Notices by 🇱🇺 Daniël Bos 🇨🇳 (corani@noagendasocial.com), page 8

John ordering fast-food (how I imagine it)

@DaDenMan I often wonder who the racists really are... Making the assumption that minority equals having no ID, how did you come to that conclusion? Because they're too stupid? Too poor? Jobless and homeless?

Either you're the racists, holding such views, or it's because of shenanigans with fake voters. I can't see any other reason...

As evidence for him being a good storyteller, I mentioned things like "having an easy to understand message, staying consistent, targeting a specific audience, keeping his message short".

Comedy gold, seeing the trainer then having to defend Trump and say something nice about him and acknowledging his skills.

Though he later on referred to Trump as "that orange freak", I still appreciated he went along with it though. (2/2)

Today I participated in a training about Storytelling and Influencing at my work. While I'm located in China, the trainer was an American guy.

One of the first exercises was to pick one famous storyteller and identify why they were successful. After each participant shared their thoughts, the trainer would do a "yes, and" and add some support himself.

I'd immediately recognized him as a New York Democrat, so being facetious, I picked Trump. (1/2)

*Exactly* how it went for me!

"Apple Now Bricks MacBook Pros to Prevent Third-Party Repair"

When will people realize you can't actually *buy* an Apple device? You're merely paying for the privilege of using one. A privilege Apple can take away at any time, when it suits their bottom line.

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/278261-apple-now-bricks-macbook-pros-to-prevent-third-party-repair

Google+ shutting down after not disclosing major security flaw.

Reason for not disclosing? They only kept logs for 2 weeks...

This could may have some nasty GDPR consequences: leaking personal identifiable data, *and* not adequately logging access to those personal data.

This could be a 4% of global annual revenue type penalty (so about 4.5B in Google's case)

https://www.extremetech.com/internet/278352-google-will-shut-down-in-2019-after-exposing-user-data

Another case of #33, the target designation given by the Soviets to the U2 spy plane they shot down over Cuba during the missile crisis.

#magicnumber

"Chinese actress Fan Bingbing fined for tax evasion"

No half measures... Almost US$128M in back taxes and fines

http://www.ecns.cn/news/society/2018-10-03/detail-ifyyqtvy2868614.shtml

This is why Wikipedia should mention the height of people: apparently Fidel Castro was 6'3 / 190 tall. Not at all what you'd have guessed from how he was presented by the media.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/oct/18/world-leader-heights-tall

Another place to avoid: bridges.

@adam

"All we can say is that for some unknown reason he began walking from point A to his destination at point B," Coffay said. "He chose to walk the tracks and in the process fell into the water, causing him to drown."

https://www.pennlive.com/daily-buzz/2018/09/cause_of_death_ruled_for_casin.html

Heard about this on the last Sam Harris podcast: The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure

Sounds like an interesting read
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36556202-the-coddling-of-the-american-mind

/Cc @adam

Thanks Microsoft, I now know exactly what I should do!

Perhaps they should add a third option: "Try rebooting the universe"

@SirBaz @adam Locked in his own suitcase, I presume?

Dutch security expert with ties to Wikileaks disappears while on vacation in Norway. (Article in Dutch)

Let the conspiracy theories commence!

/cc @adam

https://www.security.nl/posting/575654/Beveiligingsexpert+Arjen+Kamphuis+vermist+in+Noorwegen

They've got to be messing with us.

Probably due to the FOCAC conference here in Beijing, they have stepped up security around the embassy district. Now for the first time in seeing some police K9 units patrolling.

First day it was with Germany Shepard's. Makes sense. Second day they added a Rottweiler. Okay, still reasonable. Third day, they added a Border Collie (like the attachment). Uhm, what?! Looked like a one year old too. But complete with the K9 harness and all.

"[T]here has been an explosion at the “Separ” [separatist] restaurant in Donetsk, killing DNR head Alexander Zakharchenko.

DNR Income and Collections Minister Alexander Timofeev has also been seriously injured."

/at @adam

Most likely perpetrators are the Ukrainians, so I'm guessing this is getting little press...

https://russia-insider.com/en/after-zakharchenko-assassination-signs-moscow-washing-its-hands-rebel-donbass/ri24638

@adam Re: Millennials with fidget spinners, putty, kinetic sand and eye contact avoidance: disgusting! This is clearly Autism appropriation!

Source: both me and my young daughter have Asperger's. I've heard so many stories of neurotypical kids playing with these in school and getting them banned from the classroom, while they are essential for kids with Autism in order to get through the day with their sanity intact.

This really angers me.

Qed