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ChemicalEyeGuy

@ChemicalEyeGuy@mstdn.science

#STEAM advocate and Master of the Atomic Domain (chemist) professing in the ‘Boro. My research profile on ResearchGate.net is here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Preston-Macdougall An archive of 'Chemical Eye' commentaries that aired on WMOT public radio in Nashville-Murfreesboro is here: http://www.sitnews.us/MacDougall/list.html
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arstechnica , to Random stuff
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“Outrageously” priced weight-loss drugs could bankrupt US health care

Prices would need to be dramatically slashed to avoid increasing the national deficit.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/outrageously-priced-weight-loss-drugs-could-bankrupt-us-health-care/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica Or…

ScienceDesk , to Space & Science
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Millennia ago, Neanderthals and humans met, mingled and mated. And your health may depend on DNA from these long-lost ancestors. Live Science explains how "in some places in our genome, we're more Neanderthal than we are human.” https://flip.it/qiJdOD

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@ScienceDesk Is that an ancestor of ?

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Twitter URLs redirect to x.com as Musk gets closer to killing the Twitter name

X.com stops redirecting to Twitter.com over a year after company name change.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/twitter-urls-redirect-to-x-com-as-musk-gets-closer-to-killing-the-twitter-name/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica :birdsite: 👉 🚽, so twits still tweeting are 💩s.

Does this apply to YOU? 🤔 I hope not!

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies

Alleged $6.8M conspiracy involved "laptop farm," identity theft, and résumé coaching.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/arizona-woman-accused-of-helping-north-koreans-get-remote-it-jobs-at-300-companies/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica

+ =

up and down.

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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He blamed “Mrs. Alito”!🤦🏻‍♀️

At Justice ’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display

An upside-down flag, adopted by supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU0.Ul57.KzkpFSD-0V_Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@GottaLaff

+ =

to because is true!

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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NC Senate passes bill to make it illegal to publicly mask for health reasons

Senators skeptical of legal trouble for harmless masking after moving to make it illegal.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/nc-senate-passes-bill-to-make-it-illegal-to-publicly-mask-for-health-reasons/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica Surgeons? 😂

from morons.
up and down!

ScienceDesk , to Space & Science
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For the fifth time in three years, a group of orcas has sunk a ship in southwest Europe. This time an unknown number of killer whales attacked a 50-foot sailing yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar, ripped open its hull and sent the boat to the seafloor. Live Science has more, including what happened to the crew and why researchers believe the attacks are a learned behavior that could increase in the coming months. https://flip.it/0KoMeL

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@ScienceDesk is fighting and recruiting for .

TheConversationUS , to Random stuff
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Many Americans believe Congress could be fixed with a simple solution: Throw the bums out with term limits.

But that creates more problems than it solves, says political scientists.

For one, members in their legally mandated final term in office enjoy a kind of "senioritis" -- and experience apathy toward being productive in their final year, because they don't have to face the voters again at the ballot box.

https://theconversation.com/term-limits-arent-the-answer-229090

video/mp4

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@TheConversationUS Not many are good at . International standardized tests bear this out.

And you don’t need to know anything about to know that the simple solution to is to . It’s not rocket 🚀 surgery, it’s just basic . 🤷🏻‍♂️

taylorlorenz , to Random stuff
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Revealed: US university lecturer behind far-right Twitter account and publishing house. Guardian investigation identifies Jonathan Keeperman, a former lecturer at the University of California, Irvine, as ‘Lomez’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/far-right-twitter-identity-revealed

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@taylorlorenz And once again, this is why I keep saying “ :birdsite: 👉 🚽, so twits still tweeting are 💩s!”

This applies to whoever is reading this toot. If you tweet, YOU are a 💩!

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Anti-pasteurization crowd reaffirms love of raw milk despite bird flu outbreak

Raw milk fans called warnings "fear mongering," despite 52% fatality rate in humans.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/anti-pasteurization-crowd-reaffirms-love-of-raw-milk-despite-bird-flu-outbreak/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica

and add to the mountain of evidence. 🤷🏻‍♂️

TheConversationUS , (edited ) to Random stuff
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Mexico claims that U.S. gun-makers engaged in “deliberate efforts to create and maintain an illegal market for their weapons in Mexico.”
Mexico’s lawsuit says:
> The manufacturers intentionally design their weapons to be attractive to criminal organizations in Mexico
> That illegal gun trafficking flows from the industry’s design choices, marketing and distribution practices.
> Feeding demand for illegal weapons is central to the industry’s business model
https://theconversation.com/mexico-is-suing-us-gun-makers-for-arming-its-gangs-and-a-us-court-could-award-billions-in-damages-223598

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@TheConversationUS Good! Everybody who has ever been impacted by a gun should sue gun manufacturers and gun dealers. Bleed them to death in court!!

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip

It's unclear what caused the retraction or how many threads have become displaced.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/elon-musks-neuralink-reports-trouble-with-first-human-brain-chip/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica There’s more than one kind of in the today! 🧠🪱

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Anti-vaccine doc who railed about magnetism, 5G gets medical license back

She also claimed cities liquified dead bodies and poured them into the water supply.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/anti-vaccine-doc-who-railed-about-magnetism-5g-gets-medical-license-back/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica So, after this ⬆️, a medical license in is now a guarantee of nada? 🤷🏻‍♂️

How do the medical students and faculty at Reserve School of feel about this demotion in their accreditation? 🤔

ChemicalEyeGuy , to Random stuff
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suspends shipments of weapons to after stall and plans invasion.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-suspends-weapons-shipment-israel_n_6637d3b4e4b03d2898dd526d

davidho , to Random stuff
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Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is designed to capture government subsidies and not carbon. 🙃

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@davidho Will it be at the expense of ‘’ by the boondogglers? They’ve had over SIX decades of successful ‘green’ 💰 sequestration!

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Two seconds of hope for fusion power

A fusion reactor in San Diego surpasses a limit on plasma density.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/two-seconds-of-hope-for-fusion-power/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica The is like on funding . “Never gonna give you up!”

georgetakei , to Random stuff
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Whether it's the Electoral College, the U.S. Senate, or partisan gerrymandering, Republicans have mastered the art of exploiting anti-majoritarian structures in our system to wield power. Join us for a conversation with author Ari Berman, whose new book Minority Rule explores this GOP power play and what we can do to combat it. Catch up on this eye-opening discussion at The Big Picture here. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/ari-berman-minority-rule-republicans

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@georgetakei Anti-majoritarian structures are part of the political of the . There is a mechanism to change that. The rest is just yada-yada.

There are two easy-peasie ways to avoid the current hyper-partisanship that is an existential threat to .

  1. (available in some states)
  2. (available in all states)
taylorlorenz , to Random stuff
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Stanford Professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who advocates for mass COVID infection, rails against masking and who has cast doubt on the utility/safety of the mRNA COVD vaccines, just won an award with major prize money from one of the most powerful right-wing foundations in America. https://www.importantcontext.news/p/covid-contrarian-doctor-scores-big

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@taylorlorenz University has TWO ‘ ‘? 😳

is the other, in addition to .
🦠 ☠️

w7voa , to Random stuff
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The Gateway Pundit website, which manufactured false information about US elections, declares bankruptcy in response to defamation lawsuits. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/gateway-pundit-rightwing-website-bankruptcy

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@w7voa Great news 📰!

Keep suing ALL the bastards! And the . And the Earth-boilers. And the corrupt opioid distributors. And…

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000

Thermonator, the first "flamethrower-wielding robot dog," is completely legal in 48 US states.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/you-can-now-buy-a-flame-throwing-robot-dog-for-under-10000/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica This is very bad news for and his grifters. in the cult cannot resist buying a flame-throwing dog, and the $10,000 will clean-out their savings that would otherwise go to for and other shit! 😂

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica ⬆️ Very bad news for . Who needs to go to a when you can have a flame-throwing dog in your backyard?! 😂

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Tesla cuts the price of Full Self Driving option from $12,000 to $8,000

With the Model 2 cancelled, FSD is more important to Tesla than ever.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-cuts-the-price-of-full-self-driving-option-from-12000-to-8000/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica Are the " " stickers still free?

TheConversationUS , (edited ) to Privacy
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Forcing a Chinese company to sell TikTok won’t solve the biggest problem with : the fact that so people get their “” from platforms that are designed to hijack attention for commercial gain, not to deliver reliable information.

If China wants information on Americans, it can buy data from companies since there are no effective laws.

And American-owned Facebook and X have shown themselves to be as bad or worse as TikTok at spreading .

https://theconversation.com/tiktok-fears-point-to-larger-problem-poor-media-literacy-in-the-social-media-age-226667

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@TheConversationUS Federal politicians will not, and cannot fix “the biggest problem with “ (that it is a primary source of ‘ ‘ for millions of ).

That’s because the ‘problem’ is lack of skills. So only fixing our failing system can do that!

State politicians need to support, instead of degrade . And ‘leaders’ need to make preparation programs more competitive and of higher quality.

ib , to Non Political Twitter
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On there occur a lot of tweets tagged . But this seems to be a confusion. Today is ' . 's World Heritage Day is on June 2nd this year.
• icomos.org/en
• whc.unesco.org/en/events/1164/
• unesco-welterbetag.de/en
@museum @archaeodons @antiquidons @histodons

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@ib @histodons @archaeodons @antiquidons @museum A cartoon to simultaneously celebrate as well as ? 🤔

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Cisco warns of large-scale credential compromise attack that’s likely to get bigger

Attacks coming from nearly 4,000 IP addresses take aim at VPNs, SSH and web apps.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/cisco-warns-of-large-scale-credential-compromise-attack-thats-likely-to-get-bigger/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica How is involved?

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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So much for free speech on X; Musk confirms new users must soon pay to post

The fee, likely $1, is aimed at stopping “relentless” bots, Musk said.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/so-much-for-free-speech-on-x-musk-confirms-new-users-must-soon-pay-to-post/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica :birdsite: 👉 🚽, so twits still tweeting are 💩s.

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Tesla to lay off more than 10 percent of its workers as sales slow

"Cost reductions and increased productivity" needed, says Musk.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-more-than-10-percent-of-its-workers-as-sales-slow/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica 🍿

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Tesla stops cybertruck deliveries—accelerator pedal may be to blame

Owners will have to wait until April 20 for deliveries to resume.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-stops-cybertruck-deliveries-accelerator-pedal-may-be-to-blame/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica Every should come with an “ “ sticker!

thetyee , to Random stuff
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Ideology > evidence?

Alberta’s UCP government tabled legislation Tuesday to establish its Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence.

It appears to be the drug-treatment equivalent of the UCP’s notorious Alberta energy war room. David Climenhaga writes.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/10/Alberta-UCP-Drug-Crisis-Recovery-War-Room-Ideology-Over-Evidence/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@thetyee Cults of ignorance know no borders!

TechDesk , to Non Political Twitter
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Users of Elon Musk's X have reported that the site has been automatically replacing any mentions of "Twitter.com" to "X.com" — without their permission.

@Mashable called the move "a scammer's dream and a disaster waiting to happen," which prompted users themselves to act to prevent potential phishing scams.

A patch has since been rolled out to reverse the controversial move, but hadn't fixed the issue in its entirety at the time of writing.

https://flip.it/8788wZ

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@TechDesk @Mashable :birdsite: 👉 🚽, so twits still tweeting are 💩s!

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Trump really wants to get someone killed & is way overdue for some jail time.

Via Kyle Griffin:

Days after a man was arrested for threatening Judge Arthur Engoron and New York AG Letitia James — saying he would kill them if they didn't stop the civil fraud case against Trump — Donald attacks both Engoron and James online.

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@GottaLaff As spontaneously said to who was watching the : “Isn’t ?” 😂

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Via Vaughn Hillyard, more comments from on the insurrection.

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@GottaLaff In Dynasty News, the K in still stands for , but the RF now stands for rat 🐀 fuc%er. 🤷🏻‍♂️

TheConversationUS , to blackmastodon group
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Stop it, Shapiro – rap is and has always been a form of music.

https://theconversation.com/ben-shapiros-hip-hop-hypocrisy-and-white-male-grievance-lands-him-on-top-of-pop-music-charts-for-a-brief-moment-222545
@blackmastodon

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@TheConversationUS @blackmastodon When said he was moving to , , aka . 👀 👃 👉 https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/asshole-moving-to-town/article_56a64808-f050-5473-aa43-9c4631cc667f.html

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Medicare forced to expand forms to fit 10-digit bills—a penny shy of $100M

Previously, some doctors had to divide bills by 10 and submit 10 claims to get costs covered.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/medical-bills-are-getting-so-big-medicare-had-to-add-two-extra-digits-on-forms/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica Maybe pay doctors less than demigods? 🤔

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Missouri county declares state of emergency amid suspected ransomware attack

Outage occurs on same day as special election, but election offices remain open.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/missouri-county-declares-state-of-emergency-amid-suspected-ransomware-attack/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica “ is probably rat 🐀 poison ☠️ squared.” - Warren Buffett

and go together like strychnine and arsenic!

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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X’s new head of safety must toe Elon Musk’s line where others failed

X also announced a new head of brand safety, hoping to woo back advertisers.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/xs-new-head-of-safety-must-toe-elon-musks-line-where-others-failed/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@arstechnica :birdsite: 👉 🚽, so twits still tweeting are 💩s.

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    ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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    @GossiTheDog investors: “Hold my beer 🍺!”

    TheConversationUS , to Random stuff
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    Unsurprisingly, voters with more sexist attitudes were more likely to support Trump over Haley.

    https://theconversation.com/yes-sexism-among-republican-voters-helped-sink-nikki-haleys-presidential-campaign-225434

    ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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    @TheConversationUS And that’s why 1 in 5 voters continue to vote for in primaries, and will probably vote for in . ✅

    arstechnica , to Random stuff
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    Quantum computing progress: Higher temps, better error correction

    Amazon, IBM, and traditional silicon makers all working toward error correction.

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/quantum-computing-progress-higher-temps-better-error-correction/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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    @arstechnica ‘Error correction’ in is to redo the calculation with an actual computer to see if there’s an error to be corrected. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    rbreich , to Random stuff
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    Something is happening even in deeply red Alabama. A Democrat, Marilyn Lands, who ran on a platform of protecting abortion rights and IVF, just defeated her GOP opponent by 25 points in a swing district Trump won narrowly in 2020.

    Reproductive rights matter to voters everywhere.

    ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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    @rbreich

    arstechnica , to Random stuff
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    Bridge collapses put transportation agencies’ emergency plans to the test

    Agencies need to build or find excess vehicle capacity before a bridge fails.

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/bridge-collapses-put-transportation-agencies-emergency-plans-to-the-test/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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    @arstechnica Heckuva job, !

    dangillmor , to Random stuff
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    Asshole actor is aggrieved because -- he claims -- an airline said "Find another way to get where you're going" after he objected to sitting next to someone who was wearing a mask.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna144887

    ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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    @dangillmor “Momma always said ‘(Deplorable) is as (Deplorable) does!’” - Forrest Gump

    🧬?

    dangillmor , to Random stuff
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    Journalism observers are saying NBC's craven hiring of Trump world apparatchik Ronna McDaniel "crossed a line" of some kind.

    https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/nbc_hire_ronna_mcdaniel_todd_welker.php

    This is absurd. Big Journalism crossed the line in question long ago.

    The only difference this time is that a few high-profile media personalities said something about it, publicly.

    Even if/when she's kicked to the curb, there will be plenty of right-wing liars on network TV "news" and quoted incessantly in "news" coverage.

    ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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    @dangillmor There seems to be not a straight line, but a double-helical one 🧬 , from the modern invention of by to the of mainstream media ‘news’ today. 🤔

    https://insidestory.org.au/the-myth-of-keith-murdochs-gallipoli-letter/

    taylorlorenz , to Random stuff
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    Emails obtained via FOIA by The Intercept show Elon Musk's Twitter/X was selling user data for government surveillance at the exact same time it was fighting government surveillance in court https://theintercept.com/2024/03/25/elon-musk-x-dataminr-surveillance-privacy/

    ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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    @taylorlorenz The egregious of is essentially a positive 🧬 test for full cult membership. ✅


    :birdsite: 👉 🚽, so twits still tweeting are 💩s.

    ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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    @taylorlorenz :birdsite: 👉 🚽, so twits still tweeting are 💩s.

    georgetakei , to Random stuff
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    Take a disturbing dive into the culture of Ivy League privilege in writer Amelia Christnot's latest piece on The Big Picture. Through personal anecdotes and incisive commentary, she takes a look at how privileged predators like Trump, Kavanaugh, and Brock Turner are made. 👇 https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/culture-made-trump-kavanaugh-turner

    ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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    @georgetakei 🇨🇦, ban .

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    ScienceDesk , to Random stuff
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    On the Aral Sea, graves rise above the dust. They’re reminders of the life its waters once sustained.

    AP reports "climate change — paired with engineering and agricultural projects — has left behind largely wasteland, with only pockets of water where few animals, plants or people can live."

    https://flip.it/VDCX6S

    ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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    @ScienceDesk is doing to the economy what the did to the . 🤷‍♂️

    w7voa , to Random stuff
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    The former president of Brazil, President Bolsonaro, has been indicted for criminal association and falsifying his own COVID-19 vaccination data. https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/noticia/2024/03/19/pf-indicia-bolsonaro-cid-e-deputado-por-falsificacao-em-certificados-da-vacinacao.ghtml

    ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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    @w7voa Have the made him an offer?

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