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   On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:24:33 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >On 2/18/2026 5:30 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:21:23 +0000, Julian    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 18/02/2026 20:56, Dude wrote:   
   >>>> On 2/18/2026 10:56 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:10:59 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 2/18/2026 8:27 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:48:49 -0000 (UTC), Tara    
   >>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> On Feb 18, 2026 at 10:34:49?AM EST, "Noah Sombrero"    
   >>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> 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.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> everything will be abused (or used) in some way if given enough   
   >>>>>>>> freedom. I use   
   >>>>>>>> X to (once in a while) read what people I am interested in say what   
   >>>>>>>> they have   
   >>>>>>>> to say. And I've never seen a naked person on X. Maybe because I'm not   
   >>>>>>>> interested in seeing a naked person on X.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Understood.  You are discerning.  Many others are not.  And it is the   
   >>>>>>> others that drive the enterprise.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> And, you would know this how?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> The whole thing falls apart for me when I consider that there is no   
   >>>>>>> truth requirement, and no way for you or even x to really know that   
   >>>>>>> people are who they say they are.  Why leave yourself open to that?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Why would their name matter? You appropriated your handle impersonating   
   >>>>>> an immigrant guy nodding off under a snow bank. LOL   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Actually there is a story behind that.  It relates to a time in the   
   >>>>> late 80's/early 90's when I ran a BBS.  I called it Noah's Kitchen and   
   >>>>> I was the sysop, noah sombrero.  Noah's kitchen had to be a magical   
   >>>>> place because it was where all of god's creatures got fed without   
   >>>>> consuming any.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Do you imagine that important, interesting people are busy?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Get real. These people get paid to post their views online.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> And these important, intelligent people are short of cash?  Can't   
   >>>>> think of any better way to pick up a few bucks?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> More likely, they pay somebody else to do that.  Or the accounts are   
   >>>>> simply fake.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>> That they might not get a lot out of spending time entertaining us   
   >>>>>>> with their twits?>   
   >>>>>> Using X to see people naked requires a search, Senor.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Otherwise, you read your feed - your favorite tweeters. It's all about   
   >>>>>> bias confirmation.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> How did you get so truthy?  Not that you don't traffic in such   
   >>>>> confirmations.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> My guess is that all the writers at the NY Times, posting tweets on X,   
   >>>> are on paid staff, or at lest getting paid for free lance work. YMMV.   
   >>> The NYT maintains several X accounts and it's staff,   
   >>> like every other professional media organisation, have   
   >>> an account, being as an essential work tool, on expenses.   
   >>   
   >> And you think the nyt is giving away their news.   
   > >   
   >All news should be free. Free because its yours.   
      
   I suspect they charge me to see it because they don't agree with you.   
   --   
   Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain   
   Don't get political with me young man   
   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
   <<>> to <<>>   
   Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?   
   dares: Ned   
   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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