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This bears repeating till governments do the work to corral unbridled #AI development: 👇
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Joseph Lim 
@joseph11lim@mastodon.social
mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Freedom with responsibility breeds harmony -- freedom w/o responsibility breeds anarchy.
Support professional #journalism iso parasitic/venal influencers.
Still working at becoming selfless iso selfish. #filmastodon #sustainability #wellbeingeconomy #BanDieselSedans #JailNetanyahu! #ImpeachtRump! #StopPutin! #CancelMusk! #BoycottTesla
Please do not confabulate with me.🙏🧐
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Joined October 30, 2022
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@BrianJopek@mastodon.world And let all that slowly sink in with a delectable Belgian chocolate dégustation - it's #WorldChocolateDay after all.🍫😋
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@Captain_Jack_Sparrow @downey The answer may lie in: 1) who owns LinkedIn, & 2) how long can they "stall" the regulatory &/or legal oversights that are already designed to be #bigtech-friendly scrappy.🤔
#BreakupBigtech
Exactement! 👇💯
#snoopyverse
RE: @thejapantimes@mastodon.social
After going at this internationally #illegal #war for 4+ weeks, there's nothing intelligent about this so-called "intelligence" on #Hormuz. It wld qualify as intelligence if it was recognized BEFORE te reckless attacks, & considered then in conjunction with evidence tt #Iran didn't hv any nuclear weapons of mass destruction (unlike #Israel). #USA has been manipulated by #Netanyahu into commencing this globally disastrous mess without due & prior consideration of intelligence.🤦♂️🤦♂️
🇺🇸 #bananarepublic
What to do when the #publicgood of #information goes bad
🧐"given today’s #tech, marginal cost of disseminating info is essentially zero. Yet creating true info isn't free at all.. A tax on big #AI bizs shld be dedicated to supporting te #creative #commons.. we shld be delighted tt jury in California found #Meta & #Google #guilty of “ #negligence” & damaging users. Such bizs hv been shielded against consequences of te damage their indiff'ce inflicts, not least on children"
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/what-to-do-when-the-public-good-of-information-goes-bad
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@warandpeas 🏆👏
Though in my mind, there may be a miniscule tick on top of the magnificent spider.🤭👇
HK sinks in #World #Happiness #Report index to lowest-ever position
"declines in #wellbeing among #youth r linked to heavy #socialmedia use, esp'ly among teenage girls in #West European & English-speaking c'tries. Researchers said most #US college #students wished social media platforms didn’t exist. They use them because others r using them.. Te most #problematic #platforms r those where main use is passive, & te main material is #visual & often comes from #influencers"🤦♂️
https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/20/hong-kong-sinks-in-world-happiness-report-index-to-lowest-ever-position/
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@k3ym0 @sergiodomeyko
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Your simplified explanation is a godsend, thank you!🏆
Did I understand this thread correctly that Mistral also does the same "bouncer" function as UBlock origin, but with the added advantage of EU ethos?
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#Film They Don’t Want U to See
#filmastodon #mustwatch
" #Israel & its supporters don't want (us) to see te bureaucratic machinery tt perpetuates its mass #slaughter, but I suspect, it doesn't want (us) to see te #humanity of #Palestinians who resist.. Despite critical acclaim, Oscar-nom'd director, & Brad Pitt & Joaquin Phoenix behind it, te film faced major difficulties getting an American distributor.. “The Voice of #HindRajab” reminds us tt indifference is complicity"
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-voice-of-hind-rajab-the-film-569
While US DOD still dallies on the #Minab killings, @Bellingcat@mstdn.social has already analyzed further traces of the strike by #US #military using #tomahawk #missile that took far too many innocent #schoolgirls lives.👇
" #Bellingcat also asked the US Department of Defense whether it had any further information on the strike since its reported preliminary findings. It referred us to CENTCOM, which said: “We have nothing for you on this. The investigation is still ongoing.”"🤦♂️
#bananarepublic 🇺🇸
🧐Should the #Government #fund ageing #private #condo #repairs? | The #StraitsTimes
"what raised eyebrows was another suggestion🤦♂️ that the Government could partially foot the bill for lift & escalator safety #upgrades. When just 17% of #Singapore’s residents live in private #condominiums, should #taxpayers’ money be used, even for partial funding?"
What is the difference between #public #housing and private #property? It is fair to fund private assets via public coffers?🤔
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/should-the-government-fund-ageing-condo-repairs
#Gold shop safety measures expanded
"there r 2 major #goldshop #chains tt often ignore #police recommendations on #security measures🧐, & statistics show tt these shops r frequently targeted.. their branches r typically located inside BigC & Lotus's #supermarkets.. on te ground floor near entrances & exits to attract customers.. 1 possible reason these gold shop brands aren't tightening their security measures is tt they rely on #insurance coverage to compensate #robbery"🤦♂️
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/special-reports/3219794/gold-shop-safety-measures-expanded
#Palantir ⚠️Faces Growing #Backlash in UK Following Mandelson Scandal
"Euro c'try tt rejected Palantir was Switzerland.. te Swiss mag tt revealed te #Thiel-chaired gp failures to win Swiss govt contracts, Republik, is sued by Palantir for not giv'g it suff right to reply.. FT: Palantir is grappling “w EU fears over US cos managing sensitive state sys”.. prob for some govts is it may already be too late to turn back te clock.. cos like Palantir . r creat'g new OSs for govt"
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/03/a-backlash-against-palantir-has-finally-begun-in-the-uk-but-is-it-already-too-late.html
Top #US #counterterrorism official quits over #Iran #war
"Joe Kent director NCC wrote..“Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation & it's clear tt we started tis war due to pressure fr #Israel & its powerful #American #lobby”.. “As a veteran deployed to combat 11times & a Gold Star husband who lost my beloved wife in a war manufactured by Israel, I can't support sending te next gen off to fight & die in a war tt serves no benefit.. Kent's been a key adviser to T Gabbard"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3218700/top-us-counterterrorism-official-quits-over-iran-war
RE: @madeindex@mastodon.social
It has been too long overdue to #BreakupBigTech - no country allows dangerously addictive narcotics to #selfregulate (correct?) - so, if you can't effectively regulate them, break them up.👇
#bananarepublic
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@Gargron@mastodon.social This is an #invasion of another #sovereign country by #MAGAmerica which falls foul of #international #law. Unconscionable, no matter how bad the Venezuelan government is. #UN and #EU sanctions definitely called for.
#tRump the international #criminal. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
#tRump learns that [unlike him] not everyone has a price
"Trump's been irreverent abt #Americans captured/maimed in te line of service.. #GOP's made up of once-proud wo/men who #abased themselves to him in ret for #highoffice.. how often Trump's seen pple forfeit their ideals under duress.. If Trump had true believers ar him, might at least gain insight into how foreign govts think. Instead he has likes of #Vance, fmr moderate turned #hardright when it became convenient"🤦♂️
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/trump-learns-that-not-everyone-has-a-price
Firm backed by #POTUS47 sons tries to sell drone interceptors to Gulf states being attacked by Iran
"drone-maker backed by Trump’s 2 oldest sons is trying to sell to #Gulf c'tries while they're under attack by Iran & dependent on #USmilitary led by their father.. Richard Painter, fmr chief #WhiteHouse #ethics lawyer under GW Bush. “Tis is going to be te 1st family of a president to make a lot of money off war – a war he didn’t get consent of Congress for”"
#bananarepublic
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/02/eric-trump-drones-gulf-states-iran
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@petergleick@fediscience.org 🧐
Take your pick:👇
1) the world's greatest #democracy VS
2) the world's largest #communist state.
🤔
RE: @thejapantimes@mastodon.social
Even though we don't condone the evils of the theocratic Iranian regime, we respect international law of #sovereignty. It behooves us to recognize this👉: killing innocent civilians has long become just another day at the office ( #Gaza, #Lebanon & #Iran ) for #Netanyahu and his #genocidal goons at #IDF.🤦♂️🤦♂️ #Israel is no longer NOT a #pariahstate.
#JailNetanyahu #StopIDF #stopgenocide
Probably true. 👇
#bananarepublic 🇺🇸
#Malaysian pilot arrested in Indonesia with 70,000 Ecstasy pills after drug-fuelled #flight
"pilot who tested positive for meth, MDMA, & cocaine after flying a passenger plane to #Indonesia risked the #deathpenalty for allegedly #smuggling more than 70,000 #Ecstasy tablets in his suitcase.. flight# indicated it was a #MalaysiaAirlines plane.
“.. at the time of the flight, he was under the influence.. What concerns all of us is that this person’s profession is a #pilot,”"🤦♂️
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3362508/malaysian-pilot-arrested-indonesia-70000-ecstasy-pills-after-drug-fuelled-flight
RE: @infobeautiful@www.threads.com
The Portuguese are the smartest.👇🏆
#mastofood
#Chinese #national arrested in #Bangkok for police #impersonation #scam
"Officers arrested KanYa, who had no #legal residency status & been responsible for collecting te cash & deliver'g it to te Chinese suspect.. Tt evidence led to issuance of arrest warrant for te suspect.. who confessed to defrauding THB1.8mil & has been charged.. Police remind public tt officers don't request money transfers or cash withdrawals for verification"
👉There's a special hell for #scammers!😡
https://thethaiger.com/news/national/chinese-national-arrested-in-bangkok-for-police-impersonation-scam
Face-saving chance for #tRump to pause te war on #Iran
"Iranians hv proven resilience. In 1980-88 war w Iraq, Tehran absorbed te loss of ~500,000 lives. It won't hesitate to do so again.. Trump wld've been better off if some of te key Gulf states joined te war directly. But all of them r aware of te perils of doing so. His frustration over tis evidenced in reportedly bitter language he used at an invt forum mocking Saudi Crown Prince Mohd bin Salman for “kissing his a**”"
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/a-face-saving-chance-for-trump-to-pause-the-war-on-iran-will-he-take-it
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@ferricoxide@blahaj.zone @nixCraft@mastodon.social ✅️✅️
I second not using Chrome unless I've absolutely no choice (but LinkedIn doesn't force Chrome on us, yet!), and not logging in LinkedIn unless necessary (no, I don't care about feeds from it nor birthday greets nor social stuff - it's a freakin' professional networking platform not f*book!). And the privacy tools are good ideas, thank you!🙏
#LetterOfTheWeek
Forum🇸🇬 Don’t let medical progress become a loophole for #insurers
"Life #Insurance Assoc'n recently updated its #Critical #Illness Framework to incl modern “keyhole” & endovascular treatments.. a clear admission tt old, highly invasive definitions r medically obsolete. However these updates are not retrospective. Tis creates a 2-tier sys where those who've dutifully paid #premiums for decades r penalised for te v #medical progress tt makes #surgery safer"
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-dont-let-medical-progress-become-a-loophole-for-insurers
For any GP worth their salt, a sales pitch with a #zeroloss #proposition, but not backed up by any bona-fide guarantee to that effect, should always be promptly dismissed. That #privatedebt became a $2.5 trillion (🤦♂️!) "asset" class says a lot about the liquidity-driven madness in #global #investment #markets - sad.⚠️
Private debt bumps up against managers’ #competence
"The sales pitch that #privatecredit is somehow a zero-loss proposition looks increasingly questionable"👎
https://www.asiaasset.com/private-markets/private-debt-an-asset-class-that-seems-to-be-outgrowing-its-practitioners-competence/
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"The letter, published on website of te policy journal #JustSecurity, highlighted Trump’s comment last month tt US may conduct strikes on Iran “just for fun”. It also cited comments by defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, who told reporters tt te US didn't fight w “stupid rules of engagement”. The experts said they were “seriously concerned abt strikes tt hv hit schools, health facilities & homes”, noting an attack on a school in [Minab] on te 1st day of te war tt killed >160 children & teachers"
RE: @joseph11lim@mastodon.social
Bombed #Iranian #girls #school had vivid website & yearslong online presence👇
"Mon, TehranTimes published photos of wat it said were "remnants of #American missile tt struck an elementary school in #Minab” At request of Reuters, H Farid, digital forensics & comp science prof for UofCali Berkeley, analysed te images & found no evidence of manipulation or AI generation. 2 of those missile parts match recovered parts of oth #Tomahawk missiles doc'ed by #OpenSource Munitions"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3216175/bombed-iranian-girls-school-had-vivid-website-and-yearslong-online-presence
Viriyah mulls higher #EV premiums
"EV #insurance biz registers a combined ratio #loss slightly above 10%, meaning total claims & op'g expenses exceed te #premiums collected. As a result, te co's considering adjusting EV insurance premiums tis yr to better reflect actual #risk levels.. Viriyah plans to adopt a model-by-model pricing strategy, assessing risks based on individual EV brands & models.✅️ Some EV models hv manageable claims perf, while others carry higher risks"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/motoring/3217514/viriyah-mulls-higher-ev-premiums
🧐The myriad problems discussed herein wrt #Singapore folks managing their #private #properties cld be boiled down to 1 underlying cause, if one cld be brutally honest, & tt's #selfishness driven by a lack of social cohesion (or worse, #social #responsibility). Why? It needs more attention fr sociologists.👇
Managing million-dollar sinking funds, costly repairs: Do #condo councils need mandatory training?🤔
"residents may join councils bec they've a personal agenda, an ego"
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/condo-councils-sinking-funds-training-members-bca-6025621
#Singaporean man who fled to Thailand while on #bail for alleged vice-related offences to be charged
⚠️"“ #Vice #syndicates hv leveraged #tech to facilitate their operations & extended their reach across national borders,” said Senior Assistant #Commissioner Yeo Yee Chuan, covering director of #CID.. adding tt the #Singapore #police will take tough #enforcement actions against such syndicates"✅️
👆 The #courts need to step up & mete out tougher #deterrent #sentences too!🧐
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sporean-man-who-fled-to-thailand-while-on-bail-for-vice-related-offences-to-be-charged
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#UN #delegates #walkout as #Netanyahu 🤬 defends #Israel’s actions
"Netanyahu faces #international #criticism over te war in #Gaza, w Israel’s gen #election scheduled 27Oct.. divisions over Israel’s military campaign were evident fr start of his speech, as dozens of delegates left te hall. N called those who walked out “moral cowards”.. W election <5 weeks away N’s speech took te tone of campaign address & was broadcast during prime time on all 4 major Israeli TV channels"
https://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2026/09/25/un-delegates-walk-out-as-netanyahu-defends-israels-actions/
👇 Who gave the orders for these assassinations? Why hasn't the one who ordered the murders been indicted?🤦♂️
#JailNetanyahu #StopIDF #killersofchildren #Israel
#Cigarette smoking #kills in nefarious ways: 168 #human lives extinguished & 1,987 housing units in eight tower blocks all 👇destroyed.🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Deadly #HongKong #fire ‘most likely’ caused by smoking, #public inquiry hears
"A clip showing workers #smoking on the rooftop of one #WangFuk Court building on November 26 was played during the hearing, with Dawes pointing out that residents had long complained about the issue to #contractors & #authorities" ⚖️🚭
#tobaccoKills #HKFP
https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/19/deadly-wang-fuk-court-fire-most-likely-caused-by-smoking-public-inquiry-hears/
#BangkokPost: SEC bans #auditor after #Stark #scandal
"regulator filed a complaint with DSI against Nantawat Sumraunhant, a #capitalmarket auditor affil w #Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Jaiyos Audit Co, citing severe #violations of auditing #standards.. #SEC revoked his capital market auditor licence & imposed a 6-year ban.. Fr a criminal perspective, SEC determined tt Nantawat's actions contributed to enabl'g fraudulent activities & #financialstatement #manipulation at Stark"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/3228955/sec-bans-auditor-after-stark-scandal
#LinkedIn has gotten from bad to worse after becoming "microsofted". #MustShare 👇
P.S. No need (as yet) to delete LI accounts and certainly avoid #Chrome like the plague.
#Indonesia Gets a #WakeupCall from Global #Investors
🧐"the #MSCI action on te state of Indonesian Stock Market is more emblematic of what has kept 🇮🇩 fr reaching its potential over decades. “OJK & IDX chairs hv not had guts to go aft #stock #cooking bec those behind it r wealthy donors to politicians”.. #economists warned tt 🇮🇩 will struggle to translate growth into broad-based prosperity unless #technocratic #governance and evidence-based #policymaking become a priority"
https://www.globalasia.org/v21no1/feature/laying-bare-the-rot-indonesia-gets-a-wakeup-call-from-global-investors_a-lin-neumann
Shit people won't own up to their own shit, even when caught red-handed.👇 🤦♂️💩👎