People don’t want the Fediverse. They want Twitter before Elon. They don’t care that Meta owns Threads.
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Politics@beehaw.org•Matt Gaetz Is the Best Possible Outcome for Attorney General
3·1 year agoProject 2025 from the Heritage Foundation and the America First Transition Project from the America First Policy Institute. Same shit, different toilet, even more organized freaks.
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World News@beehaw.org•Russian government confirms report about secret gift to Putin that former U.S. President Trump dismissed as 'made up'
17·1 year agoWhat is Russia’s motivation for confirming this?
Is the downside that quote posts make it easier for people to dog pile? That seems like it should be less of an issue because of defederating instances with that proclivity.
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Politics@beehaw.org•Trump pledges to deport Haitians in Ohio city if elected
4·1 year agoYup, I always tell people I’m biased about WI because I left. I’m sure OH has a lot of similar reasons.
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Politics@beehaw.org•Liz Cheney says Dick Cheney will vote for Kamala Harris, and she will support Democrat Colin Allred in Texas Senate race
12·1 year agoWelcome to the resistance… Dick Cheney?
Hubris. They were up in the polls at the time and didn’t think they needed to expand their appeal, so they caved and took Thiel’s guy.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Some subreddits could be paywalled, hints Reddit CEO - 9to5Mac
3·1 year agoThere are private/paywalled Discord servers and forums out there, too, so this could replace some of those. I think the Reddit format is better than a lot of alternatives, so I don’t actually hate this idea.
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Technology@beehaw.org•US Email Providers - Other then Google, MS, Apple, ...
3·1 year agoI’m not really into the idea of moving everything to a baby Google, even if they’re currently good about privacy. They just added an AI tool to email and a crypto wallet, which could be either awful or great signs depending on your perspective.
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Politics@beehaw.org•Trump Tells Christians They Won't Have to Vote in Future: 'We'll Have It Fixed'
3·1 year agoRon Desantis’s “Weekend at Bernie’s president” joke at the RNC, like every other accusation from the GOP, was just more projection.
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Politics@beehaw.org•Associated Press - Joe Biden Ends 2024 Campaign for President
18·1 year agoA DA will be a nice foil to the convicted felon.
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Politics@beehaw.org•Biden endorses Harris as Democratic nominee after ending his candidacy
8·1 year agoRegarding ballot eligibility- I think part of timing for this is that the Dems are about to have their “roll call” in the next week or two to officially nominate a candidate to get on ballots before the official full convention.
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Gaming@beehaw.org•Here’s how much Valve pays its staff — and how few people it employs
1·1 year agoSo does Valve?
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Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News
2·2 years agoI was kind of hoping for Impulse Space, but they’re probably too unproven.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News
4·2 years agoOne of Starship’s engines on the lowest setting would tear the station apart. Regardless of whether they make this based on Starship instead of something more reasonably sized like a Dragon or Falcon 2nd stage, it’ll still need either a new engine design or a big cluster of Dracos. It’ll be something custom.
Regarding their Artemis work- the payments are milestone based, so they get money as they pass milestones. Engine relights and ship to ship prop transfer are some of the next ones.
Regarding their other customers- the Starship manifest includes another moon cruise, several satellite launches, and a lot of Starlinks.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News
9·2 years agoSerious answer- SpaceX is building the deorbit vehicle then turning it over to NASA, who will have full control over it.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News
4·2 years agoThere’s no way Russia builds a new station. The timeline for them getting Nauka to orbit basically proves that it’s impossible. They’ve been trying to buddy up with China to visit theirs, though.
I’m just waiting for the moisture farmers to get landspeeders






I have a friend who won’t put his kids in the back of his Tesla because of this.