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Gen-X, redditor for 15 years, now a proud lemming! (he/him)

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Cake day: June 9th, 2023
  • Thales@sh.itjust.workstoTechnology@lemmy.world•X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists With No ExplanationEnglish
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    6 months ago

    The X accounts of several prominent journalists and leftist pundits were suspended from the site, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday morning with no clear explanation.

    The suspensions affected several journalists and commentators, including Texas Observer journalist Steven Monacelli, Ken Klippensten of The Intercept, podcaster Rob Rousseau, and Alan MacLeod of MintPress News. The landing page for their accounts says it’s been suspended, but does not give any explanation as to why. A message on the profiles simply states “X suspends accounts which violate the X rules.”

    The ban didn’t just hit journalists either. Several prominent-left leaning accounts were also purged from the website, including the account for the TrueAnon podcast and @zei_squirrel, a cartoon squirrel that tweets media criticism of figures like Glenn Greenwald.

  • Thales@sh.itjust.workstoNews@lemmy.world•Donald Trump committed fraud for years by inflating his worth to banks and insurers, a New York judge findsEnglish
    821·
    9 months ago

    In a stunning, pre-trial win in New York attorney general’s all-out war on the Trump Organization, a Manhattan judge has found that Donald Trump committed fraud for years by inflating his worth to banks and insurers by as much as $3.6 billion a year.

    A strongly-worded ruling by state Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron rejected outright Trump’s request for a range of pre-trial victories, calling his arguments “rehashed” and “erroneous.”

    Instead, the judge gave a major victory to Attorney General Letitia James, immediately revoking Trump’s license to do business in New York.

    “It’s the corporate death penalty,” said Diana Florence, a veteran financial crimes prosecutor for the Manhattan district attorney’s office, now in private practice.

    “This ruling essentially dissolves his company,” she said, though she predicted that years of appeals may pass before anything actually happens.

    Bye bye Trump org!

  • Thales@sh.itjust.workstoNews@lemmy.world•Peter Navarro convicted of contempt of Congress for defying Jan. 6 committee subpoenaEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Former President Donald Trump’s top White House trade adviser Peter Navarro was found guilty Thursday of two counts of criminal contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

    A jury in Washington, D.C., convicted the former Trump administration official following a trial that lasted just over a day. Navarro’s defense team called no witnesses.

    Sentencing is set for January, and Navarro faces a maximum of one year in prison and a fine of $100,000 for each count.

    Good, now do all the others.

  • Thales@sh.itjust.workstoTechnology@lemmy.world•Greener Alternative To Lithium-ion BatteryEnglish
    32·
    10 months ago

    “ChatGPT, please provide your rebuttal to this statement about you: […]”

    Hey! That’s a common misconception. While I do predict the next word based on patterns in the data I was trained on, I’m not just making things up. I provide information and answers based on the vast amount of text I’ve been trained on. It’s more about recognizing patterns and providing coherent, relevant responses than just “guessing.” Cheers!