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Economist. Ex Prof / central banker. Macro, monetary policy, public policy, finance, covid, AI, climbing. There is a mirror of my Bluesky posts at @[email protected]
Has there been any migration into Mastodon following Musk's campaign against the UK?
I always preferred this place's vision. But anecdotally all the chatter in those I read is about whether they go to Bluesky or Threads.
So if you want to keep up with me on Bluesky the posts there appear at @t0nyyates.bsky.social and if you reply the replies seem to show up in my feed there.
@t0nyyates I think I have followed your bridge by typing @t0nyyates.bsky.social into my mastodon search bar and becoming the second such follower of that type. I await content with interest
Testing to see if the bridge into Bluesky has worked.
Also if you didn’t know already you can bridge your Mastodon posts into Bluesky.
There’s a bridged profile on here of my Bluesky posts if you are suffering from withdrawal.

More advertisers to flee X after recent Elon Musk lawsuit and riot comments

https://www.cityam.com/more-advertisers-to-flee-x-after-recent-elon-musk-lawsuit-and-riot-comments/

Billions of dollars so little intelligence and common decency

More advertisers to flee X after recent Elon Musk lawsuit and riot comments

Elon Musk's antitrust lawsuit and controversial activity around the riots will push advertisers away from the platform, industry bosses said.

CityAM

Musk's reality (picture 1): I am an advocate of free speech.

Reality (picture 2): Musk abuses his financial power to suppress freedom of speech, by suing journalists, NGO's, activists and more.

US patent office confirms AI can’t hold patents https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/13/24072241/ai-patent-us-office-guidance
US patent office confirms AI can’t hold patents

The US Patent and Trademark Office maintains that only natural humans can get patents, but people do have to disclose if they used AI for the invention.

The Verge