Maxwell
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This dickhead fires a bunch of people at X because he doesn't know what they do and then blame Ukraine for it. When you get rid of your IT people you have to change alot of passwords and it's hard to do without them. Fuck Elon and X
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Musk points finger at Ukraine for X attack that caused major outages
Elon Musk has pointed the finger at Ukraine for a major cyber attack on X (formerly Twitter), that caused outages throughout Monday. Live blog is closed.
www.newsweek.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This dickhead fires a bunch of people at X because he doesn't know what they do and then blame Ukraine for it. When you get rid of your IT people you have to change alot of passwords and it's hard to do without them. Fuck Elon and X
www.newsweek.com/x-twitter-ou...
www.newsweek.com/x-twitter-ou...
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Chilling read by @okwonga.bsky.social
"Far right’s xenophobia is not at the fringes of German society: it can be found in voices at its very centre"
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
"Far right’s xenophobia is not at the fringes of German society: it can be found in voices at its very centre"
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
Anti-migrant hate is flourishing in Germany’s ‘time of the cowards’ | Musa Okwonga
This weekend’s vote will show how far xenophobia has been driving even some traditionally progressive parties
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Chilling read by @okwonga.bsky.social
"Far right’s xenophobia is not at the fringes of German society: it can be found in voices at its very centre"
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
"Far right’s xenophobia is not at the fringes of German society: it can be found in voices at its very centre"
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
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This might be the first time a president-elect took the oath of office and most of America knew he had already violated it countless times in his decade of public life. Trump 2.0 is off to a nightmare start, for us and the world. My latest @thebulwark.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/lies-and-f...
www.thebulwark.com/p/lies-and-f...
Lies and False Pieties: Don’t Buy Donald Trump’s Presidential Act
He hasn’t suddenly turned into a caring, patriotic statesman who tells the truth.
www.thebulwark.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This might be the first time a president-elect took the oath of office and most of America knew he had already violated it countless times in his decade of public life. Trump 2.0 is off to a nightmare start, for us and the world. My latest @thebulwark.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/lies-and-f...
www.thebulwark.com/p/lies-and-f...
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🧵 The 2 primary reasons I left MAGA were: the acceptance of avoidable deaths, suffering and trauma; and the defense and justification of Trump-inspired political violence.
January 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🧵 The 2 primary reasons I left MAGA were: the acceptance of avoidable deaths, suffering and trauma; and the defense and justification of Trump-inspired political violence.
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
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Can what you eat change your mind? 🍎
My first piece in @theguardian.com on why we like what we like, and the role the gut might play in mental health. Hint: it’s probably not all about the microbiome.
My first piece in @theguardian.com on why we like what we like, and the role the gut might play in mental health. Hint: it’s probably not all about the microbiome.
January 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Can what you eat change your mind? 🍎
My first piece in @theguardian.com on why we like what we like, and the role the gut might play in mental health. Hint: it’s probably not all about the microbiome.
My first piece in @theguardian.com on why we like what we like, and the role the gut might play in mental health. Hint: it’s probably not all about the microbiome.
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I am no expert on this, but, from personal experience, the "man up" approach, which this smacks of heavily of, didn't mean our generation was more "resilient". It meant we were less recognised when struggling. It meant fewer people got support. 1/ #r4today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I am no expert on this, but, from personal experience, the "man up" approach, which this smacks of heavily of, didn't mean our generation was more "resilient". It meant we were less recognised when struggling. It meant fewer people got support. 1/ #r4today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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#TW
Fame does not make you immune to mental illness or suicide.
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Didn't expect to ever have to revisit this matter, but recent tragic events have revealed that it still very much needs saying for some people
#fame #media #mentalhealth
Fame does not make you immune to mental illness or suicide.
open.substack.com/pu...
Didn't expect to ever have to revisit this matter, but recent tragic events have revealed that it still very much needs saying for some people
#fame #media #mentalhealth
January 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
#TW
Fame does not make you immune to mental illness or suicide.
open.substack.com/pu...
Didn't expect to ever have to revisit this matter, but recent tragic events have revealed that it still very much needs saying for some people
#fame #media #mentalhealth
Fame does not make you immune to mental illness or suicide.
open.substack.com/pu...
Didn't expect to ever have to revisit this matter, but recent tragic events have revealed that it still very much needs saying for some people
#fame #media #mentalhealth
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Zuckerberg's about-face on content moderation is a pretty useful lesson for governments. Peter Kyle said government has to treat big tech like nation states because they are so powerful.
But Trump hasn't done that. He demanded they bend the knee and they have. It's worth knowing.
But Trump hasn't done that. He demanded they bend the knee and they have. It's worth knowing.
January 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Zuckerberg's about-face on content moderation is a pretty useful lesson for governments. Peter Kyle said government has to treat big tech like nation states because they are so powerful.
But Trump hasn't done that. He demanded they bend the knee and they have. It's worth knowing.
But Trump hasn't done that. He demanded they bend the knee and they have. It's worth knowing.
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Homosexuality *was* once deemed a mental illness by the medical establishment
But then, the medical establishment once believed that mental illness was due to a detached womb blundering around the body. Thankfully, progress happened
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#MentalHealth #LGBT+
But then, the medical establishment once believed that mental illness was due to a detached womb blundering around the body. Thankfully, progress happened
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#MentalHealth #LGBT+
January 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Homosexuality *was* once deemed a mental illness by the medical establishment
But then, the medical establishment once believed that mental illness was due to a detached womb blundering around the body. Thankfully, progress happened
open.substack.com/pu...
#MentalHealth #LGBT+
But then, the medical establishment once believed that mental illness was due to a detached womb blundering around the body. Thankfully, progress happened
open.substack.com/pu...
#MentalHealth #LGBT+
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New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
January 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
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For the love of God, Guardian. Do we have to keep doing this every bloody week?
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January 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
For the love of God, Guardian. Do we have to keep doing this every bloody week?
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"If something requires work, it's not worth doing" is a very interesting message to be promoting. I assume all the boomers and tech-bros who whine about 'lazy' young people and insist on walking at 4am for maximum productivity will be along to condemn this shortly
January 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"If something requires work, it's not worth doing" is a very interesting message to be promoting. I assume all the boomers and tech-bros who whine about 'lazy' young people and insist on walking at 4am for maximum productivity will be along to condemn this shortly
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This also reveals how accruing endless wealth is ultimately pointless
You're richer than all the pharaohs combined? Doesn't mean you can buy hands that don't crumble on impact if you punch something, like a 'real man'. It just means the insecurities you develop as a result have more consequences
You're richer than all the pharaohs combined? Doesn't mean you can buy hands that don't crumble on impact if you punch something, like a 'real man'. It just means the insecurities you develop as a result have more consequences
Even if i didn't think it was BS, I'm not being lectured on 'masculinity' by a sentient toilet brush that got rich by inventing online stalking
January 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This also reveals how accruing endless wealth is ultimately pointless
You're richer than all the pharaohs combined? Doesn't mean you can buy hands that don't crumble on impact if you punch something, like a 'real man'. It just means the insecurities you develop as a result have more consequences
You're richer than all the pharaohs combined? Doesn't mean you can buy hands that don't crumble on impact if you punch something, like a 'real man'. It just means the insecurities you develop as a result have more consequences
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The man in charge of social media platforms used by billions should show some moral courage, writes @jemima.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/682c...
January 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The man in charge of social media platforms used by billions should show some moral courage, writes @jemima.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/682c...
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“I am confident that historians, with the clarity of hindsight, will focus less on Biden’s softening voice and tentative gait — and more on all that he managed to achieve in a single term. He . . . leaves the nation much better off than he found it.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Time caught up with Biden. It will also prove him right.
Biden inherited a mess. He leaves the U.S. in far better shape, at home and abroad.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
“I am confident that historians, with the clarity of hindsight, will focus less on Biden’s softening voice and tentative gait — and more on all that he managed to achieve in a single term. He . . . leaves the nation much better off than he found it.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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“If Bannon-Musk is Iran-Iraq I’m with Bannon…He believes in the populist revolution. He’s in a different category than Musk, who has decided he should be god-emperor of the solar system. Bannon has ideological goals; Musk has personal, vaguely psychosexual desires.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Begun, the MAGA Wars Have
It’s Steve Bannon and Laura Loomer vs. Elon Musk and David Sacks. Who you got?
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January 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
“If Bannon-Musk is Iran-Iraq I’m with Bannon…He believes in the populist revolution. He’s in a different category than Musk, who has decided he should be god-emperor of the solar system. Bannon has ideological goals; Musk has personal, vaguely psychosexual desires.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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January 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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The only thing worse for your brain than having hundreds of strangers publicly saying mean things about you is when that's combined with hundreds of other people publicly worshipping you.
Some of the people Twitter drove craziest were those with both many critics and utterly fanatical fan-bases.
Some of the people Twitter drove craziest were those with both many critics and utterly fanatical fan-bases.
Obviously social media hasn't been great for the population at large, but I think an underrated effect is how it's radicalized public figures. Getting hundreds of people saying mean or annoying things to you all day is basically Scarlet Rot for your brain.
December 30, 2024 at 5:09 PM
The only thing worse for your brain than having hundreds of strangers publicly saying mean things about you is when that's combined with hundreds of other people publicly worshipping you.
Some of the people Twitter drove craziest were those with both many critics and utterly fanatical fan-bases.
Some of the people Twitter drove craziest were those with both many critics and utterly fanatical fan-bases.
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Time for an end of year 🧵. Apologies for the enormous length.
December 30, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Time for an end of year 🧵. Apologies for the enormous length.
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Prospect’s books of the year 2024: Politics & Reportage
From the return of Donald Trump—and how he pulled it off—to the story of one of the world’s most significant, most mysterious investors...
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From the return of Donald Trump—and how he pulled it off—to the story of one of the world’s most significant, most mysterious investors...
www.prospectmagazine...
Prospect’s books of the year 2024: Politics & Reportage
From the return of Donald Trump—and how he pulled it off—to the story of one of the world’s most significant, most mysterious investors
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Prospect’s books of the year 2024: Politics & Reportage
From the return of Donald Trump—and how he pulled it off—to the story of one of the world’s most significant, most mysterious investors...
www.prospectmagazine...
From the return of Donald Trump—and how he pulled it off—to the story of one of the world’s most significant, most mysterious investors...
www.prospectmagazine...
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Happy new year! Here’s some tips from me in WIRED about how to build a healthier relationship with your screen tech: www.wired.com/story/health...
How to Build a Healthier Relationship With Your Screen
Don’t panic, doomscrollers: It’s possible to reframe your habits and make screen time more positive and curated.
www.wired.com
January 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Happy new year! Here’s some tips from me in WIRED about how to build a healthier relationship with your screen tech: www.wired.com/story/health...
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Christmas Timey-wimey: why it's hard to tell what day it is during the festive period
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An evidence-based neuroscientific explanation for why we lose track of what day it is during the festive break
#brains #memory #Christmas #time #DoctorWho
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An evidence-based neuroscientific explanation for why we lose track of what day it is during the festive break
#brains #memory #Christmas #time #DoctorWho
December 31, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Christmas Timey-wimey: why it's hard to tell what day it is during the festive period
open.substack.com/pu...
An evidence-based neuroscientific explanation for why we lose track of what day it is during the festive break
#brains #memory #Christmas #time #DoctorWho
open.substack.com/pu...
An evidence-based neuroscientific explanation for why we lose track of what day it is during the festive break
#brains #memory #Christmas #time #DoctorWho