A friend of mine in the lands of Facebook, Josh, wrote about the dissonance affecting the right wing of American politics, and it made me almost start a long reply to his Facebook post, but then I remembered I'd been meaning to write about this. The right wing of American politics has been completely co-opted by the Orange Menace. They no longer talk about policy, because there doesn't appear to be any. They don't stand for anything, they stand against 'libtards', they oppose

So Elon owns Twitter now, and has written a medium-length post about how he did it to protect humanity and defend free speech. So you don't have to click around to find it, here it is. There's a lot to unpack there, because I mostly don't believe any of it. That's not fair, I actually believe a lot of the third part there; that Twitter aspires to be a place for advertisers. Advertising sales make money, and ultimately I believe that Elon only cares about making money, no matt

It is time to talk about something very important. That giant faceless corporation is not your friend. It does not care if you succeed. It does not care if your store remains in business. It does not care if you order their product. People inside the Faceless Corporation MAY care if you succeed or fail. You may have friends who are in customer service, marketing, or even product design, and THOSE people want you to succeed, but Faceless Corporation doesn't care. Giant Facele