A Sense of Doubt blog post #1623 - Is Deliberately Misleading People Free Speech? Irreversible Melt and other news

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1623 - Is Deliberately Misleading People Free Speech? and other news

Nothing says difficult in maintaining daily blogging as news from 2017.

But I am behind schedule, and so, here it is.

The funny thing is that this first item at least is still going on, and the other items are pretty relevant.

But just to be somewhat current, I provided a list of recent news at the end of this post.


Ask Slashdot: Is Deliberately Misleading People On the Internet Free Speech?

Ask Slashdot: Is Deliberately Misleading People On the Internet Free Speech?

Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday October 08, 2017 @11:34PM from the defending-to-the-death-your-right-to-mislead-me dept.

Slashdot reader dryriver writes:Before anyone cries "free speech must always be free," let me qualify the question. Under a myriad of different internet sites and blogs are these click-through adverts that promise quick "miracle cures" for everything from toenail fungus to hair loss to tinnitus to age-related skin wrinkles to cancer. A lot of the ads begin with copy that reads "This one weird trick cures....." Most of the "cures" on offer are complete and utter crap designed to lift a few dollars from the credit cards of hundreds of thousands of gullible internet users. The IQ boosting pills that supposedly give you "amazing mental focus after just 2 weeks" don't work at all. Neither do any of the anti-ageing or anti-wrinkle creams, regardless of which "miracle berry" extract they put in them this year. And if you try to cure your cancer with an Internet remedy rather than seeing a doctor, you may actually wind up dead. 

So the question -- is peddling this stuff online really "free speech"? You are promising something grandiose in exchange for hard cash that you know doesn't deliver any benefits at all.
Long-time Slashdot reader apraetor counters, "But how do you determine what is 'true'?" And Slashdot reader ToTheStars argues "It's already established that making claims about medicine is subject to scrutiny by the FDA (or the relevant authority in your jurisdiction)." But are other things the equivalent of yelling "fire" in a crowded movie theatre? Leave your best thoughts in the comments. Is deliberately misleading people on the internet free speech?

Slashdot Asks: Does the World Need a Third Mobile OS?

Google Uncovers Russia-Bought Ads On YouTube, Gmail and Other Platforms

Microsoft 'Was Sick', CEO Satya Nadella Says In New Book

Windows 10 Update Removes Windows Media Player

Half the Universe's Missing Matter Has Just Been Finally Found

Latest TVs Are Ready for Their Close-Ups

EPA Announces Repeal of Major Obama-Era Carbon Emissions Rule

Carbon-Emitting Soil Could Speed Global Warming, Warns 26-Year Study

'Blade Runner 2049' Isn't the Movie Denis Villeneuve Wanted to Make

2019


'The White House Blocked My Report on Climate Change and National Security'

Linus Torvalds Prepares To Wave Goodbye To Linux Floppy Drives

Trump Administration Plans To Allow Imports Of Some Prescription Drugs From Canada

University of California Sues Five Major Retailers Over Edison-Style LED Bulbs

Your Next iPhone Might Be Made in Vietnam. Thank the Trade War.

Apple Reports Declining Profits and Stagnant Growth, Again

FTC Says 'You Will Be Disappointed' if You Choose $125 For Equifax Payout

Facebook Says It Was 'Not Our Role' To Remove Fake News During Australian Election

China Is On Track To Beat Its Peak-Emissions Pledge

Employee Happiness and Business Success Are Linked, Study Finds


Also, as you can see, the melt of ice is also moving backwards in time as today's date as per the entry is WEDNESDAY THE 31st and this news item below is dated THURSDAY AUGUST 1st.

That alone should clue in people to how serious global warming is becoming that it can effect time in reverse chronal disruption.

Greenland is Melting Away Before Our Eyes (rollingstone.com)

Posted by msmash on Thursday August 01, 2019 @04:45PM from the closer-look dept.

Amid an ongoing heat wave, new data show the Greenland ice sheet is in the middle of its biggest melt season in recorded history. It's the latest worrying signal climate change is accelerating far beyond the worst fears of even climate scientists. From a report:The record-setting heat wave that sweltered northern Europe last week has moved north over the critically vulnerable Greenland ice sheet, triggering temperatures this week that are as much as 25 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal. Weather models indicate Tuesday's temperature may have surpassed 75 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions of Greenland, and a weather balloon launched near the capital Nuuk measured all-time record warmth just above the surface. That heat wave is still intensifying, and is expected to peak on Thursday with the biggest single-day melt ever recorded in Greenland. On August 1 alone, more than 12 billion tons of water will permanently melt away from the ice sheet and find its way down to the ocean, irreversibly raising sea levels globally.

[...] Even just a few decades ago, an event like this would have been unthinkable. Now, island-wide meltdown days like this are becoming increasingly routine. The ongoing melt event is the second time in seven years that virtually the entire ice sheet simultaneously experienced at least some melt. The last was in July 2012, where 97% of the ice sheet simultaneously melted. In the 1980s, wintertime snows in Greenland roughly balanced summertime melt from the ice sheet, and the conventional wisdom among scientists was that it might take thousands of years for the ice to completely melt under pressure from global warming. That's all changed now. With a decade or two of hindsight, scientists now believe Greenland passed an important tipping point around 2003, and since then its melt rate has more than quadrupled.






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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1907.31

- Days ago = 1488 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1622 - AFROPUNK: OUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD!

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1622 - AFROPUNK: OUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD!

So here's a recent newsletter from AFROPUNK.

I have some original work in process but none of it is done yet. Not fully baked, which is a phrase that always makes me think of the movie The Graduate when Benjamin announces his intention to marry Elaine Robinson (who doesn't know and doesn't even like him), and his father says his plan is half-baked. Benjamin asserts that "no, it's completely baked."

That's my blog work right now, unlike Benjamin. It's not completely baked yet.

So a big share, and you have to follow links to get to the content, which I have done with a few and liked what I saw but no time now for commentary.

Leave me a comment.

As I apply for jobs, I tell prospective employers about this blog. Some have questioned the wisdom of doing so. My feeling is that the company I want to work for will respect my views, my passions, my interests and maybe even share them.

Plus, if I post this one now, I am only one day behind, which is today, Wednesday, as I am only posting this entry one day late.

Word.

MUSIC CULTURE ART FASHION

OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD COCO & BREEZY: DISCUSS MATTERS OF VISIBILITY How the twenty-something twin sisters from the twin cities have framed their personal eyewear revolution. READ MORE FAT GIRL SEX: MY CONSENT TRUMPS YOUR BONER The ultimate safe word, “consent” is an inherent right that is yours to grant and take away. READ MORE THE SOCIAL CENTRE WHERE MANDELA MET BLACK AMERICA Opened as a place of "morality" in 1921, the Bantu Men's Social Centre became Black Joburg's gateway to African-American culture and to freedom's ideals. READ MORE VIBE OUT WITH US AT AFROPUNK ATLANTA After AFROPUNK Brooklyn in August, we're sliding right into AFROPUNK Atlanta in October. We'll bring the music, you bring the energy. Grab your friends and your tickets. We can't wait to see you at 787 Windsor.  GET TICKETS HERE "WEATHERING": ON THE CONSTANT STATE OF BLACK PAIN Eric Garner died five years ago and then his daughter Erica passed away two and a half years later. The funerals seem to never end.  READ MORE CAN LOVE BE A POLITICAL WEAPON? The campaign proclamations of Marianne Williamson have become viral memes, but can the spiritual power behind it become a movement?  READ MORE BRING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH AFROPUNK JOBURG This year is more than halfway over! Start planning for AFROPUNK Joburg because you already know it will be here before you know it! Solange and Miguel will be there. Will you? GET TICKETS HERE THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO WILL BE HEARD Over the past week, the word on the San Juan streets has been: "Ricky, renuncia, el pueblo te repudia!" Ricky, resign, the people reject you. READ MORE GRAPEVINE TV: LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE The dating landscape is a hot-ass mess. WATCH EPISODE NOW AFROPUNK MIXTAPE 055: LIVING THE FUCK OUT LOUD Tracks by AP favs Nova Twins, Bob Vylan, Saul Williams, HXLT, and Gary Clark Jr. join new artists like The 1865 and Vagabon for a mixtape that couldn't be quiet if it tried. LISTEN NOW

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1907.30 - 10:10

- Days ago = 1487 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1621 - Lingua Ignota and Behind the Spider Web Gate - Musical Monday 1907.29

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1621 - Lingua Ignota and Behind the Spider Web Gate  - Musical Monday 1907.29

Just this.

Let the music speak.

Text courtesy of artists via Bandcamp.

https://linguaignota.bandcamp.com/album/caligula




https://linguaignota.bandcamp.com/

1. FAITHFUL SERVANT FRIEND OF CHRIST 04:42 2. DO YOU DOUBT ME TRAITOR 09:34 3. BUTCHER OF THE WORLD 06:33 4. MAY FAILURE BE YOUR NOOSE 04:32 5. FRAGRANT IS MY MANY FLOWERED CROWN 05:07 6. IF THE POISON WON'T TAKE YOU MY DOGS WILL 06:30 7. DAY OF TEARS AND MOURNING 04:43 8. SORROW! SORROW! SORROW! 06:31 9. SPITE ALONE HOLDS ME ALOFT 07:24 10. FUCKING DEATHDEALER 02:32 11. I AM THE BEAST 07:53

about

“CALIGULA”, the new album from LINGUA IGNOTA set for release on July 19th on CD/2xLP/Digital through Profound Lore Records, takes the vision of Kristin Hayter’s vessel to a new level of grandeur, her purging and vengeful audial vision going beyond anything preceding it and reaching a new unparalleled sonic plane within her oeuvre.

Succeeding her self-released 2017 “All Bitches Die” opus (re-released by Profound Lore Records in 2018), “CALIGULA” sees Hayter design her most ambitious work to date, displaying the full force of her talent as a vocalist, composer, and storyteller. Vast in scope and multivalent in its influences, with delivery nothing short of demonic, “CALIGULA” is an outsider’s opera; magnificent, hideous, and raw. Eschewing and disavowing genre altogether, Hayter builds her own world. Here she fully embodies the moniker Lingua Ignota, from the German mystic Hildegard of Bingen, meaning “unknown language” — this music has no home, any precedent or comparison could only be uneasily given, and there is nothing else like it in our contemporary realm.

LINGUA IGNOTA has always taken a radical, unflinching approach to themes of violence and vengeance, and “CALIGULA” builds on the transformation of the survivor at the core of this narrative. “CALIGULA” embraces the darkness that closes in, sharpens itself with the cruelty it has been subjected to, betrays as it has been betrayed. It is wrath unleashed, scathing, a caustic blood-letting: “Let them hate me so long as they fear me,” Hayter snarls in a voice that ricochets from chilling raw power to agonizing vulnerability. Whilst “CALIGULA” is unapologetically personal and critically self-aware, there are broader themes explored; the decadence, corruption, depravity and senseless violence of emperor Caligula is well documented and yet still permeates today. Brimming with references and sly jabs, Hayter’s sardonic commentary on abuse of power and invalidation is deftly woven.

Working closely with Seth Manchester at Machines With Magnets studio in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Hayter strips away much of the industrial and electronic elements of her previous work, approaching instead the corporeal intensity and intimate menace of her notorious live performances, achieved with unconventional recording techniques and sound sources, as well as a full arsenal of live instrumentation and collaborators including harsh noise master Sam McKinlay (THE RITA), visceral drummer Lee Buford (The Body) and frenetic percussionist Ted Byrnes (Cackle Car, Wood & Metal), with guest vocals from Dylan Walker (Full of Hell), Mike Berdan (Uniform), and Noraa Kaplan (Visibilities). “CALIGULA” is a massive work, a multi-layered epic that gives voice and space to that which has been silenced and cut out. 

credits

released July 19, 2019

Engineered and mixed by Seth Manchester at Machines With Magnets
Mastered by Heba Kadry

license

all rights reserved

https://longformeditions.bandcamp.com/track/behind-the-spiderweb-gate


LE030

Alison Cotton is a classically trained viola player based in London, working with improvisation and composition. As well as her recent solo work, she is one half of the Walthamstow based songwriting partnership, The Left Outsides. She spent almost the last two decades performing in bands and collaborating with other musicians. Her collaborative album with Michael Tanner (Plinth) in 2016, with its quietly levitating drones pointed the way to her first solo record.

Her debut album ’All Is Quiet at the Ancient Theatre’ was released in 2018 on cassette on Bloxham Tapes, followed by a vinyl release on Cardinal Fuzz (UK) and Feeding Tube (USA).

As well as the viola, she uses an array of other instruments (her voice, harmonium, percussion, recorder, omnichord, shruti box and piano) to create long, haunting folk drones. Many of her pieces are created for, and named after spaces, whether real or fictional, and often of another time. As she plays, she focuses on the image of these places (‘A Tragedy In the Tithe Barn’, ‘All Is Quiet at The Ancient Theatre’, ‘The Bells of St Agnes’ and her recent piece, ‘Behind the Spiderweb Gates’).

In 2017, she composed and performed the soundtrack to artist Jessye Curtis’ film, ’36 Dramatic Situations’ as well as playing a live accompaniment to the film at the Chelsea College of Art Degree Show.

In 2018, she was commissioned by the BBC to compose and record a soundtrack to accompany the Muriel Spark ghost story, ‘The Girl I Left Behind Me’ which was broadcast on Gideon Coe’s BBC6 Music show at Christmas. This composition is planned for release later in the year on Clay Pipe Records. All Is Quiet At The Ancient Theatre was selected by Luke Turner as one of The Guardian Writers Albums of the Year, by Jude Rogers as one of the Guardian Folk Albums of the Month and placed at number 49 in The Quietus Albums of The Year in 2018.

Artist notes:

My music usually evolves from a story, often about a place I've visited, enhanced by the help of the imagination. The story will develop while I improvise and immerse myself deeper and deeper into the piece, using a kind of tone painting to express this.

Behind the Spider Web Gates draws inspiration from a house I happened upon in rural southern France last year. An imposing, dramatic, tall dark Gothic house with mysterious, black spider web-shaped gates at the entrance to the grounds.

The piece is divided into three parts. The first part depicts the tranquil ascent up a rocky path surrounded by ancient woodland. A calm, minimal, single-noted drone on the viola is soon enhanced by layers of plainsong-style vocal chants. This is followed by the introduction of a melodic viola line symbolising the sound of bird song and nature which surrounds me. This phrase serves as a motif throughout the whole piece. The chime of the singing bowl represents the distant sound of church bells, being transported towards me by the wind.

The second part brings into focus the ornate, looming Gothic spires of the house. The spider web gates are soon in clear view – and a sense of fear enters my subconscious mind. This is symbolised by the repetitive, menacing, single high note on the piano. The more serene vocal chants at this stage are placed to restore a sense of calm to the piece.

A local had told me that the grounds were accessible to the public. My inquisitive mind tells me to open the spider web gates and enter the garden… For the third part of this piece, piercing viola harmonics denote my turning of the heavy, rusty handle of the huge, imposing gate. The single piano note is reintroduced, as the sense of fear within grows stronger. The melodic viola motif, which has been present throughout the piece, is now accompanied by a harmonium playing a haunting countermelody to further intensify this sense of foreboding. And as the large oak door to the Gothic house slowly creaks open, a new set of more chilling viola harmonics dramatically bring the piece to a close.

For me, playing extended or deep listening music allows me more freedom to explore and improvise – a lack of time restriction opens up more possibilities. Due to the extended length, a recurring melody or motif can have more impact when reintroduced into the piece, surrounded by more space, and often triggers the emotions of the listener when it reappears. If I have lots of ideas before recording a long-form work, these can be presented more subtly and minimally to the listener as the piece unfolds – they can be more drawn out, painted on a larger canvas. There is also more space to introduce new textures and instruments without the piece becoming too busy.

Focusing on longform music as a listener, as I become immersed in a piece I often also begin to hear background noises – such as distant lawnmowers in neighbours' gardens, car alarms or sirens in nearby streets – and subconsciously incorporate them in the piece I’m hearing. I've endeavoured to include similar types of sounds and drones into this piece and also hope that listeners will hear their own distant sounds – and that they might also become a part of my piece in their minds. I’d love that to happen.

Recorded by Mark Nicholas. Mixed by Mark Nicholas & Alison Cotton 

credits

released July 18, 2019

license

all rights reserved

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1907.29 - 10:10

- Days ago = #1486 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.