A New Arecibo Message to Extraterrestrials Needs Your Suggestions

If you had the chance to talk to an extraterrestrial, what would you want to say? There’s a coalition of astronomers hoping to update an old message sent to aliens in 1974 that talked about the world as it was in the era of the Vietnam War and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. If you’re 5 to 16 years old, you can help craft the new message yourself — and if not, be sure to let the younger people in your life know how to get involved!

— Read on curiosity.com/topics/a-new-arecibo-message-to-extraterrestrials-needs-your-suggestions-curiosity

ET Phone home

The Deplatforming Wars, Part II: A New Hope – Taki’s Magazine – Taki’s Magazine

What’s needed is a test case about content removal that focuses on discrimination against an identity group (race, religion, gender).
— Read on www.takimag.com/article/the-deplatforming-wars-part-ii-a-new-hope/

Two thoughts about deplatforming. The silencing of the Trump supporters in the last election drove his supporters to other venues, making it impossible for the political pointy heads on the Hillary side to gauge the support of Trump. They underestimated Trumps support in certain states and moved resources. This gave Trump a surprise victory and left the Hillary supporters scratching their heads wondering “how could this have happened?”

The other point is deplatforming by the FANGS has opened other platforms up to new business who do not censor. They have shot themselves in the foot thinking they are the only way to network. Duck Duck Go browser and Word Press blog has given me a nice uncensored community. I don’t use anything Google and do just fine.

Let the marketplace decide the fate of these tech giants with giant egos. The yellow vests in cyberspace will prevail.

‘F— you leakers’: A former senior Google employee says a frantic quest to stop internal info getting out is now management’s ‘number one priority’ | Business Insider India

Aly Song/ReutersA security guard keeps watch as he walks past a logo of Google in Shanghai, China.Jack Poulson, who quit Google in September over its search
— Read on www.businessinsider.in/f-you-leakers-a-former-senior-google-employee-says-a-frantic-quest-to-stop-internal-info-getting-out-is-now-managements-number-one-priority/articleshow/67000790.cms

Like all vermin, they prefer to operate in the dark