro tempore of the Senate, he would fill the chair if Pence does not show or steps out at points for a break
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  3. 26 Dec 2020

    Enjoying my yearly Christmas viewing of “Life of Brian” Monty Python - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life via

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  4. 24 Dec 2020

    From a totally non-partisan perspective, and only as a dog owner, I'm tweeting this because it's cute.

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    A very special Christmas message from Champ and Major Biden.
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  5. 24 Dec 2020

    For a story I'm doing: has anyone used sites like Vitals, Google's reviews, Yelp, Trustpilot etc. to find a new medical doctor? I'd love to talk with you about it.

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  6. 22 Dec 2020

    I keep having dreams in which I'm walking around in Penn Station in NYC and I suddenly realize I'm not wearing a mask, nor is anyone else. I think, "I'm going to get Covid." Anyone else having dreams like this?

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  7. 16 Dec 2020

    Under the circumstances can anyone blame me for spending a little time watching old Ann Reinking dance videos? May she RIP.

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  8. 9 Dec 2020

    The backlash against big tech continues and escalates today.

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  9. 9 Dec 2020

    Anyone out there searching for a new doctor because the one you had retired early because it was too hard to practice with Covid? If so, I'd love to talk with you.

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  10. 2 Dec 2020

    This is very big news, HP is moving its headquarters out of Silicon Valley. Historically, HP was really the first tech company to set up shop there so there is a lot of symbolism in this.

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  11. 2 Dec 2020

    I've been meaning to share this. For those who heard my story on fake reviews on Google and Yelp: here is the source of much of my research on it. If you want to know whether reviews of a product or business are real go here.

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    23 Nov 2020

    BREAKING: Michigan's election results have been certified via a 3-0 vote by the Board of State Canvassers. Republican board member Norm Shinkle abstained.

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  13. 20 Nov 2020

    Yeah. Just yeah.

    Crazy to look at San Francisco (pop. 880k) versus North Dakota (pop. 760k) right now. San Francisco county, an urban area where most people wear masks, has reported 14k Covid cases. North Dakota, which resisted mask mandates for months, has 60k cases.
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    19 Nov 2020

    Apropos of nothing, the Confederacy's refusal to actually accept defeat and instead embrace a Lost Cause narrative of betrayal was a key aspect of its successful efforts to wrench back one-party totalitarian control of the South, which it did both through violence and propaganda.

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  15. 18 Nov 2020

    One of the more important questions for Biden: who will be the next postmaster general. My mail has been slowed and they took away the mailbox closest to my house. I’d like to see the mail improve.

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  16. 18 Nov 2020

    Indeed.

    Instead of taking 30% of new subscribers’ payments, Apple will now take 15%. The money’s welcome, but it’s also a reminder of how little control publishers have over the terms they get from tech giants.
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  17. 17 Nov 2020

    Not entirely true Mr White. They are flagged on a regular basis. Though there are lots of tweets that get through the cracks. You pay attention!

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    Terrorists do tweet their little hearts out...and twitter does not censor. Pay attention to real world happenings
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  18. 17 Nov 2020

    In hearings w. Zuck and Dorsey Sen. Ted Cruz says that unless the social media companies block nothing on their platforms, they are publishers and should lose the sec. 230 protections. So, does Sen Cruz think terrorists should tweet their hearts out too? where is the line?

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  19. 17 Nov 2020

    Another point of view on this might be that the current players are already entrenched and 230 allows them to continue to grow while spending no money on taking responsibility for what is on their platforms.

    Read 's full position on 👇 "We must not entrench the largest companies further."
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  20. 15 Nov 2020

    Here's my gripe about this tweet label-- the claim of election fraud is completely false. There is NO evidence of major fraud. It's nice that Twitter is flagging this, but I'm curious if a "disputed" label would be put on a tweet denying the holocaust.

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