I’m fairly certain they misled investors on their last earnings call. I noticed some banned accounts suddenly had their ban lifted right before the call, and then reapplied right after.

On the last investor call, they said they had a lot of returning users. This was after their election ban hammers, and prior to the Luigi ban fest.

Can’t wait to see how they try to spin things on the next one.

I’m imagining a sci-fi spin on this where AI generators are used to keep AI crawlers in a loop, and they accidentally end up creating some unique AI culture or relationship in the process.

It’s a bit silly, but such a fun series. Wish I could live in that world.

Came here to also say Elite. They’re actually doing updates now, but I still would never recommend to anyone despite devoting so much time to it.

Oof. After the bombshell in the most recent Bobiverse book, sort of fucked in a few thousand years. But I’m sure the Bobs will sort it out.

Sure. There are plenty of exceptions in every generation. But the generations tend to follow a pattern on the whole.

Boomers and Gen X share the same cringe slot. Gen X’ers are always either behaviorally boomers, or completely aimless in life. Their generation never developed shared goals or values of their own.

My suspicion is a false flag by the intelligence agencies to push back against cuts or prove their value to the new admin. This is their style to protect or ask for larger budgets.

Was just discussing with friends this morning that they should expect a digital false flag coming in. The crooks at the NSA or CIA were bound to retaliate to cuts, or create a problem to make themselves the heroes.

What type of community will his home exist in if everyone stops paying taxes?

Boomers underfunded the schools and shit around here to get out of taxes. Now that they’re ready to move to Florida, they don’t understand why no one wants to buy their house.

I would like a Chinese EV, but the capitalists are enforcing protectionism.

In related news, suicide rates continue to climb.

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide

No more non-federated social media. Centralized control will always be abused by tech sociopaths and government oppression.

Denying propaganda the CIA is selling you about China is not the same thing as denying everything the CCP has ever done wrong. Especially when even the CIA has backtracked their claims, and you religiously stick to it.

Just reading and watching the situation unfold. Whereas I can’t understand why someone is ok with the US lifting a ban on arming Nazis, and somehow I’m the asshole for just being aware of that.

You also get called a tankie on here for just pointing out that most of the Tiananmen Square claims have been debunked. Somehow I’m also an asshole for knowing the western media outlets did not claim violence from the CCP at the time, but changed the story in coordination with US intelligence. How am I in any way in the wrong just for knowing about US intelligence changing the narrative, and not going along with it? I didn’t fabricate these fucking news archives. Take it up with the Washington Post.

All of the tankie accusations amount to ‘how dare you know about that?!!’ or ‘they’re the good kind of Nazis!’

Since 9/11, the FBI just wastes resources tricking vulnerable people with terrorism entrapment schemes.

Before 9/11, it was a lot of drug entrapment schemes, like the one they tried on DeLorean. While they enjoy McCarthy style entrapment of high-profile celebrities and such, they figured out it was better for their careers to go after people without the means to fight the charges. So they convince an innocent (and often mentally disabled) person to participate in a terror attack they’re planning, get them to agree to a plea deal, build a resume of successful convictions, and there’s less public scrutiny when it’s found out the whole thing is just another illegal entrapment.

Overall, they’re still following the Hoover handbook. Still targeting activists and minorities for illegal surveillance. I’d be shocked if they’ve suddenly decided to stop assassinating or imprisoning those activists they perceive to be a threat.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/19/fbi-surveillance-black-lives-matter-protesters-00097924

Such a great series. I’m about halfway through Children of Ruin for my third time reading the series. Got the itch again when I heard he’s confirmed work on a fourth book.

I was so worried he’d leave it at a trilogy. Children of Memory just didn’t feel like it accomplished enough to leave it there.

I’ve read Children of Time, and obviously this is ant work.

I’m afraid you can’t vote or protest your way out of fascism. Only way out is to shoot.

Thanks! These clickbaits will claim any gas station monstrosity as a local delicacy.