Kevin Bae

Non-Social in a Socially Networked World

  • Wall Street Journal reports food inflation of 36.6% since 2019

    Wall Street Journal reports food inflation of 36.6% since 2019

    I don’t know why they used 2019 as the base line when most of the price hikes came in 2021 shortly after Biden took office. Prices started accelerating in 2020 during the government created pandemic but didn’t really take off until 2021. Now, that same $100 basket of goods you were buying in 2019 takes…

  • Three Forks Trail, Clayton, Georgia

    Three Forks Trail, Clayton, Georgia

    I went on a 7.7 mile hike with my dog Godfrey this past Thursday morning. It was a perfect early spring day with temps in the 50s. The Alltrails app describes the trail as 6.7 miles but my stats showed we traveled 7.7. I don’t know if their app stats are wrong or the trail…

  • The FBI is harassing citizens regarding their social media posts

    The FBI is harassing citizens regarding their social media posts

    A woman in Stillwater, Oklahoma was confronted and harassed by the FBI over posts she made on Facebook in support of Palestine. The Agent’s refused to identify themselves on camera. They would not show their badges or ID to the woman while she recorded them. Instead they said they already showed their credentials when they…

  • Is the black vote is moving in Trump’s direction?

    Is the black vote is moving in Trump’s direction?

    This is an interesting video of black people interviewed in Georgia. Black people that voted for Obama, Clinton, and Biden are changing their vote in 2024.

  • You don’t own your home in NYC

    You don’t own your home in NYC

    A woman changed the locks on her house to keep out a squatter. The squatter called the police. The homeowner was arrested for unlawful eviction because she didn’t handle it through housing court. Never mind the squatter had no proof he had a right to be in the house. He claims he has a lease…

  • Is Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson arguing the government has the right to censor speech?

    Is Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson arguing the government has the right to censor speech?

    Glen Greenwald tweeted a couple clips from the arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court surrounding the federal government’s active suppression of speech on social media companies like Facebook and Twitter. Justice Brown Jackson seems to argue the federal government should be allowed to pressure platforms to restrict speech it does not like. She uses national…