Anyway the title is a reference to how the new UK PM Rishi Sunak is a near-billionaire, the richest MP and the wealthiest PM of all time while cutting funding then telling the poor to make cuts to their spending. I know theres US mid-terms but the pun was too good to waste.Do as the rich say, not as the rich do. Peasants don't deserve anything they've been given from the goodness of the hearts of the rich, and we'd all do well to remember that.
So anyway, Americas screwed eh?
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Nah people are innately afraid of things they see as "different" and generally have to learn otherwise. They can learn otherwise but if you reinforce their ideals its just people being fucking stupid
Elon slowly building up the credentials to run for president in the Republican partyBorn in South Africa, not eligible.
Feels like a lot of the world is embracing these insane fascist governments really. Might be time to look into moving to a different continent soon
Nah but seriously, isn't that what truss got annihilated with? Was her budget that much worse than what Rishi's plan is?
Ahh yes. This is why children at my workplace with the public are constantly saying hi to me, a stranger they don't know - the innate fear of others we're all born with!School age kids are not good with things that are different when left to their own devices.
Also kinda weird that impersonation is grounds for permanent suspension, but inciting a coup is maybe only a temporary suspension (tbd)?One doesn't make people laugh at the ceo's expense
Wow it's almost as if there does, in fact, exist plenty of speech that's totally protected under the First Amendment that it nonetheless makes sense for companies to moderate on their platforms...!
I look forward to Elon learning more basic things about how the internet functions in the days ahead
Impersonation is not protected under 1A.These were clear parody accounts, which is definitely protected speech
how is no one talking about "Ron Desanctimonious"
These were clear parody accounts, which is definitely protected speech
There's also other speech that Elon's said he wants to moderate which is protected (e.g. spam)
He said parody accounts are allowed. I don't think spam is protected in general either (for example, courts are okay with the Fair Credit Reporting Act which limits the ability of debt collectors to call debtors).He said that parody accounts need to be clearly marked, which is absolutely not a requirement for them to have First Amendment protection (and the accounts he banned were not subtle; like they were posting stuff about drinking their own pee)
He said that parody accounts need to be clearly marked, which is absolutely not a requirement for them to have First Amendment protection (and the accounts he banned were not subtle; like they were posting stuff about drinking their own pee)
https://twitter.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1589393312716566529?s=46&t=xuGpAN71FInOH_zCLbmB4Qdril warned us but we didn't listen
So much for free speech
I was thinking this before seeing that:
Why are polls in the US so bad? Like, polls miss occasionally in other countries (famous example being the UK in 2015 though even that was only 3%) but 95% of the time theyre accurate. In the US it seems like everybody expects an error its just a matter of which way it goes.
The great irony is that the example everybody cites is 2016, where polls were actually bang on at a national level and only off in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania at a state level which didnt actually matter as Trump still would have won either way. People were just unreasonably confident relative to the data.
I was thinking this before seeing that:
Why are polls in the US so bad? Like, polls miss occasionally in other countries (famous example being the UK in 2015 though even that was only 3%) but 95% of the time theyre accurate. In the US it seems like everybody expects an error its just a matter of which way it goes.
The great irony is that the example everybody cites is 2016, where polls were actually bang on at a national level and only off in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania at a state level which didnt actually matter as Trump still would have won either way. People were just unreasonably confident relative to the data.
Missed this one
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1588941228900589578
The other thing I dont get about US elections is why theyre so slow. Usually you have a reliable exit poll and projection the moment polls close and results before morning. The US takes days if not weeks for full results.
If you want out Id recommend Ireland if you can afford the absurd cost of housing.