Bob Sullivan
@bobsullivan.bsky.social
Independent journalist in consumer / tech issues. Author of 5 books, 15 years at http://MSNBC.com. Now http://BobSullivan.net, podcast host.
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Royalty. 👑 Photo from my collection, 1963.
May 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Royalty. 👑 Photo from my collection, 1963.
This story is nuts, but it's real. Spoke with Republican Senator Bill Cassidy and Democrat Richard Blumenthal about the (easy) fix. But .. nothing is easy. Chester and many like him have no idea how to pay their tax bills now that criminals have wiped them out redtape.substack.com/p/scammed-th...
December 9, 2024 at 8:25 PM
This story is nuts, but it's real. Spoke with Republican Senator Bill Cassidy and Democrat Richard Blumenthal about the (easy) fix. But .. nothing is easy. Chester and many like him have no idea how to pay their tax bills now that criminals have wiped them out redtape.substack.com/p/scammed-th...
From my other life....at the famous Paddy Reilly's NYC tonight
December 2, 2024 at 8:38 PM
From my other life....at the famous Paddy Reilly's NYC tonight
Flying this holiday? Sitting down will cost you extra. We are losing the war against Gotcha Capitalism
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November 26, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Flying this holiday? Sitting down will cost you extra. We are losing the war against Gotcha Capitalism
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Facebook, incidentally, makes it impossible for followers to really report that a page has been hijacked. It's like they don't even care that this is going on.
November 22, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Facebook, incidentally, makes it impossible for followers to really report that a page has been hijacked. It's like they don't even care that this is going on.
Facebook acknowledges it’s in a global fight to stop scams, and might not be winning
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Facebook acknowledges it's in a global fight to stop scams, and might not be winning — bobsullivan.net
Facebook publicly acknowledged on Thursday that it’s engaged in a massive struggle with online crime gangs who abuse the service and steal from consumers worldwide. In a blog post, the firm said it ha...
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November 22, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Facebook acknowledges it’s in a global fight to stop scams, and might not be winning
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Hello to all the new folks here. Fifteen years ago, I wrote a book called Gotcha Capitalism where I chronicled what I called the Death of the Price Tag... Which has taken down our free market economy as well. Endless frustration and unfairness has followed. Things are worse today .....
November 19, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Hello to all the new folks here. Fifteen years ago, I wrote a book called Gotcha Capitalism where I chronicled what I called the Death of the Price Tag... Which has taken down our free market economy as well. Endless frustration and unfairness has followed. Things are worse today .....
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For consideration -why some won't join Bluesky
Cory Doctorow, who I consider to be a 'protocol' advocate in some way, doesn't buy Bluesky's 'protocol' approach at all, and thus won't join anytime soon:
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Bluesky is currently a platform not a protocol and it's controlled by a single organization. Who is in control?
pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/u...
Bluesky is currently a platform not a protocol and it's controlled by a single organization. Who is in control?
November 17, 2024 at 12:27 PM
For consideration -why some won't join Bluesky
Gave a talk at Amazon's HQ2 in DC this week at the Global Anti Scam Alliance conference. Interesting place; very interesting people. Good work being done in this space...
November 13, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Gave a talk at Amazon's HQ2 in DC this week at the Global Anti Scam Alliance conference. Interesting place; very interesting people. Good work being done in this space...