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The internet is full of noise and misinformation, I’m trying not to make it worse. peterj99 AT mastodon DOT green
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Hannah Arendt published The Origins of Totalitarianism in 1951. It is a great failure that we still wonder at the seemingly illogical functions of authoritarian rule when she laid out its structures and affects so clearly. Here she is on cynicism, lies and propaganda, a history of today.

The car industry was always a high volume low margin business. Tesla’s high valuation is based on the premise that they charge that and make the iPhone of cars. Turns out they can’t. The competition has caught up with them. Once expensive ADAS are now standard features.

Tesla deliveries this quarter are expected to be the lowest they’ve been in the past 10 quarters. For more details, check out my update on Patreon. It includes everything about deliveries, plus EPS & gross margin estimates for Q1. I also post daily updates on Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/2025-Q...

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Trump is the new king 🙁

My latest at Substack, regarding the praiseworthy efforts by @niedermeyer.online: montanaskeptic.substack.com/p/if-we-all-...

I can tell you one thing wrong with this app . Too many likes and not enough reposting . We are in a constitutional crisis it's time for everyone to pick up their share games. Likes do nothing .

Visit me in the camps

Our latest scoop: An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause all work with 'foreign nationals.'

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A database detailing Jan 6 crimes and convictions has disappeared from the Department of Justice website. “This is a huge victory for J6ers..." www.cnn.com/2025/01/25/p...

Apparently Trump directly threatened Denmark on his first phone call the other day with their Prime Minister. The "conversation" has set off major alarm bells in Copenhagen and other NATO capitals. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

If Russia can invite a foreign nation (N Korea) to kick Ukraine off its territory, why can’t Ukraine invite foreign nation to help kick out Russia?

See, here's what's happening: 1. Someone asks Grok a question and it invents a wrong answer 2. People post that answer in tweets. 3. People ask Grok the same question and it gives a more certain wrong answer with sources 4. The sources are the tweets from point 2. Grok is eating its own shit.

World-famous aircraft structures engineer John Hart-Smith, who years ago pointed out to Boeing leaders the folly of their business strategy, died last month at 84. Story by Dominic Gates www.seattletimes.com/business/boe...

Gavin Newsom launched a website to combat the wildfire disinformation spreading about Los Angeles, because people can’t be bothered to do a simple Google search before sharing nonsense. And because people suck! Get the facts: californiafirefacts.com

“My message is that if we do not care about the climate crisis and if we do not act now, then almost no other question is going to matter in the future.” - Greta Thunburg

Medicare is more than half privatized, and it's costing taxpayers a lot of money open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist at The Washington Post, says her cartoon below was killed by Jeff Bezos, the paper’s owner. Bezos didn’t want the cartoon to become public because it shows him kneeling before Donald Trump. You know what to do.

Ramaswamy is actually right that America embraces mediocrity but he seems to miss that this is exactly why Trump is going to be President again.

When an immigrant steals your job.