If one of them, without mentioning any names, wanted to have a short orgy with three girls in the bathroom, then I didn’t see it

Keywords: Beatlemania , Beatles , culture , history , music , politics , pop , rock , Rolling Stones , She Love You , stones

Since these comparisons proved useful to everyone, both the bands and the journalists collab­orated on the charade. In the early 1960s, Keith Richards re­marked, “nobody took the music seriously. It was the image that counted, how to manipulate the press and dream up a few headlines.”

https://roughlydaily.com/2024/09/16/the-beatles-were-thugs-who-were-put-across-as-nice-blokes-and-the-rolling-stones-were-gentlemen-who-were-made-into-thugs-by-andrew-loog-oldham-their-manager

Who in their right mind thought it would be a good idea to use the internet as your input source?

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A Google spokesperson tells CBS News for health queries, we’ve always had strong quality and safety guardrails in place including disclaimers that remind people that it’s important to seek out expert advice, but not all of it. CBS News confirmed that some health misinformation persists on the tool queries about introducing solid foods to infants under six months old, still returned tips in late June when we tested it searches on the health benefits of dubious wellness trends like detoxes or drinking raw milk included debunked claims.

Adam Curry, “No Agenda” #1680 [ https://www.noagendashow.net/listen/1680 ], Chapter “AI health” 2:06:02 – 2:06:08 (2:06:08 – 2:06:50 CBS News quote)

See also: “Quantity vs. Quality (Upside-Down Version)” [ https://socio.business.blog/2024/07/28/quantity-vs-quality-upside-down-version ]

Is Wikipedia a “gatekeeper”?

I heard today that TikTik.com is now considered a “gatekeeper”.

A new “up and coming” internet celebrity, who seems to have the potential to become an overnight millionaire (based alone on spit) named Haliey Welch, also known as “Hawk Tuah”, became famous via TikTok.com — but wikipedia.org has posted a profile for the star which contains no link to tiktok.com but instead links to her instagram.com profile.

I think that’s weird.

featured image source: https://www.tiktok.com/@hay_welch

Other search engines are far superior to Google

Keywords: Corruption , 2020 US Presidential Election , Censorship , Fake News , Google , Media Censorship , Propaganda

Not many realize that the information they are seeking on Google is censored, filtered, and deliberately presented to users in certain areas to align with its interests. Google heavily lobbies governments globally, but has an extreme sway over politicians within the establishment on the right and left.

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/corruption/google-and-election-interference

BTW: I just posted something related .. and for a short moment it seemed like a very dystopian fiction story … but then (in the end) I was shocked that it actually seemed quite realistic! 😯 (See “Would You Rather Choose a Book or Pick a Card?” [ https://socio.business.blog/2024/03/25/would-you-rather-choose-a-book-or-pick-a-card ] )

To write is the intimate gesture of taking the reader by the hand, luring or leading them through all the corners of yourself that they may experience worlds and wonders through your eyes

Keywords: OUT OF THE SHOEBOX: RANDOMNESS , #EVERYDAYINSPIRATION , #PROSE , POSTADAY

I remember being about 3 years old. I’d wake up each morning just as the sun began to break over the horizon. I’d get up on my knees to peer through the window above my bed waiting for that first light.

https://alltheshoesiwear.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/day-1-why-do-i-write