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Twitter ad revenue is down 59% “and unlikely to improve any time soon”.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/technology/twitter-ad-sales-musk.html
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Immensely powerful diary entry from a Ukrainian journalist. https://strangersguide.com/articles/scenes-from-the-war-stanko/ Hey #philosophers out there: Since Bostrom's "we are most likely living in a #simulation because with good enough tech there are far more simulations than reality" argument and hullabaloo some years ago, have there been any further significant arguments in that direction? Wikipedia only has some attempts at refutation of that argument. Or has simply nobody pursued this line of thinking in some significant way? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis#In_philosophy  There's those countries and regimes that accept their history, including all the terrible stuff, and those that try to hide or deny it. Among other things, trying to hide it speaks of terrible insecurity. Your people don't love you any more if they find out? What about instead, you work on being such a good government that people love you even as they know, because you're so working hard that bad stuff will never happen again? #tiananmen but also certain places in US Interesting survey numbers on LGBT+ equality and lack thereof globally. The acceptance numbers are generally higher than I would have thought. “Dangers of woke” is clearly a political strategy that would not work if it relied on getting a democratic majority. That in itself tells you something. https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/pride-month-2023-9-adults-identify-lgbt At this point Elon Musk is not just an enabler, but a leading instigator. “Elon Musk Calls to Imprison Therapists Helping Trans Kids.” https://newrepublic.com/post/173201/elon-musk-calls-imprison-therapists-helping-trans-kids
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