Captainant
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Here's a gift link to the NYT article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/technology/x-antitrust-suit-advertisers-elon-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.A04.iwoh.jMOxsiqoY_zGThe suit, filed in federal court in Texas, claims that the coalition, known as GARM, “conspired” with leading brands, including CVS, Unilever, Mars and the Danish energy company Orsted to “collectively withhold billions of dollars in advertising revenue” that were owed to X, then known as Twitter, in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media company in 2022.
“The illegal behavior of these organizations and their executives cost X billions of dollars,” wrote Linda Yaccarino, X’s chief executive, in an open letter to advertisers. “People are hurt when the marketplace of ideas is undermined and some viewpoints are not funded over others as part of an illegal boycott.”
With the lawsuit, X effectively declared war on advertisers, which provide the bulk of the social media company’s revenue. Since Mr. Musk acquired the company and promised to usher in a new era of unfettered free speech, many advertisers have limited their spending on X, concerned by reports of rising hate speech and misinformation there. By pursuing legal action against GARM, Mr. Musk continued to break with the leaders of other social media companies, who have forged close relationships with advertisers and been responsive to their concerns about offensive online content.
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1 hour ago, Ted Lange said:
It bears repeating over and over and over again, the fervor and """concern""" over Jade Helm was stoked largely by russian trolls online
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8 minutes ago, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said:
Yeah the board fascists are always keen to forget that little detail too. They were WAY too geeked seeing the state come down on their "other" groups.
But FUCK YEAH! Walz is a killer pick that will bring in more of the not tuned in voters
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26 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:So this fuck stick is starting his own charter school and grouping kids by age?
Uhhhh ...
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/austin/article/elon-musk-school-19620455.php
It's official. Elon Musk is opening a school in Central Texas this year, and it may be open as early as this fall.
Ad Astra, Latin for "to the stars," will be a Montessori-style school on a 40-acre property in Bastrop. The school is the latest endeavor for the Texas-based billionaire, continuing to grow his empire in the small town outside of Austin. Montessori-style education is a form of self-directed, hands-on learning and collaborative plate.
"Ad Astra’s mission is to foster curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking in the next generation of problem solvers and builders," its website reads.
Open to children ages 3 to 9, the school will focus on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curriculum. Only 50 students will be enrolled in the school, 18 between the ages of 3 to 6 and 30 lower-elementary students between 6 and 9, according to Fortune.
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Wtf? Boeing changed the software between the last flight and this one, and now Starliner cannot autonomously undock from the ISS.
The Crew 9 delay is relevant to the Starliner dilemma for a couple of reasons. One, it gives NASA more time to determine the flight-worthiness of Starliner. However, there is also another surprising reason for the delay—the need to update Starliner’s flight software. Three separate, well-placed sources have confirmed to Ars that the current flight software on board Starliner cannot perform an automated undocking from the space station and entry into Earth’s atmosphere.
At first blush, this seems absurd. After all, Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test 2 mission in May 2022 was a fully automated test of the Starliner vehicle. During this mission, the spacecraft flew up to the space station without crew on board and then returned to Earth six days later. Although the 2022 flight test was completed by a different Starliner vehicle, it clearly demonstrated the ability of the program's flight software to autonomously dock and return to Earth. Boeing did not respond to a media query about why this capability was removed for the crew flight test.
It is not clear what change Boeing officials made to the vehicle or its software in the two years prior to the launch of Wilmore and Williams. It is possible that the crew has to manually press an undock button in the spacecraft, or the purely autonomous software was removed from coding on board Starliner to simplify its software package. Regardless, sources described the process to update the software on Starliner as "non-trivial" and "significant," and that it could take up to four weeks. This is what is driving the delay to launch Crew 9 later next month.
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Wtf? Boeing changed the software between the last flight and this one, and now Starliner cannot autonomously undock from the ISS.
The Crew 9 delay is relevant to the Starliner dilemma for a couple of reasons. One, it gives NASA more time to determine the flight-worthiness of Starliner. However, there is also another surprising reason for the delay—the need to update Starliner’s flight software. Three separate, well-placed sources have confirmed to Ars that the current flight software on board Starliner cannot perform an automated undocking from the space station and entry into Earth’s atmosphere.
At first blush, this seems absurd. After all, Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test 2 mission in May 2022 was a fully automated test of the Starliner vehicle. During this mission, the spacecraft flew up to the space station without crew on board and then returned to Earth six days later. Although the 2022 flight test was completed by a different Starliner vehicle, it clearly demonstrated the ability of the program's flight software to autonomously dock and return to Earth. Boeing did not respond to a media query about why this capability was removed for the crew flight test.
It is not clear what change Boeing officials made to the vehicle or its software in the two years prior to the launch of Wilmore and Williams. It is possible that the crew has to manually press an undock button in the spacecraft, or the purely autonomous software was removed from coding on board Starliner to simplify its software package. Regardless, sources described the process to update the software on Starliner as "non-trivial" and "significant," and that it could take up to four weeks. This is what is driving the delay to launch Crew 9 later next month.
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24 minutes ago, royiv said:
Jeeze, one of them survived the crash and then drowned. I wonder if NTSB is gonna look into that, as people seem to increasingly get trapped in their muskmobile
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4 minutes ago, immamac said:
Enthusiasm for trump is not great right now. As stated here, lots of people who had signs and flags up even earlier this summer have them down. That's not to say they won't vote or favor him anymore, but the enthusiasm in deep red Texas is waning.
Man near where I live there's a shitty MAGA business that lines the I-10 feeder road with signs, and they all have "Biden THIS!" "Biden THAT!" and it warms my heart lol. I don't think they're really able to de-select the target that they've already locked on and so they're starting from scratch with Kamala and defaulting to racist attacks.
I certainly know of a bunch of idiot boomers that are still "trump is who Jesus would vote for!!!" because I have an unfortunate amount of family that's still deep in the SBC, but they've been having a hard time with answering why they think a criminally fraudulent rapist is the """christian vote"""
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Just now, immamac said:
Stocks crashing could be a sign that GDP will dip and unemployment will rise, but the speculative prices are so disconnected from reality that it doesn't have a direct impact.
Gonna be interesting to see what a bunch of finance departments do when line stops going up. Seems like the speculation fever is starting to break
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5 minutes ago, Pimphand said:
Pretty funny global market circuit breakers triggering which is a direct result of the runaway lunacy of the shitbag democrats and y'all are still over here in the corner stroking your flaccid micropeens about the dumbest presidential candidate to ever run.
Enjoy the CBDC, UBI, and social credit prison your stupidity help construct as they strip all your financial assets away.
Hopefully next time you get reincarnated you won't be so gullible.
Swam, is that you?
What an absolute gem of a high quality post
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Anger bump (unless you like two tier justice)
TOPEKA — The magistrate who authorized last year’s police raid on the Marion County Record escaped discipline from a state panel by making claims that contradict statements in federal lawsuits about how the search warrants arrived in front of her and whether the police chief swore they were true before she signed them.
Magistrate Judge Laura Viar’s secret explanation, obtained by Kansas Reflector, adds a new layer of confusion and mystery to how law enforcement were able to carry out the search and seizure of journalists’ computers and cellphones without regard for state and federal laws that prohibit such police action. It also raises concerns about the low standards set for judges by the Kansas Commission on Judicial Conduct.
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5 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:
you forgot the most important event.
viciously dragging a uniform pair of pants (which were being worn by a lying asshole) through the hard hard asphalt for a half foot.
Lol I thought you were gonna mention his mugshot from Valhalla
I bet that cop is keeping his head a bit lower now lol
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9 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:
Watching Scheffler during the Anthem completed this entire Olympics.
Stoic. Robotic. An incredible performance today, for the ages.
And the idea of representing his country brought him to tears.
Damn good, Scottie. Damn good.
He's had one hell of a year between winning the Masters, having his first child, and bringing home a golf in Paris
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15 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:
But it made me realize that a lot of young people don’t really understand how serious of a situation the country faces. I don’t talk politics with my kids. I’ve always assumed they are smart enough to see through the bullshit, but now I’m not so sure. I’m going to have a conversation with them and send them a write up of my thoughts.
Another thing to consider is that all they've ever known their whole lives is voter suppression and antidemocratic (the system, not the party) propaganda. There's a whole lotta deprogramming that will be necessary, and it takes fucking years
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The US embassy in Beirut is advising citizens to leave Lebanon on "any ticket available"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80xxeqel5po
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16 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:
In that POS trucks defense, whistlin diesel has never had a single vehicle survive. Well, the Hilux…until it was dropped from space.
The F150 stood up better once they replaced the immediately bent drive shaft. The frame weakness is just fucking insane to me, I don't know how they got its towing capacity certified for 11k lbs. That frame was SO THIN, it was closer to an aircraft frame than a shitkickin truck frame


[Harris+Walz] The 2024 DNC: TURN DOWN FOR WHAT?!
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You say that, but he's passing some of the most progressive policy in the country in his state