Going private, supervising content and losing rovers + this day in history w/the Santa Fe Pueblo Revolt and our song of the day by Low on your Morning Monarchy for August 21, 2018.
Notes/Links:
Microsoft shuts down Russian plot to hack U.S. political targets
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/21/russia-cyberattacks-microsoft-fancy-bear-790211
@Uber taps former @NSAGov official to head security team
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1030263598067539968
IT’S OFFICIAL: #GoldmanSachs is advising Elon Musk on his plans to take #Tesla private
https://twitter.com/XEyezWideOpenX/status/1029974868056580096
Fired Tesla employee alleges company spied on workers, knew of drug dealing at plant
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1030644772753563650
#Tesla Gigafactory Worker Allegedly #Trafficking ‘Significant Quantities’ of Cartel #Drugs, says Ex-Employee
https://twitter.com/XEyezWideOpenX/status/1030442221508681728
In Private Meeting, Facebook Exec Warns News Outlets to Cooperate or End Up Dying in ‘Hospice’
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1029439142654922752
Can Twitter change its ‘core’ and remain Twitter?
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1030305087648944128
U.S. government seeks Facebook help to wiretap @Messenger
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1031261696910741504
Apple Bends Over for Mueller: Security Clearance Removal “Affects Their Bottom Line in a Big Way”
https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/1031528420377800704
Apple Folds To China Censorhsip, Pulls 25,000 Apps From China AppStore
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1031574304100474880
1,400 Google Employees Are Demanding Transparency Around the Company’s Return to China
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1031209943641120768
To Catch A Robber, The #FBI Attempted An Unprecedented Grab For #Google Location #Data
https://twitter.com/XEyezWideOpenX/status/1029957166948667392
Ajit Pai Has To Explain Why His FCC Made Up A DDOS Attack And Lied To Congress
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1030092573023514624
2015 United Nations Paper Proposed Government Licensing To “Supervise Content” Online
https://twitter.com/BlacklistedNews/status/1030186234805534720
BOOM: ‘Mega-Round’ Investors Shower Start-Ups With Millions
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1029429626664181760
AT&T Buys Out Crunchyroll’s Otter Media
https://twitter.com/DeeLunarfox/status/1026955872558309376
What you say when you’re holding $60k of graphics card and want ppl to know you work out
https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/1031627570343751680
Nintendo Using Copyright To Erase Video Game History
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1029471949167063040
New Study: Robots Can Brainwash Children Into “Mindless Conformity”
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1031702550930579456
We Are Merging With Robots. That’s a Good Thing. — The old boundaries of the human self are being blurred by technology. The risks are real, but the potential is astounding.
https://twitter.com/JeremiahBilas/status/1029945554413998080
Children risk drowning because ‘careless’ parents are fixated on their phones, German officials say
https://twitter.com/IndyWorld/status/1029966912023945216
Investor Sues AT&T For $224 Million For Cryptocurrency Loss
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1029800735028826117
Central bankers warn of chaos in a #cashless society
https://twitter.com/XEyezWideOpenX/status/1029976672118996992
FBI warns of global ATM heist. Before FBI heists ATM’s globally.
https://twitter.com/EvoXenogenesis/status/1030674447143825410
FBI warning about potential ‘unlimited’ #ATM heist worth millions (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1031951816416608256
Bank of England economist warns thousands of UK jobs at risk from robots and AI
https://twitter.com/TimWherry/status/1031442987832762368
Truck driver dies after attempting to scan RFID
https://twitter.com/aaronse/status/1030182529939243009
Verizon Names Indianapolis Its Final 5G Pilot City
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1030166958174482432
LA to become first in US to install subway body scanners
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1029741368279687168
West Virginia to introduce mobile phone voting for midterm elections
https://twitter.com/brocwest/status/1030038710534819840
Miami Herald throws support behind Republican who says she was abducted by aliens
https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/1031327568555896833
Picard returns to ‘Star Trek’ in a new series for CBS All Access
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1025894239664828416
Douglas Rushkoff: How #tech’s richest plan to save themselves after the #apocalypse
https://twitter.com/XEyezWideOpenX/status/1030433141188702210
US ‘Suspicious’ of Russian Space Weapons
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1029801544294617088
‘Starship Troopers’: One of the most misunderstood movies ever
https://twitter.com/CrimsonMistUT/status/1028511503744266240
NASA admits the $400M Mars Opportunity rover could be lost forever
https://twitter.com/DeeLunarfox/status/1030680646191116289
RIP #Mars rover? @NASA loses touch with robot stuck in storm (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1031762585845002240
#ThisDayInHistory: #August21 w/Pueblo Indians capture #SantaFe from the Spanish during the #PuebloRevolt of 1680 (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1031961207291359232
+ #NatTurner’s rebellion, #Oldsmobile founded, #MonaLisa stolen, #DumbartonOaks Conference, @Motown release 1st #1, ‘#DirtyDancing’ released, #NASA loses contact w/Mars Observer, @REMhq sues @Hersheys
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1031961208365039616
Flashback: Elderly Women Sent to Chinese Re-Education/Labor Camp (Aug. 21, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/08/elderly-women-sent-to-chinese-re/
Flashback: Marine Corps Recruiter Arrested; Accused of Sex With Minor (Aug. 21, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/08/marine-corps-recruiter-arrested-accused/
Flashback: US & Poland Finalize Deal to Install Missile Shield // Syria Signs Defense Pact With Russia (Aug. 21, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/08/us-poland-x-russia-syria/
Flashback: Barksdale B52’s Practice Surge + ‘Operation Green Flag’ (Aug. 21, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/08/barksdale-b52s-practice-surge-operation/
Flashback: Declassified Docs Shed New Light on AIPAC Espionage (Aug. 21, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/08/declassified-docs-shed-new-light-on/
Flashback: Army Eyes Invisibility Cloak (Aug. 21, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/08/army-eyes-invisibility-cloak/
+ #CountBasie, #ArtFarmer, #MelvinVanPeebles, #WiltChamberlain, @_KennyRogers, #JackieDeShannon, #JoeStrummer, @KimCattrall, @SerjTankian, #LiamHowlett, #UsainBolt, @KaceyMusgraves birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1031961209723969536
#PumpUpThaVolume: Low – “Disarray” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1031782522022227970