Definitely true - at least for those opting to pay and play in Elon's sandbox.
I've never been entangled in daily, 24/7 realtime attachment to Twitter, but many have been, #truth ... I observe and occasionally add to the 'good trouble' reactions to #MuskVirus or big events to which others are reacting. But that's me (social scientist who enjoys observing).
IMHO, (ironically?) there are 'two tiers' now, pay-for-Musk & pursue hate &/or fame, vs. long-time residents ignoring the BS
I remember learning about some values like humility, grace, compassion, honor, etc., plus admonitions about false idols-in that book #TrumpVirus held upside down in his hate event, as a prop. (Bible)
(Legal) analysts are starting to sound like some (psycho) analysts now, noting how someone so grandiose & vile - the antithesis of everything taught across religions - must be disconnected from reality.
And that plea, unless Cannon comes through, is his only "defense". #truth
That feeling when you have two projects you really, really badly want to make happen and you can't decide which one it is you should be spending all your energy on.
#JoeRogan has A LOT of influence.
Why doesn’t he use his platform to do good, validate #science & #Truth or is bothsidism more profitable? What’s his deal? Lack of empathy? Greed as a guiding principle? Ignorance? What a putz.
How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S.
ProPublica
June 16, 2023
> Lauren Davila made a stunning discovery as a graduate student at the College of Charleston: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified.
>The find yields a new understanding of the enormous harm of such a transaction.
There's a new mayor in #Muskville - and he don't want no stinkin' #truth
What does he want to get out of his toy sandbox with fans? A taste of the froth and bile and #disinformation he so ingests.
And maybe ("a lot of people say") he has a big empty need for adoration, and like #TrumpVirus and rabid dogs, has a keen sense of smell for chaos and disruption.
“[A]ny act of speaking the truth can cause incalculable transformations in social consciousness. And we all have this power. It's a moral act to use this power. You may or may not achieve the results that you wanted, but there is eternal beauty in trying to find truth, in risking everything you've got for what's right, stop calculating your profit and just taking a leap of faith.” – Nadya Tolokonnikova
Says the woman who voted for Trump in both 2016 and 2020, and grew up on wealth harvested (through Halliburton contracts) from her father inserting lies about WMD in CIA reports (leading to the invasion of Iraq)
Wanda Sykes has it right! “Until a drag queen walks into a school and beats 8 kids to death with a copy of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird,’ I think you’re focusing on the wrong shit.” #drag#dragqueens#books#truth
Dying
> 3am callout this morning
> Scheduled patching afterhours tonight
> Still oncall for the rest of the week
> 3.5 hours of meetings this morning with a team that could be clinically diagnosed with idiocy