SCBills Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 7 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: Some Meatball Heads are getting just a wee bit defensive here 😜 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 8 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: Some Meatball Heads are getting just a wee bit defensive here 😜 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 6 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: Some Meatball Heads are getting just a wee bit defensive here 😜 Likewise it is hilarious how all it took was a political prospect under 50 and all the liberals are promoting danger to democracy trump, 😂 hopefully someday real leadership will come from somewhere. In the mean time… I guess delusional corrupt 80 year olds are what the people want.. Joe was just talking about what a great job Nancy did during the Great Depression…. And orange man just got indicted 7 more times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 1 hour ago, B-Man said: THIS IS KIND OF A BIG DEAL: SpaceX launches 52 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea. With last night’s flight, Falcon 9 has now doubled the record for consecutive launches — 100 each — held by second-place finishers, Delta II and Soyuz-U. 200 successful launches in a row is nothing to sneeze at. Getting them done in under seven years and at an accelerating pace is incredible. https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-2-10 Musk said prior to the launch of Starship that there was a 50% chance it would fail. But they're right back to launching satellites and the next Starship launch will succeed. Meanwhile his purchase of Twitter was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 1 hour ago, B-Man said: He’s in the Money: Elon Musk Reclaims Mantle of World’s Richest Person by Simon Kent Tesla CEO Elon Musk wound up his visit to China on Thursday to be greeted by the news he has reclaimed the top spot as the world’s richest person. Bloomberg Billionaires Index released its daily rankings of the world’s 500 richest people just hours before Musk stepped into his private jet in Beijing to fly home to Texas. Musk’s first trip to China in three years came amid increased competition in the market for electric vehicles and rumors about Tesla’s future ambitions in the nation https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/?sref=GYlFC92K https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2023/06/01/hes-in-the-money-elon-musk-reclaims-mantle-of-worlds-richest-person/ Not so bad a year after all... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillStime Posted June 24, 2023 Author Share Posted June 24, 2023 35 minutes ago, Doc said: He's nothing of the sort. Just because you may not agree with his politics (he was a Dem), it doesn't make him an idiot. 28 minutes ago, Doc said: I used to be a huge Musk skeptic. Then I saw SpaceX land that used rocket back on a platform in the sea. Made me buy a Tesla and make a pile on Tesla stock. Now I think he's playing 5D chess with seemingly idiotic moves... 5 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said: Our world is such that Biden (or Trump if you prefer) is a president and leader of the free world, but Musk an idiot. 🤫 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillStime Posted July 1, 2023 Author Share Posted July 1, 2023 Private companies can certainly do what they please but why would advertisers support this? Just kill it - pull the plug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 "Free speech absolutist" not quite so absolute as advertised: https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/29/tech/elon-musk-twitter-government-takedown/index.html Musk's Twitter is much more likely to grant a government's takedown request than Jack Dorsey's Twitter was. I understand Musk's objection: is it better that Twitter grant a foreign government's (or dictator's) takedown request, or have Twitter blocked entirely in that country? But still: an awkward position to be in for a self-appointed free speech absolutist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeesforclosers Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 22 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said: "Free speech absolutist" not quite so absolute as advertised: https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/29/tech/elon-musk-twitter-government-takedown/index.html Musk's Twitter is much more likely to grant a government's takedown request than Jack Dorsey's Twitter was. I understand Musk's objection: is it better that Twitter grant a foreign government's (or dictator's) takedown request, or have Twitter blocked entirely in that country? But still: an awkward position to be in for a self-appointed free speech absolutist. It's behind a paywall on financial times, but Musk just signed a pledge agreeing with China's socialist values. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 15 minutes ago, Coffeesforclosers said: It's behind a paywall on financial times, but Musk just signed a pledge agreeing with China's socialist values. https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/elon-musks-absurd-socialist-pledge/ Thank God he's just agreeing to the CPC socialist pledge and not hiring Dylan Mulvaney as a Tesla test driver. If he did that we'd have to boycott him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeesforclosers Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 22 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/elon-musks-absurd-socialist-pledge/ Thank God he's just agreeing to the CPC socialist pledge and not hiring Dylan Mulvaney as a Tesla test driver. If he did that we'd have to boycott him. I've given up using irony on this forum. Watching Mr. Radical Free Speech drop on his knees and smile like a doughnut for the CCP though. That's almost too much. Maybe I will join Twitter, and post radical opinions like "Taiwan should be free and independent" or "The CCP is trying to eradicate the Uighurs". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 35 minutes ago, Coffeesforclosers said: Maybe I will join Twitter, and post radical opinions like "Taiwan should be free and independent" or "The CCP is trying to eradicate the Uighurs" I'm quite sure Elon will allow you to post that. Elon will just work with the CCP to make sure no on in CHINA can read that. Oh, and perhaps help them to track down whether you are a Chinese student in America posting treasonous opinions. Other than that, he's an absolutist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Is Twitter censoring tweets in China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Doc Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 In other news, Threads users have dropped 70% since debuting. Shocker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillStime Posted July 23, 2023 Author Share Posted July 23, 2023 Makes total sense that Elon would rename Twitter X - it is, after all, filled with porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BillStime Posted July 26, 2023 Author Share Posted July 26, 2023 oh, ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 8 minutes ago, BillStime said: oh, ok Don't Re-X the troll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillStime Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share Posted August 7, 2023 lmao - jfc this guy a fn joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tiberius Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla allowed racial harassment of its Black employees to run rampant at its Fremont, Calif., plant and retaliated against some workers who complained, the federal agency charged with enforcing civil rights laws alleged in a lawsuit Thursday. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tesla-workers-faced-slurs-racist-graffiti-and-retaliation-federal-suit-says/ar-AA1hpZBD#image=AA1fZWW7|1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillStime Posted September 30, 2023 Author Share Posted September 30, 2023 By far the most insecure freak on the planet. Try harder, Elon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiGoose Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Is anyone surprised? The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation People who have turned to X for breaking news about the Israel-Hamas conflict are being hit with old videos, fake photos, and video game footage at a level researchers have never seen. “For many reasons, this is the hardest time I’ve ever had covering a crisis on here,” Justin Peden, an OSINT researcher from Alabama known online as the Intel Crab, posted on X. “Credible links are now photos. On the ground news outlets struggle to reach audiences without an expensive blue check mark. Xenophobic goons are boosted by the platform’s CEO. End times, folks.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 6 minutes ago, ChiGoose said: Is anyone surprised? The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation People who have turned to X for breaking news about the Israel-Hamas conflict are being hit with old videos, fake photos, and video game footage at a level researchers have never seen. “For many reasons, this is the hardest time I’ve ever had covering a crisis on here,” Justin Peden, an OSINT researcher from Alabama known online as the Intel Crab, posted on X. “Credible links are now photos. On the ground news outlets struggle to reach audiences without an expensive blue check mark. Xenophobic goons are boosted by the platform’s CEO. End times, folks.” So...no different than before Musk... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiGoose Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Doc said: So...no different than before Musk... Reading is fundamental: ”When Peden covered the escalation in Gaza in 2021, the sources he was seeing in his feed were from people on the ground or credible news agencies. This weekend, he says, verified content or primary sources were virtually impossible to find on X. “It’s getting incredibly hard to find people that actually live in Palestine or in southern Israel,” Peden tells WIRED. “It’s been incredibly hard to find their preliminary information and share their videos and photos. You have this perfect storm where on the ground, preliminary sources are not being amplified, especially those that maybe don’t speak English, which is a large majority of users in that area.” Boosted by the algorithm that promotes users willing to pay X $8 a month for a premium subscription, posts from those with a blue checkmark shot to the top of news feeds for people seeking information about the conflict. Rather than being shown verified and fact-checked information, X users were presented with video game footage passed off as footage of a Hamas attackand images of firework celebrations in Algeria presented as Israeli strikes on Hamas. There were faked pictures of soccer superstar Ronaldo holding the Palestinian flag, while a three-year-old video from the Syrian civil war repurposed to look like it was taken this weekend.” Edited October 9, 2023 by ChiGoose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 26 minutes ago, ChiGoose said: Reading is fundamental: ”When Peden covered the escalation in Gaza in 2021, the sources he was seeing in his feed were from people on the ground or credible news agencies. This weekend, he says, verified content or primary sources were virtually impossible to find on X. “It’s getting incredibly hard to find people that actually live in Palestine or in southern Israel,” Peden tells WIRED. “It’s been incredibly hard to find their preliminary information and share their videos and photos. You have this perfect storm where on the ground, preliminary sources are not being amplified, especially those that maybe don’t speak English, which is a large majority of users in that area.” Boosted by the algorithm that promotes users willing to pay X $8 a month for a premium subscription, posts from those with a blue checkmark shot to the top of news feeds for people seeking information about the conflict. Rather than being shown verified and fact-checked information, X users were presented with video game footage passed off as footage of a Hamas attackand images of firework celebrations in Algeria presented as Israeli strikes on Hamas. There were faked pictures of soccer superstar Ronaldo holding the Palestinian flag, while a three-year-old video from the Syrian civil war repurposed to look like it was taken this weekend.” So is trusting the source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiGoose Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 12 minutes ago, Doc said: So is trusting the source. Nihilism as a cover for willful ignorance must be fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ferguson forever Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 16 minutes ago, Doc said: So is trusting the source. and you're the one to talk about trust.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiGoose Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: and you're the one to talk about trust.... Here’s how you evaluate the credibility of a source: Does it support MAGA propaganda? Yes: This is a trustworthy source No: Impossibly biased and obviously made up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ferguson forever Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Just now, ChiGoose said: Here’s how you evaluate the credibility of a source: Does it support MAGA propaganda? Yes: This is a trustworthy source No: Impossibly biased and obviously made up he just admitted outright that he's not a doc while claiming that I'm not either. He's not to be trusted but we all knew that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiGoose Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: he just admitted outright that he's not a doc while claiming that I'm not either. He's not to be trusted but we all knew that.... Yeah, this is why I try to just engage people on what they say instead of who they say there are or my preconceived notions of who they might be. Then again, I was a bit concerned about the possibility of a doctor out there who has a really hard time reading… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ferguson forever Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 1 minute ago, ChiGoose said: Yeah, this is why I try to just engage people on what they say instead of who they say there are or my preconceived notions of who they might be. Then again, I was a bit concerned about the possibility of a doctor out there who has a really hard time reading… or that is a far right ideologue. thankfully, they're pretty rare in medicine and getting more rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 21 minutes ago, ChiGoose said: Nihilism as a cover for willful ignorance must be fun. LOL! Oh, the hypocrisy! Sorry, fool me once with the "fact checkers" and "believe me when I tell you this" on the internet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ferguson forever Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, Doc said: LOL! Oh, the hypocrisy! Sorry, fool me once with the "fact checkers" and "believe me when I tell you this" on the internet... you have zero credibility. why not just slither away? Edited October 9, 2023 by Joe Ferguson forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: you have zero credibility. why not just slither away? You're on my board. You only began defiling this place recently. Same for ChiGoose. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ferguson forever Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Doc said: You're on my board. You only began defiling this place recently. Same for ChiGoose. you're a liar. nuf said. too bad someone unequivocally proved it. who are you really? I'm getting basement, food stamp and medicaid vibes. Edited October 9, 2023 by Joe Ferguson forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 1 minute ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: you're a liar. nuf said. too bad someone unequivocally proved it. Right. Must be that guy who said that Twitter has more disinformation than before... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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