tweets very much in character
― symsymsym, Saturday, 10 February 2024 21:07 (three months ago) link
Clicked on the Kanye trending link and it’s just bots on top of bots making the same pathetic cry for engagement joke about Spotify and Apple.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 10 February 2024 21:12 (three months ago) link
Seamas O'Reilly, @shockproofbeats, wrote a piece in the Examiner about how terrible Twitter is now and got suspended for "platform manipulation". Everything's so cool around here. pic.twitter.com/TJIAEeE83v— John Maguire (@JMaguireCritic) February 11, 2024
― bae (sic), Sunday, 11 February 2024 17:54 (three months ago) link
among the moderate sized accounts that haven't left yet things are more or less the same, but every tweet from a bigger account or anything that goes viral is just stuffed with insane replies, plus a lot of crypto shilling, porn, and AI-generated content. the site is still more or less useable but man the rot is really creeping in.
― frogbs, Sunday, 11 February 2024 19:29 (three months ago) link
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/bill-ackman-war-harvard-mit-dei-claudine-gay.html
love a profile where the guy is interviewed and he just comes off as a self-absorbed asshole
let me know if this results in a 4000 word screen against journalism on X. I won't be reading it, but I would like to know that it happened
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 12 February 2024 19:53 (three months ago) link
Incredible. https://t.co/ceGX7LbDbR pic.twitter.com/JPY20tAKsY— Daniel D'Addario (@DPD_) February 12, 2024
― 龜, Monday, 12 February 2024 20:11 (three months ago) link
Yes, "Activist" is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of "Ack."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:13 (three months ago) link
his day job is to short companies based on pure vibes. it all checks out
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:14 (three months ago) link
I was predestined to become one of the aliens from Mars Attacks
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:14 (three months ago) link
https://images.app.goo.gl/3re9VYktsooMcjk78
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:16 (three months ago) link
shit that didn't work
In short, he has long supported efforts to increase diversity. But last fall, Ackman said, he had several extensive conversations with two different Harvard faculty members — he declined to name them — who suggested that he look more closely at the university’s DEI programs. “A guy I’ve known since college, very senior, was the one who really helped me understand this stuff — the whole oppressor-slash-oppressed narrative,” said Ackman, who felt that Jews had been unfairly wedged into the former category. “I’d never even heard that before, and I’m supposed to be an aware person.” Someone else sent him the book America’s Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything, by Christopher F. Rufo, the conservative activist who led the effort to stigmatize critical race theory before turning his sights on DEI. Then came the deluge. “I started following various people on Twitter,” Ackman told me. “I started getting the download.”
I don't even know where to start with this one
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:17 (three months ago) link
Ackman joined Twitter in 2017, when Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker recommended the platform over dinner at Peretz’s house. “I use Twitter as a source of information — I should say ‘X’ to be respectful to Mr. Musk,” Ackman told me. “You can just follow people who are experts, or present as experts, in various things.”
so much going on here
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:19 (three months ago) link
ilx is where i present as an expert, in various things
― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:23 (three months ago) link
undermining the idea of meritocracy with every million added to his Scrooge McDuck vault
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:24 (three months ago) link
“You can just follow people who are experts, or present as experts, in various things.”
And weigh their opinions exactly the same, like a real dumbass.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:24 (three months ago) link
“I’d never even heard that before, and I’m supposed to be an aware person.”
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:26 (three months ago) link
"I started following various people on Twitter,” Ackman told me. “I started getting the download.”
STOP ALL THE DOWNLOADIN'
this guy's been a finance sector democrat forever, gets sent one book by Chris Rufo and does zero checking of additional sources, and now he's a RFK Jr. guy who parrots every right-wing talking point that's put in front of his eyes
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:27 (three months ago) link
Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day— Thing Bad (@Merman_Melville) January 24, 2019
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:28 (three months ago) link
having pure neoliberalism streamed into your brain by being friends with Marty Peretz for years has to have primed him for this
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:29 (three months ago) link
In a strange turn of events Ackman was eaten by ghosts while devouring pellets in a maze.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:30 (three months ago) link
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, February 12, 2024 8:13 PM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
"So, my name is Ackman - I married Cathy Guisewite"
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:32 (three months ago) link
what's that website that lets you do non-monetary wagers on anything? I kind of want to see if someone has a position on whether Ackman's wife is going to divorce him by some future date
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:34 (three months ago) link
I was thinking Bill The Cat xp
― Surfin' burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (sleeve), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:36 (three months ago) link
lol map, I was scrolliing the thread to see if that joke had already been made
― the new drip king (DJP), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:39 (three months ago) link
Yeah, Bill the Cat is top of mind for me.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:48 (three months ago) link
never thought about how there were two comic strip characters whos catch phrase was ack
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 February 2024 20:55 (three months ago) link
people were just walking around emoting ACK by the mid 80s. we forget that it wasn’t just the comics
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 12 February 2024 21:14 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx1ML4EHlKg
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 February 2024 21:19 (three months ago) link
Packin' a Mac in the back of the Ack
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 12 February 2024 21:21 (three months ago) link
billy joel’s movin’ out
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 12 February 2024 21:22 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdEY3yqLC38
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 12 February 2024 23:38 (three months ago) link
never thought about how there were two comic strip characters whos catch phrase was ack― lag∞n, Monday, February 12, 2024 2:55 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― lag∞n, Monday, February 12, 2024 2:55 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I guess Bill's was technically Ack! Thppwfft!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 12 February 2024 23:50 (three months ago) link
Let's not forget Bill the Cat's brain was replaced by Trump's towards the end of Bloom County's run
― octobeard, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 00:18 (three months ago) link
There was a Cathy movie in 1987?? Has anyone ever seen this?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 00:24 (three months ago) link
i couldnt quite stop reading that ackman piece and i’m practically yelling “you feral beady-eyed acquisitive little dumbass sonofabitch” and like sit down for a drink.
― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 00:45 (three months ago) link
“‘I was in a restaurant two weekends ago — the whole restaurant gave me a standing ovation.’I asked where the restaurant was. Ackman smiled. ‘This incredibly diverse community called the Hamptons,” he said.’”
I asked where the restaurant was. Ackman smiled. ‘This incredibly diverse community called the Hamptons,” he said.’”
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 03:25 (three months ago) link
class war baby gotta love it
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 03:34 (three months ago) link
the whole restaurant gave me a standing ovation.
I bet the kitchen staff didn't.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 04:17 (three months ago) link
Another one for the guillotine (the list is getting quite long, we’re gonna have to run double shifts to deal with the demand).
― B. Amato (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 11:24 (three months ago) link
please clap
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 15:32 (three months ago) link
I asked where the restaurant was. Ackman smiled. ‘This incredibly diverse community called my mind palace,” he said.’”
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 15:35 (three months ago) link
Not sure where to put this, but are the replies here all doing a bit? Or are people genuinely like this?
Today, for the first time in 27 years, I listened to the radio on an odd volume number. Nothing happened. I'm still here. Be honest, who else always has to have the volume on an even number? Why does it get us like that?— Fesshole 🧻 (@fesshole) February 12, 2024
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 16:59 (three months ago) link
Fesshole, a kink practice very popular in the catholic community
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 17:13 (three months ago) link
my daughter insists on the TV volume being set to an even number but hey
― wang mang band (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 17:42 (three months ago) link
CaAL people are all kinds of ways
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 17:52 (three months ago) link
no judgement intended, just people are endlessly fascinating and did not realise this was such a widespread thing, I cannot imagine caring about it personally but sure there are many things I do which would be equally strange or stranger
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 18:00 (three months ago) link
When I had the TV on all day in my former apartment, 10 seemed like the most comfortable volume level. Not 10 out of 10 like a guitar amp, to be clear — 10 out of probably 60 or more; I never got the TV up to full volume.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 18:07 (three months ago) link