@dryfly

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Small biz / mfg guy from US Midwest. Twitter refugee. Leans left with zero apologies for it.

Good read … and if you don’t follow nadin you should

https://mstdn.social/@Nadinabbott/109674148629710701

nadin brzezinski (@[email protected])

Ok folks, this is not a good thing if you are the Russian Federation. 👇👇👀💥 From January, the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation begin selling Chinese yuan from the National Wealth Fund under the "budget rule" - by 3.2 billion rubles a day and 54.5 billion rubles a month (until February 6).

Mastodon 🐘
Hilarious
Everyone is asking "What's the next Twitter going to be" and bemoaning the fact that the userbase is splintering. But splintering is a GOOD thing. The internet would be a lot healthier, more diverse, in instead of 3 or 4 dominant platforms, we had dozens or even hundreds of upstarts. Yes, centralization is convenient, but as we're seeing, it's also dangerous. If the result of the Twitter turmoil is to drive people to a more diverse, less convenient, less centralized web, I say AWESOME.

No, Mark Zuckerberg is not "better" than Elon Musk -- he's worse.

Elon Musk mildly inconveniences all of you by acting like a colossal manbaby.

However, Mark Zuckerberg deliberately acquired and funded mind-reading tech so he could monetize your private thoughts.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/8/5/20750259/facebook-ai-mind-reading-brain-computer-interface

Facebook is building brain tech that could read minds and ruin privacy

AI-driven neurotechnologies like brain-computer interfaces raise serious ethical questions.

Vox
The guy who wants to put neurolinks in our heads worries about people knowing where he is.
It looks like Musk just killed the Twitter Spaces discussion about him banning a slew of top journalist today, right after he joined the discussion and then left.

I could not get away with this. Most of us could not get away with this.

https://politicalwire.com/2022/12/13/elon-musk-not-paying-bills-at-twitter/

Elon Musk Not Paying Bills at Twitter

New York Times: “To cut costs, Twitter has not paid rent for its San Francisco headquarters or any of its global offices for weeks… Twitter has also refused to pay a $197,725 bill for private charter flights made the week of Mr. Musk’s takeover.”“Twitter’s leaders have also discussed

Political Wire

Rupert Murdoch is poisoning the airwaves of the world

Elon Musk is poisoning the town square of the world

James Murdoch, Rupert’s son, sits on Tesla’s board of directors

Tax cut-hungry billionaires are in bed with each other in a bid to hijack our democracy

1/ Many observers have noted the difficulties that the Russians face in coping with winter in Ukraine, including deficiencies in clothing, discipline and leadership. But there's another critical factor worth highlighting: supplies of food and water. ⬇️

Extremely good thread on Winter War in Ukraine…

https://mastodon.social/@ChrisO_wiki/109496903770558198