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Angry about inflation? It's time you got to know rockets and feathers
It's rockets and feathers. All over the economy. As economists and politicians keep wringing their hands about inflation, I sure wish they would read up…
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Scam victim put gold bars into stranger's car; 1 in 10 a victim in the past year
Gallup poll finds 15% of US households hit by scams annually
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Not an April Fool's joke: Montana might as well be Manhattan at this point
Housing costs are rising fastest in -- Montana, Utah, and South Carolina? That must be some kind of joke, right? Sorry, there is no punchline. Only…
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March 2024

Veterans targeted by scams need our help; be their 'battle buddy'
Your offer of help might be rejected at first. Keep trying.
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Bob Sullivan

February 2024

When we treat workers like server space, (almost) everyone loses
The Restless Project makes an appearance
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Is the digital divide actually getting bigger? This office is trying to help
Think about the last time you lost your smartphone … even for a few minutes, or worse, for a whole day. You were probably cut off from your digital…
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Taylor Swift, the FCC deepfake ban, and why you are the last (only?) line of defense
Hold on tight, fellow humans, there's artificial turbulence ahead. Like it or not, the time has come to stop believing what you see, what you hear, and…
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Bob Sullivan

January 2024

December 2023

Why Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal made the social media imposter problem harder to fix
Kevin Long: My job could be done in a nanosecond with a computer program that we had in place before, and just because of the way that they've changed…
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Famous NatGeo wildlife photographer sick of social media imposter scams; pleads for help from Big Tech
Paul Nicklen is a world-famous wildlife photographer. He's won pretty much every major award shooting polar bears, leopard seals, and other rare animals…
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November 2023

October 2023

Robot fear is approaching 1960s-levels; that might be a distraction
White House executive order on artificial intelligence is a great conversation starter, but let's focus on what's broken today
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