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Whoopsies! "Free speech absolutist" "accidentally" suspends the accounts of journalists who are critical of him, and people whose political views he disagrees with.
He seems to have quite the habit of firing or banning people he disagrees with, doesn't he?
Via Gizmodo:
"X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, purged an unknown number of prominent accounts over the last 24 hours with little to no explanation, and then restored the accounts minutes after this article was published.
"The list includes popular accounts belonging to journalists, writers, and podcasters. Among them are Ken Klippenstein of the Intercept, writer and podcaster Rob Rousseau, Texas Observer correspondent Steven Monacelli, the account for TrueAnon, a left-wing politics and news podcast, and a number of others.
"One thing the accounts have in common is recent criticisms of the Israeli government.
...
"Musk, who calls himself a “free speech absolutist” has previously said no one should be banned from X unless they break the law.
"Update, 1:12 p.m.: Shortly after this article was published, Musk responded to a question about the issue from far-right influencer Jackson Hinkle. Musk promised to investigate, and the accounts went back up soon after. Musk later blamed the “mistake” on X’s spam algorithms. The Hamas account is still suspended."
I have to say: the last thing I expected last night while taking a break and watching the detective series, "The Mallorca Files," was: a reference to 19th-century German literature ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Speaking of Grillparzer, here's the first edition of his Die Ahnfrau (1817). The preface notes that, although he shortened and revised the drama for the stage, he hopes the public will read the full text presented here. He also defends himself against critics, above all, those who read this exemplar of the Schicksalsdrama or tragedy of fate, as endorsing superstition or a fatalist worldview
And (why not?): the first edition (1830) of Grillparzer's Ein treuer Diener seines Herrn (a loyal servant of his lord), a historical drama set in medieval Hungary
rare original paper wrapper has owner's stamp of Carl Gerold's Sohn, Vienna, a publisher with whom Grillparzer would have preferred to work
I have a book coming out Jan 20th!
It's a standalone connected to my Children of the Nexus series (same world, the love-interest here is a main POV in the series)
This book has:
so much banter
strong sibling relationship
strong friendships
friends-to-lovers
gay side characters
main character anxiety rep
diverse cast
deep worldbuilding
action and adventure, wilderness survival style
low fantasy (none of the main group displays clear magic on page)
single PoV, third person past tense
#haaretz / Holocaust Researchers to Yad Vashem: Condemn the Public Discourse in Israel Calling for Genocide
[…] About 50 Holocaust researchers from Israel and abroad, whostudy the Holocaust and genocide, appealed today (Wednesday) to the chairman of Yad Vashem, Danny Dayan, demanding that he voice "an unambiguous moral opinion" condemning "the public discourse calling for destruction and the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza."
[…] The letter is signed by researchers from Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University, Haifa University, and Ben Gurion University, including Eva Illouz, Daniel Blatman, Omer Bartov, Rivka Brot, Amos Goldberg, Ariel Hirschfeld, Yehiam Weitz, Moshe Zimmerman, Moshe Zuckerman, Dalia Ofer, and Avraham Ronen.
The fact that Yad Vashem has been quite so far says everything.
50 Holocaust Researchers Ask Yad Vashem to Condemn Israeli Public Discourse Calling for Genocide in Gaza
The 'incitement to extermination' heard in the words of Israeli officials and personalities 'can reach the stage of genocide,' the researches say. They're calling on Yad Vashem to learn from the lessons of the Holocaust
To be fair, every studio is 2 bombs away from bankruptcy, hell MeMeMe games shut down even though they didn’t make a single bad game since shadow tactics. Both gacha and live service are constant cashflows that keep a company alive during hard times, just like Final Fantasy XIV kept Square going, and granblue is keeping Cygames going while they invest the surplus on more prestige games.
@Mela@historikerinnen
Sehr schön! Im Idealfall sind die E-Books, welche über unsere FID-Lizenzen bezogen werden können, im deutschen Bibliotheksnetzwerk nur bei uns vorhanden. Spezialliteratur als komplementäres Angebot zum Bestand der UBs. Die verfügbaren Titel in unserer "History Collection" konnten wir kürzlich noch einmal deutlich ausweiten.
Battery as a Service (BaaS) Market Size, Analytical Overview, Growth Factors, Demand, Trends and Forecast to 2031
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Drivers:
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Restraints:
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Growth Factors:
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Outlook:
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Market segment by players, this report covers
Epiroc
NIO
Global Technology Systems, Inc. (GTS)
Rock Clean Energy
Market segmentation
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Market segment by Type, covers
Mobile Equipment
Stationary Equipment
Market segment by Application, can be divided into
Automotive and Transport
Energy
Industrial
Others
By Geography
North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico)
Europe (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, U.K., Russia, and Rest of Europe)
Asia Pacific (China, India, Japan, Australia, and Rest of Asia Pacific)
South America (Brazil, Argentina, and Rest of South America)
Middle East & Africa (South Africa, UAE, and Rest of ME&A)
The lightest, this makes makes me think, what actually constitutes a gaming laptop, I have an old Intel 530 laptop, I can play Abe’s Oddysee on it, and probably fallout, which makes it a gaming laptop, why do gamers chase the latest hardware when for mere cents they can get a good experience, an experience which was a dream to many.
It’s just marketing terms and they carry zero weight (lol) or reasoning anymore. Best to ignore anything a company says and just look at the hardware and its use case. Companies will continue to lie to consumers and nothing will change that
According to Engadget’s coverage of the first model with the touchscreen case, the case mostly just lets you use functionality from the app that goes with the earbuds without actually going into the app. I don’t use the apps for my earbuds or headphones, so I can’t say how useful quicker access to their functionality would be.
What I miss most in mastodon is that people don't showcase many of their recent articles and discoveries compared to X. Yet, it is a fun and effective way of keeping my reading up to date. Does anyone have a trick to get around this?
“The repeated stylizations of the body—everyday acts and gestures—are themselves performatives, producing the gendered identity of which they are thought to be the expressions.”(Alberti, 2013, p. 95)
Utah legislators want to pass a new law by claiming librarians are distributing porn and they want librarians to be rounded up and sent to jail for having books like “The Bluest Eye” and “Forever”
That’s actually pretty awesome. Bluetooth speakers are getting to the point where new features aren’t really being released, so features like this actually helps a brand stand apart.