2021-10-05 Build OGM Call
A Tale of Two Whistleblowers: Daniel Ellsberg, Frances Haugen and the Fight for the Truth
Facebook Hearings Cold Open
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen delivers opening statement
Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: The 60 Minutes Interview
Facebook, over and over again, has shown it chooses profit over safety.
The Facebook Files (2021 WSJ investigation)
The Facebook Papers (2021)
Watch Live: Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Testifies (3hrs 20mins)
Whistle-Blower Says Facebook ‘Chooses Profits Over Safety’
"I Have Blood On My Hands": A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation
#BibiGone. Finally. (6/2021)
20 Year Anniversary of 9/11
2020–2023 North American Drought
2021-12-23 OGM Check-in Call
2021 America's Cup (AC75s)
2021 Atlanta spa shootings (8 dead, 6 Asian women)
2021 Boulder Shooting (10 dead)
2021 Cookie Revolt (Cookiepocalypse?)
2021 Early Southwestern Heat Wave
2021 Fagradalsfjall Eruptions
2021 Fires Across Southern Europe (esp. Greece & Turkey)
2021 Haiti Earthquake (7.2, 2000 dead)
2021 Hasbro Rebrands to Potato Head. Conservatives Go Wild.
2021 Hong Kong Sweep of Pro-Democracy Activists
2021 IPCC Report: The Physical Science Basis
2021 Jerusalem Clashes (around Sheikh Jarrah)
2021 Kongsberg Attack (5 dead w bow and arrow)
2021 Malian coup d'état (third in ten years)
2021 Nicaraguan General Election (Ortega has opposition candidates arrested)
2021 Peruvian general election
2021 PNW Heat Wave (including heat dome)
2021 Samoan Constitutional Crisis
2021 Shootings in VTA Light Rail Yard (8 dead)
2021 South Africa in Free Fall
2021 Summer Olympics Tokyo (postponed a year)
2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26 Glasgow)
2021 United States Capitol protests
2021 Virginia gubernatorial election (Youngkin wins in late CRT-fueled spike)
A ‘Historic Event’: First Malaria Vaccine Approved by W.H.O. (2021)
A Post-Google Fraternity of Investors
ABBA Comeback Tour (2021)
Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw
Apple Says It Will Scan for Child Abuse in Photos, a Major Privacy Problem (2021)
Assassination of Jovenel Moïse (2021)
Australia Challenges Facebook and Google. Google Pays Murdoch. Facebook Shuts down News.
Basecamp Changes the Rules. One Third of Its Employees Leave. (2021)
Beeple Brings Crypto to Christie’s
Belarus Forces Down Plane to Seize Dissident; Europe Sees ‘State Hijacking’
Bezos and Branson Race One Another to Travel into Space (2021)
Biden/Harris Inauguration Ceremony
Bill and Melinda Gates Are Divorcing After 27 Years of Marriage (2021)
Brandolini's Law (the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle)
Branson Breaks 50 Mile Barrier on Unity (2021, before Bezos)
Brian Reid (computer scientist)
British Lawmaker David Amess Stabbed and Killed Outside London (conservative)
Changes at Basecamp (2021 - yikes!)
Chauvin’s Trial (2021 State v. Chauvin: guilty, all 3 counts)
Cheugy (2013, went viral in 2021)
China Allows Families to Have 3 Children (2021)
Chris Messina (Factory Joe)
Christian Eriksen Collapsed & Almost Died vs Finland HD 1080i (12/06/2021)
Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin Outbid a Group of Crypto Investors for Copy of U.S. Constitution
Citing Mental Health, Biles Withdraws from Tokyo Team and All-around Competitions
Climate Anxiety (Eco-Anxiety)
Coke's Stock Drops [$4B] After A Slight By Soccer Star Christiano Ronaldo
Cold, heat, fires, hurricanes and tornadoes: The year in weather disasters
Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack (2021 malware, ransomware)
Conservatives Seize on Dr Seuss and Mr. Potato Head as Signs Cancel Culture Has Run Amok
Deadly tornadoes slam through six states (2021, 64 dead in Kentucky, 88 total)
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)
Decentralized Web (Web3, DWeb)
DeFi (Decentralized Finance)
Delta Variant (Much More Contagious) Starts a Fifth Wave of Coronavirus Summer 2021
Dogecoin Jumps in Value (2021)
Donald Rumsfeld - Defense Secretary During Iraq War - Is Dead at 88
Edelman Trust Barometer 2021: Trust, the New Brand Equity
Eduardo Saverin (co-founder)
Eight: SCOTUS Says ACA Case Has No Standing (2021)
Epic Adds Payment System inside Fortnite. Apple and Google Kick It Out. Epic Sues.
Every Icon presented by e.a.t.}works
Everyone Riffs on xkcd’s Types of Paper Comic
Ex-Marine Sharpshooter Kills 4 and Fires at Deputies in Florida, Sheriff Says
Expired Car Warranty Phishing Scams
Facebook Inc. knows, in acute detail, that its platforms are riddled with flaws that cause harm, often in ways only the company fully understands.
February 13–16, 2021 North American winter storm
Filter turns lawyer into cat during Zoom hearing
Foundation (2021 TV series)
Friends With Benefits ($FWB, the DAO)
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Frances Haugen is an American product manager, data engineer and scientist, and whistleblower. She disclosed tens of thousands of Facebook's internal documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission and The Wall Street Journal in 2021.
