The survey, conducted earlier this month by researcher OnePoll, showed that 16% of respondents have ended at least three friendships in the past year and a half. About 14% of vaccinated Americans said they have severed relationships with friends who chose not to get inoculated against the virus. In fact, …
Read More »The desperate daily phone calls I am getting from abandoned friends in Kabul make me so angry at the West’s hollow promises
When I went back to Afghanistan again this Spring, it seemed to confirm in the eyes of my family and friends that I was not right in the head. Why would you go back there? It’s a war zone, are you mad? You’re an old man, they said. It is …
Read More »I recently worked in Kabul and weep for all my Afghan friends, who we’re abandoning to their deaths. Here’s why our mission failed
Knowing that in less than three hours, you will be in Kabul, the most dangerous capital city in the world, makes boarding the pristine Emirates flight from Dubai a surreal experience. This spring I did just that, as I went to join the United Nations Development Programme mission in Afghanistan …
Read More »Facebook’s desire for you to report your friends is the latest alarming step in its bid to take over the world
Over the past few days, some Facebook users have reported seeing prompts asking them if they are concerned that someone they know might be becoming an extremist. Other users are being notified they may have been exposed to extremist content as they were naively reading political articles or watching videos …
Read More »‘Are your friends becoming extremists?’ Facebook asks users as it tests bizarre new feature to combat ‘harmful content’
The platform rolled out the new test feature for certain US-based users on Thursday, part of its broader effort to combat “extremism,” according to Facebook spokesman Andy Stone. Baffled netizens quickly shared screenshots of the alerts online, some hinting at the pitfalls of enlisting users to root out so-called extremists. …
Read More »Friends? What friends? Instagram tests expansion of ‘suggested posts’ feature telling users what they REALLY want to see
Putting aside the temporal impossibility of looking at every single post shared by one’s Instagram friends — has anyone ever made it to the bottom of the ever-refreshing scroll of posts? — the new version promises to speckle “suggested posts” throughout the user’s feed, sometimes above posts from individuals and …
Read More »‘Wow, good friends ehhh?’: Britons shocked as none of 30 ‘friends’ at party where BLM activist was shot talk to police
In an interview with the Evening Standard on Monday, Detective Chief Inspector Richard Leonard revealed that none of the 30 or so individuals present at a party on May 23, where Sasha Johnson received gunshots to the head, have spoken to police. Leonard’s remarks, which were accompanied by a plea …
Read More »Better off as friends? Russia & China forging close partnership Moscow’s man in Beijing claims, but NATO-style alliance not needed
Andrei Denisov, Russia’s ambassador to the East Asian nation, wrote in a new essay collection made available on Tuesday that economic partnerships and positive political relations alone were enough in the short term. “I believe that a formal alliance, especially a military-political one, is not the most optimal scheme for …
Read More »Caitlyn Jenner slammed as ‘out of touch’ after saying rich friends leaving California in private jets because of the homeless
Jenner – who rose to fame as an Olympic gold medalist and a star of ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ – told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Wednesday that one of her wealthy friends specifically cited homeless people on the streets as the reason he left California, because he couldn’t …
Read More »Nightmare on Zuckerberg Street? Facebook wants to make sure you have the right friends with hyperlocal ‘Neighborhoods’ feature
Rather than simply alerting friends halfway around the world to what their internet pen pals are doing, Facebook has vowed to inform nearby users via a new and improved algorithm if it thinks the pair might be compatible – a semi-creepy feature that could either cement actual friendships or foment …
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