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@nats44.bsky.social

Or the people at the top of the corporations make less while those at the bottom make more

November 19, 2024 at 7:04 AM

KirkTheRabid

@kirktherabid.bsky.social

The perceptive nature of asking the proper question and having the research available at your fingertips is equivalent to increasing your IQ.
Imagine an enhanced interface to your personal digital assistant implanted . Sounds like fun.

Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Nov 16

AI is not always hallucinating…

Grok, owned by Musk, concludes:

“Based on various analyses, social media sentiment, and reports, Elon Musk has been identified as one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X since he acquired the platform”

fortune.com/2024/11/14/g...

Elon Musk's AI turns on him, labels him 'one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X'

His posts, it added, “can have real-world consequences."

fortune.com

November 16, 2024 at 8:28 PM

KirkTheRabid

@kirktherabid.bsky.social

Thank you to my more trusted sources of News..

Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · Nov 15

NEW: "Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists"

UK political journalists: "Twitter was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that time is now over...

"We have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky" docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We have used Twitter – now X – for many years. It has been a resource for story-gathering, network-building, and a megaphone for getting public-interest stories to a wider audience. And it has been a well of ideas and discourse.
Unfortunately that well is now poisoned.
All of us have seen X become more toxic and broken since Elon Musk took over in 2022.
Feeds have become less useful. Engagement has plummeted, except for those who will pay. Replies gain traction not through merit, but through the corrupted blue-tick system.
We have seen hate speech and abuse deliberately dialled up and amplified, boosted not just by the algorithm, but by the owner himself.
And England’s racist summer riots were one of many factors suggesting to us that X is not a neutral platform, but a space that now seems to glorify misinformation at a great cost to our public sphere.
Millions of people are ditching X, and we are doing so, too. We have taken the view that it is no longer a useful tool for objective reporting, but a weapon being wielded by a narrowing ideological set.
A tipping point is coming. Perhaps we are already in it.
After much consideration, we have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky. For some of us that means instantly deleting our X accounts, for others it is a more gradual process.
But we are all putting the majority of our efforts into building more constructive online spaces elsewhere for political dialogue and reporting.
Bluesky is becoming a new hub for political discussion, and we encourage other UK journalists to join and become active. We are already seeing far higher engagement on our posts there than we’ve seen recently on X.
And importantly, the mechanisms to limit abuse actually work.
We enjoyed Twitter while it lasted. It played an important role in shaping many of our careers. And it was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that time is now over.
Twitter is dead. Long live Twitter

November 16, 2024 at 8:26 PM

KirkTheRabid

@kirktherabid.bsky.social

Hi Aleksander, I’m back

Aleksandr X @alexanderphoenix.bsky.social · Nov 16

#NAFO
‼️ PLEASE HELP ‼️

Fellas, PLEASE help close the fundraiser for this van URGENTLY needed by my cousin's unit in Pokrovsk.

Just $451 left of $3900.

Please assist - no contribution is too small.

Aleksandr X @alexanderphoenix.bsky.social · Nov 15

‼️ THE PRESIDENTIAL BRIGADE NEAR POKROVSK NEED A NEW MOBILITY VEHICLE ‼️

This van has been in use with my cousin Vasya's unit.

It has been shelled many times - each time the lads managed to patch it up. But now its engine is absolutely destroyed, and the lads need a new van.

Please assist.

November 16, 2024 at 5:44 PM

KirkTheRabid

@kirktherabid.bsky.social

Here

Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social · Nov 15

Who identifies as #NAFO here?

Let's regroup!

November 15, 2024 at 8:41 PM

KirkTheRabid

@kirktherabid.bsky.social

Hundred percent they are going crazy over there on the X
so nice to see you guys here but I’m going back to fight

November 14, 2024 at 5:10 PM

KirkTheRabid

@kirktherabid.bsky.social

@vatniksoup.bsky.social Pekka thanks so much. I will note that following your string of followers will be extremely helpful and I encourage all who do not know him to get him in their list

Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social · Nov 11

I think this was the case before, but a lot of people are actually leaving X/Twitter after the elections. Elon becoming the co-führer seemed to be the last straw for many.

As NAFO, we have to mobilize and create an effective network.

Let me know in the comments and I will follow you!

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Nov 11

Asked a famous writer why he is still on Twitter, and the reply was "90 thousand people are still here, following me. When my numbers near 90K on Threads or Bluesky, I'll shut this down."

November 11, 2024 at 11:12 PM