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Facebook Whistleblower Reveals Herself in Network Interview

She's a leftwinger who wants more censorship.

As I've said before: FaceBook, being an illegal monopoly which is only tolerated upon the condition it serve the political interests of the hard left, must be broken up. It is permitted by the left to remain a tolerated monopoly only because, in this perilous state, it can always be pressured to censor the right and propagate the messaging of the left.

It's like allowing a Republican senator who has a packet of blackmail material against him to continue "serving" the Republican party.

I mean, yeah, we do that too, but we shouldn't keep every compromised actor in positions of power.


The whistleblower repeats her central claim that FaceBook has organized its precious algorithm to create as much anger and stress as possible, because this boosts "engagement" and makes the fading social media behemoth more "sticky" and more profitable.

She also shrieks that FaceBook isn't censoring the right enough and that's how we got the Four Hour Insurrection.

The Facebook whistleblower revealed her identity last night, along with her plans to reform the embattled social media company from the outside. Frances Haugen, a data scientist by training and a veteran of Google and Pinterest, had been recruited to Facebook in 2018 to help the platform prepare for election interference. When she quit in May, she took with her a cache of tens of thousands of documents that now underpin a sweeping congressional investigation into Facebook's practices.

But Haugen's turning point came months earlier, on December 2, 2020, less than a month after the presidential election, when the company disbanded the Civic Integrity team she worked on.

"They told us, 'We're dissolving Civic Integrity.' Like, they basically said, 'Oh good, we made it through the election. There wasn't riots. We can get rid of Civic Integrity now.' Fast forward a couple months, we got the insurrection," Haugen told CBS's 60 Minutes, referring to the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. "And when they got rid of Civic Integrity, it was the moment where I was like, 'I don't trust that they're willing to actually invest what needs to be invested to keep Facebook from being dangerous.'"

Either we specify, formally, what Facebook must and must not censor, or it will continue making these decisions based on both overt public pressure from Democrat politicians (who can pass legislation adverse to it) and from behind-the-scenes threats from the Democrats and their power elites.


Fake conservative nostalgists such as National Review continue to insist that FaceBook is making its censorship decisions of its own free will, and we need to respect this monopoly corporation's rights to free speech and corporate autonomy.

They continue pretending that FaceBook's decision matrix isn't heavily influenced by the constant overt threats by the political left to break it up unless FaceBook censors political messaging it doesn't like.

And they pretend that partly out of nostalgia and delusion for the last year everything made sense to them -- 2003 -- and partly because they're straight-up being paid off by Google and FaceBook and money-laundering operations like the Chamber of Commerce and AEI, which are also being paid off by Google and FaceBook.

...

Haugen traces Facebook’s recent problems to a significant change the company made in 2018 to the News Feed algorithm, which prioritizes the content that is shown to users. Those changes, she said, pushed divisive content to users because that’s what drove engagement and profits. "Facebook has realized that if they change the algorithm to be safer, people will spend less time on the site, they’ll click on less ads, they'll make less money," she told CBS.

The company rolled out new safety systems for the 2020 election, but Haugen said they were turned off shortly thereafter. "As soon as the election was over, they turned them back off or they changed the settings back to what they were before to prioritize growth over safety," she said. "And that really feels like a betrayal of democracy to me."

Constant censorship, propaganda, and surveillance by mega-monopolies serving the Ruling Class and its vicious ideology sound like betrayals of democracy to me.

Being on the Civic Integrity team meant that Haugen was intimately familiar with much of Facebook's research into the various problems its platforms faced, from disinformation to incitements to violence and more. While some of the research dates back a few years, other studies were published this year, including one that says, "We estimate that we may action as little as 3-5% of hate and about 6-tenths of 1% of V & I [violence and incitement] on Facebook despite being the best in the world at it."

...

Once she knew that she couldn’t fix the company from the inside, she decided to copy as many files as she could that related problems like violence, hate speech, and mental health. "At some point in 2021, I realized, 'Okay, I
m gonna have to do this in a systemic way, and I have to get out enough that no one can question that this is real.'"

Haugen's leaked documents form the basis of eight complaints filed by her attorneys with the Securities and Exchange Commission. They allege Facebook breached its fiduciary duty by not revealing information that was material to investors. The filings give Haugen some protection as a whistleblower, but because she also leaked the documents to the press, she may not enjoy complete immunity from legal action on the part of Facebook.

Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal newly reports that Mark Zuckerberg planned to make his illegal monopoly the world's most powerful vaccine propaganda operation in the world, but was frustrated by FaceBook users -- I mean, those used by FaceBook -- who weren't keen on the vaccine.

So of course he's turned to even more serious censorship against them.

In mid-March, Mark Zuckerberg used his Facebook page to announce a goal that was both ambitious and personal. He wanted his company to use its formidable resources to push 50 million people toward Covid-19 vaccines.

In a post and a press release, the chief executive discussed Facebook Inc.'s initiatives to promote vaccines. He unveiled collaborations with global health organizations. And he touted that his company had "already connected more than 2 billion people to authoritative Covid-19 information."

Inside Facebook, staffers were warning that Mr. Zuckerberg's own platform, the globe-spanning powerhouse built on code he wrote 17 years ago, was compromising his effort.

For more than a month, Facebook researchers warned that comments on vaccine-related posts--often factual posts of the sort Facebook sought to promote--were filled with antivaccine rhetoric aimed at undermining their message, internal documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal show. The comments ranged from personal objections all the way to debunked falsehoods and conspiracy theories.
The wave of negative comments worried global health institutions, including the World Health Organization and Unicef, the documents say. One internal Facebook memo cited "anti-vaccine commenters that swarm their Pages."

In the weeks before Mr. Zuckerberg made his announcement, another memo said initial testing concluded that roughly 41% of comments on English-language vaccine-related posts risked discouraging vaccinations. Users were seeing comments on vaccine-related posts 775 million times a day, the memo said, and Facebook researchers worried the large proportion of negative comments could influence perceptions of the vaccines' safety.

Any statement which isn't 100% positive propaganda for the vaccine "risks discouraging" vaccinations.


Which is of course now the standard for what must be censored. If you're not 100% a propagandist for mandatory vaccinations, you "risk discouraging" them and must be censored.

...

By this summer, the prevalence of false and misleading vaccine information on Facebook prompted a public scolding from President Biden, who said the falsehoods were "killing people."

Again, I repeat: Either Republicans join a process to formally, officially declare what FaceBook can and cannot censor -- the simplest fix is to just impose standard American first amendment jurisprudence on the monopoly, which has the advantage of being a very well-litigated body of law which most people can understand at the cost of hiring a couple of first amendment lawyers -- or we will continue to suffer under the regime in which only the hard left informally, unofficially dictates to FaceBook what it must censor.

By the way, such a formal, official government policy on what FaceBook can and cannot censor -- a "safe harbor" of conduct that would protect it from liability-- would be very helpful to FaceBook as well, giving it the confidence and legal right to tell the left to f*** off during their pressure campaigns.

FaceBook's stock fell 4% today due to the publicization of the whistleblower's claims and her allegations about FaceBook harming investors by lying to them about its internal reports and potential libilities.

Facebook stock fell as much as 4% on Monday after a whistleblower alleged that the company does little to stop the spread of hateful content on its platform.

Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen leaked internal documents to several news outlets this year and told "60 Minutes" on Sunday that choices made by the company's management team consistently give polarizing, hateful content more reach and distribution than it should.

"There were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook. And Facebook, over and over again, chose to optimize for its own interests, like making more money," Haugen told "60 Minutes."

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: Roy at October 04, 2021 02:30 PM (D69WA)

2 Good day for it to go down

Posted by: brak at October 04, 2021 02:31 PM (6hvzW)

3 Don't buy one bit of it. She's a plant, a shill.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at October 04, 2021 02:31 PM (wAnMi)

4 FB.

*spit

Posted by: Golfman at October 04, 2021 02:31 PM (hOMhY)

5 Speaking of censorship, who, besides me, thinks FB is down so they can scrub all the "Fuck Joe Biden" videos?

Posted by: Shipoopi at October 04, 2021 02:31 PM (xKFcT)

6 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:31 PM (Zz0t1)

7 FUCK Joe FACEbook.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:31 PM (Zz0t1)

8 Good little commie bitch. Steals, rats out people. She'd be tossing the Zyklon pellets into the showers if they'd let her.

Posted by: Roy at October 04, 2021 02:31 PM (D69WA)

9 Whistleblower my Aunt Sally. This is a person both sides would take great pleasure in seeing stripped, wired to a metal chair and introduced to Mr Blowtorch.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 04, 2021 02:32 PM (VpIIl)

10 Willowed:

437 XiNN weighs in.

CNN Politics
@CNNPolitics
The Arizona senator's unnecessarily moderate politics might be leading her away from her base and toward a tough primary challenge
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at October 04, 2021 02:30 PM (d9FiS)

"Unnecessarily moderate" is my new favorite phrase.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2021 02:32 PM (6FeV1)

11 Wow she sounds fun. Bet even Paolo would take a pass on her.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2021 02:32 PM (qrYeO)

12 I wonder if Zuck is about to find out what the CEO of Alibaba learned ... Sauron does not share power.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at October 04, 2021 02:32 PM (YZG/i)

13 They've coordinated this with the junta, I'm sure we're going to start to see a lot of concern theater this week. Suddenly, they really, really care what FB/twatter/goolag are up to. And of course, places like Gab are totes out of control and need to be removed from public discourse.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at October 04, 2021 02:33 PM (wAnMi)

14 Broad comes off as unhinged, bigly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2021 02:33 PM (BFigT)

15 Unplanned Maintenance Outage.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2021 02:33 PM (6FeV1)

16 Hey, speaking of social media company donations, anybody see Jim Jordan lately?

Posted by: Marcus T at October 04, 2021 02:33 PM (VpIIl)

17 I just never want it to come back. please God? let it be gone forever.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2021 02:33 PM (j9HX3)

18 Did she pull the switch on the way out the door?

Posted by: RUReadingthis at October 04, 2021 02:33 PM (aQ25I)

19 Did Bidet put FB on his 'Do Not Hack' list he gave Putin?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2021 02:34 PM (qrYeO)

20 17 I just never want it to come back. please God? let it be gone forever.
Posted by: BlackOrchid

*fingers crossed*

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at October 04, 2021 02:34 PM (YZG/i)

21 They're saying "Zucker-boooo-urg"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2021 02:34 PM (6FeV1)

22 Speaking of censorship, who, besides me, thinks FB is down so they can scrub all the "Fuck Joe Biden" videos?
Posted by: Shipoopi at October 04, 2021 02:31 PM (xKFcT)


This all seems way too convenient timing wise. Like, ridiculously so.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at October 04, 2021 02:34 PM (wAnMi)

23 I really should go and get Power Ball tickets.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2021 02:35 PM (qrYeO)

24 Good little commie bitch. Steals, rats out people. She'd be tossing the Zyklon pellets into the showers if they'd let her.

Posted by: Roy at October 04, 2021 02:31 PM (D69WA)

That's pretty much my impression of her.

Posted by: flounder at October 04, 2021 02:35 PM (KnJdm)

25 seen at zero hedge, someone posted this on twatter:

"Does anyone else think this Facebook outage is timed perfectly if they want to clean house in the face of the whistleblower's interview so that even more dirt isn't found?"

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at October 04, 2021 02:35 PM (4a9Vv)

26 One can only surmise that Republicans also support the ambiguity of the First Amendment standards on these social media platforms. Nothing else explains their deliberate indifference.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 04, 2021 02:35 PM (VpIIl)

27
Let's Go, Brandon!!!

(too soon?)

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 04, 2021 02:35 PM (DUIap)

28 11 Wow she sounds fun. Bet even Paolo would take a pass on her.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2021 02:32 PM (qrYeO)

Maybe if she was gagged he'd still be interested.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2021 02:35 PM (ynpvh)

29 I recently saw a similar article about Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos's rocket company. I can't stand Bezos and I'm not that impressed with what BO has done, but FFS, this article made me feel sympathy for his company. Instead of talking about their foot-dragging pace, the way they have screwed over ULA, etc, the big scoop was that BO wasn't woke enough. Every one of these is an op to push on the target from the left, hard.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at October 04, 2021 02:36 PM (cSs/W)

30 This all seems way too convenient timing wise. Like, ridiculously so.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at October 04, 2021 02:34 PM (wAnMi)

Hilarious if true. They live so deeply in their silicon bubble, they think scrubbing social media will actually make the tens of thousands of pissed off rabble simply disappear.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2021 02:36 PM (6FeV1)

31 You know, I'm beginning to think that Nacht und Nebel wasn't all that bad a thing.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 04, 2021 02:36 PM (2JVJo)

32 "Does anyone else think this Facebook outage is timed perfectly if they want to clean house in the face of the whistleblower's interview so that even more dirt isn't found?"
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at October 04, 2021 02:35 PM (4a9Vv)


Or plant some.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at October 04, 2021 02:36 PM (wAnMi)

33 Fuck her and the broom she rode in on

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2021 02:36 PM (8nD9v)

34 15 Unplanned Maintenance Outage.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2021 02:33 PM (6FeV1)

Heh.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2021 02:36 PM (ynpvh)

35 "I really should go and get Power Ball tickets.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2021 02:35 PM (qrYeO) "

If I win, I am immediately making an offer on the F4H-1f that's on Platinum Fighters...

Posted by: Marcus T at October 04, 2021 02:36 PM (VpIIl)

36 Mark Zuckerberg planned to make his illegal monopoly the world's most powerful vaccine propaganda operation in the world,

Well ol' Zuckybuck failed at convincing over half of Philly's home health aides, who are ready to quite they job rather than get the poke.

I guess this means Mayor Kenney will have to call in the NG to go change granny's poopy diaper.

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2021 02:36 PM (DJFLF)

37
Maybe if she was gagged he'd still be interested.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2021 02:35 PM (ynpvh)

She's down the list even below Trigglypuff.

Posted by: Roy at October 04, 2021 02:36 PM (D69WA)

38 It's left eating left.

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!!?????

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:37 PM (Zz0t1)

39 Facebook has politics on it? I thought it was a dating/hook-up site for the 40+ crowd. Ex-girlfriends from high school, college single or married looking for that old thrill through a rendezvous at an Apple Festival.
Instagram being the most popular dating/hookup site for the 35 and under crowd. Just slide into them DM's baby!

Posted by: JROD at October 04, 2021 02:37 PM (0jZnq)

40 That's what happens when you hire Leftards, in biz or govt, they'll sabotage you and stab you in the back.
For the greater good.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at October 04, 2021 02:37 PM (YZG/i)

41 The outage was 'unexpected' toots true

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2021 02:37 PM (qrYeO)

42 Someone should explain to her what happened to Trotsky.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2021 02:37 PM (1t5dY)

43 26 One can only surmise that Republicans also support the ambiguity of the First Amendment standards on these social media platforms. Nothing else explains their deliberate indifference.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 04, 2021 02:35 PM (VpIIl)

Occam's razor: Follow the Money.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2021 02:37 PM (ynpvh)

44 I often wonder - what if we'd just shut our damn mouths and let "Occupy Wall Street" spill into a bank ? What if we'd let the BLM and Antifa turds actually kick McConnell's ass in an upscale East Louisville bar ?

These entities only have all this power because we insist they're "people". I don't think they're "people" anymore. I think they're malevolent assholes.

Posted by: Main Street at October 04, 2021 02:38 PM (3ffZo)

45 People are so addicted to social media they will tolerate just about anything. This will change nothing.

Posted by: brak at October 04, 2021 02:38 PM (6hvzW)

46 "Speaking of censorship, who, besides me, thinks FB is down so they can scrub all the "Fuck Joe Biden" videos?

Posted by: Shipoopi"


That's disinformation. College kids across the country were all spontaneous shouting "Lets go Brandon"

Posted by: Ripley at October 04, 2021 02:38 PM (MxEKc)

47 I recently saw a similar article about Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos's rocket company.


THAT'S what his rocket company is called? No wonder their rockets look like big cocks. Blue veins.......

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:38 PM (Zz0t1)

48 Wait... did she not declare pronouns?

Posted by: Inogame at October 04, 2021 02:38 PM (53oGX)

49 If I win, I am immediately making an offer on the F4H-1f that's on Platinum Fighters...

That would certainly burn through the dollars quickly

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2021 02:38 PM (qrYeO)

50 Behold the ignorance and stupidity of this whistleblower. Probably pretty representative. Her entire "reality" is a bubble of cartoonish delusion and make-believe goblins. Her understanding of basic words and concepts is nil.

This is the kind of ignorant, alien, unworldly, alien totalitarian mindset that is destroying the country. With the assent, explicit or otherwise, of most of the populace.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at October 04, 2021 02:38 PM (OTzUX)

51 Kallisto what happened at 15th and Market last weekend? Dom was going on and on about it but he never said what it was? I was busy all weekend plus I avoid news lol

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2021 02:38 PM (j9HX3)

52 I should have just waited a few minutes for Ace's post to answer my question.

Or gone off and figured it out for myself, but that's just too proactive.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 04, 2021 02:38 PM (LvTSG)

53 Maybe the "Let's go Brandon" will be Zuck/fact checked, as misinformation and untrue? LOL

Posted by: Shipoopi at October 04, 2021 02:38 PM (xKFcT)

54 The company rolled out new safety systems for the 2020 election, but Haugen said they were turned off shortly thereafter. "As soon as the election was over, they turned them back off or they changed the settings back to what they were before to prioritize growth over safety," she said. "And that really feels like a betrayal of democracy to me."
++++
Always, always, always with the "safety" dodge. It's *unsafe* to not actively and aggressively manipulate the platform and censor the users to favor their ideological objectives.

Don't you feel safer?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 04, 2021 02:38 PM (+IIqY)

55 The real threat to facebook is from the left. When the left doesn't need or like fb that is when fb will go away.

Posted by: USNtakim deplorable still. at October 04, 2021 02:38 PM (0OmEj)

56
Disagreements are icky!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2021 02:39 PM (pNxlR)

57 I've been promoting the idea of having the next POTUS sign EOs to disallow the use of any social platform that does not operate within the 1st amendment from being used for official federal government use.

Posted by: SMOD at October 04, 2021 02:39 PM (RHGPo)

58 51 Kallisto what happened at 15th and Market last weekend? Dom was going on and on about it but he never said what it was? I was busy all weekend plus I avoid news lol

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2021 02:38 PM (j9HX3)


I don't know. I will see if it's on philly.com

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2021 02:39 PM (DJFLF)

59 Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram are all down.

Zuckerberg doing a bit of post leak cleanup?

Posted by: bonhomme at October 04, 2021 02:39 PM (YYlyE)

60 I don't support breaking up any of these behemoth entities. Instead, I support an even playing field for competition which will break each of these up naturally.

The problem is that the large entities conspire to keep challenging start ups from providing any competition or alternative. For example, if a challenge to Youtube seems likely, then Youtube makes a quick call over to paypal and Apple aps and "implies" that said start-up should not be provided any services. They did this to GAB blatantly and out in the open.

The only way to provide a direct challenge is to do a start up that is totally self-sufficient...and few people have the capital for such a venture.

In short Enforce the RICO Act and watch start-ups steal away all of the marketshare from the behemoths.

Posted by: Orson at October 04, 2021 02:39 PM (a/e5y)

61 So, it's soon gonna be ZuckerTrotsky's turn to confess his crimes, eh?

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain: Dandolo Did Nothing Wrong at October 04, 2021 02:40 PM (AVLZ0)

62 If I owned Facebook?

I'd sell it. Now. Its literally all downhill from here. There's no method by which Facebook can grow or expand that I can think of.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 04, 2021 02:40 PM (KZzsI)

63 I like how leftists pretend Facebook is part of the VRWC because there is some conservative commentary they don't ban.

Posted by: Ripley at October 04, 2021 02:40 PM (MxEKc)

64 They've coordinated this with the junta, I'm sure we're going to start to see a lot of concern theater this week. Suddenly, they really, really care what FB/twatter/goolag are up to. And of course, places like Gab are totes out of control and need to be removed from public discourse.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at October 04, 2021 02:33 PM (wAnMi)

Concur. Fakebook must be brought to heel like the SA in 1934.

Night Of The Long Knives II: Fakebook Boogaloo.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 04, 2021 02:40 PM (/1l9x)

65 Facebook has politics on it? I thought it was a dating/hook-up site for the 40+ crowd. Ex-girlfriends from high school, college single or married looking for that old thrill through a rendezvous at an Apple Festival.
Instagram being the most popular dating/hookup site for the 35 and under crowd. Just slide into them DM's baby!
Posted by: JROD at October 04, 2021 02:37 PM


The under-29s hang out on AoSHQ.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2021 02:40 PM (a3Q+t)

66 Leftists have a dream. That any opinion that is not theirs is never heard.

A desolate plain.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2021 02:40 PM (yOf1t)

67 I question the timing.

Posted by: Count de Monet, unvaccinated Kulak-American at October 04, 2021 02:40 PM (4I/2K)

68 But will there be any deaths?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2021 02:41 PM (qrYeO)

69 55 The real threat to facebook is from the left. When the left doesn't need or like fb that is when fb will go away.

This.

What they applaud today makes you a criminal if uttered tomorrow.

Posted by: Auspex at October 04, 2021 02:41 PM (Xo3T0)

70 Now do twidder.

Posted by: f'd at October 04, 2021 02:41 PM (Tnijr)

71 Fudge, Joe Biden! Better than Ice Cream!

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at October 04, 2021 02:41 PM (4a9Vv)

72 I found it kallisto:

"Philadelphia police broke up several "large car gatherings" that formed across the city late Saturday night and early Sunday morning, including one that snarled traffic around City Hall.

Videos that circulated on social media showed dozens of vehicles jammed up on South 15th Street near Market around midnight. Crowds of people surrounded vehicles that were doing doughnuts - driving around in tight circles - and drifting in the street, including one that appeared to repeatedly circle around a police vehicle."

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2021 02:41 PM (j9HX3)

73 54 Always, always, always with the "safety" dodge. It's *unsafe* to not actively and aggressively manipulate the platform and censor the users to favor their ideological objectives.

Don't you feel safer?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 04, 2021 02:38 PM (+IIqY)

===========

I agree.

We must use Big Tech to destroy Marxism and its progeny.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 04, 2021 02:41 PM (LvTSG)

74 So this bitch leaving has no correlation with FBs problems today?

And The National Review hasn't seen sense since early 2001.

The Towers scared the crap out of them along with all the other neo-cons.

Posted by: jakee308 at October 04, 2021 02:41 PM (nwORd)

75 She looks like Frankenberry in drag.

Posted by: DPICM at October 04, 2021 02:41 PM (M2VUX)

76 The under-29s hang out on AoSHQ.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2021 02:40 PM (a3Q+t)



You are much too old to be this delusional.

Posted by: Main Street at October 04, 2021 02:41 PM (3ffZo)

77 The suppression of the mere existence of these opinions- even if they are not voiced- is the next step.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2021 02:42 PM (yOf1t)

78 Facebook has profitability issues?

I can hardly wait to pounce and seize the moment!

Both I and AOL look forward to our triumphant return!

Posted by: MySpace at October 04, 2021 02:42 PM (QGTpc)

79 It really is a monopoly ... a concerted effort to get people to join MeWe flopped, partly because they don't have billions to spend making their upstart work, but also because "there can be only one" in that sphere. (As Google Archipelago explains).

I guess there are other social media companies/site .. Instagram, TikTok ... all are leftist afaik, and they are slightly different crowds I guess. I still use it some, only for conservative old friends really ... FB censors a little, usually they add content warnings and stick Woke links in to counter subject matter they don't like.

But that is just the small personal chat/posts ... the larger groups probably censor more.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 04, 2021 02:42 PM (Cus5s)

80 Logging in, off to read content

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2021 02:42 PM (2JoB8)

81 including one that appeared to repeatedly circle around a police vehicle."

"They're mocking us." - cop in police car eating donut.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2021 02:42 PM (qrYeO)

82 You have to have an IQ in the 85-90 range to not know FB makes money by keeping people angry and arguing with each other.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 04, 2021 02:43 PM (OalnH)

83 Without censorship, Facebook will fade into obscurity. I've seen many instances of 50 year relationships destroyed by one posting. Soon everybody will hate each other, nobody will be following anybody and Facebook will collapse. *crosses fingers*

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 04, 2021 02:43 PM (ljUPy)

84 I strictly use FB to keep in touch w family and fellow hobbyists. I avoid politics on it because, as a conservative, it's a good way to get censored and booted off, as well as making my professional and personal life a target for the Fascist Left that now seems to run Big Tech these days.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at October 04, 2021 02:43 PM (HmZuC)

85 Stupid Brandon....


@DailyCaller 2h

Protesters chant "F*** Joe Biden and de Blasio" outside the New York Department of Education

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2021 02:43 PM (1t5dY)

86 Wow she sounds fun. Bet even Paolo would take a pass on her.

Posted by: Anna Puma

The Paolo, how you say, has no morals but many standards.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2021 02:43 PM (mD/uy)

87 Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2021 02:41 PM (j9HX3)

a doughnut-rolling flash mob??

figures

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2021 02:43 PM (DJFLF)

88
Kallisto what happened at 15th and Market last weekend? Dom was going on and on about it but he never said what it was? I was busy all weekend plus I avoid news lol
Posted by: BlackOrchid


Hooligans did doughnuts around a police car.

https://leoaffairs.com/
scenes-of-lawlessness-in-philadelphia-
as-street-racers-filmed-doing-donuts-
around-police-car/

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2021 02:44 PM (pNxlR)

89 "They're mocking us." - cop in police car eating donut.

Back the blue. Or - you know - not.

Posted by: Main Street at October 04, 2021 02:44 PM (3ffZo)

90 82 You have to have an IQ in the 85-90 range to not know FB makes money by keeping people angry and arguing with each other.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 04, 2021 02:43 PM (OalnH)

=========

Even Ryan George did a sketch on this model...more than a month ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 04, 2021 02:44 PM (LvTSG)

91 I'm thinking, is there really any long-term downside to losing FB?

- Conservatives complain about their obvious viewpoint discrimination, use their tech skills to torpedo the servers. No FB.

- Conservatives complain, internal assholes (whether they're left or right) say eff it and sabotage from within. No FB.

- Lefties complain. Teefers with tech skills torpedo FB. No FB.

Hard to find a downside here.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 04, 2021 02:44 PM (L2ZTs)

92 82 You have to have an IQ in the 85-90 range to not know FB makes money by keeping people angry and arguing with each other.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 04, 2021 02:43 PM (OalnH)

They make money by selling your information to other companies. YOU are the product. Enjoy being Solyent Green.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2021 02:44 PM (ynpvh)

93 ... 'I don't trust that they're willing to actually invest what needs to be invested to keep Facebook from being dangerous.'"
++++
She needs to reassess what she perceives as a danger. Facebook - and the rest of social media to various degrees but especially Instagram (another Facebook property) and Twitter - are insanely dangerous. It is a product that is highly addictive. It encourages conformity and discourages communication. It has perverse incentive structures (chasing "likes," for example) and leads to compulsive behavior. Social media is a cultural and social poison and is tremendously damaging, especially for youths.

But she doesn't consider any of that, and likely disregards it or insists it isn't that way at all. Here problem is that they aren't controlling the addictive environment well enough along ideological lines. Being as generous as possible, she misses the point. I am sure it is much more sinister than that in reality.

But if you're worried about safety and health and avoiding major known dangers, then we should be talking about social media in general regardless of censorship.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 04, 2021 02:44 PM (+IIqY)

94
"They're mocking us." - cop in police car eating donut.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2021 02:42 PM (qrYeO)


lolol

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2021 02:44 PM (DJFLF)

95 It's nice Dr Zuckerberg is pushing medical advice

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2021 02:44 PM (2JoB8)

96 No matter what happens, every exec at FB making $750K+ a year cannot pay a penny more in tax. That would be communism.
- GOPe

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 04, 2021 02:45 PM (OalnH)

97 If I owned Facebook?

I'd sell it. Now. Its literally all downhill from here. There's no method by which Facebook can grow or expand that I can think of.


Owning Facebook has more benefits than just money. If Zuck sells off 1% of his stock, he can have the wealthy lifestyle from now until he dies. Retaining Facebook gives him more than that. It gives him power and access in ways money alone don't.

So that would be my advice to Zuck. Sell some, invest it wisely, and hang on to Facebook until you're bored with it.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 04, 2021 02:45 PM (YYlyE)

98 Facebook server drives being formatted go brrrrrrr

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2021 02:45 PM (BFigT)

99 btw the flash mob taking over the area around City Hall is on topic - they use social media to gather these things

the cops were there but afraid to do anything I guess

now they're "asking for the public's help" in finding the people involved. yeah good luck with that.

there were a bunch of kids wilding on ATVs thru Radnor the other day too, from the city. that is NOT going to go over big

things are getting very dicey around here

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2021 02:45 PM (j9HX3)

100 82 You have to have an IQ in the 85-90 range to not know FB makes money by keeping people angry and arguing with each other.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 04, 2021 02:43 PM (OalnH)

It's a trivial argument, but the more revealing point here is that they are saying that Facebook is allowing just enough dissent in order to keep the pot of the 'majority' outraged and boiling. There is a fine line in there.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2021 02:45 PM (yOf1t)

101 Facebook is evil and cannot be fixed.

Who is going to 'regulate' Facebook?

Government lawyers and 'regulatory ' deep blue bureaucrats. Talk about the fox guarding the hen house.

Destroy the mother fucker. Dont nuke them just choke their fucking air off with onerous legislation and constant attack.....sort of how they treat our stuff.

There are other non-Nazi, non-Communist platforms that will somehow fill the void.

Posted by: Voter theater. at October 04, 2021 02:45 PM (HkRDr)

102 Inside Facebook, staffers were warning that Mr. Zuckerberg's own platform, the globe-spanning powerhouse built on code he wrotestole17 years ago, was compromising his effort.

--------

Mythology fixed for accuracy.

Posted by: ShainS -- Unauthorized Freedom Exhibitionist at October 04, 2021 02:45 PM (M2C/Y)

103 The best part of the Left hating on Sinema is that the only thing she is against is the price tag. Amnesty? Check. Invasive IRS? Check. Federal electiin control? Check. Unnecessarily moderate my ass.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 04, 2021 02:46 PM (oWBc3)

104 Zuck probably has dreams of running for office eventually, starting with a governor's office.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 04, 2021 02:46 PM (L2ZTs)

105 It really is a monopoly ... a concerted effort to get people to join MeWe flopped, partly because they don't have billions to spend making their upstart work, but also because "there can be only one" in that sphere. (As Google Archipelago explains).

I left MeWe when they deleted Stop the Steal groups and left Satanist groups alone. They killed themselves, IMO. I won't join anything but gab unless they have gab's TOS. EVERYONE else censors if you read the TOS.

Posted by: Catherine--who generally doesn't curse. at October 04, 2021 02:46 PM (c8cE2)

106 Facebook server drives being formatted go brrrrrrr
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2021 02:45 PM (BFigT)



Better do a low level format, or it's recoverable. Low level formats of that much data would likely take 50 years.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:46 PM (Zz0t1)

107 Wait. How can we argue that the public good is relevant, but that regulating the monopoly in the interest of freedom is not an option?

Posted by: squid_hunt at October 04, 2021 02:46 PM (B0mGw)

108 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2021 02:44 PM (pNxlR)

we need to send those doughnut rollers to Melbourne, STAT!!

Our Aussie mates and sheilas need them!

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2021 02:46 PM (DJFLF)

109 The Paolo, how you say, has no morals but many standards.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2021 02:43 PM (mD/uy)

Is the Paulo related to Groucho Marx?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2021 02:46 PM (yOf1t)

110
I am now an ordained minister, and as long as you profess your faith to the Church of YD, I can provide you a form letter proving that you can't have a vaccination, for religious reasons... In 3-10 days, when my documentation arrives, my Church will grow rapidly. I will post my email in my nic as soon as I have it in hand.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2021 02:46 PM (cTqLg)

111 92 82 You have to have an IQ in the 85-90 range to not know FB makes money by keeping people angry and arguing with each other.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 04, 2021 02:43 PM (OalnH)

They make money by selling your information to other companies. YOU are the product. Enjoy being Solyent Green.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2021 02:44 PM (ynpvh)

___

*I* am not anything since I don't use social media.

But the more people argue and the more they are kept angry the more data FB has to sell. That is why they keep their users angry. This has been known forever. It's funny that a "whistleblower" had to point it out. What's next? A whistleblower from Google telling us they track everything you do?

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 04, 2021 02:47 PM (OalnH)

112 Quicker to toss the drives into an empty parking lot and drive a D9 Caterpillar over them.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2021 02:47 PM (qrYeO)

113 In reading through what this person has to say, I believe it is safe to point out the whistle-blower has very little grasp on the English language and how our republic is supposed to work.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at October 04, 2021 02:47 PM (QGTpc)

114 And the big tech outfits should be broken up. They are monopolies in their own spaces and actively conspire to restrain trade across the high tech industry generally (they are a cartel). This is problematic for social media in particular because the social media concept works due to network effects and bigger is not only better, bigger is essential. It is why there is only one company in each subdivision (general, image, microblog, etc.). Breaking them up will result in re-consolidation and the emergence of one winner after the dust settles. This will keep happening. It is unavoidable.

Fine. Break them up anyway. Keep doing it. If that means social media gets nuked and restarts ever 5-10 years, then fine.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 04, 2021 02:47 PM (+IIqY)

115 there were a bunch of kids wilding on ATVs thru Radnor the other day too, from the city. that is NOT going to go over big

too funny

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2021 02:47 PM (DJFLF)

116 I would've commented on the Facebook, but I'm a FB virgin and never have got the concept. And yes, I celebrate every vice I have bypassed in this life.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 04, 2021 02:47 PM (oWBc3)

117 >>>Facebook Whistleblower Reveals Herself

Jeffrey Toobin did that.

Posted by: m at October 04, 2021 02:48 PM (6dJKT)

118 Facebook is doing the same thing that the Times and the Journal used to do, back in the day. The only difference ? Most people wouldn't waste a nickel on the Times or the Journal - because they knew it was all lies.

Irony ? You can see what a liar William Randolph Hurst was - now more than ever. Yet these idiots believe whatever house organ they prefer.

Posted by: Main Street at October 04, 2021 02:48 PM (3ffZo)

119 I own a Facebook account simply to stay connected to old friends, a few hobby groups, out of state relatives . My daily newsfeed is 80% targeted ads and 20% postings and news from said approved accounts. My limited understanding of said whistleblower is she is unhappy Facebook is not continuing to censor her list of unapproved individuals, who are not sufficiently communist enough to satisfy her tastes in suppression. So like any good revolutionary, she is going to run to Big Brother and make them pay.

Posted by: Jen the original at October 04, 2021 02:48 PM (hzW2e)

120 "They're mocking us." - cop in police car eating donut.

Posted by: Anna Puma

Yuts doing donuts around cops eating donuts?

Kind of zen, no?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2021 02:48 PM (mD/uy)

121 113 In reading through what this person has to say, I believe it is safe to point out the whistle-blower has very little grasp on the English language and how our republic is supposed to work.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at October 04, 2021 02:47 PM (QGTpc)

As to the first, this is not uncommon. As to the second, know or care?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2021 02:48 PM (yOf1t)

122 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2021 02:46 PM (cTqLg)

Thank you kind sir, ummm...I mean minister, I mean, Reverend...

Master? YD

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2021 02:48 PM (DJFLF)

123 The under-29s hang out on AoSHQ.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2021 02:40 PM

===

You are much too old to be this delusional.
Posted by: Main Street at October 04, 2021 02:41 PM


Man, my mellow just got harshed.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2021 02:48 PM (a3Q+t)

124 Just went to see what Twitchy had on Facebook and apparently some blonde bimbo getting harassed in the bathroom is the top issue of the day?

Posted by: squid_hunt at October 04, 2021 02:49 PM (B0mGw)

125
Haugen has a textbook RBF ...

... and I am not referring to a radial basis function

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2021 02:49 PM (pNxlR)

126 Got a postcard on my door from the Allen West for Governor campaign.

Eliminate Property Tax?

I'm IN!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:49 PM (Zz0t1)

127 > You have to have an IQ in the 85-90 range to not know FB makes money by keeping people angry and arguing with each other.

Eh. Most people correctly assume they make money by selling your data and through ads. I guess it was inevitable they'd do something stupid to try to cling to users. Other than businesses and oldsters, who goes on Facebook anymore?

Posted by: bonhomme at October 04, 2021 02:49 PM (YYlyE)

128
... and I am not referring to a radial basis function
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2021 02:49 PM (pNxlR)


Does that have something to do with car tires?

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:50 PM (Zz0t1)

129 Wanna know how you know for sure that social media is dangerous? Look at the executives of those companies. Most social media big shots, especially at Facebook and Twitter don't have their own profiles. They hire people to manage them. Why? Because it's addictive and destroys productivity and poses repuational risks. But it's okay for you. You should totally use it.

They don't let their kids have social media. Or smartphones. Or their own computers in their bedrooms. Screen time is tightly controlled, time-limited and supervised. But you should totally let your kids use it all the time and without supervision and give them phones and computers to use outside of your ability to observe or manage it.

Do what they do.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 04, 2021 02:50 PM (+IIqY)

130 124 Just went to see what Twitchy had on Facebook and apparently some blonde bimbo getting harassed in the bathroom is the top issue of the day?
Posted by: squid_hunt at October 04, 2021 02:49 PM (B0mGw)

___

You don't think a mob of leftists following a senator into the bathroom and threatening her is a big deal?

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 04, 2021 02:50 PM (OalnH)

131 Are there any leftists who are not totalitarian?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at October 04, 2021 02:50 PM (cSyAR)

132 Fuck Joe Biden!
clap, clap, clap-clap-clap!

Fuck fucking FaceBook!
clap, clap, clap-clap-clap!

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 04, 2021 02:50 PM (ufFY8)

133
"They're mocking us." - cop in police car eating donut.

Posted by: Anna Puma

Yuts doing donuts around cops eating donuts?

Kind of zen, no?
Posted by: Tonypete


Donutpalooza!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2021 02:50 PM (pNxlR)

134
Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2021 02:48 PM (DJFLF)

I prefer "the Right Reverend, Abbott of Northglenn YD," thank you very much.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2021 02:51 PM (cTqLg)

135 the problem with MeWe is that the interface sucked. I have a friend that migrated over to it and I never liked reading her posts there.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at October 04, 2021 02:51 PM (5HBd1)

136 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2021 02:46 PM (cTqLg)

Are you serious , YD? That's awesome

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at October 04, 2021 02:51 PM (YZG/i)

137
I would like to see a Federal law saying that anyone who posts a meme on social media will have a 10000 volt surge go through their computer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2021 02:51 PM (/U27+)

138 Do what they do.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 04, 2021 02:50 PM (+IIqY)

Also, strangely, Pharma CEOs and the Covid vaccines....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 04, 2021 02:51 PM (PiwSw)

139
You don't think a mob of leftists following a senator into the bathroom and threatening her is a big deal?
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant


Was it a big deal when others of their ilk followed Senator Jeff Flake into an elevator and threatened her?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2021 02:52 PM (pNxlR)

140 "They're mocking us." - cop in police car eating donut.

Posted by: Anna Puma

Yuts doing donuts around cops eating donuts?

Kind of zen, no?
Posted by: Tonypete

Donutpalooza!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2021 02:50 PM (pNxlR)


They should be careful. That might rip a hole in the space/time continuum.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:52 PM (Zz0t1)

141 @65 Duncanthrax-Nah, been here long enough to know that AoS is occupied by a few 35-45 year old virgin males. The majority are 65-85 year olds of both genders. I get all revved up that our side does nothing but then remember our side is made up of old gummers with one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel, then I feel like a dick. There are no 29 year olds here.

Posted by: JROD at October 04, 2021 02:52 PM (0jZnq)

142 Are you serious , YD? That's awesome

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at October 04, 2021 02:51 PM


I bet if you submitted an exemption signed by Guru Swami Yuddishtira's Dice, no HR dept would dare reject it. Because racism.

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2021 02:52 PM (DJFLF)

143 Facebook and twatter are like cigs

except

for the harmful effects and the addicting nature of the product

which are much worse with FB and Twatter

Posted by: REDACTED at October 04, 2021 02:52 PM (us2H3)

144 "You don't think a mob of leftists following a senator into the bathroom and threatening her is a big deal?"

I don't think a mob of leftists following a leftist into the bathroom and threatening her is a big deal, no. I understand the political angle for her, but I can't imagine why our side would spend our time wringing our hands about it.

Posted by: squid_hunt at October 04, 2021 02:52 PM (B0mGw)

145 I would like to see a Federal law saying that anyone who posts a meme on social media will have a 10000 volt surge go through their computer.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I can haz electricals?

Posted by: Bruce at October 04, 2021 02:52 PM (vd8XM)

146
Was it a big deal when others of their ilk followed Senator Jeff Flake into an elevator and threatened her?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2021 02:52 PM (pNxlR)



ISWYDT.......

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:52 PM (Zz0t1)

147 "Unnecessarily moderate" is my new favorite phrase.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2021 02:32 PM (6FeV1)

--------

Heh. Right up there with mine, Unauthorized Freedom [h/t Australian tyrants].

Welcome to 1984 meets Brave New Normal ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Unauthorized Freedom Exhibitionist at October 04, 2021 02:52 PM (M2C/Y)

148 Facebook outage appears to be a DNS hack

Confirmed: The DNS records that tell systems how to find Facebook.com or Instagram.com got withdrawn this morning from the global routing tables. Can you imagine working at FB right now, when your email no longer works & all your internal FB-based tools fail?

To be more precise (and Geek Factor 5) the BGP routes serving Facebook's authoritative DNS were withdrawn, rendering all Facebook domains inaccessible. That's per @DougMadory , who knows a few things about BGP/DNS.

Posted by: SMOD at October 04, 2021 02:52 PM (RHGPo)

149
Are there any leftists who are not totalitarian?
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at October 04, 2021 02:50 PM (cSyAR)

_________

They were all shot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2021 02:52 PM (/U27+)

150 I prefer "the Right Reverend, Abbott of Northglenn YD," thank you very much.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2021 02:51 PM (cTqLg)


Oh. OK

I just made you a Guru Swami @142 though

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2021 02:53 PM (DJFLF)

151 Pixy announces conversion of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp servers to Minx 0.7 alpha

Posted by: cool breeze at October 04, 2021 02:53 PM (UGKMd)

152 The whistleblower repeats her central claim that FaceBook has organized its precious algorithm to create as much anger and stress as possible, because this boosts "engagement" and makes the fading social media behemoth more "sticky" and more profitable.
-----------

This is true of most media and I observed it round about a decade ago.

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2021 02:53 PM (5YWIV)

153 139
You don't think a mob of leftists following a senator into the bathroom and threatening her is a big deal?
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant

Was it a big deal when others of their ilk followed Senator Jeff Flake into an elevator and threatened her?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2021 02:52 PM (pNxlR)

=========

Yes. It was a bigger deal that Flake looked like a little bitch during the interaction, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 04, 2021 02:53 PM (LvTSG)

154 Zuck probably has dreams of running for office eventually, starting with a governor's office.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 04, 2021 02:46 PM (L2ZTs)


A poor man's Charles Foster Kane.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 04, 2021 02:53 PM (2JVJo)

155 Haugen has a textbook RBF ...

She looks like an art class student's first attempt at drawing a face.

Posted by: spindrift at October 04, 2021 02:53 PM (h5TKJ)

156
To be more precise (and Geek Factor 5) the BGP routes serving Facebook's authoritative DNS were withdrawn, rendering all Facebook domains inaccessible. That's per @DougMadory , who knows a few things about BGP/DNS.
Posted by: SMOD at October 04, 2021 02:52 PM (RHGPo)



I haven't been this happy about something in quite some time.

THANK YOU to whomever did that.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:54 PM (Zz0t1)

157 139
You don't think a mob of leftists following a senator into the bathroom and threatening her is a big deal?
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant

Was it a big deal when others of their ilk followed Senator Jeff Flake into an elevator and threatened her?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2021 02:52 PM (pNxlR)

_____

Yes. Your point?

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 04, 2021 02:54 PM (OalnH)

158 I don't know if you're aware of it but Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp have been down all morning, according to reports on Gab. The reports also say that the domain names facebook.com and instagram.com have completely disappeared from DNS servers -- and that Facebook employees cannot get into their offices this morning because their key-cards don't work.

In other news, a hacker is offering the private data of 1.5 billion Facebook customers for sale on the Internet.

At first I had thought Facebook must have taken their own system down until they could put code in place to silence discussion of the Project Veritas whistleblower's report. But the hacker story suggests that both the outage and the lock-out are the hacker's doing.

Posted by: jdgalt1 at October 04, 2021 02:54 PM (3SFo/)

159 Whatever happened to Jeff Flake,? How did the transition surgery go?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at October 04, 2021 02:54 PM (cSyAR)

160 Odd. I can't log in to FB right now.

Posted by: Golfman at October 04, 2021 02:54 PM (hOMhY)

161 151 Pixy announces conversion of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp servers to Minx 0.7 alpha

Posted by: cool breeze

Threadwinner

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at October 04, 2021 02:54 PM (YZG/i)

162 Not only has FB apparently fubar'd its own DNS settings, I Choose To Believe the Sources that are Saying that the employees can't even get into the rooms where the routers et al are stored because, guess what! All the badge swipe security is IoT and with the FB servers being down, there's no way to swipe the badges.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (mf5HN)

163 You have to have an IQ in the 85-90 range to not know FB makes money by keeping people angry and arguing with each other.

Then they're wasting their money. Because most people hate each other - even when they supposedly agree.

Civil War again, anyone ? Patriotism vs. Nationalism ? Individual Liberty vs. What Can I Do For My Country as it pertains to The Draft ? Employer Rights vs Public Accommodation vs. Private Enterprise ? Don't get me started on Public Police Powers and Immunity.

Our problem is we don't argue enough. "We" just fucking assume we all agree. They don't agree. Yet they keep winning.

Posted by: Main Street at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (3ffZo)

164 You could nuke Fakebook and I wouldn't care

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (2JoB8)

165 AHAHA!

@disclosetv 56m

JUST IN - Facebook employees reportedly can't enter buildings to evaluate the Internet outage because their door access badges weren't working (NYT)

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (1t5dY)

166
She looks like an art class student's first attempt at drawing a face.
Posted by: spindrift at October 04, 2021 02:53 PM (h5TKJ)



Wow....that's harsh.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (Zz0t1)

167 The constant refrain of "misinformation" stood out in the interview with the whistleblower. The fact that she bounced from Google to FB and wanted to find a career managing the information people shared online, in what should be the freest of ways to communicate, indicates to me that she would find my commentary and way of thinking "troublesome."

While I'm glad FB is taking a hit in the market, their overall approach to allowing the "right" kind of discussion is still 100% wrong.

Posted by: red speck at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (gS3OW)

168 "The DNS records that tell systems how to find Facebook.com or Instagram.com got withdrawn this morning from the global routing tables. "

Is that a hack or a business dealing?

Posted by: squid_hunt at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (B0mGw)

169 In other news, a hacker is offering the private data of 1.5 billion Facebook customers for sale on the Internet.

==

Wow. That's like writing your own powerball winning ticket

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at October 04, 2021 02:56 PM (YZG/i)

170 162 Not only has FB apparently fubar'd its own DNS settings, I Choose To Believe the Sources that are Saying that the employees can't even get into the rooms where the routers et al are stored because, guess what! All the badge swipe security is IoT and with the FB servers being down, there's no way to swipe the badges.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (mf5HN)

=========

Physical keys are so 20th century.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 04, 2021 02:56 PM (LvTSG)

171 165 AHAHA!

@disclosetv 56m

JUST IN - Facebook employees reportedly can't enter buildings to evaluate the Internet outage because their door access badges weren't working (NYT)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (1t5dY)

_____

LOLGF

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 04, 2021 02:56 PM (OalnH)

172 Even Facebook employee's building access badges aren't working right now. Haha

Posted by: brak at October 04, 2021 02:56 PM (6hvzW)

173 165 AHAHA!

@disclosetv 56m

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Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (1t5dY)

=========

Call in the deplorables who know how to open doors!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 04, 2021 02:56 PM (LvTSG)

174 Hello everyone, this thread is so au currant! Facebook, Instagram and Whats App are all down.
Hopefully its some kind of ransomware.

Posted by: ALH at October 04, 2021 02:56 PM (/g7XU)

175 155 Haugen has a textbook RBF ...

She looks like an art class student's first attempt at drawing a face.

Posted by: spindrift at October 04, 2021 02:53 PM (h5TKJ)


literally lol'd

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2021 02:56 PM (DJFLF)

176 This is rich... The "whistle blower" wants more censorship... I'm assuming they will get it

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2021 02:56 PM (8nD9v)

177 Anyone who designs a physical access control system in a way that depends on DNS lookups is a fool. Anyone who designs a physical access control system in a way that depends on DNS lookups from the public internet outside of your own infrastructure is an idiot.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 04, 2021 02:56 PM (+IIqY)

178 162 Not only has FB apparently fubar'd its own DNS settings, I Choose To Believe the Sources that are Saying that the employees can't even get into the rooms where the routers et al are stored because, guess what! All the badge swipe security is IoT and with the FB servers being down, there's no way to swipe the badges.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (mf5HN)

Why in the name of Satan's Butthole would you do it like that?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2021 02:57 PM (yOf1t)

179 Uh, YD, shouldn't your honorific also contain references to the holy knout?

Maybe some thing like "Rev YD, Most High Commissioner and Knight Advocate of the Knout."

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at October 04, 2021 02:57 PM (QGTpc)

180 @disclosetv 56m

JUST IN - Facebook employees reportedly can't enter buildings to evaluate the Internet outage because their door access badges weren't working (NYT)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (1t5dY)


BWWWWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

It doesn't get much more dumbshit than that.....

OOOOOH that makes me giddy inside.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:57 PM (Zz0t1)

181 Doocy make Psaki reveal how vile Biden & Co. are.

Asking if it's acceptable for politcal protestors to chase and videotape people into bathrooms, Psaki said only that it was unacceptable for protestors to break into the classroom because the students rights were being violated but did not extend that condemnation to what happened to Sinema.

Wow.

Posted by: WisRich at October 04, 2021 02:57 PM (G0vdT)

182 Is that a hack or a business dealing?
Posted by: squid_hunt at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (B0mGw)

80% probability hack
20% probability fake hack by owner to cover something up

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at October 04, 2021 02:57 PM (YZG/i)

183 I don't see how "more SM networks" solves anything

we basically use SM now as communication rather than really content. it would be like if you could only talk on the phone to someone using the same phone company you're using.

social media just needs to go away OR be regulated like phone companies, and have crossover potential - as in I can use twitter to communicate with someone's FB account

or not because I hate them both but you get my gist I guess

better yet they all die in a fire

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2021 02:57 PM (j9HX3)

184 Maybe people will realize the world doesn't end if they don't check FB every 17 seconds.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 04, 2021 02:57 PM (OalnH)

185
Why in the name of Satan's Butthole would you do it like that?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2021 02:57 PM (yOf1t)



You think your indestructible.....

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:58 PM (Zz0t1)

186 That the headline isn't, "Illegal immigrants chase Senator into ladies room"with subheading "all arrested and awaiting deportation" , is what's wrong with this country.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 04, 2021 02:58 PM (oWBc3)

187 *you're

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:58 PM (Zz0t1)

188 177 Anyone who designs a physical access control system in a way that depends on DNS lookups is a fool. Anyone who designs a physical access control system in a way that depends on DNS lookups from the public internet outside of your own infrastructure is an idiot.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 04, 2021 02:56 PM (+IIqY)

I can't disagree.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2021 02:58 PM (ynpvh)

189 184 Maybe people will realize the world doesn't end if they don't check FB every 17 seconds.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 04, 2021 02:57 PM (OalnH)

You just reminded me of that Simpson's episode where the cable goes out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2021 02:58 PM (yOf1t)

190 Call in the deplorables who know how to open doors!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

Unscrew the hinges

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at October 04, 2021 02:58 PM (YZG/i)

191
The Church of YD is an all-inclusive and highly syncretic faith. Catholic? Protestant? Jewish? Atheist? We don't care. We believe that whatever you believe is Your Truth, except for vaccines. Those are forbidden.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2021 02:59 PM (cTqLg)

192 What kind of a fucking idiot uses Facebook for news? Or anything else.

Posted by: Marcus Gravey at October 04, 2021 02:59 PM (GlmxK)

193 FB is off the air because FBI/DOJ watched 60 Minutes and heard that they were behind the January 6 Insurrection and Attack on Democracy and had CyberCommand launch a strike.

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2021 02:59 PM (mbFEM)

194 IoT is you just asking for otter surprise.......but don't know when.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:59 PM (Zz0t1)

195 >>> 162 Not only has FB apparently fubar'd its own DNS settings, I Choose To Believe the Sources that are Saying that the employees can't even get into the rooms where the routers et al are stored because, guess what! All the badge swipe security is IoT and with the FB servers being down, there's no way to swipe the badges.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM

This is so awesome that I shan't believe otherwise. The only way this could get better is if the HR DB had been hacked and every single employee quit (so no funemployment). Also what do they call it when someone is kicked off the Board?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2021 02:59 PM (ACi07)

196 I have to say, if I lived in Arizona, I'd vote for Sinema in November 2022. I like her better than AZ last long-serving senator.

Posted by: Mike at October 04, 2021 02:59 PM (kxfaA)

197 187 *you're

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:58 PM (Zz0t1)

I'm what sponge?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at October 04, 2021 02:59 PM (RoIW/)

198 Ummm, like, the doors don't, like, open and stuff?

Posted by: Facebook employees at October 04, 2021 02:59 PM (mNhhD)

199 The left learned they can intimidate SCOTUS into voting their way. So intimidating Sinema should be a breeze. She'll have a sudden change of heart and vote for the $3.5T bill.

Meanwhile the right is writing angry letters to the editor (not that I am any better, just pointing it out)

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 04, 2021 03:00 PM (OalnH)

200 I'm going to pee from laughing so hard:

https://twitter.com/PhilipinDC/status/1445108187355566086


Source at Facebook: "it's mayhem over here, all internal systems are down too." Tells me employees are communicating amongst each other by text and by Outlook email.

Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 04, 2021 03:00 PM (mf5HN)

201 190 Call in the deplorables who know how to open doors!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

Unscrew the hinges

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at October 04, 2021 02:58 PM (YZG/i)

Break the glass. I'm sure plenty of them have Auti-Fa training.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2021 03:00 PM (ynpvh)

202
I'm what sponge?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at October 04, 2021 02:59 PM (RoIW/)


Well fed?

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 03:00 PM (Zz0t1)

203 Mother Jones breathlessly reported that a Jan. 6 suspect who has been arrested had guns in his home. But they didn't say if they were legal.

FBI confirms absence of weapons on Jan 6, so media wants you to know that they left their guns at home

Posted by: SMOD at October 04, 2021 03:00 PM (RHGPo)

204
I actually came across someone on the phone today in customer service who knew what they were doing and were polite and very helpful.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2021 03:00 PM (/U27+)

205 I wouldn't mind it if he were to get a pie in the face at a book signing.

Posted by: torabora at October 04, 2021 03:00 PM (MPyP6)

206 >>>Haugen has a textbook RBF ...

>Frances has the face of a 20 year veteran cage fighter.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 04, 2021 03:00 PM (ljUPy)

207 JUST IN - Facebook employees reportedly can't enter buildings to evaluate the Internet outage because their door access badges weren't working (NYT)

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (1t5dY)

LOLOLOL.

Yeah, that is why i put all my shit on the cloud.

That is HILARIOUS.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 04, 2021 03:01 PM (ufFY8)

208 194 IoT is you just asking for otter surprise.......but don't know when.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 02:59 PM (Zz0t1)

That's the whole point about it being a surprise.

Posted by: otters at October 04, 2021 03:01 PM (ynpvh)

209 Facebook got canceled!?? Bwaahaahaaa!!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at October 04, 2021 03:01 PM (nxdel)

210 Ummm, like, the doors don't, like, open and stuff?
Posted by: Facebook employees at October 04, 2021 02:59 PM (mNhhD)



*actual footage from employees outside of headquarters 30 minutes ago

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 04, 2021 03:01 PM (Zz0t1)

211 I don't generally think much of hackers, but whomever has hacked FB needs a medal.

Keep the bastards down forever, whomever you are!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 04, 2021 03:01 PM (2JVJo)

212 Why in the name of Satan's Butthole would you do it like that?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop


One part tech-bro hubris, one part something-something hiring.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2021 03:01 PM (1t5dY)

213 Can't they uhm, break a window or something to get into the building? This is so funny on so many fronts.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 04, 2021 03:01 PM (OalnH)

214 Left-wing FB whistleblower: Prime-time spot on 60 Minutes, seen by millions, with the MSM flooding the news cycle.

Right-wing FB whistleblower: YouTube wishes Project Veritas to the virtual cornfield, never to be seen. Crickets.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2021 03:01 PM (mhN6B)

215 >>> 177 Anyone who designs a physical access control system in a way that depends on DNS lookups is a fool. Anyone who designs a physical access control system in a way that depends on DNS lookups from the public internet outside of your own infrastructure is an idiot.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 04, 2021 02:56 PM (+IIqY)

THAT'S NOT TRUE! WE'RE SMAHHHHRRRT!!!

Posted by: Facebook Employees at October 04, 2021 03:01 PM (ACi07)

216 Quicker to toss the drives into an empty parking lot and drive a D9 Caterpillar over them.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2021 02:47 PM (qrYeO)

10 pound bag of thermite on top of each server rack. Quarter teaspoon of thermite igniter and some cannon fuse.

Light. Walk away. Nothing but slag left behind.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado - Tempus belli) at October 04, 2021 03:01 PM (N3El/)

217 Hadrian, buy a PowerBall ticket and then take the Horde on a cruise.

This is so awesome that I shan't believe otherwise. The only way this could get better is if the HR DB had been hacked and every single employee quit (so no funemployment). Also what do they call it when someone is kicked off the Board?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2021 02:59 PM (ACi07)



The better part is apparently FB removed itself from the DNS listings at least the people who know how all of this stuff work says that's what it had to be.

Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 04, 2021 03:02 PM (mf5HN)

218 The left learned they can intimidate SCOTUS into voting their way. So intimidating Sinema should be a breeze. She'll have a sudden change of heart and vote for the $3.5T bill.

Meanwhile the right is writing angry letters to the editor (not that I am any better, just pointing it out)

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 04, 2021 03:00 PM


Gonna go out on a limb here but I think that stunt they pulled really pi$$ed her off and she is not going to budge on anything because of it.


Yes, I know I am an optimist.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at October 04, 2021 03:02 PM (JUOKG)

219 200 I'm going to pee from laughing so hard:

https://twitter.com/PhilipinDC/status/1445108187355566086


Source at Facebook: "it's mayhem over here, all internal systems are down too." Tells me employees are communicating amongst each other by text and by Outlook email.

Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 04, 2021 03:00 PM (mf5HN)

Smoke signals and Semaphores

Posted by: otters at October 04, 2021 03:02 PM (ynpvh)

220 Employees at FB are learning the hard way the IoT sometimes will fuck you bigly when you least expect it.

Anyhow, I would love, love, LOVE to see this digital piece of shit get flushed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2021 03:02 PM (BFigT)

221 177 Anyone who designs a physical access control system in a way that depends on DNS lookups is a fool. Anyone who designs a physical access control system in a way that depends on DNS lookups from the public internet outside of your own infrastructure is an idiot.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 04, 2021 02:56 PM (+IIqY)
------------
These guys have a culture like Google, where they constantly re-invent the wheel because they can. They probably had a couple of people write their own keycard system instead of buying one, and its tied to all sorts of internal crap that they have developed over the years.

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at October 04, 2021 03:02 PM (wybbI)

222 159 Whatever happened to Jeff Flake,? How did the transition surgery go?
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at October 04, 2021 02:54 PM (cSyAR)


I have heard that he is uncomfortable with the balls.

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2021 03:02 PM (mbFEM)

223 > Why in the name of Satan's Butthole would you do it like that?

Entry records. If you give people keys, they can come and go like ghosts.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 04, 2021 03:02 PM (YYlyE)

224 Source at Facebook: "it's mayhem over here, all internal systems are down too." Tells me employees are communicating amongst each other by text and by Outlook email.
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 04, 2021 03:00 PM (mf5HN)

FB employee options hardest hit.

Posted by: golfman at October 04, 2021 03:02 PM (hOMhY)

225 >>> 173 165 AHAHA!

@disclosetv 56m

JUST IN - Facebook employees reportedly can't enter buildings to evaluate the Internet outage because their door access badges weren't working (NYT)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (1t5dY)

=========

Call in the deplorables who know how to open doors!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 04, 2021 02:56 PM (LvTSG)

This looks like a job for... Tire Irons!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2021 03:02 PM (ACi07)

226
JUST IN - Facebook employees reportedly can't enter buildings to evaluate the Internet outage because their door access badges weren't working (NYT)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (1t5dY)

__________

Would have been better if they couldn't exit buildings. I'd give it three days before cannibalism began.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2021 03:03 PM (/U27+)

227 Outlook email???? That still exists? LOL

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 04, 2021 03:03 PM (OalnH)

228 225
Call in the deplorables who know how to open doors!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 04, 2021 02:56 PM (LvTSG)

This looks like a job for... Tire Irons!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2021 03:02 PM (ACi07)

==========

Insom's gonna be rich.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 04, 2021 03:03 PM (LvTSG)

229 @192 Marcus Gravey-This fucking idiot right here uses it for anything else.
You're old lady didn't take an impromptu trip to the Apple Hill Festival in Placerville, Ca this weekend did she?
Just checking, we might be crossing swords bro!

Posted by: JROD at October 04, 2021 03:03 PM (0jZnq)

230 Hi there!

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 04, 2021 03:03 PM (L2ZTs)

231
Doocy make Psaki reveal how vile Biden & Co. are.

Asking if it's acceptable for politcal protestors to chase and videotape people into bathrooms, Psaki said only that it was unacceptable for protestors to break into the classroom because the students rights were being violated but did not extend that condemnation to what happened to Sinema.

Wow.
Posted by: WisRich


I guess she is not a graduate of Evergreen State in WA.

Has that placed died yet?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2021 03:03 PM (pNxlR)

232
In the Church of YD, the knout is used sparingly. If someone confesses or professes heresy regarding Communism.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2021 03:04 PM (cTqLg)

233 How social media is managed is awful. For a brief time, though, social media let the right actually compete against the left in the media space.

Trump's 2016 win was due in no small part to social media. Its why they went nuts afterwards with trying to restore the MSM gatekeeping of "news" that social media had effectively broken-down.

So we end up with tech fascism, because if the people are allowed to speak freely, they won't choose correctly.

Posted by: Revenant at October 04, 2021 03:04 PM (ydlAE)

234 UNSCANNABLE!!!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 04, 2021 03:04 PM (PiwSw)

235 Facebook put themselves in Facebook jail.

Bwahahaha!

Posted by: ALH at October 04, 2021 03:04 PM (/g7XU)

236 This incident with the temporarily convenient but generally disastrous ditz from AZ involved illegal aliens?

Perfect.

Wait - I'm *not* sensing a "threat to democracy" (sic) in this. Have I got that right?

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at October 04, 2021 03:04 PM (OTzUX)

237 I like how leftists pretend Facebook is part of the VRWC because there is some conservative commentary they don't ban.
Posted by: Ripley

Not just Facebook. At most comments sections that aren't specifically right wing, one non-leftist comment per thread is widely seen as an "infestation".

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 04, 2021 03:05 PM (OssQ4)

238 He he he.

Posted by: Facebook-sized spider at October 04, 2021 03:05 PM (mNhhD)

239 >>>Call in the deplorables who know how to open doors!

>I've got an oxy-acetyline torch and a pisscan just raring to go!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 04, 2021 03:05 PM (ljUPy)

240 I actually came across someone on the phone today in customer service who knew what they were doing and were polite and very helpful.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2021 03:00 PM (/U27+)

Me too! Took for-freakin'-ever to get through the automated menus, but it actually happened!

Posted by: Catherine--who generally doesn't curse. at October 04, 2021 03:05 PM (c8cE2)

241 Anyone who designs a physical access control system in a way that depends on DNS lookups is a fool. Anyone who designs a physical access control system in a way that depends on DNS lookups from the public internet outside of your own infrastructure is an idiot.

Posted by: Joe Mannix

Good thing I got a Ring doorbell and Alexa

They'll protect me

Posted by: Bruce at October 04, 2021 03:05 PM (vd8XM)

242 Doocy make Psaki reveal how vile Biden & Co. are.

Asking if it's acceptable for politcal protestors to chase and videotape people into bathrooms, Psaki said only that it was unacceptable for protestors to break into the classroom because the students rights were being violated but did not extend that condemnation to what happened to Sinema.

Wow.
Posted by: WisRich



Students were also filmed in the bathrooms as well.

Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 04, 2021 03:05 PM (mf5HN)

243
Source at Facebook: "it's mayhem over here, all internal systems are down too." Tells me employees are communicating amongst each other by text and by Outlook email.
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria


SneakerNet.

Now is the perfect time to purloin loads of revealing info and walk it out FB's doors ... or so I heard.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2021 03:06 PM (pNxlR)

244 Any PC hardware gurus out there?

I need a docking station for a laptop that will allow me to use two monitors. There are tons of them, but I have no idea how to judge quality!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2021 03:06 PM (Q9lwr)

245 > These guys have a culture like Google, where they constantly re-invent the wheel because they can. They probably had a couple of people write their own keycard system instead of buying one, and its tied to all sorts of internal crap that they have developed over the years.

Facebook and Google and Apple and Microsoft are strangely fairly different in culture.

Facebook for example is EXTREMELY lax about quality assurance. Whenever they want to make a reasonably big change, they just pare off 100,000 or so users and do A/B testing on them. If people like the change, make it permanent. If Facebook shit the bed, roll back the change and work on it some more.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 04, 2021 03:06 PM (YYlyE)

246 "Does anyone else think this Facebook outage is timed perfectly if they want to clean house in the face of the whistleblower's interview so that even more dirt isn't found?"

No. Too many other, unrelated platforms are also down.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at October 04, 2021 03:06 PM (jWe5r)

247 Tells me employees are communicating amongst each other by text and by Outlook email.
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 04, 2021 03:00 PM (mf5HN)


OMG its like the Stone Age!

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2021 03:06 PM (mbFEM)

248 223 > Why in the name of Satan's Butthole would you do it like that?

Entry records. If you give people keys, they can come and go like ghosts.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 04, 2021 03:02 PM (YYlyE)

I've been getting logged in using my ID card at the places I've work at for almost 30 years now. I believe this predates FB.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2021 03:06 PM (ynpvh)

249 Here's hoping the protesters drive Sinema even further to the right.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 04, 2021 03:06 PM (L2ZTs)

250 >>>
.....
The better part is apparently FB removed itself from the DNS listings at least the people who know how all of this stuff work says that's what it had to be.
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 04, 2021 03:02 PM (mf5HN)

HA! For the tech nerds... but, I'm *sure* they're using Agile and Proper Change Management so how could this possibly have been pushed to production?!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2021 03:06 PM (ACi07)

251 ------------
These guys have a culture like Google, where they constantly re-invent the wheel because they can. They probably had a couple of people write their own keycard system instead of buying one, and its tied to all sorts of internal crap that they have developed over the years.
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at October 04, 2021 03:02 PM (wybbI)

Why buy something that already works when we can CUSTOMIZE IT!

Posted by: Inogame at October 04, 2021 03:06 PM (53oGX)

252 Anyone who designs a physical access control system in a way that depends on DNS lookups is a fool. Anyone who designs a physical access control system in a way that depends on DNS lookups from the public internet outside of your own infrastructure is an idiot.

Posted by: Joe Mannix


How do those just get "deleted" with no records?

Serious question. I have no idea about any of this.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2021 03:07 PM (OCTRt)

253 Welp....wife and I have the 'rona. No big symptoms for me except fever and chills. I had the chills pretty bad on Saturday night that I pulled my tongue muscle...damn is that some of the worst pain I've ever had. Feeling better today, but I did lose my sense of smell. Blessing and a curse I guess. I can smell diety diapers or thst weird smell 13 year old boys have after sleeping with the door closed.

Posted by: Mishdog at October 04, 2021 03:07 PM (mfu76)

254 This redhead on a bicycle thinks that the censorious asshats at Facebook deserve canal duty:
https://is.gd/BKQnnr

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 04, 2021 03:07 PM (+IIqY)

255 All the badge swipe security is IoT and with the FB servers being down, there's no way to swipe the badges.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 04, 2021 02:55 PM (mf5HN)

Oh boy is this great!

Posted by: flounder at October 04, 2021 03:07 PM (KnJdm)

256 Noood

Posted by: Bruce at October 04, 2021 03:08 PM (vd8XM)

257 Today I somewhat successfully dismantled and reassembled my coffee machine. I cleaned all the bits and parts, hopeful that I would find an obvious fault that I could easily correct, but that wasn't the case. When I put it all back together, it pretended it wanted to work properly but I have my doubts. We will see later if it produces a cup of coffee the way it should.

Now, if I get stuck buying a new machine I will have the satisfaction of knowing I at least tried.

Posted by: jwest at October 04, 2021 03:08 PM (/BlEx)

258 OMG, we have to, like, talk in person with other people to communicate. It's like, so weird.

Posted by: Facebook employees at October 04, 2021 03:08 PM (mNhhD)

259 Right about now Zuck is yelling
"Calgon take me awaaayyyyyyyyy!!!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 04, 2021 03:08 PM (L2ZTs)

260 Please be true. Please be true.

https://tinyurl.com/e8k937e2


So someone deleted large sections of the routing . . . that doesn't mean Facebook is down down, from the looks of it . . . that means Facebook is GONE.

Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 04, 2021 03:08 PM (mf5HN)

261 So shocked.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at October 04, 2021 03:08 PM (ytSiK)

262 so I was going to save this for Tech but its so basic...
I have an old Toshiba laptop. i replace the hard drive with 465 GB SSD that has 256 Gb free. I doubled RAM to 8. Its a dirty filthy thing, with probably a whole Sammich worth of crumbs in the keyboard. heavy, but i have an Ipad air so...Oh, and I replaced the screen when it cracked. It's running Windows 7. I cant find another laptop that has that memory for a reasonable (cheap) price. Should I just install Windows 10 and move on? I do nothing much on it. Writing, surfing, I sue online graphics program. Have GIMP on it. blah blah. Advise???

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at October 04, 2021 03:08 PM (RoIW/)

263 235 Facebook put themselves in Facebook jail.

Bwahahaha!
Posted by: ALH at October 04, 2021 03:04 PM (/g7XU)

We have to go through an automated temperatures sensor at my workplace (and it identifies you if you're an employee). A few weeks back, it had me as an "undocumented" employee. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2021 03:08 PM (ynpvh)

264 I need a docking station for a laptop that will allow me to use two monitors. There are tons of them, but I have no idea how to judge quality!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2021 03:06 PM (Q9lwr)

Does your computer have an onboard video card only, or an additional one?

If (1), then you'll need a splitter, and if (2) then you should be able to do it natively in Windows.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2021 03:08 PM (cTqLg)

265 Hackers Warn That If Demands Aren't Met They Will Reactivate Facebook

Posted by: SMOD at October 04, 2021 03:08 PM (RHGPo)

266 >>> 226
.....
Would have been better if they couldn't exit buildings. I'd give it three days before cannibalism began.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2021 03:03 PM (/U27+)

Again, I must ask: Is it wrong to pray for this sort of thing? Especially if Zuckercyborg had been *physically* present for some company meeting.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2021 03:09 PM (ACi07)

267 239 >>>Call in the deplorables who know how to open doors!

>I've got an oxy-acetyline torch and a pisscan just raring to go!
Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 04, 2021 03:05 PM (ljUPy)

So no Benelli with breech shells? (sad turn and walks home...)

Posted by: Inogame at October 04, 2021 03:09 PM (53oGX)

268 259 Right about now Zuck is yelling
"Calgon take me awaaayyyyyyyyy!!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 04, 2021 03:08 PM (L2ZTs)
--
It's about time for a Space Mutiny.

Posted by: Revenant at October 04, 2021 03:09 PM (ydlAE)

269 I can see it now, someone was doing some work on the switch stack at FB, and unplugged the cable mark, "Do not unplug!"

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at October 04, 2021 03:09 PM (QGTpc)

270 Can't they uhm, break a window or something to get into the building? This is so funny on so many fronts.

Heh. Back when I had a job, this was on the bottom of most of my emails:

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.—Douglas Adams

The event in the book that precipitated this statement was that the air conditioning failed and the windows couldn’t be opened because that was completely unnecessary due to having air conditioning.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 04, 2021 03:10 PM (CX3cf)

271 Facebook for example is EXTREMELY lax about quality assurance. Whenever they want to make a reasonably big change, they just pare off 100,000 or so users and do A/B testing on them. If people like the change, make it permanent. If Facebook shit the bed, roll back the change and work on it some more.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 04, 2021 03:06 PM (YYlyE)
++++
That's cloud-scale methodology. Netflix does exactly the same thing. Netflix has a department they call "chaos engineering" which writes software that just randomly or pseudo-randomly goes through knocks chunks of infrastructure or pieces of software or whatever offline or makes it behave badly. They see how well the system holds up and make adjustments to improve reliability. They also do limited roll-out A/B testing on changes. That is all actually quite sensible when dealing with that scale and that level of complexity. The system is so big and so complicated that it can't be fully understood and no matter how careful you are in design, shit goes sideways. So you assume failure and knock it over a lot to find weaknesses.

But that *doesn't* mean you have poor change control and backout plans.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 04, 2021 03:10 PM (+IIqY)

272 So someone deleted large sections of the routing . . . that doesn't mean Facebook is down down, from the looks of it . . . that means Facebook is GONE.
Posted by: alexthechick


Some mid level intern at the Cincinnati office.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2021 03:10 PM (OCTRt)

273 244 Any PC hardware gurus out there?

I need a docking station for a laptop that will allow me to use two monitors. There are tons of them, but I have no idea how to judge quality!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2021 03:06 PM (Q9lwr)

Avoid the freaking 2xUSB-C dock used by Dell computers. They suck.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2021 03:11 PM (ynpvh)

274 Chinese hackers about to get paiiiidd!

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 04, 2021 03:11 PM (L2ZTs)

275 >>> 260 Please be true. Please be true.

https://tinyurl.com/e8k937e2


So someone deleted large sections of the routing . . . that doesn't mean Facebook is down down, from the looks of it . . . that means Facebook is GONE.
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 04, 2021 03:08 PM (mf5HN)

See my 266... this is why I'm doomed. DOOMED I say!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2021 03:11 PM (ACi07)

276 Facebook stock is down 5% today.

Posted by: SMOD at October 04, 2021 03:11 PM (RHGPo)

277 272 So someone deleted large sections of the routing . . . that doesn't mean Facebook is down down, from the looks of it . . . that means Facebook is GONE.


omg Alex ... something so wonderful can't have happened? can it?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2021 03:12 PM (j9HX3)

278 SMOD, let's hope it's down to penny status by tomorrow.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 04, 2021 03:12 PM (L2ZTs)

279 Call in the deplorables who know how to open doors!

I've got an oxy-acetyline torch and a pisscan just raring to go!
Posted by: Dr. Bone

So no Benelli with breech shells? (sad turn and walks home...)
Posted by: Inogame


It can't stay locked if it's liquid.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2021 03:13 PM (OCTRt)

280 How are advertisers supposed to track me if FB is down?

Posted by: SMOD at October 04, 2021 03:13 PM (RHGPo)

281 Any PC hardware gurus out there?

I need a docking station for a laptop that will allow me to use two monitors. There are tons of them, but I have no idea how to judge quality!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo


Depends on the ports out of your laptop and the ports into the monitors are the important part, IIRC.

Are you using HDMI out and HDMI in?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2021 03:13 PM (1t5dY)

282 someone deleted large sections of the routing . . . that doesn't mean Facebook is down down, from the looks of it . . . that means Facebook is GONE.

Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 04, 2021 03:08 PM (mf5HN)

-----

Someone maybe got a bit frisky and, with root privileges, did a "rm -r"

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at October 04, 2021 03:13 PM (QGTpc)

283 If I win, I am immediately making an offer on the F4H-1f that's on Platinum Fighters...

That would certainly burn through the dollars quickly

I bet it costs $50k to start up the engines and run them for 5 minutes. Part of why you don't see many jet warbirds besides trainers. You thought a Mustang was expensive to own...

Posted by: Azjaeger at October 04, 2021 03:13 PM (3/XaG)

284 SMOD, good ol' cold calling!
Get your air horn ready...

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 04, 2021 03:13 PM (L2ZTs)

285 At this stage I don't care if far righties or far lefties took down FB. I just hope it stays down for a long long time.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 04, 2021 03:14 PM (L2ZTs)

286 257 Today I somewhat successfully dismantled and reassembled my coffee machine. I cleaned all the bits and parts, hopeful that I would find an obvious fault that I could easily correct, but that wasn't the case. When I put it all back together, it pretended it wanted to work properly but I have my doubts. We will see later if it produces a cup of coffee the way it should.

Now, if I get stuck buying a new machine I will have the satisfaction of knowing I at least tried.
Posted by: jwest at October 04, 2021 03:08 PM (/BlEx)

I've rebuilt mine twice already, one was just a cleanout then other needed a replacement part.
Keurigs have a solinoid that is prone to burning out. It's only $10 to replace but if you don't know then it's a big paperweight.

Posted by: Inogame at October 04, 2021 03:14 PM (53oGX)

287 Avoid the freaking 2xUSB-C dock used by Dell computers. They suck.
Posted by: jim


That's what I'm running in the office and I'm running three monitors just fine.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2021 03:14 PM (OCTRt)

288 Mishdog take care, nows your chance to eat food you hate
I would fill up on Brussel sprouts

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2021 03:14 PM (2JoB8)

289 PCMag: How To Completely Disappear From The Internet

Posted by: SMOD at October 04, 2021 03:15 PM (RHGPo)

290 It can't stay locked if it's liquid.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2021 03:13 PM (OCTRt)

No one can stop the hot wrench...

Posted by: Inogame at October 04, 2021 03:15 PM (53oGX)

291 Welp....wife and I have the 'rona. No big symptoms for me except fever and chills. I had the chills pretty bad on Saturday night that I pulled my tongue muscle...damn is that some of the worst pain I've ever had. Feeling better today, but I did lose my sense of smell. Blessing and a curse I guess. I can smell diety diapers or thst weird smell 13 year old boys have after sleeping with the door closed.
Posted by: Mishdog at October 04, 2021 03:07 PM (mfu76)

Prayers for Mishdog and the wife.

Posted by: golfman at October 04, 2021 03:15 PM (hOMhY)

292 290 It can't stay locked if it's liquid.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2021 03:13 PM (OCTRt)

No one can stop the hot wrench...

Posted by: Inogame at October 04, 2021 03:15 PM (53oGX)

Or the hot wench.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at October 04, 2021 03:15 PM (RoIW/)

293 Mishdog - I hope you guys are better soon!

natural immunity FTW!

and if you take a downturn - monoclonal antibodies (Regeneron) - keep that treatment in mind

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2021 03:15 PM (j9HX3)

294 actually quite sensible when dealing with that scale and that level of complexity. The system is so big and so complicated that it can't be fully understood and no matter how careful you are in design, shit goes sideways.

-------

Yup. We had some ads deemed "sexist" by the FB testing, and finally got it reversed weeks later by complaining and proving that it was sexist *in favor of females*. Every once in awhile, the computer goes crazy and bans the gurlzzz its supposed to promote.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2021 03:16 PM (cTqLg)

295 Murray
@Rothbard1776

This is the clip that gives it away. Ms. Haugen said she joined FB because she had "lost a friend to conspiracy theories" and that Facebook's decision to reorganize/disband of their civic integrity [censorship] unit, where she worked, resulted in the J6 "insurrection".

https://tinyurl.com/sc3kcens

Posted by: redridinghood at October 04, 2021 03:16 PM (NpAcC)

296 you'd think Zukkerberg might have a few friends with internet access so his boy wonders could go over to their houses and try to fix things while spilling Jolt Cola on the desk.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at October 04, 2021 03:16 PM (4a9Vv)

297 you'd think Zukkerberg might have a few friends with internet access so his boy wonders could go over to their houses and try to fix things while spilling Jolt Cola on the desk.
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken


Loved the caffeine kick from Jolt Cola.
Hated the taste. Flat.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2021 03:19 PM (OCTRt)

298 Thank you everyone for the well wishes and prayers!!! Yall are the best!!

Posted by: Mishdog at October 04, 2021 03:20 PM (mfu76)

299 Nood. More facebook.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2021 03:22 PM (yOf1t)

300
"They're mocking us." - cop in police car eating donut.

Posted by: Anna Puma

Yuts doing donuts around cops eating donuts?

Kind of zen, no?
Posted by: Tonypete


And the kid driving the vehicle doing the donuts works at a Crispy Creme.

Posted by: Justsayin' at October 04, 2021 03:22 PM (Fs5vw)

301 Apparently, the Facebook algorithm to censor misinformation is finally working.

Posted by: SMOD at October 04, 2021 03:24 PM (RHGPo)

302 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2021 03:08 PM (cTqLg)

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2021 03:13 PM (1t5dY)


The laptop has a separate video card and one HDMI.

The monitors are both HDMI.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2021 03:42 PM (Q9lwr)

303 I'm not very interested in the vaccine, but suddenly the vaccine is very interested in me.

Posted by: Oliver Klosov at October 04, 2021 03:53 PM (yB/w+)

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