Anil DashJan 24, 2023
One thing I think about sometimes is the time a decade or so ago when the editor of the MIT Tech Review scolded me for being critical of Milo Yiannopolis because Milo “went to a good school” (some British shit that probably means a lot to them but I can’t even remember what it was) and therefore couldn’t actually be awful. That was one of those turning points where I realized I would never actually get elevated to a certain level of culture or visibility, and I was quite content with that.
Show threadAnil DashJan 24, 2023
(It was Jason Pontin, who of course inevitably rode his journalistic failures into becoming a VC, following the path paved by fellow shitbird white supremacist apologist Jason Calacanis.)
Show threadMiguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉Jan 24, 2023
@anildash oops saw this toot too late. I furiously googling who it could be, thanks for the heads up. Good to keep a mental list of these people.
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@Migueldeicaza @anildash I love Mastodon's note feature.
Jan 24, 2023 at 3:36pmWeb
Show threadclintonJan 24, 2023
@Pxtl @Migueldeicaza @anildash the linkedin-ness of it all 🚩
Show threadMiguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉Jan 24, 2023
@Pxtl @anildash oh this is great!
Show threadPxtlJan 24, 2023
@Migueldeicaza @anildash Right? There's a popular browser plugin "Reddit Enhancement Suite" that let you add private commentary to Reddit usernames so you could be reminded of what terrible thing somebody did/said, and I was tempted to write a similar FF extension for the birdsite. Then the Muskening happened and I moved over here and found it's built right in!