that Pete Hurd guy

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Neuroscientist, mostly water, covered in bacteria, listens to too much music. Lives alone with his bitterness and a large dog.
#neuroethology
Show threadthat Pete Hurd guyDec 19, 2022
@donieosullivan I would be interested in knowing whether taxpayer subsidized institutions that are home to many official twitter accounts (eg *.gov in the US) should be creating mastodon instances. Why should communication with taxpayers (or reporters) be held in a privately held toxic mire? Would large institutions not be well placed to provide the IT infrastructure? If twitter's core of influence is because reporters consider being there crucial to staying informed, then what's keeping those informers on that channel? As a start, why does the White House, NASA, etc. not drop twitter for an official US govt mastodon instance?
Show threadthat Pete Hurd guyDec 16, 2022
@donieosullivan Welcome!
that Pete Hurd guyNov 29, 2022
Nick @ The Linux ExperimentNov 29, 2022
Watching the Musk man discover that Apple charges 30% for any use of the App Store, and calling it a « secret tax » is hilarious. I don’t like that 30% commission but it’s not secret and has never been. It’s also not a tax.
Not surprising that Musk wouldn’t know what a tax is, though.
In general, watching that halfwit repeatedly destroy his public image with his own tweets is extremely satisfying.
that Pete Hurd guyNov 21, 2022
Quinta JurecicNov 20, 2022

Wrote some irate thoughts on Musk and Trump, for The Atlantic.

"This entire incident is terrifically stupid. The story revolves around the whims of two wealthy and self-involved men who enjoy nothing more than public attention. It is an enormous waste of everyone’s time, and I resent having to think about it."

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/11/elon-musk-donald-trump-twitter/672195/

Elon Musk and Trump’s Terrifically Stupid Return to Twitter

Two wealthy and self-involved men are seeking the attention they crave.

The Atlantic
that Pete Hurd guyNov 21, 2022
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The Workers Cup Film

The Workers Cup Film is a documentary feature film directed by Adam Sobel and produced by Ramzy Haddad and Rosie Garthwaite about a group of migrant workers in Qatar. The Workers Cup is set inside the labour labor camps of Qatar, where the FIFA World Cup is being built on the backs of 1.6 million mi

The Workers Cup Film
Show threadthat Pete Hurd guyNov 20, 2022
@LeeDugatkin
seriously, what's next for twitter, a poll on which racist slurs to allow and which to ban?
Show threadthat Pete Hurd guyNov 16, 2022
@zoesqwilliams Dang, I clearly messed up by picking kolectiva.social thinking it was going to be the was-once-aspired-to-be-among-cool-kids server when folks like Zoe Williams pass it over in their search for the anarchist crowd....
Show threadthat Pete Hurd guyNov 9, 2022
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