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Mike Jul 25, 2023

Carl T. Bergstrom Jul 25, 2023

An opioid expert from Texas A&M gave a guest lecture and mentioned that Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick’s policies were costing lives. Within hours, Patrick’s office got her suspended, formally censured, and nearly fired.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/25/texas-a-m-professor-opioids-dan-patrick/

Texas A&M suspended professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture

The professor, an expert on the opioids crisis, was placed on paid administrative leave and investigated, raising questions about the extent of political interference in higher education, particularly in health-related matters.

The Texas Tribune

Mike Jul 24, 2023

Think about what can happen when a child has a toy they're no longer interested in playing with. Instead of just throwing it in a closet and forgetting about it, they set it on fire, melt it with acetone or throw it off the roof.

Now you understand what's going on with Twitter.

Mike Jul 24, 2023

What a cluster this whole Twitter rebranding thing has become. Meta already has a registered trademark for an "X" logo used in conjunction with online services.

I'm guessing Musk fired all the staff lawyers along with most of the developers?

https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-holds-rights-to-x-twitter-rebrand-elon-musk-2023-7

Meta appears to hold the rights to 'X,' could complicate Twitter rebrand

Elon Musk renamed Twitter to "X" as part of his latest company overhaul, but it looks as if Meta already holds the rights to the name.

Insider

Mike Jul 23, 2023

nixCraft 🐧Jul 23, 2023

This was a 250 MB hard drive in 1979 😱 https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/find-hard-disk-hardware-specs-on-linux/

Mike Jul 23, 2023

Rose Ⓐ 🏳️‍⚧️ (it/its)Jul 23, 2023

Seeing more and more autistic people being accused of being AI.

This hatred of the way AI interacts is a disability issue. It is a neurodivergence issue.

I want to be clear with this message. This always came from a place of ableism. Ableism is fucking rampant in even leftist communities. Any leftist group that allows this shit to go on not only will never achieve anything meaningfully leftist, it is straight up our enemy.

Don't be the enemy of disabled people.

(Y'all should boost this one)

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic #Neurodivergent #ableism #Anarchism #Anarchy #Anarchist #Communism

Mike Jul 23, 2023

Looks like I"ll be hanging out here a bit since Twitter is intent on self-destructing.