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Mark.Shore Oct 5, 2023

Joshua Holland Oct 5, 2023

Xitter may be worth less than 10% of what #Musk paid for it but it’s been a very successful project as he’s turned one of the worlds most influential platforms into a red-pilling machine where millions of idiots flatter his ego. It was never a business decision. https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/elon-musks-x-is-black-hole-value-2023-10-03/

Elon Musk’s X is a black hole of value

X is still worth something, but not for the people running it. Boss Linda Yaccarino is set to present her plans for the social network formerly known as Twitter to bankers holding nearly $13 billion of its debt, the Financial Times <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/474b30e9-a726-4571-8475-9adabbbc8169" target="_blank">reported</a>. Looming over talks is the likelihood that X’s value is substantially less than even that figure.

Reuters

Mark.Shore Sep 21, 2023

Justin Ling🆒️Sep 21, 2023

Canada, and another Five Eyes country, has SIGINT pointing to India as the culprit in Hardeep Singh Nijjar's murder. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sikh-nijjar-india-canada-trudeau-modi-1.6974607

Canada has Indian diplomats' communications in bombshell murder probe: sources | CBC News

The Canadian government has amassed both human and signals intelligence in a months-long investigation of a Sikh activist's death that has inflamed relations with India, sources tell CBC News.

CBC

Mark.Shore Sep 21, 2023

Lot⁴⁹ Sep 18, 2023

Federal agencies promised to tackle extremism. Years later, experts see efforts sputtering out

Democrats demanded answers on extremism from DHS two months ago. They still haven’t had a response. Experts wonder, ‘Will extremism win?’

USA TODAY

Mark.Shore Sep 6, 2023

Tofu Golem May 5, 2023

I don't think this part of the Star Wars story was intended to be prescient.

Mark.Shore Aug 31, 2023

Steve Easterbrook Aug 30, 2023

Great endorsement from @MichaelEMann: "In Computing the Climate, computer scientist Steve Easterbook takes us on a journey through the world of climate modeling, making the science accessible to lay readers, and showing us why we should trust the models and heed their warnings, before it’s too late."
#ComputingTheClimate
https://www.cambridge.org/9781107589926

Computing the Climate | Computing and society

Cambridge University Press

Mark.Shore Aug 19, 2023

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Thomas Zimmer Aug 18, 2023

The decision to take away the ability to block on Twitter epitomizes the rightwing project to restore dominance: It creates a paradise for racists, misogynists, bigots of all kind to attack and abuse anyone they refuse to accept as equal, anyone who has the audacity to demand respect.

Mark.Shore Aug 15, 2023

Ars Technica Aug 15, 2023

Drug makers have tripled the prices of top Medicare drugs

In 2021, Medicare spent nearly $81 billion on these 25 drugs.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/08/drug-makers-have-tripled-the-prices-of-top-medicare-drugs/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Drug makers have tripled the prices of top Medicare drugs

In 2021, Medicare spent nearly $81 billion on these 25 drugs.

Ars Technica

Mark.Shore Aug 2, 2023

mt Aug 2, 2023

So I've actually gone viral on...Quora. And in retrospect I wish I had written it elsewhere. I think it's something that needs saying by now.

It appears as an answer to the question

"It is often said that 97% of scientists agree that human activity is causing global warming. Who are the 3% of scientists that do not agree, and what is their evidence?"

I won't bet whether or not this was asked in good faith, and answered assuming it were.

to Quora via is.gd:

https://is.gd/wqxOiY

Mark.Shore Jul 30, 2023

Steve Easterbrook Jul 29, 2023

I guess we’re now out of the “gradually” phase of #ClimateChange and into the “then suddenly all at once” phase.