Robert ReichWhen Republicans are in power, they rack up giant deficits, mainly by cutting taxes on corporations and the wealthy.
Then when Democrats take the reins, Republicans blame them for being big spenders.
It’s always the same story.
This Meeskite Guy
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Drew HarwellTikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has put forward a sweeping plan that would subject it to a more aggressive kind of oversight than is faced by any U.S. tech giant. But it may not be enough, given that top politicians, mostly Republicans, in the U.S. continue to label it a Chinese spy and propagandist without clear evidence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/20/tiktok-ban-spending-bill-china/
Corporate profits surged to a record high of $2.1Tn in the 3rd quarter of this year, even as inflation continued to hurt consumers. Over the last 2 years, profits have ballooned more than an 80%, from ~$1.2Tn to more than $2Tn.
Folks, this is what’s driving inflation.
Hilda BastianMastodon stats update
Firehose landmark day!
Yesterday wasn't the biggest surge of new users. That was when there was a panic about the birdsite possibly collapsing on a November weekend.
But, if this is right, it was a critical landmark. Passed half a billion total posts. Close to 100m that day.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CX_FCmuDIQTC7E0RpdGlhXIjahncnGmuxsvqZlXO9Zk/edit?usp=sharing
Background on Mastodon stats at my @PLOS blog
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2022/12/05/mastodon-growth-numbers-might-not-mean-what-you-think-they-mean/
Source data is 2 in the table
Correction TY @azeemazhar @cldellow
Graham WebsterUnsurprisingly, @mmasnick has the most comprehensive account of the bird site nonsense of the week so far.
I don't usually hope for things once loved to die, but with this leadership we're all better off if Twitter goes down completely.
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/16/elon-tries-badly-to-defend-the-banning-of-journalists-as-twitter-starts-blocking-links-mentions-of-mastodon/
Elon Tries (Badly) To Defend The Banning Of Journalists As Twitter Starts Blocking Links & Mentions Of Mastodon
Look, I fucking warned Elon that this is exactly how it would go. It’s how it always goes. Remember Parler? They promised that they would moderate “based off the FCC and the Supreme cou…
Kai RyssdalRT @PanZ2021
@LevineJonathan @CNN @washingtonpost @nytimes Add Linette Lopez @lopezlinette to the list.
Banned for recapping the times Elon had his enemies tracked.
It happened right while I was reading her latest tweets.
She did NOT post Elon's location, she just posted about the times HE looked for other peoples' locations.
Stan Fletcher@jeffjarvis What's he going to do about the Texas "free speech" social media law? If it stands he's going to be forced to reinstate all of the accounts he's suspended, including ElonJet. How ironic.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/tech/tech-groups-supreme-court-texas-social-media-law/
Andy SlavittNews: Biden Admin announces return of free COVID tests. Get them here.
