From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:07:27 +0000, Julian    
   wrote:   
      
   >Twitter — or X if you must — is essential for bypassing traditional   
   >institutions   
   >   
   >   
   >At the time of writing, the British Government is apparently preparing   
   >legislation that many expect will lead to Twitter, formally known as   
   >“X”, being blocked. Officially this is because the platform’s in-built   
   >AI language model allows users to manipulate images of third parties so   
   >it appears that they are wearing nothing but lingerie. Yet critics,   
   >including the US government,  regard it as a thinly-disguised attempt to   
   >censor a primary forum of opposition. Either way, millions of people   
   >across the country are now faced with the horrifying — and, for many,   
   >unprecedented — prospect of actually having to do their jobs in order to   
   >stave off boredom.   
      
   Stave off boredom.  There is something to that.  Naked people always   
   were a tititlation.   
      
   But you think x has some other use.  It is a primary forum of   
   opposition.  Which would be good if only such opposition could be   
   true.  But a toxic mix of naked people and lies?  What possible use is   
   that, other than rescuing people from boredom?   
      
   >For the large majority of the population however, the idea of banning   
   >the social media site is a complete non-issue. Supposedly, around 40 per   
   >cent of British adults access the platform monthly, but this figure   
   >seems implausibly high. Most prefer one or more of either Facebook,   
   >Instagram or TikTok. Since it was acquired by Elon Musk in 2022, Twitter   
   >must have seemed to those who don’t use it to have been nothing but   
   >trouble. Those still relying on the BBC or the papers for their news   
   >have been drip-fed continuous stories about “misinformation” and online   
   >abuse.   
   >   
   >What the broadcasters and the newspapers won’t tell their viewers and   
   >readers, however, is that their reporters, producers, editors and   
   >directors positively live on the site...   
   >   
   >   
   >https://thecritic.co.uk/why-twitter-matters/   
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