Alex

@alexlayne
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@daringfireball This is a bad take. Should students have their opinions confront reality and understand where they may have erred? Of course. Should that ruin their careers? No.

The reaction to expel them reeks of an extreme “cancellation” view that has strong parallels with the extreme take on “violence” you criticize in your piece.

how you know your brand is in serious trouble: a single friend of mine told a potential date he drove a Tesla and she said "ew"
this is so satisfying and wonderful, all the blue subscribers have been yelling about how paying 8 bucks for a check is some kind of 'meritocracy' then Musk turns around and starts trying to give them to famous people who want nothing to do with what's become a symbol of the dumbest people and worst posters online
“It’s abundantly clear that Musk is simply a bog-standard right-wing troll—just one with the keys to one of the world’s largest social networks.” https://newrepublic.com/article/170931/elon-musk-twitter-right-wing-conspiracy-theories?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily
What Is Elon Musk Building?

He promised a “digital town square” when he bought Twitter. He has instead promoted right-wing conspiracy theories about Covid-19, Democrats—and even Twitter itself. Welcome to the libertarian superhero capitalist’s conception of the commons.

The New Republic

Google Bard sides with the Justice Department in the Google antitrust case

“I hope that the court will find in favor of the Justice Department and order Google to take steps to break up its monopoly”