RT @whizyk
I spoke to some former Elon Musk fans about what drew them to him — and what was the final straw.
https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/10/28/23426922/elon-musk-army-fandom-former-fans-twitter-ceo
RT @doctorow
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on http://pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/28/fade-to-black/#trust-the-process 2/
RT @mikegalsworthy
Freeports were the big idea of Rishi Sunak. And in the light of Sunak shunning #COP27, you may want to read this:
"Worryingly unaccountable, freeports are set to change the landscape of England’s green and pleasant land"
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/freeports-too-free-and-not-ports/
RT @ChrisStrategic
A+ thread on the tyranny of Adobe and Pantone.
Remember, you can always take your money elsewhere.
@affinitybyserif provides alternatives for Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
All for a modest, one-off fee.
Plus - they hail from the mighty, mighty Nottingham! https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1585913960741609472
RT @Lexialex
I'm old enough to remember a time when the whole world would have been shocked and outraged by such a statement https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-palestinian-birthrate-racism-numbers
RT @johnwhilley
Monbiot’s ‘always side with the oppressed’ call over Ukraine and other states in Western foreign policy sights is a fatuous ‘left’ posture that ignores the principal force of US imperialism and deeper complexities of US-shaped Great Power relations. A superb dissection by Cook. https://twitter.com/jonathan_k_cook/status/1585665357171331073
RT @acgrayling
World close to ‘irreversible’ climate breakdown, warn major studies https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/27/world-close-to-irreversible-climate-breakdown-warn-major-studies?CMP=share_btn_tw
Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.