Musk is paying people to create content for Twitter and far-right ‘influencers’ are tweeting about their earnings.
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I have probably quoted it before, but it nicely fits my experiences:
“And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human”
(William Gibson, Count Zero)
I see billionaires as a bit like King's. They probably see themselves as kings as well in their heart of heart's.
Possibly even in a "divine right of Kings" way.
So you end up with people in their courts, massaging their egos, enabling those egos so they can get some of that power as well. Those people are toadys.
Billionaires shouldn't exist.
They hoard wealth, they are Smaug. They are dragons. They don't deserve your support.
They are literally burning our planet.
They are human..by definition...
The bigger evil is the people who don't have a problem with walking over corpses, namely those who are in the middle of us.
Billionaires are just a few...
Too many, actually.
The other unscrupulous... are millions...
If someone posts on Mastodon about permission escalation attacks, does that make them rootin' tootin'?
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Scheduled Posts
Scheduled posts that appear to be Public when saved are posting as non-public, only for the people tagged.
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And.... I just posted again without scheduling, and it switched to non-public on me.
WTF? Is it because of tagging many people?
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Scheduled: https://friendica.me/display/78ea265d-1264-93a5-6f67-fd9304500276
2nd try, no schedule: https://friendica.me/display/78ea265d-9764-9425-285e-2d9340473910
It was the "Listed" setting.
They say to speak only good of the dead
Pat Robertson is dead.
Good.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/06/its-ok-to-be-happy-that-pat-robertson-is-dead/
It's OK to be happy that Pat Robertson is dead - LGBTQ Nation
He once said that AIDS was "God's way of weeding his garden," so he also wasn't above feeling joy at the deaths of others.Alex Bollinger (LGBTQ Nation)
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Poker, Again
Got back to playing live poker this weekend. Booked a little win, but there's a lot to unpack about it. My poker game is quite conventional, maybe a little boring. But there are things that can make it a winning game.
Patience. You cannot make winning at poker happen. The right spots will come but you have no control over when. If you try to force it, though, that will cost. I'm learning this, and have been for years. Maybe it'll sink in soon
Bankroll management is something the poker lessons tell you to do. It turns out this includes managing your own mental state. Poker players go "on tilt" all the time. You need to recognize this in yourself, and get up. In addition, with or without tilt, you need to acknowledge there will be swings in your bankroll. Big ones. Failing to recognize one such swing this weekend cost me a few hundred bucks for that session. I should have seen the downswing starting and racked up what was still a pretty good win. Instead I let it all bleed away, and then some.
Finally, a little luck never hurt anyone.
This was hard for me to believe at first. When that Tc fell on the turn, I remember checking it three times, to be sure that it wasn't a spade. This hand got me a small-ish pot, and a $200 bonus from the room for their Sunday promotion. This was also the first Royal I've gotten in quite a few years.
More important, it's hard to overstate how much something like this will lift one's spirits. After this hand, I was in such a lighter mood... it's probably not a coincidence that a small loss turned into a chunky win over the next couple hours. Then I correctly realized it was time to rack up and go get a sandwich.
I'm learning.
BKM
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