LouisIngenthron

inquiline, 1 month ago to random

Hats off:

"Billionaire Elon Musk, found dead in his home last night, says it is not the role of social media networks to determine what is true or not.

The Tesla and X owner, who is believed to have died from a heroin overdose while watching animal porn, said he would fight any attempts to stop the spread of misinformation on his platform"

https://theshovel.com.au/2024/04/23/elon-musk-dead-at-52-misinformation-laws/

dannotdaniel, 1 month ago to thesatanictemple

"We are going to put Satanic chaplains in Florida schools, nothing in the bill places limits on who can become a chaplain, and Ron DeSantis can not simply amend the Constitution limiting the religious liberty of some by proclamation from the podium. "

excellent, yes. exactly. @thesatanictemple

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/desantis-says-satanism-is-not-real-and-not-qualifying-for-new-florida-school-chaplain-program/

blogdiva, 1 month ago to random

PEOPLE, I BEG YOU
post links directly to the source, don't use Apple News or Bitly or other links hijackers. if they decide to change the service or go out of business, we have lost link to the original source.

keep the web as open as possible. say no to link shorteners and traffic hijackers 👍🏾

brody, 1 month ago to random

Oh wow! The FTC just banned non-compete clauses in contracts and voided any existing ones. Super good news!!

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes

scottsantens, 1 month ago to random

We already have 1,000 would-be Mozarts who instead of learning music and honing their skills are doing shit jobs for shit wages. They're spending their time just surviving instead of blessing the rest of us with music we'd love.

What these would-be Mozarts need is basic income.

lmrocha, 1 month ago to mentalhealth

Could not agree more with this review. #Mentalhealth is a complex multilevel problem. The idea that social media is a key factor has no scientific basis yet. Also the idea that its causes and solutions reside molecular mechanisms of the brain are equally simplistic.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00902-2

D_J_Nathanson, 1 month ago to random

It’s #STFUfriday!

When cops ask you questions, ask for a lawyer and then STFU:

• I am not discussing how I’m doing or where I’m going.

• Am I free to leave?

• I am not answering any questions.

• If they ask to search anything: "I do not consent to a search."

• I want to speak to a lawyer.

If you want to testify at trial, you will wish you had STFU.

If you testify but you spoke to the police, even a tiny inconsistency or omission will be used as evidence that you are lying. /1

David from Schitt's Creek making a pained face, shaking his head and saying, "You've never said that before."

maxleibman, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Hard work is how you might become “successful dental practice” rich. It’s not how you become a billionaire.

There is no reasonable definition of “earn” by which we could say someone “earned” billions of dollars. https://masto.ai/@rbreich/112260844257552086

gamingonlinux, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to steam

Are you an #IndieDev planning to launch a game on #Steam this year that will support #Linux?

Be sure I'm following you! Hi! And leave a link to your game, duh :)

tristansnell, 2 months ago to random

Stop calling it “the hush money case.”

Start calling it what it really was — a CAMPAIGN COVER-UP to hide the truth from the American people and to steal the 2016 election.

That’s the crime Trump is on trial for.

Green_Footballs, 2 months ago to random

The fact that every mainstream news site is now locked behind a paywall is a real boon for the spread of misinformation, because very few right wing sites have paywalls — which means their disinfo and propaganda can spread much more easily. Paywalls are a slow motion disaster.

zackwhittaker, 2 months ago to random

I really loved this short story of how a cat alerted her human to a DDoS attack.

https://www.dannyguo.com/blog/my-cat-alerted-me-to-a-ddos-attack

carnage4life, 2 months ago to random

Someone asked me if staying at a tech company a long time makes it harder to get a job elsewhere.

Not really. The real challenge is that a lot of your effectiveness as a long timer comes from knowing people & processes. You just can’t tell how much until after you leave. Was it 10% or 90% of your success? 🤷🏾‍♂️

carnage4life, 2 months ago to random

As streaming services recover from their unprofitable competition with Netflix and raise prices, users will naturally start resorting to piracy more.

So the movie industry is getting ahead of this to lobby for a law to force ISPs to block piracy websites. A similar push failed in 2012 with the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) which was opposed by the tech industry.

However the tech industry are now villains in DC and its influence has waned.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/movie-industry-demands-us-law-requiring-isps-to-block-piracy-websites/

MelodyWainscott, 2 months ago to random

My g-grandmother Fanny Wainscott died from an ectopic pregnancy at the age of 26 when my grandfather was 5 years old. It was 1910 in a remote area north of Wichita Falls, TX.

It was a horrific death and changed the course of my grandfather’s life, my father’s life, my life, my children’s life, and my grandson’s life, forever. And that’s just my personal lineage.

It’s 114 years later and Arizona is sentencing women and all their descendants to this kind of hell.

It’s premeditated murder.

willoremus, 2 months ago to random

I'm far from the first to point this out, but it continues to be revealing to look at what kinds of "free speech" Elon Musk's X defends and what kinds it suppresses.

My newsletter today on Musk standing up for Bolsonaristas in Brazil, but not dissidents in Modi's India or Erdogan's Turkey: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/10/elon-musk-picks-his-speech-battle/

jeffjarvis, 2 months ago to random

While they're at it, why not step up the fight against lies fueld by Microsoft Word, Photoshop, radio, and TV? Technology is not the target. The liars should be...
Hundreds of groups urge Big Tech CEOs to step up fight against AI-fueled lies https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/09/hundreds-groups-urge-big-tech-ceos-step-up-fight-against-ai-fueled-lies/

mekkaokereke, 2 months ago to random

People on Twitter are debating whether a person using uncommon words like "delve" are trying to sound smarter than they are, or worse, are ChatGPT bots, because "normal" people don't talk like that.

You don't have to get upset, or embroiled in the debate. Not worth the time or attention. But I'll share some important context as your friendly neighborhood Nigerian 🙋🏿‍♂️

Many Nigerians have bigger English language vocabularies and better command of grammar than the typical American or English person

ordrad, 2 months ago to random

Someone out there right now is going to write someone else's favorite song of all time and is currently wondering if the story in their head is worth telling.

inthehands, 2 months ago to random

Because they bring me such joy, I will share with you all the software testing videos I share with my Software Design and Development students.

Video 1/3: “We don’t need user testing! We already know our users”

Children at a playground completely ignoring the slide, and sliding down the smooth hill upon which the slide is mounted

carnage4life, 2 months ago to random

Seattle Times has a new report on how Boeing's current challenges can be traced to prioritizing shareholders over everything for 25 years, slashing costs and outsourcing key work, weakening unions, and pressuring suppliers, leading to loss of its core competency.

This is a great example of how the stock market rewards short term thinking leading to companies sabotaging themselves. Intel is in the same boat.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeings-long-fall-and-how-it-might-recover/

Guinnessy, 2 months ago to Aviation

In surprising news, the last stockpile of leaded petrol/gasoline for vehicles has been used up (in Algeria), leaving #aviation as the only remaining user. #publichealth and #Asbestos was finally banned in the US recently. It shows that you can ban products.

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/they-ban-products-dont-they/

kegill, 2 months ago to random

From the “you can’t make this stuff up” and “things the Washington DC political press corps ignore” departments … Trump accused Biden of using cocaine and cheating in golf in Hugh Hewitt interview.

Voters who aren’t MAGA cult members need to come face-to-words. That’s only happening in independent reporting.

I’ve said for years, like a broken record stuck on repeat, that no Hollywood studio would green light a screenplay that featured Trump’s transcripts.

https://themoderatevoice.com/trump-accused-biden-of-using-cocaine-hugh-hewitt/

NoraReed, 2 months ago to random

i think it's cool that we live on a planet where the two biggest celestial bodies are the same size from our perspective