The son’s name was Fred Finger, and he died unmarried in his 40’s due to complications from AIDS.

The guy above was joking.

Fortunately that doesn’t work.

Even if Musk totally shut down Twitter, then opened an identical platform named X, the contracts Twitter held are still enforceable under the law.

There might be stipulations in the contracts where severance isn’t payable if the company fails, but if I remember correctly, this severance is something mandated by state law, and not just a contractual perk.

So bottom line, Musk is liable unless his lawyers are able to worm their way into a settlement.

If they used SMS those records are still around.

Or did they use something else?

WinAeroTweaker will let you decide what junk you want to disable.

Twitter was already struggling with nearly unfettered access to every internet-connected user. (sans heavily censored countries)

If Musk cut off 25%-50% of users, the platform, which relies on eyeballs seeing advertisements, would certainly spiral into oblivion.

That is legitimately a problem.

For some reason, YouTube’s algorithm heavily favors extremist content if you show even a casual interest in related material.

It’s probably as simple as “shocking content gets more clicks”, but still, it’s not good for our society to have entertainment platforms recommending extremist views.

In the old days, you’d have to seek out this kind of fringe content on your own. And you’d get pushback from your community if you started talking nonsense.

Nowadays, my aunt is getting blasted with reptilian democrat stuff after showing an interest in typical conservative lady content years ago. And there is not much of a community left to help her out. The algorithms just amplify all the worst shit.

That’s disingenuous.

The point is to seem like he’s got a plan for the migrant crisis by bussing them out of state.

And if he sends them to Blue states where services are better for undocumented migrants, isn’t that better for the individuals? Or would they really be better off in Texas?

Regardless, my point is, if you don’t try to understand why your political opponent is doing something, you’ll never be able to fix anything.

Sure it does.

It makes teachers wonder why, yet again, they’re being forced to bear the brunt of the culture war, and they’re going to eventually quit.

Then the schools won’t be able to find good teachers, the education system will be further deteriorated, and private schools will become the only schools worth attending, further eroding the future prospects of working-class Floridian children and America as a whole.

I don’t think that’s the grand strategy at play, I just think the people in charge don’t care if it happens, as long as they get enough praise from their voters.

That’s generally how it works.

Just pick a mid-sized instance and there’s a 99% chance it’s more stable than Lemmy.world right now.

Look at users who don’t sound insane and see where they’re posting from.

I think it’s good for USB standards to move slow.

Finally just about every device I buy has USB-C now. If they release a new connector that’ll just mean using 2 different cables for everything again.

If it does get crazy, we’re all going to suffer as the government cracks down hard on domestic terrorism.

And just like in 2001, “domestic terrorism” will mean whatever they want it to mean.

We had decades of low union activity that gave corporations the chance to show how well they would take care of us on their own.

And they super fucked entire generations of workers.

Now people must unionize, or their dirt salaries will lose them their rented homes and starve their kids. So we’re seeing a blossoming of union activity in many sectors.

It’s time for workers to have a tiny slice of those mega-profits corporations have been earning off our backs.

Unionize America!

House arrest in Trump’s giant resort mansion.

It makes sense, but it’s more than a little unsatisfying.

Personally I’d love to see Trump in ADX Florence.

I think I’d be more interested in finding a cardiologist at that point.

Trump has such a large fanatical following that it’s almost certain the next Republican president will use a Trump pardon as a poker chip for gaining party support on whatever plan he needs pushed.

So personally I think it’s almost certain Trump will be pardoned.

But it’s possible he could die in prison before that happens.

I’m just guessing here, but due to the expensive safety, security, disposaal, and political requirements, big reactors are likely going to be the most cost effective for a long time.

Plenty of real people are quite aware of our current issues, they just get drowned out online.

She’s trying to be mayor, not the queen.

One mayor stands no chance against the system of DAs, lawyers, unions, and judges, that protect the police.

Between qualified immunity and “no specific obligation to protect”, you’d be hard pressed to find any charges that stick.

sheds a single tear as I unzip my trousers