Daniel Dale: "Here is our highly subjective list of Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025.
We chose some because the president repeated them particularly often, some because they were about notably consequential topics, and some because they were especially egregious in their distance from reality":
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/27/politics/analysis-donald-trumps-top-25-lies-of-2025
#Trump #dishonest #unreliable #unethical #politics copy: @renewedresistance
The surprisingly connected origins of "secret", "police", "political", "quasi", "unethical" and "concern".
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #secret #police #political #quasi #unethical #concern
A secret profit in plain sight
Let’s say an auctioneer conducts a reserve consignment auction where an item carries a $100,000 reserve but only reaches $80,000 in bidding. Afterward, the auctioneer persuades the seller to lower the reserve to $75,000 and then makes a deal with the high bidder for $90,000. The buyer pays $90,000, the seller receives $75,000 minus commission, and the auctioneer pockets both the commission and the $15,000 difference. This conduct is unethical and unlawful. When an auctioneer represents a […]https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/a-secret-profit-in-plain-sight/
#Casting Networks: Stop Fucking With #Actors, #Agents & #Managers
In this video, Wendy calls out:
– #CastingNetworks and #BreakdownServices for #exploiting actors and reps
– The #unethical practice of charging agents and managers to submit #talent
– #SAGAFTRA’s failure to protect the very actors who pay their dues
– The destruction of union #commercial income by the #nonunionmarket
– The #corporategreed that’s stripping #artists of #fairpay, dignity, and opportunity
"As The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) celebrates Ethics Awareness Month —one of our sector’s largest digital intermediaries, GoFundMe, stands accused of crossing lines that would make even the most jaded fundraiser blush."
"…she felt like she’d been “listed without consent on a commercial stock exchange for generosity."
https://agitator.thedonorvoice.com/ethics-awareness-month-the-great-scrape-of-2025/
I've been only able to read this IT note today due to band with constraints. It read like a Stephen King short. Horrific!
IMHO, In my humble opinion, the company involved used tactics that I can describe as blatantly criminal.
I have some stories and I may talk about one in another post, using similar of obfuscation techniques
You would be wise to read this story at least twice.
Read between the lines.
Observe that the company was selling open source services yet used criminal tactics to keep people locked in
Link
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/10/08/the-email-they-shouldnt-have-read/
#Story #Stefano #horrible #ethics #unethical #OpenSource #programming #vendor #lockin
@The14 is this some #business #pitch?
Cuz I consider this #unethical!
" #Trump picks Blondashian-wannabe Ambulance-Chasing lapdog to further harass real-lawyer Letitia James." #FixedIt
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/21/nx-s1-5549086/trump-nominates-white-house-aide-top-us-prosecutor-probing-letitia-james
#Trump #TurdReich #MangoMussolini #TheOrangeShitStain #BleachBlond #Unethical
Silicon Valley wants to shape our future - why should we let it?
The most recent episode on Paris Marx's Tech Won't Save Us podcast
Recommended by Ron Deibert of the UofT Citizen Lab. (during a 2025 Aug. 21 speech to the Cybersecurity League - LICS from the State University of Campinas.)
#unethical #surveillancecapitalism
“You are the livestock of the social media farms.” Ron Deibert of the UofT Citizen Lab.
2025 Aug. 21 speech to the Cybersecurity League - LICS from the State University of Campinas.
#spyware #unethical #surveillancecapitalism
🔗 "Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives"
Once again, Perplexity is stealing data it isn't supposed to access - actively circumventing counter measurements like robots.txt files and IP/User Agent blocks.
Faouzia - UNETHICAL
https://youtu.be/I1zqCX3Dvxo?si=K5UKddM93q-OkXvH
YouTube was correct in guessing that I would like this. Her singing appeals to me and I enjoyed the visuals.
I seem to remember seeing her in connection with some Chinese competition, but I could be wrong.
How well known is Faouzia? World famous?
World famous in Canada? Niche following?
Boy, I wish I had thought of #venue #shopping for #judges before the judge was even on the bench by nominating someone unflinchingly #loyal to me to be a judge in the circuit that will hear a case wherein I am #alleged to have done some truly #heinous shit.
If I could do that, I wouldn’t be an angry eyebrow in a tiny corner of a social media web site. I’d be an #immoral, #unethical #bigot, and the sort of rarified #asshole that only the jackassiest of jackasses could possibly tolerate.
🧐Furthermore, the use of #AI to perform #academic #peerreviews is not only lazy, it's fundamentally #irresponsible and #unethical to the development of #scientific #research. Like errant or #corrupt priests and cardinals that needed to be ferreted out by the Church, this disturbing trend in #global #academicresearch, seemingly involving top-tier #universities, sorely needs to be nipped in the bud before it rots and festers the entire #credibility of new #science - to the detriment of #mankind.🤔
More #academic #peerreview cheats🤦♂️
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"NUS paper was among 17 #research papers fr a # of countries found by #NikkeiAsia to contain te #hiddenprompt. Te report, pub'ed July 1, said te papers were linked to 14 universities, incl'g #Waseda, #KAIST, #PekingU, & U of #Washington & #Columbia. Most of te papers w te prompt were fr #computerscience field.. te misuse of AI tools by #academics is #unethical & unfair.. there cld be gaps in te research tt weren't addressed as a result of #AI #manipulation"
A "stretch goal" is an attempt to accomplish seemingly impossible results. Unsurprisingly, they're often unfulfilled.
Two studies found that employees with more #stretchGoals exhibited more #fear of failure, #anxiety, and even #unethical #work behaviors.
Is Calling People “Toxic,” #Toxic?
One attempt to nail down the toxic label led to the “Toxic Five” attributes: #disrespectful, #noninclusive, #unethical, #cutthroat, and #abusive. While knowing these attributes can be useful, they are far from a set of reliable interpretations.
uk.pinterest.com/pin/77511178... How are media and tech giants shaping the future of US Democracy? #TrumpLies #MuskLies #PutinLies #PeopleDie #JailTime #Pathocrats #Unethical #Greed #Power #Corruption #EgoDrivenSociopathsAndPsychopaths #CorporateInfluence #EvilBusinessDrivenCapitalistMentality
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