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[aprincesadegales]

Kate assiste à competição de natação durante os Jogos da Commonwealth de 2014 em Glasgow, Escócia | 28.07.2014

[witch-apologist]

# Kik is crawling with child predators If you are a minor, please don't get a Kik account. Get off Kik, if you are a minor. [Child predators reported to Kik do not get removed.](https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/08/03/kik-has-a-massive-child-abuse-problem/#2c8199b11a14) It's such a problem that [Kik's Wikipedia page has a paragraph on child exploitation,](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kik_Messenger#Child_exploitation) and [Kik has a guide for law enforcement.](https://kiklawenforcement.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/200320809-Guide-for-Law-Enforcement) [A 13 year old child has been murdered](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/02/04/kik-messaging-app-scrutinized-wake-va-teens-murder/79826224/) because her murderer used Kik to gain her trust. [How to deactivate Kik](https://kikinteractive.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115006077428-Deactivate-your-account) Here's the Australian Government's [advice on how to stay safe on Kik.](https://www.esafety.gov.au/esafety-information/games-apps-and-social-networking/kik) ## Timeline * [Kik social network indecent pictures claims investigated](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-23315397) 2013 * [Pedophile on Kik app: ‘It's well known in our industry'](http://www.trentonian.com/article/TT/20140728/NEWS/140729624) 2014 * [For fast-growing chat apps like Waterloo’s Kik, child exploitation a pervasive threat](https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/technology/for-fast-growing-chat-apps-child-predators-are-a-pervasive-threat/article23485785/?ref=https://www.theglobeandmail.com&) 2015 * [Wildly Popular App Kik Offers Teenagers, and Predators, Anonymity](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/us/social-media-apps-anonymous-kik-crime.html?_r=0) 2016 * [Kik has become ‘the defacto app’ for child predators, according to an investigative report](https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/6/16104280/kik-messenger-app-child-predators-report) 2017

[hannahxogg-aub]

Research

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140728-why-is-all-the-news-bad

It may be because we’re drawn to depressing stories without realising, says psychologist Tom Stafford.

It isn't that these are the only things that happen. Perhaps journalists are drawn to reporting bad news because sudden disaster is more compelling than slow improvements. Or it could be that newsgatherers believe that cynical reports of corrupt politicians or unfortunate events make for simpler stories. But another strong possibility is that we, the readers or viewers, have trained journalists to focus on these things. Many people often say that they would prefer good news: but is that actually true?

Participants often chose stories with a negative tone – corruption, set-backs, hypocrisy and so on – rather than neutral or positive stories. And yet when asked, these people said they preferred good news. On average, they said that the media was too focussed on negative stories.

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2019-09-05/why-people-respond-to-negative-news

Maybe it’s because people find bad news more interesting than good news.

A new study involving more than 1,000 people across 17 countries spanning every continent but Antarctica concludes that, on average, people pay more attention to negative news than to positive news.

https://www.verywellmind.com/negative-bias-4589618

Negative events are more memorable and emotionally impactful than good ones. And the media only give the people what they want.

The optimist might argue that media outlets skew negative because the bad news is the important news, and spreading it can affect positive change.

No matter what the motivation of news organizations, one fact remains the same: People just aren’t that interested in good news.

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[sirairoka]

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[wigmund]

From NASA Earth Observatory Image of the Day; May 1, 2018:

Deforestation in Paraguay

The sparsely populated Gran Chaco plain in South America is home to a dry forest of thorny trees, shrubs, and grasses. The second largest forest in Latin America—behind only the Amazon rainforest—stretches across parts of Paraguay, Argentina, and Bolivia and supports thousands of plant types and hundreds of species of birds, mammals, and reptiles.

However, the region also has one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world. Observations by Landsat satellites indicate that roughly 20 percent—142,000 square kilometers (55,000 square miles)—of Gran Chaco’s forest has been converted into farmland or grazing land since 1985. That’s an area roughly the size of New York state.

Deforestation has been particularly widespread in Paraguay in recent years. Between 1987 and 2012, the forests in Paraguay lost nearly 44,000 square kilometers (17,000 square miles), mainly because of the expansion of cattle farms in the western part of the country.

The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this natural-color image of pastures in Boquerón on August 14, 2016. The image is centered just east of the Pilcomayo River near Tezén. Unlike the “fishbone” pattern of deforestation in the Amazon, deforestation in the Gran Chaco tends to leave large rectangular clearings that reflect careful surveying by large-scale cattle-ranching operations.

References and Further Reading

Baumann, M. et al. (2017) Deforestation and cattle expansion in the Paraguayan Chaco 1987–2012. Regional Environmental Change, 17, 1179.

Baumann, M. et al. (2017) Carbon emissions from agricultural expansion and intensification in the Chaco. Global Change Biology, 23, (5), 1902-1916.

Rolling Stone (2014, July 28) Green Going Gone: The Tragic Deforestation of the Chaco. Accessed April 19, 2018.

United States Agency for International Development (2017) Land rights, beef commodity chains, and deforestation dynamics in the Paraguayan Chaco. Accessed April 19, 2018.

Vallejos, M. et al. (2015) Transformation dynamics of the natural cover in the Dry Chaco ecoregion: A plot level geo-database from 1976 to 2012. Journal of Arid Environments, 123, 3-11.

World Resources Institute (2017, November 1) Closing Data Gaps to Eliminate Deforestation and Land Disputes from Beef Supply Chains in Paraguay. Accessed April 19, 2018.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Michael Taylor, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland. Instrument(s): Landsat 8 - OLI

[aprincesadegales]

Kate e William nos XX Jogos da Commonwealth, Glasglow | 28.07.2014

[a-levvief]

Moonlight In Vermont

部屋の模様替えをしてから色々と快適になった。 前のゴミ屋敷みたいなのを考えると本当に別人の部屋なんじゃないかと思うくらいだ。 今日のトーキョーは少し猛暑の勢いが弱まっていて、朝のホットコーヒーがいつもよりもおいしい。 しかしまた暑くなるのだろうな 冷夏と言われていたが、そんなこともなさそう。 そして冷夏だと困る人たちもいるのだろうな。うっしっし こうも涼しいと地元の夏を思い出す。 青々とした山々とか、うるさいセミの声、風鈴、庭に盛大に咲いているアサガオ、ひぐらし、スイカ、木々の葉っぱに乗った美しい朝露、過ぎしあの日の思い出。 童心に返って夏休みとか思いっきり満喫したいなぁと、切実に思う。 虫取り網持って走り回って、近所の川に水遊びに行って、夕方には泥だらけになって帰ってくるような感じ。 ええのう。 またフレーミング・リップスのsoft burettinなんかが聴きたくなる季節だ。 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtd2ceS_l1o さて、もう一杯コーヒーが飲みたいところなんだが、あいにくコーヒー豆が切れてしまった。 どうしたものかな。（買いに行けよ セミの声は響くね。

[aerajeong]

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[bennyandersson]

#Selfie / Having a great #summer day with girlfriend Lulu at #Atlantic #beach #PlageDuRoux near #LaRochelle in #France / Date; #20140728 (à La Rochelle, Centre, France)

[fishinthepalm]

20140808: From the Notebook, 07/28:

"How often are the cars uncoupled?"

[tablonotes]

Telling someone who’s crying not to cry Is the same as telling someone who’s falling not to fall

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[aprincesadegales]

Kate e William assistem à competição de natação durante os Jogos da Commonwealth de 2014 em Glasgow, Escócia | 28.07.2014

[mutans70]

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