ariegoldshlager

ariegoldshlager, 20 days ago to random

#SCOTUS

[Gift Article] Supreme Court Sides With Republicans Over South Carolina Voting Map

"The Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for South Carolina to keep using a congressional map that a lower court had deemed an unconstitutional racial gerrymander that resulted in the “bleaching of African American voters” from a district."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/us/supreme-court-south-carolina-voting-map.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uE0.rA23.T_l8jhahyHhF&smid=url-share

ariegoldshlager, 22 days ago to climate

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

The Drowning South

[Gift Article] ‘Pretty gross’: The toxic mix of fast-rising seas and septic systems

Septic systems are creating serious threats to public health and the environment as the South grapples with one of the most rapid sea level surges on Earth.

https://wapo.st/44Wv0XJ

ariegoldshlager, 6 months ago to tesla

#ElonMusk #Tesla

[Gift Article] Tesla drivers run Autopilot where it’s not intended — with deadly consequences

"At least eight fatal or serious Tesla crashes occurred on roads where Autopilot should not have been enabled in the first place, a Post analysis finds, in spite of federal officials calling for restrictions"

https://wapo.st/41ezQ0A

ariegoldshlager, 6 months ago to twitter

#ElonMusk #Twitter

Paris mayor quits X, calling social media site a ‘gigantic global sewer’

"We see it every day: Twitter hinders debate, the quest for truth, and the serene and constructive dialogue needed between human beings. With its thousands of anonymous accounts and its troll farms, life on Twitter is the exact opposite of democratic life."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/27/paris-mayor-anne-hidalgo-quits-x-calling-social-media-site-a-gigantic-global-sewer

Strandjunker, 6 months ago to random

Trump is one of the least masculine, least adult people in public life. Needy, whiny, defensive, pleading, scared of women, and terrified of more powerful men.

I’m at a loss about why Trump’s supporters see him as manly or strong. 🤷🏻‍♀️

ariegoldshlager, 7 months ago to twitter

#ElonMusk #Twitter

[Gift Article] X Says It Is Worth $19 Billion, Down From $44 Billion Last Year

"X, the company formerly known as Twitter, handed out stock grants to employees on Monday that showed it was worth about $19 billion, down about 55 percent from the $44 billion that Elon Musk paid to buy the firm a year ago,"

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/technology/x-twitter-19-billion-dollars.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6kw.fqJp.VdwxwxDiMkGU&smid=url-share

ariegoldshlager, 8 months ago to twitter

#ElonMusk #Twitter

Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible

"A memo circulated to NPR staff says traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter,"

https://niemanreports.org/articles/npr-twitter-musk/

willoremus, 8 months ago to random

going around checking on all my twitter clones like i’m watering the plants

ariegoldshlager, 8 months ago to twitter

#ElonMusk #Twitter

[Gift Article] As false war information spreads on X, Musk promotes unvetted accounts

"As false information about the rapidly changing war between Gaza Strip militants and Israel proliferated on the social media platform X over the weekend, owner Elon Musk personally recommended that users follow accounts notorious for promoting lies."

https://wapo.st/3rBg6XU

ariegoldshlager, 8 months ago to random

Have a great weekend...

ariegoldshlager, 8 months ago to tesla

#ElonMusk #Tesla

Tesla sued by US agency over alleged harassment of Black factory workers

"The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said in the lawsuit filed in California federal court that from 2015 to the present, Black workers at the Tesla plant have routinely been subjected to racist slurs and graffiti, including swastikas and nooses."

https://www.reuters.com/legal/tesla-sued-by-us-agency-over-alleged-harassment-black-factory-workers-2023-09-28/

ariegoldshlager, 8 months ago to twitter

#ElonMusk #Twitter

Musk ditches X’s election integrity team ahead of key votes around world

"Elon Musk, owner of X, has confirmed he has ditched his team working to prevent disruption to elections, just days after the EU announced the platform, formerly known as Twitter, had the highest proportion of disinformation in three European countries."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/28/elon-musk-ditches-x-twitter-election-integrity-team-key-votes-disinformation

ariegoldshlager, 8 months ago to twitter

#ElonMusk #Twitter

Musk’s X is the biggest purveyor of disinformation, EU official says

"A top European Union official said Tuesday that the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, is the biggest source of fake news..."

https://apnews.com/article/disinformation-musk-x-twitter-european-union-9f7823726f812bb357ee4225b884354f

JosephMenn, 8 months ago to random

Our story today on the successes of the GOP campaign against disinformation research. FREE. https://wapo.st/3ZvQNTF

RickiTarr, 8 months ago to random

I'm thinking about Mastodon in a wide view, in the world of social media, this feels a little outsider, while at the same time it also feels like it might be the future. So, let's talk about it!
What do you get out of Mastodon?
Why are you here?
How has it compared with your other social media experiences?
What do you see for the future of Mastodon?
What do you want to see?
And basically anything else about it you want to say about Mastodon.
LET'S TALK!

RickiTarr, 8 months ago to random

The news reports everything Elon Musk says, and this is basically like reporting the decisions of my 7 year old nephew.

Breaking News! Gage No Longer Interested In Space Travel On Account Of Going To The Zoo, What Does This Mean For His Goal of Being An Astronaut?!

Sarahp, 8 months ago to random

Elon Musk says X will charge users ‘a small monthly payment’ to use its service: https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/18/elon-musk-says-x-will-charge-users-a-small-monthly-payment-to-use-its-service/

ariegoldshlager, 9 months ago to twitter

#ElonMusk #Twitter

Bots on X worse than ever according to analysis of 1m tweets during first Republican primary debate

"Graham and FitzGerald identified more than 1,200 X accounts that were spreading the false and disproven claim that Trump won the 2020 election during the debate and interview,"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/09/x-twitter-bots-republican-primary-debate-tweets-increase

ariegoldshlager, 9 months ago to twitter

#ElonMusk #Twitter

Auschwitz Memorial criticises Musk's X for not removing antisemitic content

"The Auschwitz Memorial, which preserves the site of the death camp set up by Nazi Germany on the territory of occupied Poland during World War Two, said in a post on X that it had reported an antisemitic message on the site but received a response from X that the content did not violate its rules."

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/auschwitz-memorial-criticises-musks-x-not-removing-antisemitic-content-2023-08-17/

ariegoldshlager, 10 months ago to twitter

#ElonMusk #Twitter

[The ABC's managing director,] David Anderson says ABC will abandon the majority of Twitter accounts

"Starting from today, all official ABC accounts on the social media platform aside from ABC News, ABC Sport, ABC Chinese and ABC Australia will be discontinued."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-09/abc-abandons-the-majority-of-twitter-accounts/102706816

ariegoldshlager, 10 months ago to twitter

#ElonMusk #Twitter

ABC [Australian Broadcasting Corporation] Statement on X (Twitter)

"We also found that closing individual program accounts helps limit the exposure of team members to the toxic interactions that unfortunately are becoming more prevalent on X."

https://about.abc.net.au/statements/abc-statement-on-x-twitter/

ariegoldshlager, 10 months ago to twitter

#ElonMusk #Twitter

ABC [ Australian Broadcasting Corporation] exits Twitter:

"The ABC is shutting down almost all of its official accounts on Twitter – now known as X under Elon Musk’s ownership – citing “toxic interactions”, cost and better interaction with ABC content on other social media platforms."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/09/abc-australia-leaves-twitter-x-elon-musk

BBCRadio4, 10 months ago to random

Hello everyone! 👋 We've joined the fediverse as part of an experiment with our friends from BBC Research & Development. Read more about it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub

Mastodon, 10 months ago to random

Following the German @ZDF and @tagesschau, the BBC is giving Mastodon a go through their own server. You can now follow the official @BBCRadio4 and a few other accounts on social.bbc!