"Top Tesla investor issues brutal ultimatum to Elon Musk as boycott leads to major stock plunge

Ross Gerber, who owns an estimated $105 million in shares of Tesla stock, called on Elon Musk to step down as head of the company, saying that he 'destroyed' the company's reputation"

By Alana Loftus, Boston reporter
08:20 ET, MAR 19 2025
Updated10:58 ET, MAR 19 2025

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/elon-musk-ultimatum-tesla-stock-34891042

The new norm ... Free speech, not so free any more in the US

Be very careful traveling there

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-french-scientist-detained

Abbott skewers Starmer on cuts

Keir #Starmer has been urged to stop referring to his plans to slash the benefits budget by billions as being “moral”

Mother of the House Diane Abbott told Starmer, “there is nothing moral” about taking an axe to social security net

“This is not about #morality, this is about the Treasury’s wish to balance the country’s books on the back of the most #vulnerable & #poor people in this society.”

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25020810.diane-abbott-skewers-keir-starmer-benefits-cuts/

#NotLabour #disability #illness #LabourLies

*DO NOT TRAVEL TO THE US!*

“‘I learned with concern that a French researcher,’ on a mission for the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), ‘who was going to a conference near Houston was banned from entering American territory before being expelled,’ said the Minister of Higher Education and Research, Philippe Baptiste, in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP). ‘This measure was allegedly taken by the American authorities because this researcher's phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friendly relationships in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration's research policy,’ he added.”

https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html

#USA #fascism #EU #France #science #freedomOfSpeech #privacy #travelWarning

A large number of humans are one virus away from permanent disability.

A lot of ableism stems from the fact that this is terrifying. I get it. It’s scary.

Coming to terms with this earlier will help you avoid becoming a total asshole if you are lucky enough to become old.

Okay so my lecture for the Edinburgh University studies on the Politics of AI is done. We'll investigate the question if AI has built-in politics and if yes, which politics those are.

Spoiler alert: AI is structurally a right-wing project. It's not a tool for leftists.

🧵Via Katie Phang: 1/…

The ACLU (repping the Venezuelan plaintiffs in the AEA case) has filed its Opposition to the Trump DOJ’s Motion to Vacate Judge Boasberg’s Temporary Restraining Order.

The aclu making it clear what’s at stake here matters to more than just Venezuelans: