CIRCLE WITH A DOT

And for the record, the interview is closing in on 6 million views in a bit over one day.

And, aaaaand... continuing the thread, here he is the next day: Steven Colbert talking about Steven Colbert who's talking about Steven Colbert interviewing Texas State Representative James Talarico.

https://youtu.be/OQIljje2B_Q

@epicdemiologist It's all good. It is a great interview and superb introduction.

@epicdemiologist Yes, I posted that above and it merits repeating. Colbert goes at it with gusto!

And here's the interview with James Talarico that everyone, including Steven Colbert, is talking about.

https://youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A

Must see TV: watch Steven Colbert talking about why he can't talk about James Talarico.

https://youtu.be/oh7DPSP65JA?t=96

@Emmeline Details in this NYT gift article.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/world/europe/thorbjorn-jagland-epstein-corruption-norway.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M1A.t2yF.cuMa6aI4-OSt&smid=nytcore-android-share

I found out why my vet's office is so backed up lately. The woman who ran the front desk, and hence made the clinic run, got sick and tired of being profiled and pulled over by federal agents on her work commute. She's a white citizen, married to someone with a Latinx last name. So it seems that ICE/CBP are using automatic license plate readers to identify cars with owners with foreign sounding names, and stopping them over and over. She quit her job and now stays at home. #ICEOut

@theorangetheme @dxzdb No idea. I think it is always there for me when I use the Share button.

There are two kinds of people: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.

@theorangetheme @dxzdb While viewing a YouTube video in the app or website, click the Share button and copy the link to the clipboard. When you paste the link into a Mastodon post / email to your congress person / rant to your grandma be sure to delete the 'si' query string parameter. Peace.

@nomenloony That might make you feel good but odds are that it doesn't really "mess" with their algorithm: they try to look up the si ID for the resource and there's no match, end of story.

@kevinrns I don't know. That sounds like a great question to ask the great Mastodon community. Best luck!

@franky @tux0r There's no telling what an 'si' query string parameter might mean to any other website, that's completely up to each website.

@artnacrea Yeah, I am aware of such browser extensions. I am extra cautious about using or recommending browser extensions only because they are difficult to vet and pose security vulnerabilities. That's just me.

@Lorraine Not quite. Delete the ? and everything to the right of it. Enjoy!

[Repost] Clean YouTube links. When you get a link from YT, it includes an ID tracking back to YOU. It's a "query string" on the end of the URL like this:
...?si=[tracker_ID_here]

This ID allows YouTube (and their owner, Google, and *their* owner, Alphabet, and ALL of their associates) to track the people who click on the link, and the apps they used, back to you, building a network of none-of-their-business.

Good news: DELETE the "?si=..." part & the link works just fine without the tracking.