Bob R
@i-hate-facebroke.bsky.social
Retired software / eCommerce engineer, tired of seeing too many people/companies whose judgement is so poor that they still use Meta, Inc products in 2026.
At least Free Speech has returned to Australia 👍. Now that Meta, Inc. can't censor everything. As far as the USA, not so much. Unfortunately it only applies to those under age 16, but it is a start. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban
Australia on Wednesday became the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking access in a move welcomed by many parents and child advocates but criticised by major technology com...
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
At least Free Speech has returned to Australia 👍. Now that Meta, Inc. can't censor everything. As far as the USA, not so much. Unfortunately it only applies to those under age 16, but it is a start. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
I signed up for the Davis Stampede on Feb 22, 2026! 👍 t.co/BYJa45WLmf
https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/Davis/DavisStampede
t.co
December 9, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I signed up for the Davis Stampede on Feb 22, 2026! 👍 t.co/BYJa45WLmf
Gotta love
@manfredsteyer.bsky.social 's Presentation on Angular Signal Forms 👍! Thank you so much, Manfred! www.angulararchitects.io/en/blog/all-...
@manfredsteyer.bsky.social 's Presentation on Angular Signal Forms 👍! Thank you so much, Manfred! www.angulararchitects.io/en/blog/all-...
All About Angular's New Signal Forms - ANGULARarchitects
This is post 1 of 2 in the series “Signal Forms” All About Angular’s New Signal Forms Dynamic Forms: Building a Form Generator with Signal Forms You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Yo...
www.angulararchitects.io
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Gotta love
@manfredsteyer.bsky.social 's Presentation on Angular Signal Forms 👍! Thank you so much, Manfred! www.angulararchitects.io/en/blog/all-...
@manfredsteyer.bsky.social 's Presentation on Angular Signal Forms 👍! Thank you so much, Manfred! www.angulararchitects.io/en/blog/all-...
If you have been following @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social since 2021 like I have, you would probably have known back then that giving your data to Meta by using FB or Ig is probably the most irresponsible thing you can do. Thank you for your continued work on this, Jeff!
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If you have been following @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social since 2021 like I have, you would probably have known back then that giving your data to Meta by using FB or Ig is probably the most irresponsible thing you can do. Thank you for your continued work on this, Jeff!
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
I just finished this great book by Keira D'Amato! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DT7JPBWN
Don't Call It a Comeback: What Happened When I Stopped Chasing PRs, and Started Chasing Happiness
Amazon.com: Don't Call It a Comeback: What Happened When I Stopped Chasing PRs, and Started Chasing Happiness (Audible Audio Edition): Keira D'Amato, Keira D'Amato, Evelyn Spence, Macmillan Audio: Books
www.amazon.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I just finished this great book by Keira D'Amato! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DT7JPBWN
So glad to see that Sarah Wynn-Williams "Careless People" made the top 100 books of the year. 👍
time.com/collections/...
Delete your FaceBROKE accounts today!
time.com/collections/...
Delete your FaceBROKE accounts today!
'Careless People' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Here's why it made the list
time.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
So glad to see that Sarah Wynn-Williams "Careless People" made the top 100 books of the year. 👍
time.com/collections/...
Delete your FaceBROKE accounts today!
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Delete your FaceBROKE accounts today!
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For the first time ever, I had to make a payment in crypto.
I can now confidently say that crypto payments combine the speed of a dial up modem and the ease of updating the drivers on a 1998 HP Laserjet printer.
I can now confidently say that crypto payments combine the speed of a dial up modem and the ease of updating the drivers on a 1998 HP Laserjet printer.
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
For the first time ever, I had to make a payment in crypto.
I can now confidently say that crypto payments combine the speed of a dial up modem and the ease of updating the drivers on a 1998 HP Laserjet printer.
I can now confidently say that crypto payments combine the speed of a dial up modem and the ease of updating the drivers on a 1998 HP Laserjet printer.
Time to begin my off season conditioning after 8 races in 9 weeks. Still not injured! 👍
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Time to begin my off season conditioning after 8 races in 9 weeks. Still not injured! 👍
It was such fun competing at the #USATF Masters National XC Championships yesterday! Great job by Race Director, Andy Crawford and his team for pulling off such a wonderful event! GO #GoldenValleyHarriers #GVH !
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It was such fun competing at the #USATF Masters National XC Championships yesterday! Great job by Race Director, Andy Crawford and his team for pulling off such a wonderful event! GO #GoldenValleyHarriers #GVH !
So great enjoying a beautiful day for XC racing out there with my team! GO #GVH #GoldenValleyHarriers!
October 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
So great enjoying a beautiful day for XC racing out there with my team! GO #GVH #GoldenValleyHarriers!
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This would be pathetic if it weren’t so destructive
October 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This would be pathetic if it weren’t so destructive
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Meta has ‘heard the message’ from Trump, says whistleblower Frances Haugen
#Trump
#Trump
Meta has ‘heard the message’ from Trump, says whistleblower Frances Haugen
Mark Zuckerberg’s move to end factchecking in US reflects president-elect’s views on social media, says Haugen
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Meta has ‘heard the message’ from Trump, says whistleblower Frances Haugen
#Trump
#Trump
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Frances Haugen. Arturo Bejar. Sarah Wynn-Williams. Jason Sattizahn. Cayce Savage.
All blew the whistle against Meta for putting profits over people’s safety.
Profiles in courage.
All blew the whistle against Meta for putting profits over people’s safety.
Profiles in courage.
September 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Frances Haugen. Arturo Bejar. Sarah Wynn-Williams. Jason Sattizahn. Cayce Savage.
All blew the whistle against Meta for putting profits over people’s safety.
Profiles in courage.
All blew the whistle against Meta for putting profits over people’s safety.
Profiles in courage.
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Four years ago, pre GenAI, someone showed me some stunning photos of ravens they'd taken. Among the most beautiful wildlife portraits I've seen. And they refused to put them even on a website because they didn't "want a tech company to steal them."
I rolled my eyes. I think about that now and then.
I rolled my eyes. I think about that now and then.
October 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Four years ago, pre GenAI, someone showed me some stunning photos of ravens they'd taken. Among the most beautiful wildlife portraits I've seen. And they refused to put them even on a website because they didn't "want a tech company to steal them."
I rolled my eyes. I think about that now and then.
I rolled my eyes. I think about that now and then.
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I can't be the only one who remembers the Facebook Papers when Frances Haugen made a bunch of internal documents public showing the company knew it was, among many other nightmarish things, encouraging suicidal ideation in teen girls
Eg: www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1...
Eg: www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1...
had to read the article to understand wtf was going on here which is that Meta is literally feeding Instagram pictures parents took of their teenage daughters to middle aged men as ads for Threads
“Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting.”
Meta has 100% stopped even *pretending* not to be astoundingly evil.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meta has 100% stopped even *pretending* not to be astoundingly evil.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
September 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I can't be the only one who remembers the Facebook Papers when Frances Haugen made a bunch of internal documents public showing the company knew it was, among many other nightmarish things, encouraging suicidal ideation in teen girls
Eg: www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1...
Eg: www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1...
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“Social media is a cancer,” says Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox. “It is taking all of our worst impulses and putting them on steroids. It is driving us to division. It is driving us to hate.” cbsn.ws/46Yu1c9
September 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“Social media is a cancer,” says Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox. “It is taking all of our worst impulses and putting them on steroids. It is driving us to division. It is driving us to hate.” cbsn.ws/46Yu1c9
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A general journalism thought I've been having since jumping to Reuters: Part of responsibly covering things (tech, politics, wars, etc) is not sanitizing the details.
It's important that people know that the images Meta AI was/is creating are more than "provocative."
My eds over here get that.
It's important that people know that the images Meta AI was/is creating are more than "provocative."
My eds over here get that.
August 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A general journalism thought I've been having since jumping to Reuters: Part of responsibly covering things (tech, politics, wars, etc) is not sanitizing the details.
It's important that people know that the images Meta AI was/is creating are more than "provocative."
My eds over here get that.
It's important that people know that the images Meta AI was/is creating are more than "provocative."
My eds over here get that.
This 4th of July, I am planing to volunteer at the Folsom Firecraker Race, which benefits two local nonprofit organizations: Cancer Champions and the Neil Reitman Pediatric Burn Institute at Shriners Children's of Northern California.
Who's with me?
runsignup.com/Race/Volunte...
Who's with me?
runsignup.com/Race/Volunte...
Folsom Firecracker Race
The Folsom Firecracker Race is on Friday July 4, 2025. It includes the following events: 5K Run/Walk, 10K Run, 2 Mile Run/Walk, Kids Fun Run (ages 1-10), 5K - US Military Active Duty or Veteran, 10K -...
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July 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This 4th of July, I am planing to volunteer at the Folsom Firecraker Race, which benefits two local nonprofit organizations: Cancer Champions and the Neil Reitman Pediatric Burn Institute at Shriners Children's of Northern California.
Who's with me?
runsignup.com/Race/Volunte...
Who's with me?
runsignup.com/Race/Volunte...
More proof as to why it is simply poor judgement for any person or company to use Met products in 2025:
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-fr...
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-fr...
Meta Battles an ‘Epidemic of Scams’ as Criminals Flood Instagram and Facebook
Fake puppies and phony offers of mouthwatering bargains are often seeded by overseas crime networks; employees say company is reluctant to impede its advertising juggernaut
www.wsj.com
May 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
More proof as to why it is simply poor judgement for any person or company to use Met products in 2025:
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-fr...
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-fr...
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Fearing that Meta’s chatbots were too boring, Mark Zuckerberg ordered they be given more human-like traits. That rebuke led to a loosening of boundaries -- and the launch of digital companions that Meta knew could produce sex role-play content for children.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...
Meta’s ‘Digital Companions’ Will Talk Sex With Users—Even Children
Chatbots on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are empowered to engage in ‘romantic role-play’ that can turn explicit. Some people inside the company are concerned.
www.wsj.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Fearing that Meta’s chatbots were too boring, Mark Zuckerberg ordered they be given more human-like traits. That rebuke led to a loosening of boundaries -- and the launch of digital companions that Meta knew could produce sex role-play content for children.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...