Posts by reedmideke@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AoFSqOythhN60FOCJ6 by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2024-10-07T06:52:39Z
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LOL, Matt Binder tracked down that American handle, and yeah, it appears to have gone pretty much exactly as you'd expect (though he doesn't appear to have contacted the owner so possible it was given or sold voluntarily) https://www.disruptionist.com/p/elon-musk-takes-america-x-handle
(DIR) Post #AoFSqPVrj7k7eUoWh6 by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2024-10-07T22:35:34Z
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Musk dumping millions into Stephen Miller's propaganda op back as far as 2022 kinda suggests Twitter getting themselves sanctioned for contempt over this may have been more malice than incompetence https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/elon-musks-x-loses-battle-over-federal-request-for-trumps-dms/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
(DIR) Post #AoFSqQ7RTPnhX2OXGS by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2024-10-08T05:16:22Z
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Community notes leaderboard https://community-notes-leaderboard.com/ featuring a whole lot of exactly who you'd expect(via https://meidasnews.com/news/fake-news-the-top-100-community-noted-twitter-accounts)
(DIR) Post #AoFSqQiJGLI7NNdyjI by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2024-10-11T04:40:08Z
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Business Genius™ has apparently decided that what his social media site needs is to be even more of an engagement farming circle jerk(not being a Business Genius™, the economics of this elude me, but if one wanted to give cash to fashy friends whose posts advertisers don't want to associated with, it might accomplish that)
(DIR) Post #AoFSqQteaAMhwYx2PY by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2024-10-20T20:22:38Z
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World's richest man, who has been sued for stiffing thousands of his own former employees over much smaller amounts is giving away millions to (possibly illegally) buy votes for his preferred candidate, a self-proclaimed billionaire who *promises* to protect regular working folks from the corrupt eliteshttps://www.theverge.com/2024/10/20/24274971/elon-musk-1-million-prize-america-pac-petition-voting-presidential-election
(DIR) Post #AoFSqRYQ8ayVz01axE by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2024-10-24T01:30:57Z
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"The Justice Department warned Elon Musk’s America PAC in recent days that his $1 million sweepstakes to registered voters in swing states may violate federal law"https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/politics/elon-musk-justice-department-letter/index.html
(DIR) Post #AoFSqS2uJFMTVYHwTQ by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2024-10-29T19:59:00Z
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Hard to see how anything could go wrong here, from a medical, privacy or regulatory perspective
(DIR) Post #AoFSqSVcaUKWwbisEK by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2024-10-30T19:45:25Z
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"BBC identified networks of dozens of accounts that re-share each other's content multiple times a day - including a mix of true, unfounded, false and faked material - to boost their reach, and therefore, revenue on the site … They also say they coordinate sharing each other’s posts on forums and group chats" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2dpj485nnoWho could have predicted this? (me, for one https://mastodon.social/@reedmideke/113286945720405428)
(DIR) Post #AoFSqSygqPaAOlK5XU by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2024-10-30T20:01:48Z
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That @drewharwell piece on right wing accounts getting more engagement noted they couldn't determine why (likely no coincidence that Musk has made it much harder for third parties to analyze) but it does seem like the blue check grifters skewing right could be a big part of it, even with an algorithm that's nominally neutral. Paid accounts get a boost, and the people willing to pay Musk certainly seem more likely to engage with RW contenthttps://wapo.st/4hnPXAJ#GiftArticle #GiftLink
(DIR) Post #AoFSqTfwFcB2YtYcwy by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2024-11-04T19:10:19Z
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IANAL, but I'm not convinced "no it's not an illegal lottery, we actually just deceived the public into thinking it was random" is going to end up being a great defensePresumably, the strategy is mainly to run out the clock with any eventual fines just being another cost for the PAC to cover, but it seems like they're inviting Krasner to pile on some kind of fraud or deceptive practices allegation https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge-weighs-challenge-elon-musks-1-million-voter-giveaway-2024-11-04/
(DIR) Post #AoFSqTp9hLY91TrzJg by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2024-11-13T02:42:16Z
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Just gonna here this here to age in light of jackass' recent appointment
(DIR) Post #AoFSqUnQ5Hku2O47FY by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2024-11-13T02:51:30Z
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Branded "a 'Manhattan Project’ for cutting spending and regulation" which I dunno guys, the Manhattan Project was many things, but being a model of efficient, limited government and free enterprise would not be on the top of my list
(DIR) Post #AoFSqUvDcHzgQZiLPE by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2024-11-18T03:31:15Z
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As noted by Matt McDermott (https://x.com/mattmfm/status/1858321528061829365) Elon's pretend department DOGE account is labeled as a verified government agency, despite you know, not being officially created by any government yet
(DIR) Post #AoFSqVb36lSEWJHkbg by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2024-11-20T20:25:17Z
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Whole twitter files thing was obviously garbage at the time, but @mmasnick's contrast with where things stand now is particularly brutal"Before, we were told that White House officials’ merely reaching out to social media companies about election misinformation was a democracy-ending threat. Now, the world’s richest man has openly used his platform to boost one candidate, ridden that campaign’s success into the White House himself, and … crickets"https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-musk-partnership-x-twitter-files-rcna180427
(DIR) Post #AoQMJ0BLiJ2dp9xV5s by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2024-11-26T04:59:48Z
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@foone I don't but I have wished I did. Often just use a repeatable comment like "some kind of strcmp" when I'm not confident enough to commit to a name, but that's not great because comments don't necessarily show up in all the places you'd want.Or sometimes just like strcmp_x or maybe_strcmp
(DIR) Post #AqCSV5XOBW0goIrbVo by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2025-01-18T07:47:46Z
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@stux Right up there with the time he demanded twitter engineers *print out and show him their most recent 50 pages of code*
(DIR) Post #AttxZbeoj0O5dxtJce by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2025-05-08T21:26:11Z
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Honestly after 13 LEO popes you'd think they could try for an orbit with better long term stability
(DIR) Post #AxTDxZwdsAyY71IcYC by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2025-08-23T18:59:10Z
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@foone Our right to bare-metal ARM shall not be infringed!
(DIR) Post #AxTEPDH5kmATuV2dkW by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2025-08-23T19:04:10Z
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@foone So you're saying we might be StrongARMed into an intel solution?
(DIR) Post #AxVsn5gnzYHXokvfyy by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2025-08-25T01:45:42Z
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@foone @Kencu Yeah, pretty sure that's it with memes and clickbait "amazinguniverse" style accounts. They see something does numbers, screenshot, post, another one sees that post doing numbers, rinse, repeat…I kinda like it because there's a special jpeg'd to hell look that's a dead giveaway something isn't their own work