Elon Musk brought the 4chan model to social media. We all know 4chan is full of shit posters, now most of social media is full of shit posters.

China' s new law: only degree-holding influencers can discuss professional topics - netizens divided on its impact As the influencer landscape evolves, the urgent call for accountability grows louder, prompting us all to reconsider the impact of our digital engagements.

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The Game Theory of How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices | Quanta Magazine Recent findings reveal that even simple pricing algorithms can make things more expensive.

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It's racist too

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Sounds like you are talking about Occupy Wallstreet. There were no real goals, and it fizzled out. The funny thing is, they were not wrong. There are issues that we still see today. But without a concrete objective, it was easy to laugh off and doomed to fail.

The Mach 9.6 X-43A ‘Hypersonic Scramjet’ Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force How NASA’s X-43A reached Mach 9.6, why the program ended anyway, and what the canceled X-43C might have achieved for practical scramjet flight.

Love the scram jet

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Good thread and discussion.

1/5 🧵I get the outrage at billionaires. I most certainly do. However...it kind of halts critical thinking when we think "Billionaires Bad. We must somehow rid the world of them."

The billionaire isn’t the problem...he’s the symptom. The real problem is a system that rewards manipulation ...

I know this is obvious. And I know we all know this.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.

Sean Duffy: "I'm about to pull $160 million from California, and as we pull more money we also have the option of pulling California's ability to issue commercial driver's licenses."

"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."

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America’s Oligarchs paying for the salaries of our military sounds like the Business Plot that Major General Smedley Butler prevented the last time fascist oligarchs wanted to take over our Nation.
#FDT #EatTheRich

Wait, I could use my vacation days to go through training, wash out and collect a bonus? How much is the bonus? It might be worth it.

It's disappointing, honestly. I called my Senators and Representative to say they should support the democratic nominee.

Watch this.

Open your eyes to this brutality.

ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.

Now share this.

Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.

You have power.

Even sharing this video exerts that power.

Not sure if I can make it a Haiku but I'll try. Here is my basic Haiku attempt

Four in the Senate
Four patriots to change the House
Eight to create history

That's what I thought last time.

An apt description for any Fox News personality.

The same people who lost their minds over Obama putting his feet on the Oval Office desk are totally fine with Trump bulldozing the White House.

Donald Trump needs to explain why there is taxpayer money available to finance a $143 million new airplane for a cabinet official, or $20 billion to give to Argentina, or $230 million in “compensation” for the himself, but why there isn’t money to help working families afford their health coverage.

Though Mr. Biden governed as the most pro-labor Democrat in a generation, a small group of pro-business Democrats in Congress stymied much of his agenda.

This sentence is misleading on many levels. 1) Biden had a razor-thin majority in the House for his first two years (then the GOP controlled it); 2) why not blame the supposedly worker-friendly GOP for its blanket opposition?; 3) in spite of this, Biden got through a surprisingly robust set of laws.

Anger is a privilege. Who gets to be publicly mad at who is one of the surest markers of social status in societies that fetishize cruelty, control, and obedience.

BTW, polymarket betting on elections is technically banned in the US, but with crypto, you can place the bet anonymously.

Ban polymarket.

I'm willing to believe that a small but significant number of people who typically don't vote, bet on Trump winning, and the reason they voted was because of their bet.

The GOP has thus far attacked and vandalized the US Capitol, tried to overthrow the government, and now destroying the White House. The fucking British didn't do this much damage when they invaded the city

NYT Confirms: Trump will DEMOLISH the ENTIRE East Wing of the White House.

The Times says the East Wing is expected to be fully torn down by the weekend to make room for Trump's ballroom for billionaires — despite the fact that Trump pledged the White House would not be touched.

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat.

This is the asymmetry in our politics and media. If this was the other way around, Biden had pardoned someone then charged with trying to kill Trump, it would be the biggest story in America and every Republican commentator, congressman, news outlet, would be screaming about it in unison.

REPUBLICANS HAVE S200 MILLION FOR A BALLROOM, S1 BILLION FOR A NEW JET AND S72 MILLION FOR ENDLESS GOLF TRIPS. THEY HAVE MONEY TO GIVE ICE $50,000 BONUSES. THEY HAVE S1 MILLION PER DAY TO OCCUPY AMERICAN CITIES. THEY HAVE S3.8 BILLION TO SEND ISRAEL WEAPONS AND $40 BILLION TO BAILOUT ARGENTINA. BUT THERE'S NO MONEY FOR HEALTHCARE.