Donald Trump said Comcast, the owner of NBC and MSNBC, “should be investigated for its ‘Country Threatening Treason’” and promised to do so should he be re-elected president next year....
I'm no Trump alarmist, but the quote itself is pretty bad, depending on what exactly he means:
they and others of the lamestream media will be thoroughly scrutinized for their knowingly dishonest and corrupt coverage of people, things, and events
That said, I have my doubts that he'll actually follow through on this. He made similar claims in 2016, saying he'd "open up the libel laws" and use them to go after the media or something, but nothing ever came of that either.
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Donald Trump has “the moral compass of an axe murderer”, a Republican opponent in Georgia said, discussing the former president’s legal predicament in the southern US state and elsewhere but also his continuing dominance of the presidential primary....
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I don't blame them, because of the writer's strike, but although I love Lower Decks, it's the last Star Trek show I'd want to watch in a theater. Why not throw a live action season premiere into theaters like Angel Studios did with The Chosen?
This is entirely the fault of the IWF and Microsoft, who create "exclusive" proprietary CSAM prevention software and then only license big tech companies to use it.
“You asked, we answered,” Meta wrote in the notes for an iOS update released on Monday. “New features coming, so keep an eye out as you browse the latest version of the app.” I don’t see any obvious differences in my updated version of the app. But Instagram boss Adam Mosseri teased a “following” feed in a video,...
Right now, we are frequently posting contents and interacting with the communities in order to make Fediverse more alive and more "social" as social media. But really, compared to Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, we probably don't even exist....
I'm not opposed to this idea, I'm just not sure what it would accomplish. Even Mark Zuckerberg understood that you would need a host of celebrities to get people on board with Threads. Nostr has Jack Dorsey and Edward Snowden but you don't see tons of people flocking to that platform.
‘Full fascist’ Trump condemned after ‘treason’ rant against NBC and MSNBC ( www.theguardian.com )
Donald Trump said Comcast, the owner of NBC and MSNBC, “should be investigated for its ‘Country Threatening Treason’” and promised to do so should he be re-elected president next year....
Mastodon's latest release makes the open source Twitter alternative easier to use | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
The open source, decentralized social network Mastodon is releasing an update designed to make it easier for users to use the platform.
Trump: 'I'm Allowed to Do Whatever I Want' With Classified Info ( www.rollingstone.com )
The former president told Hugh Hewitt that he “absolutely” would testify in the federal government’s probe of his handling of sensitive material...
Tusky Contributor response to Nik Clayton - Tusky ( opencollective.com )
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Trump has ‘moral compass of an axe murderer,’ says Georgia Republican ( www.theguardian.com )
Donald Trump has “the moral compass of an axe murderer”, a Republican opponent in Georgia said, discussing the former president’s legal predicament in the southern US state and elsewhere but also his continuing dominance of the presidential primary....
Mastodon fixes critical “TootRoot” vulnerability allowing node hijacking ( arstechnica.com )
Most critical of the bugs allowed attackers to root federated instances.
Is decentralization the future of social media? | Engadget ( www.engadget.com )
Meta’s adoption of ActivityPub could expose a lot more people to the power, and perils, of decentralized social networks..
Robert F Kennedy Jr’s campaign bankrolled by Republican mega-donor ( www.theguardian.com )
A few notable quotes from the article follow:...
BBC Launches A Mastodon Instance ( social.bbc )
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Six reasons Mastodon won't survive ( mashable.com )
The hot new thing in social media has some big problems.
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Lemmy and Kbin: The Best Reddit Alternatives? ( www.pcmag.com )
Love Reddit but tired of what's happening to it? We check out Lemmy and Kbin, two open-source fediverse alternatives that are growing fast.
Twitter alternatives for the Musk-averse ( www.theverge.com )
Twitter isn’t the only social network around — here are some others.
Threads is rolling out its Following feed ( www.theverge.com )
Now you can scroll through posts from only people you follow.
‘Lower Decks’ Headed To The Big Screen For Star Trek Day; Interactive Novel Coming In 2024 ( trekmovie.com )
Microsoft and IWF Refuse To Assist In The Detection And Removal Of Child Pornography on the Fediverse ( gleasonator.com )
This is entirely the fault of the IWF and Microsoft, who create "exclusive" proprietary CSAM prevention software and then only license big tech companies to use it.
Meta’s new Threads update promises new features, but doesn’t say what they are. - The Verge ( www.theverge.com )
“You asked, we answered,” Meta wrote in the notes for an iOS update released on Monday. “New features coming, so keep an eye out as you browse the latest version of the app.” I don’t see any obvious differences in my updated version of the app. But Instagram boss Adam Mosseri teased a “following” feed in a video,...
The Fediverse needs a popular agent ( kbin.social )
Right now, we are frequently posting contents and interacting with the communities in order to make Fediverse more alive and more "social" as social media. But really, compared to Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, we probably don't even exist....
So where are we all supposed to go now? ( www.theverge.com )
Twitter’s dying, Reddit’s changing, everything else is entertainment – and there’s nowhere left to hang out.