Eric A. MeyerThis is the funniest goddamn thing I’ve seen in months. https://www.npr.org/2024/11/14/nx-s1-5189399/alex-jones-auction-infowars-bankruptcy-sandy-hook
Ron Stewart@Meyerweb Agreed. This is easily the best news in a long, long time.
Mike Pirnat@Meyerweb Here’s their satire piece about the purchase (because of course they did): https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/
Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’
Today we celebrate a new addition to the Global Tetrahedron LLC family of brands. And let me say, I really do see it as a family. Much like family members, our brands are abstract nodes of wealth, interchangeable assets for their patriarch to absorb and discard according to the opaque whims of the market. And […]
Amelia Bellamy-Royds@mpirnat @Meyerweb The best thing about the Onion article: it doesn't use a photo of that guy to accompany it. His face has been all over my feed today thanks to people posting (otherwise welcome) news articles about the acquisition.
One actual use for AI image recognition that I'd appreciate would be to get rid of photos of certain men whose faces now trigger a tense "fugg, what did they do now?" reaction in me. Today, I'd have liked an emoji censorship tool to put a 🧅 over his face.
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Michael Bernth@Meyerweb And seeing Alex Jones having a meltdown is just glorious