The latest regressive Twitter idea is a tax on public safety agencies of nearly $50K per month to continue providing emergency notifications. On Friday and throughout the weekend, multiple National Weather Service (NWS) accounts announced that Twitter had removed their API access, which would disrupt crucial potentially life-saving automated emergency updates. The move came as … Continue reading Twitter Announces Profit Plan Linked to Disasters. Heavy Tax Placed On Public Safety Accounts→
Here’s some context in a new Carnegie Europe report for the recent Russian Telegram star assassination. Established within the National Security Council in 2021, the Center on Countering Disinformation debunks Russia’s manipulative and misleading narratives, including through social media platforms. This is a formidable task as many of these platforms, especially Telegram, have become a … Continue reading Ukrainians decisively reject Russian narratives of internal divisions→
The big question is why Enron, “the most innovative company in America“, ever got caught and held accountable for the thing Elon does constantly: lie and defraud people. …Times story carried a quote from the closing arguments of the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Nicholas Porritt: “This case is about whether rules that apply to everybody else should … Continue reading How Elon Musk Pulls An Enron And Gets Away With It→
It’s always been a huge figurative problem for Elon Musk that he screws his workers. It goes all the way back to his start in tech, when PayPal was successful because they fired him. He got rich anyway, simply holding stocks for a company that threw him out. That was his big break, which probably … Continue reading Elon Musk Installs Beds in Office to Screw His Staff→