"I don't have a problem with Musk championing free speech" TBH, I don't think he does. He likes *his* free speech, and the voice of those who pretty much agree with him (and the l… (View Post)

I was a big fan of Musk before it became massively popular - from about 2008 onwards. Then, in about 2016 or so, I started to realise the sort of man he was. Incidentally, it was Ashlee Vance's … (View Post)

Amateur astrophotographers are amazing: https://x.com/AJamesMcCarthy/status/1820824863504031770 (View Post)

It becomes the voice of whoever has the largest and cleverest (least obvious) bot farm. (View Post)

For all those who think VPNs are a magic bullet that offers perfect obscurity: Remember how Bitcoin / blockchains were supposed to offer anonymity for transactions? "Far from being untraceable, … (View Post)