BobTheBoozer

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Elon Musk tells advertisers: ‘Go fuck yourself’ - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
 

he said. “We’ll be gone, and it’ll be gone because of an advertiser boycott.”... eeer, no.

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Yeah, leave the button (9gag.com)
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Private UK health data donated for medical research shared with insurance companies (www.theguardian.com)
 

When will people learn, don't trust any company with your data...

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The Observer view on Suella Braverman: a home secretary who undermines the police has no place in government (www.theguardian.com)
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Pro-Palestinian protest draws 300,000 in London, as police make counter-protest arrests - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
 

So, the only "hate" here was from the people opposed to a ceasefire! Time for Braverman to go.

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Pope Francis fires conservative Texas bishop who opposed LGBTQ reforms (www.independent.co.uk)
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Euro data watchdog bans Meta's use of personal data for ads (www.theregister.com)
 

Could be an interesting 2 weeks.

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Romanian X-Files. Exactly 5 years ago, an incredible incident occurred in Romania. Scientists are still wondering what it was. (9gag.com)
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London set for massive pro-Palestinian protest demanding Gaza ceasefire (www.independent.co.uk)
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‘Misleading’ A&E figures in England hiding poor performance | NHS (www.theguardian.com)
Twitter takeover: how a year of Elon Musk rendered the platform useless | Pranav Dixit in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] BobTheBoozer@lemmy.world 67 points 1 year ago (4 children)

"Instead of showing you posts from people you follow, the platform now defaults to a “For You” mode filled with grifters, recycled memes, idiots, AI hustlers, cat videos, car accidents and far-right influencers."

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Twitter takeover: how a year of Elon Musk rendered the platform useless | Pranav Dixit (www.theguardian.com)
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Two years later, Facebook's rebrand as Meta looks smart—with a caveat (www.fastcompany.com)
Genetic tester 23andMe’s hacked data on Jewish users offered for sale online in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] BobTheBoozer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

This company should be sued/fined out of existence as an example to others.

Business owner 'hires' ChatGPT for customer service, then fires the humans in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] BobTheBoozer@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I see two inevitable problems;

  1. we outsourced this to you because it was cheaper, if you're using ChatGPT what do we need you for?

  2. companies want people to buy stuff, but if you significantly reduce the workforce you also reduce the availability of funds to buy stuff

Liberal groups seek to use the Constitution's insurrection clause to block Trump from 2024 ballots in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] BobTheBoozer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Some people will vote for Trump just to see the world burn

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