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The entire right wing is N@zi. That is why they vote the way they do. www.cnn.com/2026/10/10/u...

The "pick-me" energy of the press at large is awe inspiring - and not the positive connotation.

"They're always nice to ME" is something every abuse survivor has heard over and over again.

Disappointed in Casey. We knew each other back in his early days in Arizona. He absolutely should know better.

I don't get the demonization of Bluesky just because it's not the place to boost your AI. There are many other places. I wouldn't go near X, but go to LinkedIn if you want to see people bragging about how they're delegating everything to AI agents. Take a seat on Caltrain between SF and Palo Alto.

I really loved Hard Fork and paid for Casey's newsletter, Platformer. No more. He made such a huge deal about using Ghost instead of Substack to host Platformer cause Nazi's. I guess doing the right thing went poof once that sweet, sweet NYTimes money was gone. I unsubscribed and won't go back.

I call ai enthusiasts clanker wankers, now.

If all they have is a burner account on X to report on whatever crazy shit Elno is posting, then it makes sense for some. If they're actively participating in the discourse there, then they're part of the problem!

A truly excellent piece.

Thank God this "shoving of viewpoints into your replies" never happens on Xitter. 🤦

Don't blue checks get access to whatever remains of Tweetdeck? Wonder if it's (also) UI/muscle memory that keeps them there.

But, remember, people calling JD Vance weird is the real problem with discourse today.

Another tech journalist said x is better since musk bought it and it’s all so transparent bootlicking

yeah, but stop using the word "rationalize" with a negative connotation

Thank you!! That was a good read!! 🥂

Sad. I’m proud to still be avoiding that site, however those folks might rationalize it.

The Gruber piece was particularly tone-deaf. The one thing to add is there is a need for some people to still access content on X despite the fact it is an awful place. As a cyber professional I need to access important discussions on LLMs and cryptography that only occur on X.

I was quite taken aback by Gruber's 'but everybody does it' rationale. Of course by 'everybody' he means Apple, so yeah🤔

I admire your thoroughness in keeping all the links intact in your quotes. :) (Gruber's link on the word "refuse" in "refuse to check prior assumptions" is to a post on my blog.)

much better than most!

A guy with a $5million annual podcast deal gets a half a million dollar "grant" from a Silicon Valley slush fund promoting "altruism"- Jesus Wept.

“they falsely believe that propaganda can't work on them.” I don’t think I’ve ever thought of this before. I think in Newton’s case this is right on.

And, I worry that folks who last interacted with AI a year ago via a chatbot are woefully unprepared for what's happening, and one can't point that out here without catching a few blocks and a wave of insults.

not my favorite, tbh

I had no idea I had him blocked.

I made a choice to stop using X when I posted this very picture, and it was censored because Elon‘s skin is as thin as tissue paper. He apparently thinks this picture makes him look bad, so I wonder why he did what he is shown doing. I will not tolerate being censored, least of all by Mr Free Speech

The amount of alleged adults whose reasoning for returning to twitter was "some people said mean things to me on another app" is genuinely saddening. I guess the internet really is serious business for some people.

What always gets me is that, relatively speaking, few people use X (or any text-bases social media site) but they keep acting like it's representative of society writ large. Like, twice as many people use LinkedIn every month and yet these guys don't write think pieces about them.

It’s such a classic!

"Welcome home".

I remember when Dan Lyons called Gruber "Apple fanblogger", and that's accurate.

and almost everyone it seems still uses instagram. and whatsapp. run by one of the worst people in all of history. there's the argument that we're all being held hostage by these platforms but it's people like newton that have the ability to shift opinion on tech. just try harder.

Newton’s was massively disappointing. Amazing one person can have that many sides of their mouth to talk out of

I only ever go on there when I want to yell at a Nazi for a hot 5 minutes. Which is still wrong, but sometimes one needs to shout at the rain.