Meanwhile - Elon is running the Twitter as a pro-Putin disinformation operation.
Right now Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and JD Vance are mainlining conspiracy theories about Ukraine and the supplemental aid bill to and audience of tens of thousands. pic.twitter.com/50OCLC4s1m
Just found out Neil Gaiman left X for Bluesky in December. His account is now run by his publicist, who uses it to post news about Gaiman, but he doesn't read or post there now.
Can't find you on there, DB, so feel free to follow me or stay hiding.
Just found out Neil Gaiman left X for Bluesky in December. His account is now run by his publicist, who uses it to post news about Gaiman, but he doesn't read or post there now.
Can't find you on there, DB, so feel free to follow me or stay hiding.
Just found out Neil Gaiman left X for Bluesky in December. His account is now run by his publicist, who uses it to post news about Gaiman, but he doesn't read or post there now.
Can't find you on there, DB, so feel free to follow me or stay hiding.
He has to be, or someone will join it using his name. He's not posting there, just Boosting other posts, so I guess it's another account run by his publicist. He definitely posts on Bluesky, though.
X is still transitioning, and I respect X during this stage as it works towards its vision of what it knows now was inside it all this time, and as such will no longer refer to X by its deadname, but will continue to use its preferred pronouns "it" and "its."
BTW, Elon just made this joke yesterday, from what I heard.
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying here.
Bluesky is built on an open protocol that, in theory, would allow for a decentralize/federated set of social networks that interact. Same concept as mastodon and the wider fediverse, but a different standard.
So in theory that's great, because it means the current blue sky could be the beginning of basically a decentralized twitter, with more polish than something like mastodon. But right now the only user of this protocol is Bluesky, so it's actually still a centralized social media network, and maybe it always will be. That would mean that it's basically just Twitter, but with Jack Doresey instead of Elon Musk.
So if people's problem with Twitter was that Musk bought it, maybe that's enough. But if people's problem with Twitter is that it was an example of a small handful of rich men controlling our most important online spaces, then that's kind of a problem, as Twitter's current state is basically what you can expect to happen over enough time.
t;dr -- is the problem with Twitter specifically Elon Musk, or is it the fact that one billionaire buying a social media network can be so disruptive? If the latter, is Bluesky really something new, or just a rinse and repeat situation?
Don't take it from me. Take it from the author of the Twitter Files.
A guess: Because the following media contained the word “explosive,” it tripped an automated “potentially sensitive content” message that temporarily flagged it. The message is gone now, leaving the post visible and unencumbered.
.@elonmusk flipped out that @JoeBiden’s Eagles game tweet did better than his so much that he started calling meetings of engineers every night where he’d instruct them to artificially inflate his engagements and tweak the algorithm to flood Twitter with his tweets and replies. pic.twitter.com/OMBviGeIZ6
— Andrew—Author of America Rises On Substack—Wortman (@AmoneyResists) February 18, 2024
Almost every illegal is a Dem voter. Therefore, the Dem Party will not take action until they lose more votes due to ushering in vast numbers of illegals than they gain.
They are counting on complacency from Dem and independent voters, which, at least so far, has worked.
Jaytee and PVW, you might also be unaware of Canadian research on 60 years of US elections, by Stewart JH McCann professor emeritus of psychology at Cape Breton University. He studied US data about US voters during the years 1964-2016. Found a pattern:higher levels of State left-handedness were associated significantly with liberal ideology. Truly! If you’re really interested, I can provide the paper’s title. Reported recently in New Scientist also. I feel it addresses Musk’s scoff that societal standards have crashed alarmingly. Well obviously, since now we pretty much allow children to use whichever dominant hand feels best, so there are more lefthanded people around, with their liberal, radical thoughts…
Meanwhile - Elon is running the Twitter as a pro-Putin disinformation operation.
Elon missed someone:
The more insane statements are coming from Moscow, the greater our strength must be.
Only our strength in protecting life and our ability to achieve our aims can sober Russia up, at least partially. Russian insanity must lose this war. And we are making every effort to achieve… pic.twitter.com/6RisNGXEjQ
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 22, 2024
Promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky…The flames are all long gone, but the pain lingers on…