Lunatech @Lunatech@social.cleverlibre.org

How Elon Musk's Twitter usage and stewardship is making him toxic for many Tesla customers and shareholders at a time when the company badly needs new business (Bloomberg)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-01-25/elon-musk-s-flailing-reputation-is-bad-news-for-tesla-stock
http://www.techmeme.com/230125/p26#a230125p26

I'm seeing a wave of new iOS #Mastodon apps. Hopefully there will be a few #MacOS and #Android ones, soon.

DirecTV has dropped Newsmax from its cable lineup because the viewership to cost ratio sucks, prompting the GOP to immediately pretend, once again, they're being unfairly 'censored'

And now we have this nugget:

Santos "claimed to have turned down an offer to attend Harvard University’s business school."

Twitter suspends the verified account of US white nationalist commentator Nick Fuentes, one day after lifting his ban from July 2021 (Shayan Sardarizadeh/@shayan86)

https://twitter.com/shayan86/status/1618260488508571649
http://www.techmeme.com/230125/p22#a230125p22

spoiler: Microsoft tried to implement some very basic energy savings functionality into a game console, and a party with no actual policies beyond division and performative outrage pretended to be upset about it

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/25/xbox-climate-change-woke/

hm let's see how things are going over on the bird si-- oh

Snap solves a problem in the most inefficient and propietary way possible.

Just waiting for MS to buy Canonical already.

Way putting the effort into flatpaks and appimages if most of your desktop users are on Ubuntu.

#OpenSource #Ubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/ubuntu-telegram-desktop-now-a-snap

Let me be clear: Amy Coney Barrett was paid to speak to a group that supports the re-criminalization of homosexuality everywhere.

https://peoplesworld.org/article/trump-court-nominee-barrett-tied-to-group-advocating-criminalization-of-homosexuality/

"Declaring such laws 'unjust,' Francis said the Catholic Church can and should work to put an end to them. 'It must do this. It must do this,' he said."

This is going to drive the Catholic bishops crazy.

https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-gay-rights-ap-interview-1359756ae22f27f87c1d4d6b9c8ce212

JNU: #India students angry after screening of BBC #Modi #documentary blocked - #BBC

Students say power was cut to prevent them showing the film which has riled India's #government

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-64371327?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

#Censorship, arrests, power cuts. #India scrambles to block #BBC #documentary

The suppression of the documentary is raising alarm bells about eroding #civilliberties in India under #Modi 's #BJP party.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/25/india-bbc-narendra-modi-documentary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage

Everyone Wants Your #Email Address. Think Twice Before Sharing It. - NY Times

Your email address has become a digital bread crumb for companies to link your activity across sites. Here’s how you can limit this.
#tracking #follow

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/technology/personaltech/email-address-digital-tracking.html

Ron DeSantis is an illiberal conservative who has built a political career that intentionally drafts off of the historical winds of a host of different bigotries. By building a political coalition that way, he not only breathes new life into those bigotries, he also provides an example of what a modern, “Christian and patriotic” form of authoritarianism would look like in practice on US soil. https://wapo.st/3JeHW2l

Elon Musk's Twitter has reinstated several Hindu nationalist accounts that were popular in India; upon returning, some have tweeted material denigrating Muslims (Newley Purnell/Wall Street Journal)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/musks-twitter-reprieves-hindu-nationalist-accounts-that-disparage-muslims-11674652031?mod=djemalertNEWS
http://www.techmeme.com/230125/p15#a230125p15

Just last month, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) was facing calls to resign after it was revealed that he’d texted then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in the week after the Capitol insurrection frantically urging President Trump to invoke ‘Marshall Law’ before President Biden could be sworn in.
Now, Norman will sit on the powerful House Rules Committee alongside fellow far-right extremists Chip Roy and Thomas Massie.

Just a friendly reminder that #GiveUpGithub is still a thing.

Click (tap/search) the tag or read this https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub/ to learn more about it.

#git #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS

Wine has a new stable release!

https://news.itsfoss.com/wine-8-0-release/

#linux