Going, Going, Disappeared – Facebook Justice, Saudi Style

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The Wall Street Journal reports, “Saudis Weigh Saying Journalist Was Killed by Mistake.”

Riyadh is considering issuing a statement saying that rogue operatives killed Khashoggi by mistake during an interrogation gone wrong

On Monday, Saudi officials were considering whether to say rogue operatives killed Jamal Khashoggi during an interrogation gone wrong, people familiar with the matter said, a move that could help the royal family distance itself from responsibility.

We don’t think Zuckerberg has retained an on-call “bone sawing” expert, yet. At least, not that we know of.

Darwin’s Lawn Mower Art Project Brigade

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These not so clever Jackson Pollock wannabees have demonstrated that unintended consequences can also be art.  Watch how they turn green paint, a lawn mower, and a canvas and easel into a red, fiery inferno.  As a side note, one wonders whether the lawn mower wrangler has ever regrown the hair on his uncovered extremities.

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Getting Ready To Fight Big Data

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This is your ghillie suit for taking the fight to the Masters of the Universe.

From the Business Insider, “This photo shows that even Mark Zuckerberg is paranoid about his privacy.”

But the photo has taken new meaning after Zuckerberg apologized on Wednesday for a scandal in which British data company Cambridge Analytica, which has ties to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, illicitly obtained information from as many as 50 million Facebook profiles by abusing Facebook’s data-sharing features.

From the Instagram photo, it’s clear that Zuckerberg takes his own personal privacy very seriously.