Did any of those stories come from people who have been openly trying to manufacture this exact same story for years now? Did they come out conveniently at a time they would have the most benefit for the people who've been trying to manufacture that story? Rudy, Trump and the New York Post have lost the benefit of the doubt in this situation.
Fortunately conservatives have Parler and Gab where they can share misinformation to their hearts content... Oh wait, they don't want that, they want an audience for their lies and they know normal people aren't super keen on going places where hate flows free.
I know they need money to keep the site going, and I doubt there's any editorial interference, but it just struck me as somewhat jarring to see the two things side by side.
And next to the article on how terrible it is that corporations are writing laws that benefit them, an announcement of a sponsorship from one of the Koch brothers.
i'm sure the vast majority of the patent trolls are waiting to see what's actually developed before striking, they'd rather not have to deal with governments working to strike down their patents if they're seen as gumming up ther works. Once something is developed and out there, then they'll sue.
She knows she's going to be primaried out at some point and has got her sights set in being the token democrat on Fox News and at right wing thinktanks who screams the left has gone too far when they propose even the most milquetoast reforms to clearly broken systems.
Basically they set up a commission, stacked it with guys like Kobach who've built their careers on voter fraud claims and even they found nothing. They refused to release documents to the democrats involved then disbanded so they wouldn't have to publically admit there is no problem.
A commission investigating why people hate cops? This will go about as well as the one they ran on voter fraud, the one they shut down and refuse to disclose the findings from because the things they found weren't the politically convenient things they wanted.
They won't be happy until the entire internet is forced to become as conservative dominated as talk radio, and the only way they can do that is by turning every site into the same kind of right wing lunatic petrie dish as facebook.
Makes one wonder how much footage shows like this and COPS deleted of police officers actively committing crimes against people they deem suspects based on nothing more than race, wealth and location.
Because the republican base of elderly racists is dying off, and doing so at an accelerated rate because of their policy. They've reached the limit of what they can do via gerrymandering to optimise the amount of power per voter so now they're trying to recruit. They refuse point blank to remove the racism, bigotry and misogyny from the party platform, so their go to strategy is brainwashing and grooming, things they regularly accuse others of. By forcing websites and academic institutions to host hate speech and spam, they're hoping to radicalise as many they can, give them someone else to blame for their lives, some dreaded other they can lash out at, rather than the never ending river of right wing uber capitalist policy driving the English speaking world toward the fascist cliff.
Re: Re: Re: The reports of astronomy's death are greatly exagger
Why can't a portion of the billions made by Starlink go to mitigating the damage caused by Starlink? Hi, visitor from another planet, here on earth we have this thing called capitalism, where companies do nothing that would cost them money that they are not obligated by law to do.
Elon Musk is doing this to make money for Elon Musk. He is not doing this so orphanages on to of the Andes can have free broadband or to pave the way to lead humanity into space as our heroic tech daddy. He selfishly mucked up astronomy for people and has no plan to fix it, no desire to even come up with one. His plan is to make money from Starlink, then move along to the next project which makes money and brings attention himself, it is not nimbyism to be angered by the damage he causes along the way. He could have waited a few years, come up with ways to mitigate then issues he has caused, but he did not, he wanted to be first to make money with a shiny new space toy, that's it.
Re: The reports of astronomy's death are greatly exaggerated
Shame we don't live in a world where money is no object for the unglamorous side of science, isn't it? 'Put more telescopes in space' is a fantastic idea, except the funding is not there and will never be there in the current anti-science climate, Elon Musk certainly isn't going to be putting a penny toward that. Even if they did produce space telescopes for every institution that required one, that still leaves all the amateur astronomers who are still doing essential work mapping the night sky SOL... But hey, Musk has a new fancy space toy, that's all he cares about.
While he hasn't manage to disrupt telecoms, he's managed to disrupt earth based astronomy, so that's something... Not something he should be proud of, but he probably is.
But remember folks, Facebook have a liberal bias and are run by leftists who work night and day to crush the right and absolutely aren't more than happy to serve as a petri dish for violent far right groups and conspiracy theorists because there's money to be made, in spite of all the evidence that they are.
I wish we lived in a world where facebook was as stacked with leftists as these people claim, one where it didn't have amoral libertarian robots at the very top and republican strategists lower down the ladder kneecapping any attempt by the few people with a conscience in the company to combat the lunatic antivaxxers, bigots and far right groups running rampant across the platform. We'd live in a world where Fox, Breitbart and articles from Ben Shapiro's right wing blog weren't the most shared sources of 'news' each week.
On the post: Facebook & Twitter Try To Limit The Spread Of Sketchy NY Post Story; Leading To Ridiculous Trumpist Meltdown
Re: What the hell happened to Techdirt
Did any of those stories come from people who have been openly trying to manufacture this exact same story for years now? Did they come out conveniently at a time they would have the most benefit for the people who've been trying to manufacture that story? Rudy, Trump and the New York Post have lost the benefit of the doubt in this situation.
On the post: Facebook & Twitter Try To Limit The Spread Of Sketchy NY Post Story; Leading To Ridiculous Trumpist Meltdown
Fortunately conservatives have Parler and Gab where they can share misinformation to their hearts content... Oh wait, they don't want that, they want an audience for their lies and they know normal people aren't super keen on going places where hate flows free.
On the post: FBI Sent A Special Task Force To Portland To 'Exploit' Phones Taken From Protesters
Re:
Republicans want a government so small they can have it step on the necks of people who disagree with them.
On the post: As COVID Highlights U.S. Broadband Failures, State Bans On Community Broadband Look Dumber Than Ever
Re: I still trust Mike, though.
I know they need money to keep the site going, and I doubt there's any editorial interference, but it just struck me as somewhat jarring to see the two things side by side.
On the post: As COVID Highlights U.S. Broadband Failures, State Bans On Community Broadband Look Dumber Than Ever
And next to the article on how terrible it is that corporations are writing laws that benefit them, an announcement of a sponsorship from one of the Koch brothers.
On the post: US Patent Boss Says No Evidence Of Patents Holding Back COVID Treatments, Days Before Pharma Firms Prove He's Wrong
i'm sure the vast majority of the patent trolls are waiting to see what's actually developed before striking, they'd rather not have to deal with governments working to strike down their patents if they're seen as gumming up ther works. Once something is developed and out there, then they'll sue.
On the post: Texas Grand Jury Indicts Netflix For 'Lewd Exhibition' Of Children In Its Movie 'Cuties'
I'm sure a statewide ban on the actual child beauty pageants is soon to follow, right?
On the post: Reps. Gabbard And Gosar Introduce Ridiculous House Companion To Ridiculous Anti-230 Senate Bill From Senator Kennedy
Re: Re: Well, what law is she conversant in?
She knows she's going to be primaried out at some point and has got her sights set in being the token democrat on Fox News and at right wing thinktanks who screams the left has gone too far when they propose even the most milquetoast reforms to clearly broken systems.
On the post: Federal Court Says Trump's Law Enforcement Commission Violates Federal Law
Re: Re:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Advisory_Commission_on_Election_Integrity
Basically they set up a commission, stacked it with guys like Kobach who've built their careers on voter fraud claims and even they found nothing. They refused to release documents to the democrats involved then disbanded so they wouldn't have to publically admit there is no problem.
On the post: Federal Court Says Trump's Law Enforcement Commission Violates Federal Law
A commission investigating why people hate cops? This will go about as well as the one they ran on voter fraud, the one they shut down and refuse to disclose the findings from because the things they found weren't the politically convenient things they wanted.
On the post: Congressional Republicans With No Strategy On Pandemic, Healthcare, Societal Problems... Have Decided That The Internet Is The Real Problem
They won't be happy until the entire internet is forced to become as conservative dominated as talk radio, and the only way they can do that is by turning every site into the same kind of right wing lunatic petrie dish as facebook.
On the post: Verizon Is Still Abusing The Hell Out Of The Word 'Unlimited'
Unlimited bullsh*t.
On the post: Sheriff Indicted For Evidence Tampering After Footage Of Deputies Killing An Unarmed Black Man Was Destroyed By Reality Show Producers
Makes one wonder how much footage shows like this and COPS deleted of police officers actively committing crimes against people they deem suspects based on nothing more than race, wealth and location.
On the post: Why Do Republican Senators Seem To Want To Turn Every Website Into A Trash Heap Of Racism & Abuse?
Because the republican base of elderly racists is dying off, and doing so at an accelerated rate because of their policy. They've reached the limit of what they can do via gerrymandering to optimise the amount of power per voter so now they're trying to recruit. They refuse point blank to remove the racism, bigotry and misogyny from the party platform, so their go to strategy is brainwashing and grooming, things they regularly accuse others of. By forcing websites and academic institutions to host hate speech and spam, they're hoping to radicalise as many they can, give them someone else to blame for their lives, some dreaded other they can lash out at, rather than the never ending river of right wing uber capitalist policy driving the English speaking world toward the fascist cliff.
On the post: Report Notes Musk's Starlink Won't Have The Capacity To Truly Disrupt U.S. Telecom
Re: Re: Re: The reports of astronomy's death are greatly exagger
Why can't a portion of the billions made by Starlink go to mitigating the damage caused by Starlink? Hi, visitor from another planet, here on earth we have this thing called capitalism, where companies do nothing that would cost them money that they are not obligated by law to do.
Elon Musk is doing this to make money for Elon Musk. He is not doing this so orphanages on to of the Andes can have free broadband or to pave the way to lead humanity into space as our heroic tech daddy. He selfishly mucked up astronomy for people and has no plan to fix it, no desire to even come up with one. His plan is to make money from Starlink, then move along to the next project which makes money and brings attention himself, it is not nimbyism to be angered by the damage he causes along the way. He could have waited a few years, come up with ways to mitigate then issues he has caused, but he did not, he wanted to be first to make money with a shiny new space toy, that's it.
On the post: Report Notes Musk's Starlink Won't Have The Capacity To Truly Disrupt U.S. Telecom
Re: The reports of astronomy's death are greatly exaggerated
Shame we don't live in a world where money is no object for the unglamorous side of science, isn't it? 'Put more telescopes in space' is a fantastic idea, except the funding is not there and will never be there in the current anti-science climate, Elon Musk certainly isn't going to be putting a penny toward that. Even if they did produce space telescopes for every institution that required one, that still leaves all the amateur astronomers who are still doing essential work mapping the night sky SOL... But hey, Musk has a new fancy space toy, that's all he cares about.
On the post: Report Notes Musk's Starlink Won't Have The Capacity To Truly Disrupt U.S. Telecom
While he hasn't manage to disrupt telecoms, he's managed to disrupt earth based astronomy, so that's something... Not something he should be proud of, but he probably is.
On the post: Facebook Sued For Not Preventing A Bunch A White Guys With Guns From Traveling To A Protest To Shoot People
But remember folks, Facebook have a liberal bias and are run by leftists who work night and day to crush the right and absolutely aren't more than happy to serve as a petri dish for violent far right groups and conspiracy theorists because there's money to be made, in spite of all the evidence that they are.
On the post: Josh Hawley Is A Lying Demagogue Who Has Built A Fake Fantasy World About 'Evil Big Tech'
I wish we lived in a world where facebook was as stacked with leftists as these people claim, one where it didn't have amoral libertarian robots at the very top and republican strategists lower down the ladder kneecapping any attempt by the few people with a conscience in the company to combat the lunatic antivaxxers, bigots and far right groups running rampant across the platform. We'd live in a world where Fox, Breitbart and articles from Ben Shapiro's right wing blog weren't the most shared sources of 'news' each week.
On the post: Josh Hawley Is A Lying Demagogue Who Has Built A Fake Fantasy World About 'Evil Big Tech'
Re: Re: Journalists
If you're to the left of Newt Gingrich, you're a leftist to these people now.
Next >>