The OliphantThe Parable of the Killer of Hundreds and the Killer of None
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Solemn Autumn
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For the love of all that is good and peaceful, please, PLEASE stop talking about t*itter
Matthew SheffieldThere's a lot of talk about causes of "polarization" in American politics, but most of the literature misses the biggest factor: an apocalyptic form of Christianity that sees non-fundamentalists as the servants of Satan.
I had a fantastic discussion with modern Christian literature scholar Christopher Douglas about how the tradition emerged and how it completely took over the Republican base: https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2021/10/far-right-american-christians-think-theyre-living-bible-story-and/ #exvangelical #ChristianNationalism #religion
Karl BodeYou can tell from the starship explosion the press isn't really incentivized to learn from a decade+ of mistakes, either. Musk's bulbous ego and a rush to launch on a dumb weed joke date resulted in him nixing flame diverters, which severely damaged the launch pad and engines, all portrayed by the press as a smashing success:
https://twitter.com/Tazerface16/status/1649443447164776450?t=UBBuDSLAOI8yCh0YTvpWLw&s=19
God 
according to Elon’s simps, you’re a ‘cheapskate’ unless you give the richest man in the world money every month for an emoji
Isaac FreemanThe worst thing that ever happened in software engineering was when Kirk asked Scotty how long something would take and Scotty said thirty minutes and Kirk said you’ve got five and Scotty got it done in five and impressionable children watched this and grew up to become managers.
Casey NewtonTwitter is dying :)
Francis WilkinsonIt takes a village to raise this many frightened, addled men clinging to guns. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-04-22/a-culture-that-promotes-paranoia-and-guns-with-deadly-consequences
Max KennerlySorry, but you can't convince me that the test of a reusable rocket system is supposed to involve destroying the launch site—which was reusable on every prior generation of space flight technology—and launching debris thousands of feet away.
#SpaceX is not a serious company, it's a clown show, and it should not have a single dollar in government funding, much less billions.
The Damage To Stage 0 After Starship’s First Launch
Chad LoderI've been disgusted by the lack of professional solidarity among journalists ever since Musk bought Twitter. As Musk bans journalists one-by-one, their colleagues stay on Twitter, tweeting out their work, hoping that they'll survive the next round.
Charles JohnsonAnother brilliant move from Space Karen!
Elon Musk Demands Advertisers Buy Twitter Blue to Run Ads
https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-twitter-blue-advertisers-required-1850361922
