shreddy_scientist

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[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 hours ago

You can pick what search engines are sourced, which is fanatic, and it's fully anonymous. My preferred instance is disroot's (https://search.disroot.org) as they are a super trustworthy nonprofit in my book.

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 hours ago

Aegis is the move, my favourite option for sure!

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Right! I wonder if there's any way to try and classify these three as monopolies. Either way, this paper explicitly demonstrates these three companies are the marrianets controlling things from the shadows.

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

CryptPad is my go to, there's many different instances where you can make an account. Fully encrypted and allows for doc sharing plus working with others on the doc at the same time. Offline can be accomplished by ensuring you downloaded the file, and then uploading the updated doc once back online. It's the bee's knee's! https://cryptpad.fr/

 

Since 2008, a massive shift has occurred from active toward passive investment strategies. The passive index fund industry is dominated by BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street, which we call the “Big Three.” We comprehensively map the ownership of the Big Three in the United States and find that together they constitute the largest shareholder in 88 percent of the S&P 500 firms. In contrast to active funds, the Big Three hold relatively illiquid and permanent ownership positions. This has led to opposing views on incentives and possibilities to actively exert shareholder power. Some argue passive investors have little shareholder power because they cannot “exit,” while others point out this gives them stronger incentives to actively influence corporations. Through an analysis of proxy vote records we find that the Big Three do utilize coordinated voting strategies and hence follow a centralized corporate governance strategy. However, they generally vote with management, except at director (re-)elections. Moreover, the Big Three may exert “hidden power” through two channels: First, via private engagements with management of invested companies; and second, because company executives could be prone to internalizing the objectives of the Big Three. We discuss how this development entails new forms of financial risk.

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I believe Joplin still doesn't have a web app unfortunately. StandardNotes does and it could help here too. I'd think just making a new note for each entry will time and date it, but any editing of the note would change the time stamp.

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Cornel West checks this box and is running in November!

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

So, ScheerPost is an award-winning independent news site focusing on progressive politics and human rights issues. They were a finalist in six categories at the L.A. Press Club's 66th annual Southern California Journalism Awards for work published in 2023. They ended up winning three of the six awards.

ScheerPost has always been a fantastic and dependable news source in my experience. Truly one of the last actual independent news outlets covering topics the mainstream propagandist media tries to obfuscate. Definitely worth checking out!

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I mean, it's a part of his plea deal, so I felt of was relevant. Additionally, all the Wikileaks published data was old. However, it's government secretes, so we'd either have to wait a few decades for the Fed to release it, like with MK Ultra information, or have it published much sooner by Wikileaks. Regardless, hopefully if there is any unpublished information it was handed over by Julian to associates outside of Wikileaks so they could release it before the Fed is forced to do it.

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 weeks ago

The facts are it's an oligopoly which is rapidly moving towards pairing this with totalitarianism. Propaganda is so pronounced today that finding actual news is a chore, and if shared it's labeled as "fake news". A study was recently published demonstrating political moves are made without any care for how it impacts the masses. It's tough to see the decline happen in real time while most deny it's occurrence. Most are too focused on owning others in the working class with alternative ideals.

But in the U.S., the natural beauty is phenomenal. Yet it's being traded to allow conglomerates to squeeze more profit out of dwindling resources. If something doesn't change the course soon, this answer potentially could land me in prison in the near future. Which is counter to what the country was supposedly established to prevent. It's rough in many aspects, yet not entirely hopeless, at least as of this moment.

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Right!! I'd have to imagine an AI used for patient health data will be quite difficult to obtain HIPPA approval. Then again, HIPPA seems more like a concept to make patients feel more comfortable about the amount of data doctors offices have on them more recently.

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not sources I know at all, just trying to provide something that an individual who thinks Scheerpost is Russian propaganda for some illogical reason will give more validity. All mainstream propaganda spins the story to paint the US as the hero, which alone should make you highly curious of the other side to the story.

But based on your user name, it makes way more sense a primative eukaryotic lifeform struggles to decipher the massive bias from mainstream news sources these days lol.

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Ok, so you're super critical only to concepts which oppose the side of the story you believe to be true? Have you ever applied this same level of scrutiny to the information you approve of? Until this takes place, you can't logically be confident in your stance whatsoever. But, do whatever makes you happy, I won't argue against it. Yet it's ridiculous to write off anything in opposition just cause it's not as you understand it.

Here's the sources you more or less asked for, I made sure it's from mainstream sources seeing as you're opposed to independent media for whatever reason.

UK Government coving Ukraine in 2014: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9476/

Here's a NewYorker article covering it too: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-john-mearsheimer-blames-the-us-for-the-crisis-in-ukraine

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