Trump’s Truth Social facing a key funding deadline
The ‘blank check’ ally of former president Donald Trump’s media start-up was once a stock-market star. It’s now days away from potential liquidation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technolo ... tal-world/
Trump, said he isn’t going anywhere and that Truth Social was his “home.” In a post there Monday, he wrote, “TRUTH SOCIAL IS THE GREATEST & ‘HOTTEST’ FORM, SYSTEM, & PLATFORM OF COMMUNICATION IN AMERICA, & INDEED THE WORLD, TODAY. THAT’S WHY I USE IT — THERE IS NOTHING THAT COMES EVEN CLOSE!!!”
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In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not gonna have to vote.
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One of the main things happening on Twitter today is Elon blaming the Jewish ADL for his company's problems.
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Here’s an idea…. Maybe talk to the ADL about things instead of blasting them on your platform. He’d rather blow bridges up then build them.
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Saudi Arabia is definitely not on my vacation bucket list.
Saudi Arabia: Man Sentenced to Death for Tweets
Peaceful Criticism on Social Media Brings Death Penalty
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/29/sau ... ath-tweets
A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death based solely on his Twitter, and YouTube activity, Human Rights Watch said today.
On July 10, 2023, the Specialized Criminal Court, Saudi Arabia’s counterterrorism tribunal, convicted Muhammad al-Ghamdi, 54, a retired Saudi teacher, of several criminal offenses related solely to his peaceful expression online. The court sentenced him to death, using his tweets, retweets, and YouTube activity as the evidence against him.
Al-Ghamdi did not have a lawyer for nearly a year and once he finally did obtain legal representation, he was only able to speak with the lawyer immediately in advance of court sessions.
Al-Ghamdi’s brother, Saeed bin Nasser al-Ghamdi, is a well-known Saudi Islamic scholar and government critic living in exile in the United Kingdom. In a tweet on August 24, Saeed wrote that the “false ruling aims to spite me personally after failed attempts by the investigations to return me to the country.” Saudi authorities in recent years have increasingly retaliated against the family members of critics and dissidents abroad in an effort to coerce them to return to the country, Human Rights Watch said.
“Repression in Saudi Arabia has reached a terrifying new stage when a court can hand down the death penalty for nothing more than peaceful tweets,” said Joey Shea, Saudi Arabia researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Saudi authorities have escalated their campaign against all dissent to mind-boggling levels and should reject this travesty of justice.”
Saudi Arabia: Man Sentenced to Death for Tweets
Peaceful Criticism on Social Media Brings Death Penalty
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/29/sau ... ath-tweets
A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death based solely on his Twitter, and YouTube activity, Human Rights Watch said today.
On July 10, 2023, the Specialized Criminal Court, Saudi Arabia’s counterterrorism tribunal, convicted Muhammad al-Ghamdi, 54, a retired Saudi teacher, of several criminal offenses related solely to his peaceful expression online. The court sentenced him to death, using his tweets, retweets, and YouTube activity as the evidence against him.
Al-Ghamdi did not have a lawyer for nearly a year and once he finally did obtain legal representation, he was only able to speak with the lawyer immediately in advance of court sessions.
Al-Ghamdi’s brother, Saeed bin Nasser al-Ghamdi, is a well-known Saudi Islamic scholar and government critic living in exile in the United Kingdom. In a tweet on August 24, Saeed wrote that the “false ruling aims to spite me personally after failed attempts by the investigations to return me to the country.” Saudi authorities in recent years have increasingly retaliated against the family members of critics and dissidents abroad in an effort to coerce them to return to the country, Human Rights Watch said.
“Repression in Saudi Arabia has reached a terrifying new stage when a court can hand down the death penalty for nothing more than peaceful tweets,” said Joey Shea, Saudi Arabia researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Saudi authorities have escalated their campaign against all dissent to mind-boggling levels and should reject this travesty of justice.”
In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not gonna have to vote.
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I think it’s no coincidence that the x logo is not to far off from a swastika. Funny how supposedly brilliant people try to blame their failures on others.
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They can do this if they want to, but I think it's a sketchy thing to do.
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I quite liked this article about the problems the media faces (and contributes to) regarding Trump and the differences between the mainstream media and the right-wing media.
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This is pretty hilarious. The guy tries to make a ridiculous claim about the cost of his airport meal and the “terrible” economy but then others point out it was a $17 meal with $70 worth of whisky.
Synchronicity and all that jazz, man.
"Cool is getting us blown out!"
-Shaheen Holloway
"Cool is getting us blown out!"
-Shaheen Holloway
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David Brooks is a douche.
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What could go wrong?
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I thought this Samantha Bee piece was pretty scathing about Musk. Here's an excerpt:
Invoking that same sobering, empty sensation was the experience, this week, of watching footage of Elon Musk at the southern border. Wherein, the fearless leader of X, put his dork-ass cowboy hat on backwards and went to the Texas border to do a citizen journalism.
I saw it, and for a moment, all was still. I heard the sea. Then my brain caught up.
For in Texas, one of the richest men in the world stood in the presence of some of the most vulnerable people in the world, to level his judgment upon them, and then, just for shits and giggles, went to shoot a 50 caliber weapon into the desert later in the day. Just out there cosplaying as a rootin’ tootin’ sheriff, shooting a weapon no one should have, like a fucking clown, in the presence of folks who had to carry their babies on their backs to escape actual terror.
To which I say a hearty Fuck You.
Obviously he ruined Twitter. Obviously he delights in platforming the worst people in the world in the name of free speech. Obviously he thinks he is being provocative. And obviously it is horrible to observe him so deeply ENJOYING people’s hatred of his provocations. Of course he is goddamned shameless with his own terrible, and toxic opinions. And it is hideous how much power and control multiple governments have acquiesced to this person, with zero oversight.
My GOD I am so sick of very rich men, so truly sick of Very Rich Men thinking that they and they alone can fix things. I am so sick of that belief that being rich equals “every one of my ideas is great”.
Also, aren’t the people of Texas just so thoroughly done with him?
Not that everything needs to be about gender, because of course it doesn't, but honestly…it’s hard to think of a female founder who is like “well now that I have invented an original and very successful type of shapewear, let me dabble in Immigration Policy.”
“I once made a billion dollars smoothing people’s thigh puckers, so let my FIRST priority be advising governments, and my NEXT, conquering space.”
Like I have not once heard the Spanx lady declare that she can either fix an intractable societal issue, or that she wants to be immortal.
Because you damn well know that all these tech dudes want that as well.
All those Silicon Valley tech guys just pouring money into their little longevity/life extension foolishness, gobbling turmeric capsules by the dozens, and measuring their Real Brain Age.
Last week I shared an article about the tech guy who affixed a little doo dad to his penis so that he could measure the intensity of his nighttime erections? I am not sure. I couldn’t read past the words “erection tracker.” In any case they all seem to believe that death is for chumps?
Anyway, chumps like me know that…none of these things are going to work out for them. And we are all confused when Very Rich People begin to believe that they are Gods, dispensing their quote unquote wisdom via fucked up memes on X.
It's pretty obvious that all those tech dudes pursue eternal life because they all know that if reincarnation is real, they are bound to come back as street rats.
You simply cannot make that kind of dough and expect to continue it in the afterlife, no matter what you believe. If you had a billion in THIS life, there’s no way you are coming back for round two in the next.
They have to make this one last forever.
Synchronicity and all that jazz, man.
"Cool is getting us blown out!"
-Shaheen Holloway
"Cool is getting us blown out!"
-Shaheen Holloway
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Was he the one that was linked to the suns for a small moment(wanting to buy)?
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Embarrassingly ignorant.
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I’ve done gigs on US military bases in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and
Qatar. I think they all closed down now except Qatar that has two bases. One is a huge air base and the other an army base that is really a big warehouse filled with shipping containers that house men.
Qatar. I think they all closed down now except Qatar that has two bases. One is a huge air base and the other an army base that is really a big warehouse filled with shipping containers that house men.
In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not gonna have to vote.
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$19b is probably an overestimate at this point.
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Great management, Musk! X was such a stupid decision. Twitter had so much brand recognition. I wish I could afford to lose 25 billion.
Synchronicity and all that jazz, man.
"Cool is getting us blown out!"
-Shaheen Holloway
"Cool is getting us blown out!"
-Shaheen Holloway