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I read an article in the New Yorker about the fediverse, one of the biggest complaints that they had was effectively that they weren't being algorithmically boosted because they work for someone the establishment deems to be important.

A video I watched recently made a good argument that when Mussolini said fascism is better called corporatism, and it is a combination of state and corporate powers that the corporation being referred to by Mussolini is not what we consider to be a corporation today. Regardless, I don't know how anyone can look at this gordian knot of private and public interests and call it anything but fascist.

And in pure 2022 fashion, the people supporting this gordian knot claim that they are against fascism. Lol

In the US at least, a shopping mall can for free speech purposes be a park.

But for a lot of governments that ought to know better, not even a park is a park. Der Fuhrer Trudeau went on the record during the hearings into his reichstag fire as saying that protests are fine unless they're trying to effect change of a government policy -- then it's problematic.

Essentially what everyone already knew: Canadians are free to say anything their government agrees with.

You're right, and it's that "we're going to say whatever we need to say to be right in the moment" attitude that makes it so satisfying seeing it happen.

If you at least try to live by a code of ethics, people might not agree with you, but at least they'll respect you.

These rates are a joke. "Oh no! Not 3.5%!"

That's odd, I thought journos were adamant that "it's a private platform and they can do what they want" when it was people they disliked getting banned.

They've been crying about trust and safety for the past month! Here -- They're getting exactly what they asked for! What's the problem?

How will you talk to people without twitter?

Moments like this are the things that make people not trust journalists. Imagine saying "Neo Nazis and white supremacists should be condemned completely" and it gets twisted into "White supremacists are very fine"

I'm not saying you should get behind Trump, the idiot released an NFT today ffs. He talks a good game then fails miserably. Sometimes he doesn't even talk a good game, saying some things that if he actually did them would solidly land him on a lot of people's bad guy radar. I'm not saying you should get behind the Republicans, there's a ton of bad people there who deserve all the hate they get.

I'm saying you should get behind the truth, the full truth, no matter where that takes you. And people are going to lie to you, and you've got to be very careful about realizing that at all times. Once you know the truth, only then can you make good decisions, whatever those decisions may be.

The soviet weapons program, also known as porn bingo...

It's an old meme, but it checks out.

I think you're wrong on the incentive. If you make a copyright terms too long, then the incentive is to just buy up as many properties as you can, and sit on them. Keep on making Capeshit movies forever because you own them for another 60 years.

Sounds like more Orwellian nonsense. "The online safety bill will ensure we can shoot you in the face if you say anything we disagree with, ensuring the safety of world leaders who are badly bullied by facts they don't like!"

Wait.... it got even worse?

I always liked the "take a physical" part.

"In a place where you're not allowed to discriminate against disabled, we're going to send you to a doctor to find out if you are too disabled to do this job and if you are we won't hire you."

Bro bro he's really free speech bro you just can't say gamer words bro or post publicly available data on where planes are bro it's absolute Free speech!

"well you see boss, I start with n, then another person is supposed to write I..."

Am I the only one not noticing the world ending from people getting sick?

I mean, we're still facing the consequences of the lockdowns even now and will for years, but people always got sick.

There are benefits to having a virtually limitless well of capital to pull from.

And if I'm being honest, I am constantly frustrated by how limited even google assistant is.

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

Bluetooth is the better choice in terms of being in control of your own devices. My living room stereo and my garage stereo both support bluetooth. The nice thing about the google homes and chromecast audio is you can play music without touching anything. I can just holler "Hey Google, play some chrismas carols on living room stereo" and it'll fire up a playlist without me having to stop whatever else I'm doing.