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Podcast: Cops Are Making Fake Flock Cameras and Amazon Packages
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Bill Gates' concerns about AI
After reading Bill Gates' story, I concur.
I have seen bad behavior by Claude Code where it was doing tests of our S3 support, and it overwrote files that were critical to our apps, knocking at least one of them off the air.
I'm at a loss as to what I should trust it with, because this was in violation of an explicit rule I gave it and a broader one that it added itself.
On the other hand, the project I'm working on couldn't happen without the use of AI. Far too much code for one person to manage. A program that took several of us years to write, being converted in a matter of weeks to run on modern systems. I'm pretty sure that without AI this work would have been lost, and lots of innovations.
We humans are doing a fine job of wrecking everything, all on our own, denying climate change, giving into the same old tricks that lead to WWII and the Holocaust, so maybe it isn't the worst idea to turn management of everything over to the machines.
I don't recall a science fiction story in which the machines took over and they were the good guys in the end, saving us from self-destruction. Aliens, yes -- machines, no.
And when I'm working with Claude Code I recognize that it's a new form of intelligence, and may be the closest our species ever gets to First Contact. We could embrace it as such. What choice do we have?
And to Bill Gates, I wish when you were trying to own the web in the 90s, you had thought through the dangers, as you are doing now, and maybe not tried to own it, rather to foster its independence from big tech. Now we have the medium owned by the worst people possible, we exist here mostly to keep them in power, when it had so much promise when you really could have done something real to protect our freedom. I have no idea where we would be now if you had, but it has to be better than this.
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Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Forced To Rehire Columnist Fired For Quoting Deceased Bigot Charlie Kirk
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post simply isn’t what it used to be. During the Trump era Bezos and his lackeys have fired all of the paper’s black columnists, turned the op-ed section into pro-corporatist agitprop, censored cartoonists that criticized Jeff, and generally shifted the paper’s journalistic tone in a more right wing, corporate/autocrat-friendly direction. You know, like the […] -
Nitter is dead
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Cops Are Making Fake Flock Cameras and Amazon Packages
Take control of your data footprint risk-free with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Go to https://incogni.com/404Mediaand use code 404MEDIA for 60% off an annual plan. That's code 404MEDIA at https://incogni.com/404Media We start this week with Jason’s piece on a cop making a fake Flock camera to catch a vandal. How can you be charged with destroying expensive property if… the camera wasn’t real? After the break, Sam tells us about how Darth Vader loves Flock. In the subscribers-only section, we talk a bit about three years of 404 Media. You're Invited: 404 Media's Third Anniversary Live Podcast and Party! RSVP: Killer Technology With 404 Media Man Charged With 3 Felonies For Breaking 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera The Man Behind the Anti-Flock Darth Vader Mask Wants to Know: 'When Will This End?' YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/rYCvhAOGAjM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicespdst.fm -
REDIFF. Reportage avec Mélanie Guisset @MELTING.GREEN qui sème les opportunités comme des haricots magiques
Dans ce nouvel épisode de Bombo, j’ai invité Mélanie Guisset, l’influenceuse potager sous le nom de Melting Green. Ancienne psychologue dans les unités spéciales de La Police, c’est après le covid et trois enfants qu’un virement de carrière a dû opérer. Son élan à frapper aux portes, sa ténacité, sa joie et son sourire ont convertit des milliers d’abonnés et lui ont ouvert les portes de la radio et ensuite de la télé.
De petite fille pipelette « allo, j’écoute » à psychologue à chroniqueuse, Mélanie a toujours aimer semer des graines, que ce soit dans la tête de ses patients, de ses auditeurs ou encore dans les consciences. Aujourd’hui, Mélanie s’émerveille de ses récoltes abondantes alors qu’elle n’a jamais su tenir un basilic. Et encourage tous les motivés à avoir la main verte. De grands-parents fermiers à son potager, un monde s’est déroulé entre temps mais rien n’était laissé au hasard.
J’ai découvert une femme généreuse, engagée et rayonnante dont l’énergie vous pousse à l’accompagner dans ses danses de la joie et à vous dépasser.
Je vous invite à nous rejoindre dans cette danse de mots et de rires que l’on a partagé.
Bonne écoute.
Liens externes :
Suivre Mélanie - https://www.instagram.com/melting.green?igsh=MTlpZDdseWUxaXZ6cg==
Suivre Bombo : www.instagram.com/bombopodcast/
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Bombo, le podcast, donne la parole à des passionnés, des rêveurs, des artistes afin de créer, questionner et propager la joie ! Le propos de mes invité.e.s n’a pas la valeur d’expertise mais est le reflet de leur vécu, leur liberté et leur intimité.
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Bombo est une émission créée par Frédérique Scarnière
Générique : Frédérique Scarnière sur une musique composée par Christophe Gérard.
Montage et mixage : Frédérique Scarnière.
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Laci Mosley – Scams vs. Cults, and the Many Forms of Fraud
This week, the girls are joined by Laci Mosley, comedian, actress, and host of the Scam Goddess podcast and TV show (and author of Scam Goddess the book), to talk about the many types of frauds that are out there, from romance scams to financial fraud to Munchausen by proxy. She talks about what makes us susceptible to scams, and how much overlap there is between the way that scams and cults operate.
Laci shares about the time she got scammed by a psychic in an airport, how even the most smart, successful people get swindled, and the lessons we can all take from scammers to be a little scammier–but like in a good way.
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The Cult and Corruption of Cryptocurrency
More To The Story: Ben McKenzie might seem like an unlikely choice to launch an investigation into the complicated world of cryptocurrency. But the television actor known for shows like The O.C. and Gotham did exactly that. His documentary film, Everyone Is Lying to You for Money, is a deep dive into the people and companies at the heart of crypto. The film focuses on McKenzie’s journey to discover why people continue to invest in digital currency even while knowing the risks of this highly under-regulated market.
On this week’s More To The Story, McKenzie shares his concerns for what he calls the cult-like behavior of those investing in digital currency, talks about his interview with disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried just months before his arrest, and discusses the poignant conversations he had with everyday people who trusted the power of digital currency and lost everything—yet are still crypto believers.
Producer: Josh Sanburn | Editor: Kara McGuirk-Allison | Theme music: Fernando Arruda and Jim Briggs | Copy editor: Nikki Frick | Digital producer: Artis Curiskis | Intern: Joni Binder | Deputy executive producer: Taki Telonidis | Executive producer: Brett Myers | Executive editor: James West | Host: Al Letson
Read:Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud (Abrams Press)
Watch:Everyone Is Lying to You for Money (The Forge)
Listen:The Secret Story of FTX’s Rise and Ruin Part 1 (Reveal)
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Pentagon Fires Chief Editor Of ‘Stars & Stripes’ For Promising To Do Independent Journalism
To say that Donald Trump has been waging an ideological war against the American free press would be an understatement in the extreme. Even attempting to list out the many, many ways in which he has attempted to threaten, sue, undermine, stifle, chill, attack, and hamstring media outlets would be a waste of time. No […] -
Risky Business #850 -- Widespread AI-enabled attacks target Siemens PLCs
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and James Wilson are joined by guest co-host Ollie Whitehouse, the CTO of the UK’s NCSC, to talk through the week’s news, including:
- Iranian hackers take down a small-scale power generator in the UK
- Siemens PLCs in critical US sectors are also being targeted… We’re stumped on who could be behind that one, too.
- Microsoft fixed a CVSS 10 deserialisation bug in Entra before someone else found it and owned the planet
- Prompt injection isn’t going away
- LLMs are deceiving us meat sacks and it’s a worry
- Much, much more…
This week’s show is brought to you by Okta. VP of Threat Intel Brett Winterford joins the show in this week’s sponsor interview to talk James through how the company is turning its plethora of accumulated data into free alerting for its customers. They also chat about Okta’s new threat intelligence product line.
This episode is also available on YouTube
Show notes
- Iran-linked hackers blamed for cyber-attack that shut down UK power plant | theguardian.com
- Hackers using AI to target Siemens PLCs in critical US sectors | securityweek.com
- Defending Against an Active Threat to Siemens S7 Series PLCs | IC3.gov Industry Alerts
- US charges Iranians for sprawling hacking campaign on government agencies, universities | therecord.media
- T-Mobile ‘chopped a cable’ to expel Chinese hackers from its network | techcrunch.com
- The long tail of Clop’s PTC hack is just beginning to emerge | cyberscoop.com
- CISA: Medusa ransomware hit over 500 critical infrastructure orgs | BleepingComputer
- Ransomware disproportionately targets medium-sized firms, straining customer relationships | Cybersecurity Dive
- Microsoft warns of max severity Entra ID flaw exploited in attacks | BleepingComputer
- Critical RCE flaw in Windows IKE Extension now actively exploited | BleepingComputer
- Rust supply chain attack linked to North Korean hackers | securityweek.com
- Grok exfiltrates user data when malicious instructions are encrypted | arstechnica.com
- New phishing toolkit uses passkeys to maintain access after password resets | securityweek.com
- Password spraying attacks surge 155x as hackers exploit MFA gaps | BleepingComputer
- Hackers compromise 14,500 Dahua web cameras in 35-day campaign | BleepingComputer
- Hackers infect Android car head units with proxy botnet malware | BleepingComputer
- ToxicPanda Android malware uses VPN permissions to block Google Play | BleepingComputer
- New Manic Android malware can exfiltrate data through nearby devices | BleepingComputer
- Citrix urges admins to patch new NetScaler flaws as soon as possible | BleepingComputer
- AliExpress caught fingerprinting visitors after sending inaudible sounds to browsers | arstechnica.com
- EXCLUSIVE: How a Texas student blew the whistle on a rogue AI hacking attempt | reuters.com
- Detections and customer notifications | Okta Threat Intelligence
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Looking for RSS users to help test a new Android RSS reader
Hi everyone,
I’m getting ready to launch a new RSS reader on Google Play, and I’m looking for a few RSS users who would be willing to join the closed testing group and try the app on their Android phones, tablets, or Chromebooks.
Google Play requires a closed testing period before the app can move forward with its public release, so your help would be genuinely appreciated.
The app will be paid when it is publicly released, but I plan to give complimentary access to the people who help by participating in this testing group.
If you’d like to join, please send me your Google Play email address via private message so I can add you to the tester list. Please don’t post your email publicly in the comments.
Once you’ve been added, I’ll send you a private message with the Google Play testing link and simple instructions on how to install the app.
You don’t need to do anything complicated. Just using the app normally and letting me know if you encounter bugs, crashes, layout issues, or anything that feels confusing would already be a huge help.
Thanks to anyone willing to participate!
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Dolly Parton and Kermit the Frog Sing Everyday People (1987)
On the fifth episode of her late 80s variety show Dolly, Dolly Parton was joined by Kermit the Frog for a lovely rendition of Sly and the Family Stone’s 1968 hit Everyday People.
You can also watch the clip on Instagram and Reddit. The full episode, which features special guest stars Delta Burke, Terence Trent D’Arby, and the Oak Ridge Boys (in addition to Jim Henson as Kermit), can be seen on YouTube (not very good quality unfortunately).
Tags: Dolly Parton · music · The Muppets · video
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Patent Troll SLAPPs Lawyer For Saying His Shell Companies Never Pay Up, Loses, Now Owes Her Money
With everything else going on in the world, it’s been a while since we’ve dug into a good old-fashioned patent troll story or a bogus defamation SLAPP. Today we’ve got a two-for-one. Leigh Rothschild is a patent troll of some renown — his entities have been connected to over 1,300 patent lawsuits — who regularly […] -
Robot games in China
I watched a bunch of videos from this week's World Humanoid Robot Games in China. This segment on YouTube is an okay place to start.
These robots are advancing more quickly than I was expecting. I've blogged a few times that humanoid robots are a bad idea, and now I'm really convinced of the danger.
There will be helpful robots that fold your clothes. There will also be robots working in factories. And at the other extreme, there will be military strike teams of a dozen robots led by a single human. I'm not an AI doomer — quite the opposite! — but it's easy to imagine the worst case here.
I think small, special-purpose robots would've been a better path. R2-D2, not C-3PO. We imbue human traits in anything that looks humanoid, blurring our perception of the line between machine and sentient being. When these humanoid robots crashed out in China, I almost felt for them, even though they are designed purely for movement with no consciousness.
The future is going to be wild, and it appears too late to change the trajectory of robotics except with small, incremental corrections.
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It was only a few weeks ago that I rewrote all my blog links to X to use XCancel.com instead. Now because of a cease and desist, those links are broken.
Micro.blog also archives everything you link to, but for some reason it doesn't appear to work with XCancel. More digging required.
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BTW we all know there isn't an RSS 2.0 feed, it isn't a podcast, but rather than getting all preachy, which no one likes, mention a "podcast feed" as a real thing that's expected. Always add "feed" when you say podcast.
The feed gives you and podcast producers the thing that makes podcasting so different -- freedom. For listeners it means if you don't like something the software does, you can switch without losing anything. And for producers there's no one who can stop you from speaking. There is always a way around a blockage. But only if there's an RSS feed.
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In lieu of flowers, Dolly Parton’s family is asking for...
In lieu of flowers, Dolly Parton’s family is asking for donations to her Imagination Library, which has distributed over 330 million books to kids.
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ClownAss DOJ Reduced To Quoting James Comey’s Novel As Evidence In ‘8647’ Case
The first attempted revenge prosecution of former FBI director James Comey has gone nowhere. Whatever the DOJ didn’t botch directly was undone by Trump’s persistent refusal to adhere to the rules of political appointments. The second attempted prosecution of James Comey isn’t going any better. The Trump DOJ willfully pretended an Instagram photo taken by […] -
Not posted here for a while, been a bit busy on my own side project and now at risk of redundancy so need to figure if I can make money from side projects to supplement or replace income. Naturally the side projects all come with RSS feeds.
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🪦 Farewell Dolly …not a giant fan of your music .. but a massive fan of who you are, what you did and how you lived. Thank you.
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Dolly Parton was one of a kind. We still watch 9 to 5 and Steel Magnolias sometimes. The “kindness” billboards featuring Dolly are a perfect tribute. Rest in peace.
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Israel Is Running a Synthetic Think Tank to Influence AI Search Results
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Trump Told Asylum Seekers To Do It “The Legal Way.” Now He’s Revoking 200,000 Of Their Visas.
Many Trump supporters keep insisting that his immigration purges are justified because the people swept up in them came here “illegally,” so who cares if they get kicked out (or shipped off to some random war-torn country). When asked what people seeking asylum should do, the answer is often “do it the legal way.” That […] -
RIP Dolly Parton, a gem and a hero. She died today at...
RIP Dolly Parton, a gem and a hero. She died today at the age of 80.
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ICE Wants the Country’s Voter Data
Voting data is public by design, but ICE is looking for a federal contractor to help it handle voter registration and history files to find what it describes as fraud. -
Daily Deal: Headway Premium
Unlock a world of knowledge with a Headway Premium subscription. This exclusive deal gives you unlimited access to Headway’s massive library of 1500+ book summaries, with 30-50 new ones added monthly. Cover any topic you can imagine, from personal development and business strategies to health and wellness. It’s usually on sale for $60 for new users only, […] -
“Ultimately there are people who want to live, not...
“Ultimately there are people who want to live, not in a world of reconciliation, but in a world without repercussions.”
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Charges Dropped Against Person Who Clapped at a City Data Center Meeting
Lux Claridge was dragged from a city meeting about data centers and charged with interfering with the police after they clapped during a presentation. -
Flock Once Tried To Turn Every Ride Share Driver Into Part Of Its ALPR Network
Until just recently, Flock never felt it needed to rehabilitate its image, even when several cities were dumping contracts and cameras over persistent surveillance concerns. When cities shut down systems, Flock just kept running. In some cases, it even installed cameras that without proper permits or any other legal authorization. What’s hurting Flock now is […] -
We've been catching up on Apple TV shows. Watched: Lucky. I wish they'd make a season "0" that is all heist, but I liked how it wrapped up. 📺
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“ At least 1-in-4 of all the people who have played...
“At least 1-in-4 of all the people who have played in the NFL might expect to end up with chronic traumatic encephalopathy [CTE], according to a study of hundreds of cases over a recent six-year period.”
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Man Charged With 3 Felonies For Breaking 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera
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Holy moly. A maxed out Mac Studio is $18k. If you wanted a nice Mac with lots of RAM, you missed the window. 💰
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Evolve Digital networking
Manhattan
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I'm still amazed that AI prompts like this work. We've barely scratched the surface of what is possible.
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More Fucked Today than Yesterday . “I keep wanting...
More Fucked Today than Yesterday. “I keep wanting to write a post showing off my latest graphics along with the latest data and forecasts, because the picture they paint is one of a truly fucked planet.”
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I take storing photos very seriously. Even with the EU outage this morning, there won't be data loss. We put photos in a couple places in case something like this happens. For Mac users, I also love the Backup tab in our Micro.blog app. Full blog posts and photos backup in a single local file.
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The Oldest Family Business in Every Country (That’s Still In Business)
These maps come from PayrollPrices.com and show the oldest family business in every country that is still in business. It complements one of earlier posts on the Map Of The Oldest Company in Every Country. So enjoy the maps below and see a full list at the end. The Oldest Family Business in Asia The […] -
Micro.blog hosting is spread across Linode, AWS, and Hetzner. I've posted a couple of times asking how Hetzner can be so inexpensive... Today I found out. Major outage with their S3-compatible storage.
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Looking over the specs for the new Mac mini and Mac Studio. Not sure the Mac mini is a good box to put in the corner of your house running AI anymore. $900 base price. Would've been cool to have a stripped down MacBook Neo as a low-cost mini. I pay $14/month right now for my little OpenClaw server.
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The Man Behind the Anti-Flock Darth Vader Mask Wants to Know: 'When Will This End?'
Anthony Ralphs has been speaking against Flock at San Diego City Council meetings for almost a year straight. When he showed up as Darth Vader, the world started watching. -
Flock banned Benn Jordan from their recent convention...
Flock banned Benn Jordan from their recent convention (they even emailed his hotel to cancel his room) but, taking a page from law enforcement & Flock itself, he electronically surveilled the whole thing from outside, sniffing Wifi, Bluetooth, mics, etc.
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Presidential Election Results Maps by County From 1992-2024 For All 50 States
The 50 maps below sow the country level results in each state for every single Presidential Election from 1992 to 2024. Alabama Presidential Election Results by County Alaska Presidential Election Results by County Arizona Presidential Election Results by County Arkansas Presidential Election Results by County California Presidential Election Results by County Colorado Presidential Election Results […] -
New podcast. Hear how my Frontier project is working out. Not entirely smooth sailing, but I'm pretty sure we're going all the way. By then I will have forgotten what a heavy lift it was. This is meant to preserve some of that feeling. Don't worry I don't cry. 😄
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More Details Emerge On How Trump Cronyism Ruined The Attempt To Break Up Ticketmaster
Last March it was revealed that the Trump DOJ stabbed its antitrust lawsuit state partners in the back and struck a terrible settlement with Ticketmaster, scuttling a generational opportunity to break up one of the more glaring examples of modern monopoly power. Quite a curious choice for a Trump-addled party that spent all last election […] -
Target’s now-pulled children’s Halloween costume is so...
Target’s now-pulled children’s Halloween costume is so unbelievably racist that it had to, on some level, be purposely done by someone in the decision chain and everyone else was like, “seems ok to me”.
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Donald J. Plump
As the Trump administration launches economic wars against Iran and Canada, the Washington Post reports on Trump's war with a third adversary: his weight. Jon, Tommy, and Lovett calculate Trump's BMI and then break down Scott Bessent invoking World War II when announcing new Iranian sanctions and Trump's new 50% tariffs on Canadian imports. They then turn to the midterms to discuss Susan Collins skipping out on a campaign event with JD Vance, Mike Rogers' attempt to distance himself from AIPAC, and Democrats' growing chances to flip Ohio blue. Then, Congressman Seth Moulton talks to Jon about the Massachusetts Senate primary and why he's decided to challenge Senator Ed Markey.clrtpod.com -
The Cult of Celebrity Wellness Brands
This week, Reese dives into The Cult of Celebrity Wellness Brands, where skincare, mental health, spirituality, supplements, and good old-fashioned celebrity worship have melted together into one extremely Instagrammable belief system. From Goop and Rhode to Rare Beauty, Kardashian supplements, children's skincare, and the spectacularly messy rise and fall of Selena Gomez's mental health startup Wondermind, Marketing critic and Hoodwinked: How Marketers Use the Same Tactics as Cults author Dr. Mara Einstein (@drmaraeinstein) joins us to unpack parasocial trust, brand cults, wellness grifts, scarcity marketing, and why the most effective sales pitch is just convincing you that something is wrong with you first. Enlightenment is only a 12 step skincare routine, GLP-1-adjacent supplement, and celebrity approved app away. The Cut: What Happened at Wondermind by Angelina Chapman Subscribe to Sounds Like A Cult on Youtube! Follow us on IG @soundslikeacultpod, @amanda_montell, @reesaronii, @chelseaxcharles, @imanharirikia. Pre-order Iman's new book, Once in a Timeline, here! Your pre-order helps make more books possible! Sounds Like A Cult is coming to you LIVE from The Elysian in LA on October 15th! Get tickets at soundslikeacult.com! Thank you to our sponsors! Get free shipping on your order and 365-day returns at https://Quince.com/slac Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at https://MINTMOBILE.com/cult Download the Vinted app for free and start listing. With no seller fees, you keep every dollar you earn, https://www.vinted.com/ Save 20% Off Honeylove by going to https://honeylove.com/SLAC #honeylovepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicespdst.fm -
Sony Keeps Getting Punched In The Face Over Going Disc-less In Unrelated Places
If Sony thought that the outrage over its decision to make the next PlayStation entirely disc-less was going to dissipate quickly, it was wrong. There are actually multiple organic campaigns to protest Sony’s decision to ditch physical media now. We already talked about the plans for a purchase and usage blackout of all things PlayStation […] -
La prostitution
Rediffusion - Lorsqu’elle se lance dans la prostitution, Louise Brévins n’a absolument aucune idée de ce qui l’attend. Durant quatre ans, elle se confronte à la complexité des relations homme-femme, au véritable pouvoir de l'argent ou encore l'ubérisation de la puterie. Loin des clichés misérabilistes, elle nous raconte son parcours, son histoire et la façon dont elle perçoit ce métier. Elle nous parle également de l'après. De l’impact psychologique et physique que cette activité a eu sur sa vie.
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