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• On the post: Biden’s TikTok Flip-Flop: President Rushes To Undo Ban He Championed As Backlash Grows

  

  drew ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2025 @ 06:15am

  "All of this continues to make the political class look like a bunch of absolute dipshits who have no clue what they’re doing." They are, at least, consistent.

• On the post: The Good, The Bad, And The Stupid In Meta’s New Content Moderation Policies

  

  drew ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2025 @ 05:47am

  Volunteering to moderate a community group is not the same as 'seeking employment' as a moderator. I shouldn't need to spell that out folks.

• On the post: Kentucky Police Kill Innocent Man While Serving Warrant At Wrong Address

  

  drew ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2025 @ 03:38am

  And I bet everyone reading this could write a version of the final 'report' of this incident today that would be indistinguishable from the actual one filed after whatever investigation actually happens.

• On the post: The Good, The Bad, And The Stupid In Meta’s New Content Moderation Policies

  

  drew ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2025 @ 02:35am

  No one is "seeking employment" as a content moderator. It's one of the most horrible jobs in the world. People are taking the job because they need the money.

• On the post: Lane Kiffin Defeats Keith Bell In ‘Winning Isn’t Normal’ Copyright Case

  

  drew ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2024 @ 02:47pm

  You also need the actual swordfish for 2-factor authentication

• On the post: Death Of A Forum: How The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Killing Communities

  

  drew ( profile ), 21 Dec, 2024 @ 08:32am

  We get the government we deserve.

• On the post: How MAGA Media Is Like Improv Theater

  

  drew ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2024 @ 01:13am

  Beliefs optional

  And this is how the RW talking heads are able to hold multiple conflicting positions on things at the same time. Because it's all a game and they make up the rules as they go along. The win is owning the libs

• On the post: LA Times Billionaire Owner Hilariously Thinks He Can Solve Media Bias With ‘AI’

  

  drew ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2024 @ 08:50am

  Doesn't look like anyone's really trying very hard to me.

• On the post: LA Times Billionaire Owner Hilariously Thinks He Can Solve Media Bias With ‘AI’

  

  drew ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2024 @ 08:49am

  That's waaay more positive than me, I don't think they're capable of thought at all.

• On the post: Trump 2.0 To Slather Elon Musk’s Starlink With Billions In Taxpayer Subsidies It Doesn’t Deserve

  

  drew ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2024 @ 02:09am

  It's going to be a loooooooong four years. And going to feel even longer if you're trying to download something via starlink.

• On the post: Senator Ernst Wants To Kill Billions In Broadband Infrastructure Grants For No Coherent Reason

  

  drew ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2024 @ 07:15am

  This.

  Much like the Conservative Party in the UK, they have no strategy, only soundbites. So they don't know what they actually need to build or create (a wall! Ha!) But they need to be seen to be doing something so it's far easier to tear things down than to actually do the hard work of figuring out how to makes things better.

• On the post: Biden FCC Boss Rosenworcel To Step Down, Can’t Be Bothered To Express Alarm At What Comes Next

  

  drew ( profile ), 28 Nov, 2024 @ 07:34am

  "bobbleheaded authoritarian shitgibbons." No notes.

• On the post: ‘Bivens Is Dead’ Says The 10th Circuit, Confirming You’re Only Wasting Your Time When Suing Federal Officers

  

  drew ( profile ), 27 Nov, 2024 @ 02:45am

  As we learned in the UK during the recent Conservative years; the cruelty isn't a bug, it's a feature.

• On the post: Elon Musk, Who Now Claims Boycotts Are Illegal, Happily Joined The #DeleteFacebook Boycott Himself

  

  drew ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2024 @ 09:47am

  I would say "don't give him ideas" but we know he only listens when he's talking.

• On the post: Porn Is Protected Speech. Trump’s New Presidency Will Test That Sentiment. The Courts Can Uphold It.

  

  drew ( profile ), 08 Nov, 2024 @ 07:10am

  1) "vast majority" is not so much a stretch as simple bullshit. 2) no way do I abandon my values and beliefs about what is right to "reconcile" myself with fascists. Fascism always loses in the long run but it always returns when enough people let their guard down. Or reconcile themselves to it.

• On the post: Trump FCC Pick Thinks Broadband Caps Are Great, Likens Them To Coffee Refills(?)

  

  drew ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2024 @ 07:09am

  A whole article from Karl with no reference to brunchlords? I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed. ;¬)

• On the post: Republicans, Musk, Pretend To Care About Media Consolidation… When George Soros (Read: A Jew) Is Involved

  

  drew ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2024 @ 07:42am

  If you felt a small disturbance in the force, that was the depth of my hatred for these people reaching across the Atlantic.

• On the post: AT&T, T-Mobile Embrace ‘Open Access’ Fiber After Years Of Opposition

  

  drew ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2024 @ 06:29am

  Don't think you'll find many people arguing against you on that one.

• On the post: MAGA World’s Belief In Their Made Up Claim That Biden Is ‘Censoring’ Conservatives On Social Media May Kill KOSA

  

  drew ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2024 @ 03:54am

  So the worst of people, acting for the worst of reasons, is leading to the best of outcomes. Yay capitalism! I guess.

• On the post: EU Officials Seem Pretty Pissed Off At Thierry Breton For His Censorial Letter To Elon

  

  drew ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2024 @ 09:58am

  Feels like we've been here before with the UK too...

  EU / UK officials: OK, yes, but this time we're absolutely confident that no-one will abuse these sweeping and worryingly-vague powers to further their own careers. Probably.

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