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Joshua HollandNicola Sturgeon, the former Scottish Prime Minister who stepped down in February, was arrested today in connection to a corruption scandal.
I'm not seeing a bunch of SNP members calling for civil war or threatening Scottish prosecutors' families.
Roberto BaldwinGoing to a college graduation party for my cousins kid and the only gift I can think of is The Velvet Underground on vinyl.
Maybe I’ll just give him a target gift card.
All our meals in the Netherlands are larger than we anticipate and it’s probably because everyone needs the calories because they’re riding bikes everywhere.
Christina WarrenOK, so Matsson is clearly an alternate reality Elon where Elon is actually a competent business person, right? #Succession #xp
Dan GillmorSubstack-curious folks should read this thread by @annaleen for some context about its brief history, some of the actions it's already taken in key areas, and what we might expect there in the future. https://wandering.shop/@annaleen/110199740713221658
Annalee Newitz 🍜 (@[email protected])
Way back in 2021, I called out #Substack as a scam because it was masquerading as a service provider when it fact it was paying certain writers (often secretly) to create content for them. (https://buttondown.email/thehypothesis/archive/heres-why-substacks-scam-worked-so-well/) They had an editorial mission and a paid writing staff, but claimed to be a neutral service provider like Etsy for authors. Here's how that story is going ...
Over at Saudi-government-funded Twitter, quoting the Washington Post seems to have become -- at least in the case of one user -- grounds for permanent "suspension".
A reminder that journalists who keep posting there are supporting a sociopath who hates journalism and amplifies extremism.
I hope there's a whistleblower somewhere who'll let us know if the billionaire who's handed Clarence "gifts" worth millions of dollars wrote them off as business expenses.
