The government nearly shut down (again), because Elon Musk, Donald Trump’s largest donor (that we know of) didn’t like regulations on “outbound investments” that would have complicated his plans for building Tesla factories in Shanghai. So Trump bitched at Speaker[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The richest man — or the second, depending on which list you read — has been busy, using his wealth and power to make things worse for everyone else. No surprise there. Twitter has become a more dysfunctional shit show[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I haven’t left Twitter yet, but I’m less engaged as I revive a Mastodon account I created a few years ago but quickly forgot about until many people started fleeing Elon’s sinking ship. I don’t know if Mastodon is the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kanye’s antisemitic statements have been widely condemned recently, resulting in real fiscal consequences for him as he loses contracts with companies who want nothing to do with him now. Good. The same treatment should fall upon JK Rowling, who’s been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week Elon Musk lent his billion dollar voice to the chorus of critics offended by the sight of Black faces on Amazon Prime’s “Rings of Power” series. For some reason they think JRR Tolkien wouldn’t have tolerated a variety[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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