"The only way to save you is to kill you all!" *deranged laugh*
Musk bought Twitter, what hasn't gone wrong?
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"The only way to save you is to kill you all!" *deranged laugh*
As an aside, I decided to set up an account on BlueSky the other day to see what it was like in comparison to the hellsite that Musk is turning twitter into.
Initially, it was a bit clunky and I wasn't receiving notifications of followed posters in the feed, but it seems to getting up to speed now. Most of the people whose posts I look at on twitter now have BlueSky accounts and, indeed, many of them have departed twitter altogether, or almost completely. One or two haven't moved across yet - mostly the ones who are avowed right-wingers but have interesting expertise in certain fields which makes it worthwhile wading through the dross - but it's not too bad at all.
One thing I would say is that it is a bit of an echo chamber at present which is better than the overwhelming rubbish from bots and trolling on twitter, but there don't seem to be many contrary replies to many posts, just a nodding of heads and agreement with the posted. Intelligent debate is good, but Elmo has destroyed much of a chance of that on twitter, so I hope that the serious right-wingers (some do exist!) will shift across there in due course so we can see a bit more of a to and fro.
How long the pretty much bot-free/troll-free experience will last remains to be seen.
I've set up an account without any personal information, haven't bothered with an avatar and haven't made any posts. All I've done is follow many of the posters whose tweets I've been reading over the past year or two. I've already got 3 or 4 followers! I'd imagine these will be the bots/trolls setting themselves up for the future. Let's hope for some reasonable moderation on this platform, at least.
Initially, it was a bit clunky and I wasn't receiving notifications of followed posters in the feed, but it seems to getting up to speed now. Most of the people whose posts I look at on twitter now have BlueSky accounts and, indeed, many of them have departed twitter altogether, or almost completely. One or two haven't moved across yet - mostly the ones who are avowed right-wingers but have interesting expertise in certain fields which makes it worthwhile wading through the dross - but it's not too bad at all.
One thing I would say is that it is a bit of an echo chamber at present which is better than the overwhelming rubbish from bots and trolling on twitter, but there don't seem to be many contrary replies to many posts, just a nodding of heads and agreement with the posted. Intelligent debate is good, but Elmo has destroyed much of a chance of that on twitter, so I hope that the serious right-wingers (some do exist!) will shift across there in due course so we can see a bit more of a to and fro.
How long the pretty much bot-free/troll-free experience will last remains to be seen.
I've set up an account without any personal information, haven't bothered with an avatar and haven't made any posts. All I've done is follow many of the posters whose tweets I've been reading over the past year or two. I've already got 3 or 4 followers! I'd imagine these will be the bots/trolls setting themselves up for the future. Let's hope for some reasonable moderation on this platform, at least.
xD it could happen. This guy is everywhere, sharing his opinion on politics, videogames, culture, energy, etc etc. It's all very distressing. I deleted my twitter account months ago.
Here's an interesting article about neuropathology which may or may not be relevant to Musk. And Trump. And Zuckerberg, Thiel, Bezos etc etc etc...
substack.com
Certainly sounds like it could be a valid hypothesis.
The Neuroscience of Greed.
Seems like an appropriate time to review the science behind the greedy personality trait and what we can do to guard against it.
substack.com
Certainly sounds like it could be a valid hypothesis.
So heres a hell of a rumour
Elon Musk Reportedly Emerges As a Potential Intel Buyer, Involving Qualcomm & Global Foundries In This Blockbuster Deal
wccftech.com
Elon Musk Reportedly Emerges As a Potential Intel Buyer, Involving Qualcomm & Global Foundries In This Blockbuster Deal
Elon Musk Reportedly Emerges As a Potential Intel Buyer, Involving Qualcomm & Global Foundries In This Blockbuster Deal
It's a wild rumor, but Elon Musk could play a part in Intel's acquisition, as the report by SemiAnalysis has mentioned him as a buyer.
wccftech.com
So heres a hell of a rumour
Elon Musk Reportedly Emerges As a Potential Intel Buyer, Involving Qualcomm & Global Foundries In This Blockbuster Deal
Elon Musk Reportedly Emerges As a Potential Intel Buyer, Involving Qualcomm & Global Foundries In This Blockbuster Deal
It's a wild rumor, but Elon Musk could play a part in Intel's acquisition, as the report by SemiAnalysis has mentioned him as a buyer.
Watch AMDs popularity soar if that happened.
So what do we think of Musks recent Nazi salute? Just an unfortunate and unintentional similarity, or something more sinister?
Is it even possible to disambiguate at this point?
Is he so uneducated that he didn't know about the gesture and its historic relevance?
Is he so painfully unaware of his own body and motions that he just did it without realizing?
Is he so f###ing stupid he thought it would be a funny internet meme joke?
Is he so utterly fascist he thought the symbol would garner acolades from the GOP? (and would he wrong?)
There aren't any good answers to any of the possibilities.
Is he so uneducated that he didn't know about the gesture and its historic relevance?
Is he so painfully unaware of his own body and motions that he just did it without realizing?
Is he so f###ing stupid he thought it would be a funny internet meme joke?
Is he so utterly fascist he thought the symbol would garner acolades from the GOP? (and would he wrong?)
There aren't any good answers to any of the possibilities.
I guess he tried so hard to pretend to be a skilled videogame player that he can no longer muster the will to pretend not to be a nazi.
Even the "kekius maximus" ridiculousness that some people use to defend him, is moronic at best (it somehow is ok, for the worlds wealthiest man, to behave like a 12 year old).
But I guess, for some people, it works.
For me, he has been walking and quacking like a duck for at least a few years now.
But I guess, for some people, it works.
For me, he has been walking and quacking like a duck for at least a few years now.
The salute and the whole Trump election thing is reminiscent of any far right/fascist ideology.
National pride? Check
Us against them? Check
Making our country the supreme power? Check
Supported by neo Nazi groups? Check
Corporate lord interests at the forefront? Check
Appointment of military industrial complex businessmen? Check
Expansionist threads against other countries? Check
Historical revisionism? Check
Fearmongering against immigrants/foreigners as a distraction from the actual exploiters of the American people? Check
Exploiting family values, religion and patriotism to hypnotize the masses with emotions? Check
The list is endless
National pride? Check
Us against them? Check
Making our country the supreme power? Check
Supported by neo Nazi groups? Check
Corporate lord interests at the forefront? Check
Appointment of military industrial complex businessmen? Check
Expansionist threads against other countries? Check
Historical revisionism? Check
Fearmongering against immigrants/foreigners as a distraction from the actual exploiters of the American people? Check
Exploiting family values, religion and patriotism to hypnotize the masses with emotions? Check
The list is endless
The next question is who they are going to blame first when their economic and other plans go to pot? They aren't apparently intelligent enough to realise that tariffs are effectively paid by the inhabitants of the country (inflation!), trade wars are costly and that big chunks of the federal government are actually really necessary and can't just be shut down willy-nilly just because you say so.
Almost certainly will be immigrants first since they've already been demonised so much. Illegal immigrants, followed by legal economic immigrants would be my guess.
I'd assume that Elmo will get a pass from employing all his cheap foreign engineers, just because it will somehow 'own the libs', or somesuch nonsense.
Almost certainly will be immigrants first since they've already been demonised so much. Illegal immigrants, followed by legal economic immigrants would be my guess.
I'd assume that Elmo will get a pass from employing all his cheap foreign engineers, just because it will somehow 'own the libs', or somesuch nonsense.