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Weaponizing Social Media

Following one of my little rants about Facebook, my attention is turned to this November 20 editorial piece in the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/opinion/the-secret-agenda-of-a-facebook-quiz.html

The money quote: “… Facebook is no longer just a social network. It’s an 
advertising medium that’s now dangerously easy to weaponize.”

Gwen Ifill, R.I.P.

This one feels like losing a family member. Gwen was a highly respected and trusted journalist working for years in print — Washington Post, NY Times, Baltimore and Boston newspapers, etc. — then in television at NBC and PBS. She wrote books and moderated presidential debates and more. For years we saw and heard her almost every night on the PBS Newshour and Washington Week. The image of news media would not be in disarray now if all of its practitioners met Gwen’s standard of truth-seeking and civility. Read on:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/gwen-ifill-meant-us/

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/business/media/gwen-ifill-dies.html

The Cabbage Collection, Continued

Seems that there are tons of onboard GoPro-type videos done by truckers (and others).  As a follow-on to a few that I suggested in the previous post, here is one done in the winter at fast playback along that oh-so-familiar route:


And …


And here’s the eastbound view — the one we did Sunday night in darkness and rain and almost complete fog …


And then’s this rather curious drone overview of the area …