Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@social.cleverlibre.org
- https://flipboard.com/@ekorpela
- berkeley.edu
- https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/~korpela
I'm an astronomer specializing in #SETI, #UV #Instrumentation. #RadioAstronomy, #InterstellarMatter (#ISM), #VolunteerComputing, #BOINC, #SETIatHome, #retroComputing #retroGaming ...Wait a minute... That's not specializing!
Joined Oct 2019
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We live in a nation where the media gives as much time to a manufactured “controversy” about President Biden serving lobster for the French President as they do to the former president calling to “terminate” the Constitution.
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Ha! There it is.
RT @elfsternberg@twitter.com
DeSantis' lawyers were forced by the court to define "woke." The lead lawyer described it as "The belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them."
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/574045-in-andrew-warren-suspension-trial-gov-desantis-officials-answer-what-does-woke-mean/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/elfsternberg/status/1599223334642012160
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Slight correction: He said "termination" of the Constitution, not suspending.
RT @Acyn@twitter.com
“You support a candidate who's come out for suspending the constitution.”
“You know, he says a lot of things, you have to take him in context..”
“But that's an extraordinary statement. You can't come out against someone who's for suspending the constitution?”
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I had hoped not to talk about Matt Taibbi on my radio program at all since he went to the dark side, irrelevant.
But now we'll have to spend the week mocking his lame story.
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From now on, journalists should include the descriptor ("who has called for the termination of the US Constitution") whenever Trump is mentioned.
Unfortunately, there is far too much cowardice in the news media.
Too many media outlets are afraid of stating uncomfortable truths, truths that might offend the powerful or the public.
Telling the truth is not always a “neutral” act.
Journalists (and others) should still TELL THE TRUTH.
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Remember when Ivanka and Jared wouldn't let their Secret Service detail use any of their 6.5 bathrooms in DC, forcing the SS to rent a toilet that cost us over $100K? But, but, #HunterBiden...right? lmao😂
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I wish it were more complicated than Elon just hates multiracial democracy. Elevating this conspiracy when Bolsonaro is searching for excuses to foment a Jan6-style insurrection is beyond irresponsible. It’s being an accessory. And that’s his whole agenda, undermining democracy.
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The top Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election just called for SUSPENDING THE CONSTITUTION
We should take this seriously.
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Friendly reminder: December is the month we pay homage to DEC Microcomputers.
Sunday’s are going to be so confusing this month.
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Sad #caturday.
Today was Spawnie's last #caturday. He found us in 2008, when he was already about 5. He came in with a colony of ferals, so we assumed he was one of them, until he climbed in Angela's lap one day. We had named all the feral cats "Jordan" because in 2008 that was the unisex parents were using to frequently at the time. We assumed the new cat was a kitten, so we called him "Spawn of Jordan". Spawnie was FIV positive, so we didn't feel we could bring him inside.
Despite being a small cat, Spawnie never punched down. He was famous for chasing raccoons three times his weight out of the yard or forcing them under the deck. We figured that he taught them to fear him when they were young. Squirrels, on the other hand, were not a concern.
We finally let Spawnie move indoors in 2016 because he was getting sick frequently. Spawnie survived a 2 year long stint an insulin dependent diabetic, before getting better suddenly (that happens in cats). Unlike every other adoptee from outside, Spawnie never expressed a desire to go back outside. Luxury and comfort were what he desired. He spent his last days in front of the fire.
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People who say #ElonMusk's selective disclosure of #Twitter internal docs "breathes new life into the #HunterBiden laptop story" miss the point. That's not the goal.
The goal is to inflate a different right-wing talking point, that "big tech is biased against conservatives". So Musk carries water for right-wingers who want to force tech companies to uncritically rebroadcast their propaganda AND he spins his Twitter acquisition as "essential to save 'free speech'."
That's what this is about.
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Anyone still posting on Twitter is actively helping the fascists achieve their goals. Musk is banning leftist accounts and hate speech is up 61%.
STOP TWEETING!
FIGHT THESE BASTARDS! FIGHT THE FASCISTS!
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Publicly posting the names and identities of front-line employees involved in content moderation puts them in harm’s way and is a fundamentally unacceptable thing to do.
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RT @joshtpm@twitter.com
you can have tens of billions and still not have a single assistant to remind you that this nonexistent “order” came when Teump@was still President. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1598853708443357185
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The U.S. Supreme Court justices are the only judges in the country who are not governed by a code of ethics. This needs to change.
Here are three reforms that the Court can make now to shore up its legitimacy: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/supreme-court-ethics-reform
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In preparation of Elon Musk's report on the Hunter Biden laptop and Twitter, please read my original piece on the laptop. The big issue was that the NY Post & Rudy Giuliani were using the existence of the laptop & iffy material on it to advance Russian disinfo that had been concocted to hurt Biden & help Trump. Giuliani was even working with a Russian agent to spread this false info. The laptop was part of this larger op.
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Americans were denied pictures of a penis by the nefarious existence of an extremely visible "Report" button, shocking new Substack reveals
RT @Esqueer_@twitter.com
Elon literally contradicted by his own flack, Matt Taibbi saying that there's no evidence of government involvement. So the big scandal is private individuals asking Twitter to remove revenge porn of Hunter Biden?
Eric J. Korpela
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“I’m going to stay and fight”
No you’re not. It isn’t a battleground. It is owned by one man who will do what he likes as long as he can and he’s able to continue to do so because you are creating statistics he is using to sell ad space and make it look like the platform is more active than ever.
You are enabling him, even with your “fighting.” Wake up. That’s what he wants. It HELPS him. You’re literally working for the man free of charge. #birdsite #twitter #TwitterMigration
- https://flipboard.com/@ekorpela
- berkeley.edu
- https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/~korpela
I'm an astronomer specializing in #SETI, #UV #Instrumentation. #RadioAstronomy, #InterstellarMatter (#ISM), #VolunteerComputing, #BOINC, #SETIatHome, #retroComputing #retroGaming ...Wait a minute... That's not specializing!
Joined Oct 2019
