it's cool to see twitter breaking a major function of cross-platform info sharing by killing off-site embeds in exactly the same way google did by killing reader, the same way apple did by killing flash

the enemy of all infrastructural stability online is the corporation's irrational hunger for profit at all costs. just because the head of today's dragon is a fucking court jester doesn't change the fact that this will only keep happening as long as the web is a playground for venture capital

yes yes yes elon is a divorced capitalist pig who abuses his workers and demands unquestioning loyalty from his fans and loved ones, everybody laugh, it's a funny spectacle

but he isn't The problem. he is to online infrastructure what trump was to the us presidency: a walking talking exposé on how much the essential power structures that define our society run on verbal agreements and vaguely defined norms. absolutely everything we rely on is designed to be bought and plundered sooner or later

@sarahzedig Do not underestimate right wing influencers and financiers. Musk has a tremendous impact on how people think they can treat each other and how confident they feel with forcing their "opinions" of hate upon us, violently if need be. The same is true for Trump. And the notion of "THE problem" is over-simplification anyways. There's problematic behaviour, always a conglomerate of multiple issues. Resistance is paramount.