🚨 SCOOP: X, formerly known as Twitter, will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet and retweet https://t.co/kvFeZTH1f5
This code is still available by the way. (First person to reply to me got a code from someone else and the only other reply came from an account that just RTs crypto scams.)
@lionel_trolling On the other hand, Musk went from building cars and rockets to running Twitter, which complicates the story of how the tech right is thinking of software.
@lionel_trolling This got me thinking whether we can see Andreessen’s move from “software is eating the world” to “it’s time to build” as an example of the explicit valorization of the concrete aspect of capitalism. (Taking software to occupy a middle ground on the concrete/abstract spectrum.)
The actual state-sponsored US media organization doesn't have the same marking as NPR. It's just so transparent what Elon is doing here and it's garbage
“The government is secretly designing anti-superhuman weapons” is always treated like a damning revelation when like, holy shit, that would be the most justifiable use of taxpayer dollars ever considering the damage they cause. That shit would poll at 90%