Tag Archives: 538 Significant Digits

I’m going to shock you: facts and fakes in ads

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Naomi

When Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, let it leak that the website would not even attempt to monitor politicians’ (purchased) ads for lies, a lot of people got righteously mad. One of them was Elizabeth Warren, who has openly … Continue reading →

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If a dog shoots a human, whose fault is it?

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Naomi

Easy. From 538 Significant Digits: 1 gun-toting dog Puppies aren’t usually known for being violent, but caretaker Tina Springer was accidentally shot by a 7-month-old yellow Labrador while both were waiting in a car for a train to pass in … Continue reading →

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I never buy from Amazon. Two new reasons in support

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Naomi

From 538 Significant Digits: 8 pages During its failed establishment of a second headquarters in New York City, Amazon reportedly kept a “burn book” — “an eight-page, bullet-pointed, Calibri font testimony” of what the company saw as insults from politicians … Continue reading →

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