Notices by FreediverX (freediverx@mastodon.social), page 2

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/powell-memo-project-2025-plutocracy/

@waifu @viticci
Because everything else is so much worse?

@aral @GlobalSumudF

@aral
It’s usually afternoon thunderstorms, though. Mornings are more like…

@aral

Normal people: Don’t let these people in, some of them probably committed genocide.

Israelis: All the genocidal slogans we can think of in less than 30 seconds.

https://xcancel.com/PixieOfDeath/status/1949290686462759338#m

@dansup
Ok that’s why I phrased it as a question.

@dansup @tipjip
Putting aside the question of whether or not they need data from the fediverse, if you have any trust in Meta’s “safeguards” or “legal compliance” practices, I’ve got some NFTs of the Brooklyn Bridge you might be interested in.

I recommend reading Sarah Wynn-Williams’ Serious People.

@dansup
You’re not defending Meta, are you?

@dansup

@Mastodon
Thank you for taking these concerns seriously. But rather than just focusing on the TOS verbiage, you should also scrutinize the people involved in creating them, as their values do not seem aligned with the community’s.

@Gargron @kdekooter @addressforbots @pluralistic
Take all the time you need, but it’s highly concerning that these alarming TOS changes made it this far. It’s not just the terms that need changing, but likely the people involved as well.

@Gargron
I deleted my Facebook account ages ago (and therefore also Instagram), and more recently Twitter as well. I’ve eliminated Google from my life with the exception of Gmail and YouTube.i do not sign up for any websites or services using SSO. I do not use Chrome or any Chromium-based web browsers and I use ad blockers to virtually eliminate all advertising and most tracking from my web activity. I use Archive.is to break through paywalls.

@aral @verdantsquare
They always miss the actual point. We don't need healthy competition in ad tech. We need to ban ad tech.

@dansup
You wrote they were banned for other reasons. I was just pointing out the other reasons weren’t even necessary. I was mocking them not you.

@dansup
Well if Christian nationalists aren’t being blocked you should correct that.

@selzero
It's awesome even without a graphic... They've lost $800 BILLION in value.

Also love that if you take away all of the company's false promises about full self driving and the degree to which their stock valuation is dependent on Elon's hype, analysts place the company's real value at about 1/10 of where they are.

@WarnerCrocker
This asshole has the nerve to text me this shit now…

@dansup
Digg was one of the first enshittified sites.

“It is also a particularly American disease to confuse wealth with intelligence and corporations with those who own them. In most of the world the conversation we are having would seem utterly preposterous, as again there is no evidence of Musk having *intellectual* achievements.”

https://www.thewrap.com/elon-musk-biographer-says-no-evidence-billionaire-has-intellectual-achievements/