By buying a smart speaker, you’re effectively paying money to let a huge tech company surveil you.

mischief, managed:

People got along just fine for quite a large number of years without smartphones. You don’t NEED to always be available. Just have people call your landline and leave a message if you’re not home and you’ll get back to them later. If you’re really desperate, compliment your fashion with a pager.

On an issue as sensitive as this, it’s important to know what the leader of the free world thinks about it.

Trumpelthinskin, let me explain

After the way the Trump Administration bungled the Holocaust Remembrance Day remarks, I fully expect his Black History Month remarks to focus on how everybody suffered during slavery, and we should also remember the slaveholders, who lost a lot of wealth when their property was emancipated.