The Onion's press release on the purchase of InfoWars is hilarious too: https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/
The Onion buys InfoWars out of bankruptcy and intends to parody conspiracy theorists on the platform.
Well played, The Onion.
(gift article from The New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/business/media/alex-jones-infowars-the-onion.html
If you want to make your blood boil, I suggest reading proPublica's "How Lincare became a Multibillion-Dollar Medicare Scofflaw." https://www.propublica.org/article/lincare-medicare-lawsuit-settlements-oxygen-equipment?
Which platforms are the most popular? YouTube at #1. X is at #11. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/social-media/
President-elect Trump has picked former Democratic congresswoman-turned Trump supporter Tulsi Gabbard to be his director of national intelligence. https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/politics/trump-picks-tulsi-gabbard-director-of-national-intelligence
This sucks. NBC projects that Republicans will take the House. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/republicans-win-house-majority-trump-party-senate-control-rcna179231
Space Karen is already wearing out his welcome. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/elon-musk-trump-donald-mar-a-lago-appointment-position-rcna179826
On November 15th, Twitter(X) will update its Terms of Service to remove the opt-out for allowing user content to be used to train their AI.
If you know anyone who's on Twitter and is tired of being a commoditized product, please let them know this change is coming, and suggest they move to an alternative social media service as soon as possible.
The alternative service? Isn't it obvous? 😉
Headline: “ Special counsel Jack Smith looking at stepping down before Trump takes office and is discussing how to end prosecutions”
Democrats dragged their feet on Trump, & our justice system has failed us.
Now we have handed a criminal the keys to the White House & SCOTUS has guaranteed he can commit crimes with no worry of prosecution (plus, he can pardon criminals at his whim). But The US May not be a Banana Republic — but it is an Orange one.
No Thanks to These 52 Dems, House Defeats Bill Enabling Trump Assault on Nonprofits
Legislation that would have handed President-elect Donald Trump sweeping power to investigate and shutter news outlets, government watchdogs, humanitarian organizations, and other nonprofits was defeated in the House on Tuesday
But 52 Democratic lawmakers apparently did not share the grave concerns, opting to vote alongside 204 Republicans in favor of the bill.
not a good look
Guardian abandons 27 million followers when they quit spreading truth on X #SocialMedia platform today, citing #racism & #ConspiracyTheories
#ConspiracyNOlongerATheory #lies https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/guardian-quits-x-social-media-platform-citing-racism-conspiracy-theories-2024-11-13/
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