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   Laffy (gottalaff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 06:57:26 JST Laffy

   Via The NY Times:

   Mayor Anne Hidalgo of #Paris announced on #X that she was quitting the social media site because it had devolved into a “gigantic global sewer” for disinformation, hatred, anti-Semitism and racism, and a “tool for destroying our democracies.” #Twitter #Musk

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     OtownKim (otownkim@toot.community)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 06:57:36 JST OtownKim

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     @GottaLaff WTF is Elmo in Israel?!?! He's such a Tool!!!!

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     GhostOnTheHalfShell (ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 06:57:51 JST GhostOnTheHalfShell

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     @GottaLaff

     It’s remarkable that European nations, members of the EU are taking far more principled stands against Musk. In the US, not as much or it isn’t reported on.

     #EU #Europe #uspol

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     Laffy (gottalaff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 06:58:03 JST Laffy

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     • GhostOnTheHalfShell

     @GhostOnTheHalfShell I know. It's insane that we're not all over him. But the govt/Starlink connection may be the issue.

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     GhostOnTheHalfShell (ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 06:58:09 JST GhostOnTheHalfShell

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     • Michael Gemar

     @michaelgemar @GottaLaff

     I find it increasingly problematic that we lean on a character like him.

     NASA has some real issues of mission creep, sliding project management and largesse towards contractors of which SpaceX is one.

     Artemis is just such a program by one friend's opinion. He considers it poorly managed and a shit show.

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     Michael Gemar (michaelgemar@mstdn.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 06:58:10 JST Michael Gemar

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     • GhostOnTheHalfShell

     @GottaLaff @GhostOnTheHalfShell SpaceX is also a critical piece of NASA’s Artemis return-to-the-moon missions.

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     Michael Gemar (michaelgemar@mstdn.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 06:58:31 JST Michael Gemar

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     • GhostOnTheHalfShell

     @GhostOnTheHalfShell @GottaLaff The problems with Artemis management is arguably all around the traditional contractors (Boeing, Northrop Grumman, ULA) building the Space Launch System, which is *vastly* over-budget, ridiculously delayed, and will be unaffordable to fly. The SpaceX side of Artemis has run reasonably smoothly and cheaply by comparison.

     Musk is a terrible human, but SpaceX is by far the leader in launch on the planet. Unfortunate, but true.

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     GhostOnTheHalfShell (ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 06:58:55 JST GhostOnTheHalfShell

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     @GottaLaff

     Musk's interference with military operations pisses off the military. It will take a few years, but don't be surprised if they fund an initiative to replace it.

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     Rad und Tat (radundtat@berlin.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 06:59:35 JST Rad und Tat

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     @GottaLaff Here is her op-ed: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2023/11/27/paris-mayor-anne-hidalgo-i-have-made-the-decision-to-leave-twitter_6291847_23.html