San Franciscans: We need some sort of disaster to befall the city so that people leave and rents go down. Also San Franciscans: No, not like that!
Any day I can stop someone from using “your Mom” or “your grandma” as an example of a technically unsophisticated user is a good day.
I assume this change was implemented while wearing black robes, circled around an X logo, chanting "Freedom of speech but not freedom of reach." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/15/twitter-x-links-delayed/
Now that we have "AI detection" meant to catch students who cheat by using AI to do their work, of course we have false positives. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/14/prove-false-positive-ai-detection-turnitin-gptzero/
People in management who feel the need to loudly tell everyone how pro-labor they are give off strong Steve Buschemi "how do you do fellow kids" vibes.
“What do you do for a living?” “I sneakily try to turn security engineers into privacy engineers.”
Man Famous For Not Paying His Bills And Making Empty Promises Offers to Pay Other People's Bills, Which is Totally Not an Empty Promise: https://www.reuters.com/legal/musks-x-fund-legal-bills-people-treated-unfairly-due-posting-platform-2023-08-06/
Nothing has ever been less surprising than the news that the ad-sharing payments Elon promised will not be arriving on time.
The Verge
Elon Musk’s X can’t send Blue subscribers their ad revenue-sharing payouts on time
Friday night is a good time to announce you’re not paying your bills.
In the year+ since Dobbs, nearly everything that Team "You're Overreacting" said would never happen has happened. It's almost like they were never arguing in good faith. Weird.
Jezebel
Idaho Republicans Are Directly Asking Hospitals for Abortion Records
A spokesperson for the Idaho Hospital Association called this “an unusual request,” as the state continues to escalate its war on abortion access.
In case you were unaware, Window Snyder is a goddamn legend and this profile of her by @npub1lt9k...f6eq is excellent. https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/04/window-snyder-cybersecurity-trailblazer/