From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/18/2026 9:07 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   > 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.   
    >   
   I suspect it's the opinion pieces you're paying for. The NYT probably   
   gets most of their news from reading the new wire from AP.   
      
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