Ex-mormon superstar

Wait, they actually have something? I was under the impression that they had entirely given up on the whole "metaverse" thing a while ago.

I can't figure out how to find this "space" on Twitter. Does twitter not keep recordings of spaces around after they are over?

I thought he wasn't using voice changing software at all because it always sounded exactly like him. He really seems to forcing himself to stutter and "um" and "uh" less, but the voice and cadence are a dead match for Elon in all the clips I've heard from this account.

Other than having a better bash/zsh shell I greatly prefer Windows to Mac OS. Mac might be simpler to use for the less technically inclined, but Windows is so much better to use for power users.

1/ Russian soldiers are having to sue military hospitals to prove that they were injured in combat, so that they can receive the compensation payments they were promised. It highlights how the Russian state's bureaucracy is continuing to harm its own soldiers. ⬇️

1/ Nearly five times more Russians died fighting in the Syrian civil war than officially acknowledged, according to a new analysis. Journalists have established the deaths of at least 543 men, the majority of whom were Wagner mercenary fighters. ⬇️

1/ The political officer of a Russian regiment was kidnapped and tortured by his own commanders after discovering that they were involved in drug smuggling and reselling humanitarian aid, fuel and even weapons. The case illustrates rampant corruption in the Russian army. ⬇️

1/ Russia's worsening economic problems are causing Russian pharmaceutical manufacturers to abandon production of some medications, due to fixed prices making it unaffordable. The country is now reportedly short of 20 million units of saline solution, a vital medication. ⬇️

1/ The two oil tankers that have sunk in the Kerch Strait were specialised but obsolete river-sea vessels that should not have been operating at all, according to Russian sources. They were supposed to have ceased operating at sea in 2008 under Russian and international regulations. ⬇️

Oh, do we finally get learn more about Emmett Richter?

1/ Many Russian commentators feel the loss of Syria deeply because it was a "kind of symbol of the glory of Russian weapons," according to a lament published by a prominent Russian war blogger. "It is not yet clear what will happen to this symbol," he adds gloomily. ⬇️

1/ Russian forces in Syria are reportedly cut off and surrounded in several locations. It's not clear how many are still in the country, but it's likely that they will need the assistance of the victorious rebels and Turkey to evacuate fully. ⬇️

1/ Russia's 810th Marine Brigade is reported to be suffering huge casualties as it attempts to recapture the Kursk region, with a thousand of its men reported missing in October 2024 alone. Commanders are being accused of 'murdering' their troops. ⬇️

1/ Due to an ongoing ban on the use of personally owned vehicles by Russian soldiers, wounded soldiers are now reportedly having to call taxis to be evacuated from the front line in the occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine. ⬇️

You can kill them a little, as a treat.

Completely agree. Especially with the technology we have now, people don't have to be all crammed into the same room to debate and pass legislation.

Doesn't seem to work. I just get a page asking me to subscribe.

When my wife worked at Microsoft she was assigned the username a-asself.

1/ The Russian army is reported to have come up with a new way of saving costs: it is forcing mobilised soldiers to sign contracts, which means they do not have to be paid as much if they are not on the front line. ⬇️

They spent it all on Taylor Swift merch.

1/ A useful corrective thought from the Russian military analyst Alexey Sukonkin on the ineffectiveness of using tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine:

"If we are talking about a single nuclear strike of 'tactical power', then we should understand that, …

A Bluesky account reply saying: "I'm happy to help! However, I don't see any political content in the tweet." This is a prime example of a bot script not properly checking for a fail condition.

This is what it looks like when a #bot script malfunctions. The original post is fed to an #AI, telling it to take an opposing political position.

In this case the OP was not political, so the AI could not take an opposing view. Whoever runs the script didn't check for this failure condition.

1/ Russia is reportedly spending at least 10 billion rubles ($99 million) to build a massive defensive system in the Kursk region, having already spent 3 billion rubles ($29.7 million) to build defences that comprehensively failed to keep out the Ukrainians. ⬇️

You're replying to a bot

Nuh uh. It has value in crime

He's very good.

Just baffling.

Oh no! The warm water ports!

1/ Injured Russian soldiers are being sent into assaults on crutches, are ordered to kill their own wounded on the battlefield to prevent them holding up attacks, and are attacked by their own side's drones if they do not continue moving forward, according to two eyewitnesses. ⬇️

1/ Injury payments for Russian soldiers injured in the Ukraine war have been reduced by as much as 96.6% under a new decree by Putin. The decree went into force today only hours after it was published. The move is likely intended to reduce Russia's massive compensation costs. ⬇️