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  • Yes, he was quite popular at one time. It was clearly a well-groomed bit of PR that he was this eccentric billionaire who was using his wealth to forward science and technology for all mankind.

    Then it turned out that he's a narcissistic man-child. The mask slipped for me personally when he called that diver rescuing the Thai kids a pedo. His outrageous manipulation of crypto markets came next (exploiting the lack of regulation). Since then, his purchase of Twitter and treatment of Twitter employees has been a staggering shitshow from start to finish. It has absolutely shattered any illusion that he is a good businessman and he's certainly not a good person.

    https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/elon-musk-twitter-terrible-things-hes-said-and-done

  • Your thoughts on The Orville?
  • I get the feeling that he was forced to include Family Guy style jokes in the first series and was allowed to ease up after it was clear that they weren't working.

    spoiler

    With the exception of that early episode explaining humour to the android character and the engineer wakes up with his leg cut off. That was pretty funny.

  • But have you tried Jerboa?
  • Me too, I have no idea where the complaints about Jerboa are coming from. I mean, it shows posts and comments, how radically different are these alternate apps? They all look the same to me!

  • Trump Extremists Make New Calls to Hang Mike Pence: 'Watch His Toes Dangle'
  • isn't this happening right now with Judge Cannon? She was a Trump appointee, has already made an outrageous decision relating to Trump, and now she's presiding over his classified documents case, Trumpers are sending her death threats because they think she has the power to toss the case out at this point. It's like they don't even know when they are winning!

  • Reddit CEO: We're Sticking With API Changes, Despite Subreddits Going Dark
  • in part because the fediverse is “too hard.”

    I think this is probably a good thing, it might keep dumb people away.

    As an aside, it's starting to irritate me how often I see people complain the fediverse/threadiverse is too complex or too difficult to understand. I mean, you managed to understand that email accounts live on different servers, but you can't apply that same mental logic to forums living on different servers?

  • How many years have you worked the most for the same employer?
  • I work in IT too. I was with my first employer for 5 years.

    The longest I think I stayed with an employer was 8 years and it was because I really enjoyed it - it was difficult consultancy work that took me all over the country and even to some other countries, but it felt like getting a whole new job every 6 months. I gave it up for stability and no travel after I got married. I was with another employer for 6 very boring/stable years after that and I've run my own business and worked for myself for the last 11 years.

  • Monday Musing
  • Really thinking about investing in one of those ~£300 air conditioning units for home next year, as summers seem to keep getting worse, anyone tried those?

    I bought one earlier this year. It's life-changing, would recommend.

  • Lemmy - Why did you leave Reddit?
  • As someone who still misses newsgroups, because Lemmy is Reddit done right - decentralised social media where we can control our own data and our own servers, and where corporate fuckers aren't trying to "monetise" us by showing us ads or manipulating our feeds and emotions.

  • Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland's ex-first minister in custody after being arrested in connection with SNP investigation
    news.sky.com Nicola Sturgeon in custody after being arrested in connection with SNP investigation

    Her arrest comes on the back of the detentions of party treasurer Colin Beattie and former party chief executive Peter Murrell - also Ms Sturgeon's husband - who were both subsequently released without charge.

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/56158

    > Her arrest comes on the back of the detentions of party treasurer Colin Beattie and former party chief executive Peter Murrell - also Ms Sturgeon's husband - who were both subsequently released without charge.

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    Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland's ex-first minister in custody after being arrested in connection with SNP investigation
    news.sky.com Nicola Sturgeon protests her innocence after she is arrested and released under investigation

    Her arrest came on the back of the detentions of party treasurer Colin Beattie and former party chief executive Peter Murrell - also Ms Sturgeon's husband - who were both subsequently released without charge.

    Nicola Sturgeon protests her innocence after she is arrested and released under investigation

    Her arrest comes on the back of the detentions of party treasurer Colin Beattie and former party chief executive Peter Murrell - also Ms Sturgeon's husband - who were both subsequently released without charge.

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    British mole, chilling on my land

    Must have gotten a bit hot for him underground.

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