Category: Probstism

Oh great! Just when I’m getting too old to die young, we’ve managed to wipe out 20 years of progress thanks to disease and drugs.

U.S. life expectancy falls to lowest level since mid-1990s due to COVID and drug overdoses

While I am disappointed and saddened about what is happening to Twitter, it is quite satisfying to see a petulant billionaire destroy his own investment and his other companies in the process.

Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

Thank you to Argentina and France for a World Cup Final for the ages! It was the perfect ending to an incredible tournament.

I’m just going to come right out and say this: It is super weird that Bowl Season started on December 16th this year. What really stinks is that there are no bowl games on New Year’s Day. I’m sure I am not the only one that would much rather watch bowl games than the NFL.

Such a bummer.

Looks like San Bernardino County is trying to beat Puerto Rico to Number 51!

Major Southern California county considers seceding from state

Isn’t it wonderful that no one company controls the internet and can control speech? Isn’t it wonderful that there are protocols and formats like RSS? We don’t need Twitter. It had great potential, and I was an early adopter, but it is time for it to go away.

Musk suspends journalists from Twitter, claims ‘assassination’ danger

If you’re still on Twitter, it is probably time to go. The platform will quickly become unpleasant, unproductive, and unusable under its new owner and his minions.

Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council

And when Twitter is just a bigger, less weird Tumblr, something tells me the advertisers will not be knocking down the door.

Twitter to Increase Tweet Character Limit to 4,000, Elon Musk Says

I left Twitter today.

Let’s be clear right up front. This is not at all in the same category as investigating a former administration for inciting an insurrection and other crimes.

House GOP pushes forward with Hunter Biden probe despite thin majority | PBS NewsHour