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Because “history” is derived from the greek word “historia.” Which means “to inquire.” Not everything is sexist. 🙄

NEWS: X just kicked out one of its biggest accounts for stealing content. Massimo built a massive following by taking other creators' videos, cutting out the watermark and posting them as his own. Thousands of videos. Same trick every time. Nikita Bier, X's head of product, told him directly: "Today is your last day in the Creator Program."

Spencer Pratt is power washing a stencil into the streets of LA that says “imagine if the streets were this clean”. Genius.

Bro did he really just call in an air strike with a frog 😭

A court of justice finds a person who unquestionably raped/murdered someone “not guilty by reason of insanity.” That is, the defendant is so mentally deficient he can’t possibly keep himself from raping or murdering because he doesn’t understand it’s wrong. That person should be

A visibly shaken Hasan Piker says it is "not great for me" that the feds are probing his foreign ties

Mama duck adopts orphaned ducklings without hesitation ..

So, apparently, you learned nothing in the last 24 hours.

@bryanrbeal NPs about to get butthurt.

If I have to see an NP instead of a real doctor, I want a 50% discount on my bill This is quite the racket healthcare providers have devised. Most of the time you go to the “doctor“ you’ll never see a doctor at all. You’ll see a nurse practitioner. But they’ll still bill you as if you had seen a doctor. Even though the nurse practitioners are far less educated and trained, and paid much less.

@jackunheard The internet is forever

He deleted this by the way 🤣

@CynicalPublius @Andrew_Moser Exactly this.

I love Grey and think she is one of the most amazingly talented political writers I have ever known. But I feel compelled to disagree with her on this one. My personal story is why I disagree. Some facts about my X account: 1. I started it in 2016 because I was sick and tired of people libeling Donald Trump as “racist.” (Think what you want about the man, but he has never had a “racist" bone in his body.) 2. On Twitter, I never had more than 2,000 followers. I was never famous. I wrote the exact same stuff I write now, except I was constantly shadow-banned, suspended, suppressed in the algorithm and ultimately permanently suspended the night of the 2020 Biden/Trump debate. I was live-Tweeting the debate and was suddenly shut up, seemingly forever—for no known reason at all. 3. Elon bought Twitter, made it X, and set my account free. After that my writing and my following went through the roof. Elon Musk has reposted me. Vice President Vance has reposted me. I became a genuine author, publishing in real periodicals. I’ve been on many podcasts and radio shows. People read what I write. I get quoted and cited often in major media outlets. All with my little rando pseudonymous account. That would have been IMPOSSIBLE without X. 4. X promised to reward true content creators, and that has been abundantly true for me. I’ve never engagement farmed, I’ve never not produced original, long-form content, I play by the X rules and monetization has, in fact, rewarded me—X pays me enough to live on these days. 5. Yes, bad stuff happens. Once my pseudonym was stripped away, I received death threats. My threads are constantly full of rabid antisemitic hate and a wide variety of insane conspiratorialists. I block people often because of their insanity—usually crazed racists, many of whom are unhappy that I’m married to a strong black woman. The “Lists” feature is broken—I am constantly added to lists of “Pedophiles” and “Racists” and “Nazis.” I have to frequently monitor that and block the list creators to preserve my account. It’s hard work. 6. X is frustratingly opaque on its rules regarding the algorithm and monetization. Making the code visible works for engineers but not the average user—X needs to explain its policies in these areas in high detail and not change them every ten minutes. Creators are being chased away due to this uncertainty. Despite the bad things I mentioned above, X is the closest thing to a true free speech, global town square that has ever existed. Elon means well. Nikita means well. They have pledged to reward high-quality, original content, and they have. Are there still all kinds of nasty warts? Absolutely. But they are striving for constant improvement, even if sometimes their efforts don’t work. Most importantly, they have the strongest (although admittedly imperfect) commitment to free speech of any social media platform to ever exist. I hope Grey reconsiders. We need her ferocious voice. But I felt the need to offer a competing view so that maybe current creators and aspiring creators will not lose hope. The Constitution is full of holes and problems, but it is still the least imperfect system of governance that has ever existed. X also is full of holes and problems, but it is still the least imperfect free speech platform that has ever existed. Please do not lose hope and let’s make X work for all of us, whatever our level of interest.

"Every home is 1.6 million!" No You're a fucking entitled brat

@XMasterrrrrs If content thieves leave, I’m ok with that.

Many creators will leave X soon. Nikita Bier is destroying X. Creators invested 4 to 5 years of hard work on X but what does X do. It pauses their payouts without clear reasons and suspends accounts. When creators submit an appeal they often receive only an automated response. Do creators really deserve this? Take the example of @TheFigen_. She has 2.5M+ followers. I’m a huge fan because she works very hard and posts great content that makes people laugh and smile. Yet her payouts are close to nothing. The same thing is happening with small creators. They post good content. Become eligible for monetization. Then suddenly their accounts get paused or suspended. Appeals receive automated responses. This is very wrong. Slowly creators will start leaving X’s platform. X should take positive actions to improve this system. All creators deserve transparency. Fair treatment. And real human support. Not just automated responses.

They’re so happy and eager to dehumanize the unborn.

All of Bluesky right now

We get it. trump wants his precious ballroom. But having a staged “assassination attempt” every couple days to try to sell it to his braindead MAGA cult is getting fucking boring.

In case you ever thought they had smooth skin

Going broke. The economy is rigged.