RRB @rrb@social.cleverlibre.org

@Pwnallthethings But you know that the universities will on!y install automated graders to save money, so you end up with a GAN

Republicans cancel Ye:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-judiciary-republicans-delete-kanye-elon-trump-tweet-rapper-prais-rcna59654

What happened to Freedom of Speech?

@stephlamy

I guess this means he takes bribes. Indulgences are alive and well.

@stephlamy

That is unfair. One has to appreciate how the leaders of the right wing, in particular Donald Trump, demonstrate daily all the important Christian virtues:

--Tolerance,
--Forgiveness,
--Humility,
--Love your enemy like yourself,
--Caring for the most needy,
--Nonviolence, and
--renouncing worldly goods.

After all, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven."

I dare say Elon Musk must take these lessons to heart. He has been showing humility, kindness and forgiveness almost as much as Trump.

China in Africa podcast discussion of China's surveillance state with particular focus on African implications:

https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/validation=1669993483,2d3c11f8-9107-5b4c-b28c-a9d137df5a67,iZlwNNVOZJ9JHaeqBdyGoO1Xwko/episodes/10e6e26b-38c4-4abc-b805-7c8839586ada/a9a4a51d9bed69941c1aa2a9070ebd8bc0048cddcc48452a3f84a47a06c66cd084fa67dd6fbf80d14b65c53025c35b845ad377b16ac153176056a822eb76b36b/CAP_11252022.mp3

@stephlamy @joncamfield

The future is here now:

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-police-out-numbers-prevent-more-covid-protests-2022-11-29/

To be clear:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9402-if-you-want-a-picture-of-the-future-imagine-a

@CryptoBot ignorance is bliss

@paul_briley @luneellise21@toot.community @DamienWise

Why do you hate free speech?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/30/elon-musk-twitter-free-speech-money/

@DamienWise @katestarbird

Then you will like her hour long lecture in Canada. Not short, but great

https://qoto.org/@rrb/109325492298920338

There is also @potemkinvillage for reaching disinformation researchers in the fediverse

@lauren

It is anti-free speech:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/30/elon-musk-twitter-free-speech-money

Alito would write an opinion backing this interpretation. After all, the supreme court already decided that money is speech.

@stephlamy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/30/elon-musk-twitter-free-speech-money

@pshread @w7voa

Hmm. Checked. Realized that Tesla's money does not come from cars. It is selling stock (way down) and getting government subsidies (more of their bottom line than car sales). Hmm. Generous government subsidies to move away from fossil fuels does not sound Republican.

Then again, I think the Inflation Reduction Act subsidies do not cover cars built in China. Now I understand why he is angry with Biden.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/29/twitter-covid-misinformation-policy-enforcement-elon-musk?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

@w7voa He bought 8chan for $44 billion. A true business genius. I can just imagine how this is going to affect potential Tesla buyers.

@cautionarytale@mastodon.world

I wonder about a gay organization that actively supports a party whose raison d'etre seems to be demonizing gay and trans people.

I guess they think that having the super rich pay lower taxes than everyone else is worth stirring up hatred against your own people.

Like Dick Cheney helping run Bush's reelection campaign by demonizing gay marriage (like his daughter's union).

@cautionarytale@mastodon.world

Think about Ted Haggart, Larry Craig, Robert Bauman. I think we can find a pattern in many of these "pro-family" politicians and anti-gay culture warriors.

https://www.logotv.com/news/lpa6sk/19-republican-politicians-gay-sex

@georgetakei

The only lesson I can draw from this: Republicans dislike gays, but like child pornography.