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Predatory Data

Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future

https://bookshop.org/p/books/predatory-data-eugenics-in-big-tech-and-our-fight-for-an-independent-future-anita-say-chan/21312207

There's a nearly straight line from 20th century eugenics to 21st century big data and data science. Google, the bastion of big data, was founded by two Stanford graduate students; Stanford was founded by a eugenicist and instituted eugenics principles. Francis Galton--inventor of the regression analysis that forms the backbone of data science--was "hot or notting" London with a counter hidden in his pocket long before Harvard-age Zuckerberg recuperated the same with the favorite quantification technology of our day, computers.

"The measured life" is a eugenics concept. All these doohickeys that collect data with the promise of making your body a bit more "fit"? Eugenicist in origin. Eugenics is about "optimizing" the physical "fitness" of people. Apps that help you learn, make you more mentally "fit"? Also have origins in eugenics. …

Pump your abs challenge 😆
let´s start on Monday!

4 + 1 weeks

- week 1-3 - appr. 5 mins from Monday to Friday
- week 4 - 3 full 30-35 mins workouts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- bonus Week 5 - with a gym ball!

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i´ll post videos for each time in (), and share them in and

- i suggest the options for different levels, it has to be HARD but possible - choose your level!
Do it once or twice and then do it again!
you may want to use weights (or shampoo bottles) and a balancing pillow or a sofa cushion 😆
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If you just start training - do it during 5 mins, slowly and rest when you need, try also a harder option!
if you train regularly …

Content warning Exercise, Health, Fitness Challenge

This is a post combining my two passions: and , specifically 🇰🇷

A while ago I started doing my easy runs while listening to Korean sentences. The audio I uploaded here is a sample from @tomikorean Grammar Book 2

Advantages:
1️⃣ Running slow in zone 2 gets easy because the focus is not on running, but on repeating sentences. If at any point I don't have enough breath to repeat a sentence, it means that I need to slow down.

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Video footage of what I see, hear and say while running alongside the river and listening to Korean sentences.