The myth of Musk has become increasingly tattered over recent years. He’s no MoTU, not a world-spanning genius uniquely able to bend technology to his will. As the Twitter debacle has made obvious, he’s no more than an ordinarily clever guy who parlayed a family apartheid fortune and some good timing into early Silicon Valley …
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Quickie Muskrat Gigging.
Musk is, of course, the gift that keeps on giving. Today’s Twitter outage is a case study in why most tech companies don’t fire most of their engineers in one go. But there was another story that caught my eye, as an illustration of how little Musk-ish MoTUs grasp normal human emotion–despite what I’m sure …
The Worst People In The World, Utterly Toxic Capitalism Division
I threw up in my mouth reading this: Elsie Saunders told a reporter that her husband, “a World War II and Korean War veteran,” who died of COVID-19 in August, wanted to perform one more act of service, donating his body to “help advance medical science.” That’s not what happened: David Saunders’ body ended up …
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You Done Put Me In A Trick Bag
The national & international news has been a LOT the past week and I doubt this week will change that. I just want to draw your attention to a hyper local election that happened over a month ago and what it might mean for the CA recall and other races going forward. August 27th I …
Reason ∞ Why I Hate Republicans, Dixie Fire edition
What can we count on the GOP to deliver? Here’s a couple of things: Inaction in the face of climate change. Refusal to regulate vital industries. I haven’t got confirmation from the ground yet, but the latest fire maps leave little room for doubt. The Dixie Fire exploded yesterday, burning through the mountain town of …
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Repub Stupidity Open Thread: The Fragile Snowflakes of the Federalist Society
A Stanford Law student sent out this objectively hilarious FedSoc parody (“The Originalist Case for Insurrection feat. Josh Hawley”) and the FedSoc chapter filed just about the dumbest, whiniest complaint imaginable, and now the guy’s degree is on hold pending an investigation ?? pic.twitter.com/iiokPL4EgP — Jay Willis (@jaywillis) June 2, 2021 This week’s #WATB Award …
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They’re Criming Right Out in the Open
To add to Mistermix, it was not hard to predict what would happen with this. There are rules for you and me, and there are rules for everyone else: And that’s precisely what they did. When Robinhood and others froze trades on Gamestop, what they did was lock EVERYONE who had purchased through them into …