From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:43:06 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   They have correspondents in most places.  Never have I seen them   
   credit ap.  International reputations don't come cheap.   
      
   The big news this morning is former prince andrew has been arrested,   
   so says their london correspondent.   
   --   
   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   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)