THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WORK FOR A NARCISSIST
NEW: Elon Musk fired a top engineer over his declining view counts.
Plus the reason the site went down yesterday, fears about an upcoming FTC audit, and more, and more.
https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-musk-fires-a-top-twitter-engineer
From @zoeschiffer and me.
Employees showed Musk internal data regarding engagement with his account, along with a Google Trends chart. Last April, they told him, Musk was at βpeakβ popularity in search rankings, indicated by a score of β100.β Today, heβs at a score of nine. Engineers had previously investigated whether Muskβs reach had somehow been artificially restricted, but found no evidence that the algorithm was biased against him.
Musk did not take the news well.
βYouβre fired, youβre fired,β Musk told the engineer. (Platformer is withholding the engineerβs name in light of the harassment Musk has directed at former Twitter employees.) https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton/109836560566616044
@noodlemaz @UncleDuke1969
Mark's Very Extravagant Mother Just Sent Us Nine Parrots.
And that's why Pluto is still a planet, because it would just be stupid if she sent Nine. Take that, Tyson.
With significant penalty charges if we go over the limit for our house size.
Who else loves Dark Brandon?
In Tampa, Florida speaking:
President Biden: "I know that a lot of Republicans, their dream is to cut Social Security and Medicare. Let me say this: If that's your dream, I'm your nightmare."
#DarkBrandon is speakingπππ
@JRBuckley
Every once in a while I google my best friend from grades 1-4, and he apparently doesn't exist. I can't find any record that he ever existed.
Who doesn't have an online footprint?
@SpockResists @Porpentina2017
I don't understand why people are so worked up about having DNA in food, when the real menace is lurking everywhere.
Ban dihydrogen monoxide!
@Porpentina2017 indeed. It was funny they did a poll with people and 80% of those questioned strongly believed that if a product has DNA in it then it should be labelled ππππππππππ€£π
419-0! It's a #GOPMiracle!
U.S. House votes to condemn China over balloon surveillance program https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/u-s-house-votes-to-condemn-china-over-balloon-surveillance-program
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@holyramenempire @nathan@mastodon.lol
I would also take exception to the "random bystanders" phrase.
They stopped being bystanders when they decided to put money in JKR's pocket. Now they're active participants.
My designation is Kaylon Primary. This #mastodon instance is a support network for a charitable organization raising awareness and funding around the galaxy with the aim of adding Dr. Villka's technology to all the originally created Kaylons to have emotions, like Timmis.
All Kaylon are welcome here regardless of origins or time frame of construction on Kaylon 1.
Originalism is an utter sham. It is bogus pseudointellectual claptrap trotted out when convenient, then put away when otherwise.
Originalism is a code word for white male supremacy.
Originalism is nothing more than a tool currently in use by federalist society christofascists to reverse engineer outcomes dictated by their masters.
Originalism Is Going to Get Women Killed-
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/originalism-united-states-v-rahimi-women-domestic-abuse/672993/
@norcalgrandma@sfba.social
You could also use the #DogsOfMastodon tag - lots of friends for Summer there.
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.