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@harrybr "We care enough to not let you Europeans make us law-breakers. Thankfully we can keep treating our American visitors just as bad as always."
Digital ethics is an ongoing conversation about how we want to acknowledge, influence and involve others in our work. And about how we can act to keep people, and by extension our biosphere, safe from harm. It is rarely about right or wrong, but about better or worse.
I think @beantin and I could write a book just on all the various sales pitches to be on the podcast.
Also, some people are obviously aware of their behavior, providing "unsubscribe"(!) links in e-mails that are designed to look personal. 🧐
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@stefsull My first thought is that Handoff is activated so that it is receiving messages via an iPhone (to the iPad via Bluetooth)--- but then again I think they actually have to be on the same WiFi for this to work. But could be confirmed by deactivating Bluetooth...
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@Tynell @kowrynen @_victorjansson One reason is that staff at the polling place are responsible for always ensuring that there are enough ballots available for certain parties. Also, parties themselves can fill up ballots with names. There have been situations where many ballots have been stolen or hidden.
@Tynell @kowrynen @_victorjansson That said, this is certainly one of the larger criticisms of the Swedish system, and there are calls being made for changes to this.
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@kowrynen @_victorjansson I would think it makes the counting process easier and more secure, but also the voting process in terms of successfully voting correctly considering the cognitive effort required.
I made this page about how to vote some years ago if you're curious.
howtovote.se
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@DorotheaBaur @maria_axente Nice to see you back here Maria. You may have missed this excellent interview with Dorothea :)
overcast.fm/+gav-94YrQ
#Voting in Sweden trivia:
All citizens 18yo and older can vote, no registration necessary. Okay to vote from prison. Only paper ballots, no machines. Many locations open ~3 weeks before Election Day for early voting. Election Day is always on a Sunday.
In the 2018 general election, voter turnout was 87.2 percent. Voter turnout among people with disabilities is about 6 points lower than the rest of the population.
Pasco’s sheriff created a futuristic program to stop crime before it happens. It monitors and harasses families. "They swarm homes in the middle of the night, waking families and embarrassing people in front of their neighbors. They write tickets for […]" projects.tampabay.com/projects/2020/…
"He went from an F to an A+ without learning a thing."
Well, he did learn about the stupidity of algorithms.
theverge.com/2020/9/2/21419…
Really thoughtful responses here. x.com/axbom/status/1…
Another great newsletter from @dancharvey:
After Facebook
What happens after Facebook falls?
(Also, I had not considered the lack of protection for accounts of deceased people. Denmark leading the way here.)
20minutesintothefuture.substack.com/people/2147526…
Serious question.
When do you feel good (peak well-being) and what factors do you think are in play to make you feel this way? Do you take measures to achieve this well-being and/or does it materialize seemingly by chance?
Answer any way you want and feel comfortable with.
Valuable for personal growth. How to Be Open-Minded verywellmind.com/be-more-open-m…
Good explainer by @guardian
Why Google and Facebook are being asked to pay for the news they use – explainer | Technology | theguardian.com/technology/202…
Understanding the #Antitrust Landscape /

@themarkup Hello World
Dispatches from Editor-in-Chief @JuliaAngwin
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@dagensindustri Förtydligar: Om du inte säger upp 7 dgr innan de 3 första månaderna är slut, binds du i 12 månader för 279kr/mån (3.348kr för ett år) och sedan i 12 månadersperioder för 399kr/mån (4788kr för ett år).
axbom.blog/dagensindustri/
"[…] the language in these tech company statements obscures the central role that whiteness and racism play in the injustices Black people endure." x.com/ayeemalt/statu…
Today I'm starting on Eyes Wide Open by @noreenahertz and I've pre-ordered her book The Lonely Century.
"If we do not want to be victims of a future that others dictate to us, we need to get better at making choices with our eyes wide open, our brains switched on."
"In 1984, just as email was beginning to enter the main-
ream, Jacob Palme, a computer scientist from the QZ
Computer Centre at the University of Stockholm [...], warned that 'electronic mail system, if used by many people, causes severe information overload problems'."
"Indeed, so aware is the US Army of the medium's powers of evasion that it intentionally deploys PowerPoint when briefing the media, a tactic known as 'hypnotising chickens!"
Bhutan, the Buddhist kingdom on the Himalayas’ eastern edge with a population around 800,000, is the World's First Carbon-Negative Country — Beautiful News informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnews/…