Karac

Gets political sometimes || Views my own, bro

[Sandford Police Commentary @Sandford_Police]

Regular reminder that most trans people are just trying to navigate their way through their lives with as little impact on you as possible

[Otto English @Otto_English]

The govt did NOT block a Grooming Gangs Inquiry.

It voted against an amendment - attached to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill - which would have been killed had the vote passed.

THAT amendment was added to stir trouble.

Inform yourself. Educate yourself. Be smart

[Chris Anderson @TEDchris]

With a certain amount of trepidation, I'm posting this open letter to @elonmusk, someone I have admired, but who, right now, is causing me concern. I know I'm not alone in thinking these thoughts. Please like or repost if you're willing... And Elon, if you're listening, please know this is offered in a constructive spirit.

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Dear Elon,

A thought hit me this morning.

On top of all your achievements in technology and entrepreneurship, you have become this century's single most influential writer.  You have more than 200 million followers on a powerful platform that you yourself control. And the words that you write flow well beyond just those followers into almost every user of X and far beyond courtesy of extensive media coverage.   This makes Rupert Murdoch at his prime seem inconsequential.

It must feel exhilarating. You made a huge gamble buying Twitter and it seems to have paid off spectacularly to the point that you can use it to massively impact the world, including changing governments.  You believe that X can largely replace most mainstream media. It is the new platform for citizen journalism, and you are citizen number 1.  You don’t need the hassle of editors and fact-checkers. Every single thing you post garners millions of likes and reposts. In a heartbeat you can change the global conversation.  No one in history has had this much power.

So there’s a lot at stake here, and, as it happens, journalism is something I care deeply about. I began my career as a journalist because I believed that good journalism was essential for the healthy functioning of democracy. Today I am worried — quite deeply worried, actually — that in your triumphant seizing of the global conversation, some of the core tenets of journalism are being forgotten. Without them, I think your efforts to make X the respected home of citizen journalism will fail.

There are numerous journalistic principles that matter — Grok can summarize them quite nicely. But there’s one in particular that’s been troubling me. It’s the fairness doctrine. The one that says that before you publish savagely critical claims about an individual, or an institution, you reach out to them for their side of the story. After all, just possibly, you may have missed a key fact or two that would change how people assess what has happened. Just possibly your sources were motivated to cause damage to that individual. Just possibly there’s an alternative explanation of what happened.

So, for example, when you tell hundreds of millions of people that someone should be hanged or jailed for outrageous crimes against humanity, just possibly you should first sound out what those who know those people really well would say about them. Some of your recent posts could literally get someone killed. Do you really want to risk that? How is it possible that you can do this at the very same time that you’re calling on people to make X more positive, more beautiful?  You say you want to maximize un-regretted user-seconds on X.  By far the simplest way you could do this, Elon, is simply to thoughtfully edit what you yourself post.

I get that from your eyes the issues you are championing are unbelievably important and worthy of extreme efforts. But the way you are presenting them is not citizen journalism. It's playground bullying. It’s crass and it’s cruel, and it’s therefore not nearly as effective as it could be.  You’re hearing the cheers of your most loyal followers, but missing the fact you’re making yourself a laughing stock among many who you really want on your side. Long-term that’s going to damage X, your other businesses, and indeed your long-term dreams for humanity.  No one wants to follow a playground bully to Mars.

I miss the old Elon. You can be funny, interesting, insightful and inspiring. You've fought incredibly hard for what you've built. And you may feel you're entitled to do whatever the hell you want with it. But I also know that you understand the danger of holding too tightly to the ring of power, how it can distort someone's judgement and turn them ugly.

I’m hoping you can loosen that ring just a little. For the love of humanity that you profess, I really urge you to embrace the fairness doctrine and showcase a better face of X.

Thanks for listening.

Chris

[. @LouiseRawAuthor]

YOU WERE LITERALLY HOME SEC WHEN THE JAY REPORT INTO GROOMING GANGS WAS PUBLISHED!

YOU WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN REFUSING TO IMPLEMENT ITS 20 RECOMMENDATIONS!

Spare victims the fake sympathy now.

[S A M M Y Woodhouse @officialsammyuk]

@SuellaBraverman I was one of the survivors you met in Rotherham. I offered to work with you for free to highlight all of this and to change policy, laws etc and you declined. Clearly wasn’t that interested was you?

[Karac @ThatguyKarac]

God bless Larry the Cat

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Cat check: Alex Kay was sentenced to 3 years and 2 months in prison having pleaded guilty to publishing material intended to stir up racial hatred. The post included the phrase "set fire to all the f****** hotels full of the bastards.” He had a previous conviction for theft:
https://t.co/EIatesVdlI

Shakil Chowdhury was sentenced to 6 years in prison in 2007 for raping a 12 year old: https://t.co/YN82uJkDot

You don't need to spread lies to make points about this scandal. The survivor of the rape, Samantha Roberts (who waived her anonymity to campaign for justice for rape survivors), was undoubtedly failed by the system. The vast majority of people would agree that a sentence of just 6 years is an insufficient sentence, which is why sentencing guidelines were changed in 2014: https://t.co/zuN5eGqY2k

In the UK the majority of prisoners are released after serving half of their sentence. The law was changed in 2023 so this no longer applies to those convicted of the most serious of sexual offences: https://t.co/3NjUaiTlvd

[Karac @ThatguyKarac]

@benshapiro I'd check Christopher Hitchen's views on Israel & Palestine before using him as a way to win points. He was very critical of Zionism and Israel, himself being Jewish. He was heavily critical of all religion, particularly the Christian conservative right wing in the US.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Yvette Cooper scolds Chris Philp like a petulant child for politicising grooming gangs

Look at how he's slumped in his seat, he knows he's shamed himself

And his arrogance, ego and pride expose him for the political charlatan that he is, dividing, instead of bringing together for progress

[Phil Hoppner @kaiserpth]

@Channel4News @RiaChatter @jamiemroberton Youth work offers a lot more than stopping youth violence (if it can even claim that) or just keeping young people off the streets. This is a reductionist view and we need to talk about the contribution youth work makes to the building of a good society

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

If Politics were driven by rational thought and objective truths, it would instead be called Science.

[Immortal Technique @ImmortalTech]

I hope I see self-reflection instead of people blaming everyone but themselves. Dems threw away the youth vote in 2024 and even worse their future support. Insane that some pundits saw a genocide as some trivial detail and not the conscience of a young person torn and conflicted.

[Karac @ThatguyKarac]

@elonmusk The past decade and the years cited were under a Conservative government, lead by politicians you've vocally supported. Insane.

[Tiberius @tiberiusfiles]

Musk’s daughter has him nailed

[Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf]

If you rightly condemn Russia for their depravity as they bomb hospitals and kill children, but continue to sell arms to Israel, who have killed over 14,000 children (and counting) and destroyed Gaza's hospitals with impunity, then you are a hypocrite. Simple.

[Monisha Rajesh 🍉 @monisha_rajesh]

I feel like I’m going mad seeing people who have stayed silent for months tweeting about Russia striking a children’s hospital. Israel has blown up hospitals for NINE FUCKING MONTHS. Babies have been blasted apart, children left hanging from walls. But now you all care?

[Ryanair @Ryanair]

don't worry @RishiSunak we've got a seat for you

[Immortal Humans CIC @immortalhumans_]

Happy Windrush day! A celebration of the immense contributions of the Caribbean people not only to help rebuild the UK after the war, but their undeniable contributions to culture, to music, and what makes this country an awesome place to live 💪💪 #windrush #windrushgeneration

[Nishu 🔥 @Neon5G]

kanye getting involved with the drake and kendrick beef