Fwd: First Click: Never discuss politics on Facebook, dummy

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Date: August 03, 2016 at 07:30AM

Aug 3, 2016 I made a terrible mistake. After years of exclusively posting pics of kids and vacation spots on Facebook, I decided to engage my "friends" in a little political debate over the last few weeks. I don't know what I expected to achieve. Deep down I guess I assumed that well reasoned arguments supported by facts and historical analogies would prevail, especially if presented in a respectful manner. All I knew was that the thought of letting the absurdities in my timeline go unchallenged left me feeling complicit, as if my silence would be mistaken for tacit agreement. There's too much at stake with the US presidential election this year. I had to speak out... Read the full article on The Verge - By Thomas Ricker Five stories to start your day 1 China finally built an elevated bus that straddles traffic and it's totally bizarre Last May, pictures of a weird, elevated bus that glides above traffic began circulating on the internet. Predictably, everyone freaked out. The so-called "straddling bus" was held up as a solution... 2 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 arrives August 19th with curved display, iris scanner Samsung has today officially launched the Galaxy Note 7, the latest in its line of stylus-equipped flagship smartphones. The Note 7, which is not called the Note 6, blends many of the features from... 3 Xbox One S review: Great console, bad timing There's no way to talk about the Xbox One S without talking about the console it's replacing, the Xbox One. So I will just start by saying the really obvious thing: the Xbox One S is what the... Advertisement 4 Suicide Squad has too many villains and not enough villainy to go around The latest DC movie lightens the tone and brings in some fun, but it's incoherent and scattershot. 5 US government poised to approve first private mission to the Moon Private spaceflight company Moon Express will soon announce it has been granted regulatory approval by the US government to send a lunar lander to the surface of the Moon, according to a source... About The Verge | Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy

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