To understand Musk's renewed obsession with X and focus on financial services, you REALLY need to understand the X/Confinity merger that became PayPal.
And, particularly, the Peter Thiel-led coup that kicked Musk out as CEO/Chief Strategist.
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Pretty good summary of Republican politics in the US right now.
"How better to protect children from the dangers of books than putting them to work?"
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/donald-trump-gop-ron-desantis-2024
Oh look. It's another one of those things that Team You're Overreacting swore to me was totally not going to happen after Dobbs:
The launch of Microsoftâs AI chatbot Bing has captivated users. But too many people believe the bot could be sentient when it only reflects our language back to us. Believing in chatbot sentience is failing the AI mirror test.
In the recent past, we've been concerned about attacks on grid infrastructure due to geopolitical disagreements. It turns out that the danger is more present from right-wing extremists already present in the United States.
This is becoming a serious issue, and is does not stem from some overseas preacher encouraging it. It comes from paid right wing grifters right here in the US preaching bigotry and encouraging armed attacks against, previously, lgbt people, but now just the general public. They do this under the guise of freedom of speech.
This is a serious threat, and law enforcement needs to be taking these threats much more seriously than they have in the past.
It is not a "both sides" situation. Only one side is shooting up substations and terrorizing children's hospitals.
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