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Alex
@formulaalex.bsky.social
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Formula 1, loud music, soft music, and your dog are what interests me the most in these trying times…
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formulaalex.bsky.social
Anybody else hearing that Gojira jam from the Olympics opening ceremony in their heads when they show Gasly taking P3? Just me?
November 23, 2024 at 7:37 AM
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averageface.swifties.social
we are suffering
a screenshot of the lecfosi outpost feed showing us all suffering during quali nofeed
November 23, 2024 at 7:24 AM
formulaalex.bsky.social
That’s what’s up George!!! Tomorrow’s race is gonna be a party!!!!
November 23, 2024 at 7:26 AM
formulaalex.bsky.social
Lmao look at Alpine figuring out race cars at the end of the season.
November 23, 2024 at 7:24 AM
formulaalex.bsky.social
LET’S GO MERCEDES!!!
November 23, 2024 at 7:05 AM
formulaalex.bsky.social
Starting to think that a bag of Nerds Clusters and a fruit punch Monster was not the balanced breakfast I thought it would be.
November 21, 2024 at 4:34 PM
formulaalex.bsky.social
Ok maybe there is a compelling reason to go to the Vegas race in person. Man I hope this features a debut set by DJ Carlos Numero Dos…
Carlos Sainz to host 'Smooth Operator' 12-hour Las Vegas dance party
www.motorsport.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:22 PM
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consideratethieves.bsky.social
Everyone, look at other social media sites like Facebook now. Independent journalism was squashed by algorithms seemingly overnight while misinformation and AI nonsense increase daily. Our “reaches”were cut in half from one week to the next and never recovered despite significant follower increases.
cwarzel.bsky.social Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · Nov 11
i am of course a lil bit conflicted about leaving X (not bc of my followers but bc the job is to reach people and i think filter bubbles can have real effects too) but i think what Musk has done changes the calculus and i laid that case out here
As I was preparing to write this story, I visited some of the most vile corners of the internet. I’ve monitored these spaces for years, and yet this time, I was struck by how little distance there was between them and what X has become. It is impossible to ignore: The difference between X and a known hateful site such as Gab are people like myself. The majority of users are no doubt creators, businesses, journalists, celebrities, political junkies, sports fans, and other perfectly normal people who hold their nose and cling to the site. We are the human shield of respectability that keeps Musk’s disastrous $44 billion investment from being little more than an algorithmically powered Stormfront. The justifications—the lure of the community, the (now-limited) ability to bear witness to news in real time, and of the reach of one’s audience of followers—feel particularly weak today. X’s cultural impact is still real, but its promotional use is nonexistent. (A recent post linking to a story of mine generated 289,000 impressions and 12,900 interactions, but only 948 link clicks—a click rate of roughly 0.00328027682 percent.) NPR, which left the platform in April 2023, reported almost negligible declines in traffic referrals after abandoning the site. Continuing to post on X has been indefensible for some time. But now, more than ever, there is no good justification for adding one’s name to X’s list of active users. To leave the platform, some have argued, is to cede an important ideological battleground to the right. I’ve been sympathetic to this line of thinking, but the battle, on this particular platform, is lost. As long as Musk owns the site, its architecture will favor his political allies. If you see posting to X as a fight, then know it is not a fair one. For example: In October, Musk shared a fake screenshot of an Atlantic article, manipulated to show a fake headline—his post, which he never deleted, garnered more than 18 million views. The Atlantic’s X post debunking Musk’s claim received just 28,000 views. Musk is unfathomably rich. He’s used that money to purchase a platform, take it private, and effectively turn it into a megaphone for the world’s loudest racists. Now he’s attempting to use it to elect a corrupt, election-denying felon to the presidency. To stay on X is not an explicit endorsement of this behavior, but it does help enable it. I’m not at all suggesting—as Musk has previously alleged—that the site be shut down or that Musk should be silenced. But there’s no need to stick around and listen. Why allow Musk to appear even slightly more credible by lending our names, our brands, and our movements to a platform that makes the world more dangerous for real people? To my dismay, I’ve hid from these questions for too long. Now that I’ve confronted them, I have no good answers.
November 15, 2024 at 11:58 PM
formulaalex.bsky.social
Hell yeah, it’s race week friends! After Carlos Sainz was done so, so dirty last year I hope he takes this race. Also rooting for a Mercedes podium, for Williams to not break any cars, and for Stake Sauber to get a point. Just one. Just one point guys. Logan Sargent could do it, you can too!
November 18, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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briantylercohen.bsky.social
Mike Tyson can still win if Mike Pence has the courage.
November 16, 2024 at 6:41 AM
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danielmoxon.bsky.social
I wrote this nearly two years ago now and a lot of things have happened at the FIA since. But a lot of it still feels relevant. The ‘Mr. President’ story gets me every time.
Mohammed ben Sulayem's main character syndrome risks FIA war with F1
Ben Sulayem's time in charge of the FIA so far has been turbulent, and the FIA president's latest comments have annoyed F1 chiefs to the point the lawyers are now involved
www.mirror.co.uk
November 14, 2024 at 4:49 PM
formulaalex.bsky.social
Alright with all the absolutely insane shit happening in US politics today, we need a distraction.

Which current F1 driver pair would win a Project Runway team challenge?

I’m going with Bottas/Zhou with Hamilton Russel being the runners up.

Max/Checo would get auf wiedersehened so fast.
November 14, 2024 at 12:38 AM
formulaalex.bsky.social
Me: “Whoa there sure are a lot of Swifties that are also into Formula 1. Who knew?”

Also me (at COTA this year):
November 13, 2024 at 11:08 PM
formulaalex.bsky.social
I love that the vibe on here is very first day of 7th grade. “Hi, my name’s Alex. I like Formula 1 and loud music. One thing you might not know about me is my leftist ideology and desire to eradicate fascism and nationalism. A couple of summers ago my family went to Disneyland and it was fun.”
November 13, 2024 at 9:54 PM
formulaalex.bsky.social
I’m gonna be honest, I have no idea how to start this thing. Hope it catches on though…
November 13, 2024 at 5:41 PM