Today, April 4, 1984, it was a bright cold day, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Ministry of Truth records editor Winston Smith begins a secret diary, although he is unsure of the true date (Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1984)

1984, the novel, was published more than 75 years ago.

1984, the movie with John Hurt (and related music by Eurythmics), came out more than 40 years ago.

DOUBLE PLUS UNGOOD! Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to #Amazon starting on March 28

By Scharon Harding, March 14, 2025

"Since Amazon announced plans for a generative #AI version of #Alexa, we were concerned about user privacy. With Alexa+ rolling out to #AmazonEcho devices in the coming weeks, we’re getting a clearer view at the privacy concessions people will have to make to maximize usage of the AI voice assistant and avoid bricking functionality of already-purchased devices.

"In an email sent to customers today, Amazon said that Echo users will no longer be able to set their devices to process Alexa requests locally and, therefore, avoid sending voice recordings to Amazon’s cloud. Amazon apparently sent the email to users with 'Do Not Send Voice Recordings' enabled on their Echo. Starting on March 28, recordings of everything spoken to the Alexa living in Echo speakers and smart displays will automatically be sent to Amazon and processed in the cloud."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/
#BigBrother #Orwell #BigTechBrosAreWatchingYou #BigBrotherIsListeningToYou #NineteenEightyFour

Perusing my timeline i noticed a post by a Winston Smith. This implies another fedi account i've yet to encounter, called Julia. If so, will there also be an O'Brien?

#NineteenEightyFour #Minitrue #minipax #Miniluv #EU #UK #Canada #Mexico #DE #FR #JP #TW #BR #AU #KR #Ukraine STAY UNITED against the #MagaNazis

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vovinwhtulbsx4mwfw26r5ni/post/3ljjzzfhsnx2c

#DiamondDogs. My first introduction to #NineteenEightyFour! Thanks, Mom!
#BowieLove

"All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary. In no case would it have been possible, once the deed was done, to prove that any falsification had taken place."

Talk about #corruption: read WHOLE article "#DepartmentofIntegrity asked for charges be dropped #nineteeneightyfour
The Associated Press: #JusticeDepartment asks court to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-attorney-adams-trump-6627665d0dd41e766d6e94598fba11ff

"So instead of saying #NonCitizen or #migrant, they're supposed to say #alien. Instead of saying #integration, they're supposed to say #assimilation, things like that. And this particular worker described it as the most #1984 thing that they've ever gotten. And this is happening all across the #government"

#Orwellian #Fahrenheit451 #Dystopia #RayBradbury #NeoMarcarthyism #ideology #repression #newspeak #FreedomOfSpeech #ThoughtControl #Censorship #HUAC #GreatPurge #BookBurning #Wiping #Digital #Enshittification #NineteenEightyFour #BrainRot

#WhatNext | "Why #Trump ’s #DataPurge is a Digital Book Burning"

https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2025/02/donald-trump-is-changing-america-down-to-the-code

#Omnipresent #AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says #LarryEllison

"We’re going to have supervision," says #billionaire #Oracle co-founder Ellison.

Benj Edwards – Sep 16, 2024

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/
#OrwellQuotes #NineteenEightyFour #BigBrother #USPol #Fascism #Authoritarianism #AuthoritarianRule #TechBro #TechBroFascism

#GeorgeOrwell, author of classics of #EnglishLiterature such as the #dystopia #1984 / #NineteenEightyFour & #AnimalFarm died on this day in 1950, 75 years ago today.
Find his texts & criticism on #Orwell in our library! This is only part of our 256 titles on & by Orwell.

In my blog
A new edition of Nineteen Eighty-Four

https://jackyan.com/blog/2025/01/a-new-edition-of-nineteen-eighty-four/ #GeorgeOrwell #NineteenEightyFour #book #livre #bookstodon #publishing #bok #novel #design #typography #Helvetica

Seems as good a day as any to release this new edition for sale.

https://lucire.biz/product/nineteen-eighty-four/

"The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth."
- #GeorgeOrwell, 1984
#OrwellQuotes #NineteenEightyFour #BigBrother #MemoryHole #Erased #MemoryHoled #USPol #Fascism #Authoritarianism #AuthoritarianRule