For some context on this, when Elon Musk took over Twitter, he removed deadnaming & misgendering from
the list of abusive behaviour, in April 2023.
Naturally, this prompted much clamour & whinging from the troons & loons. But, the issue died down, until February 29, when users noted the return of the policy to the page:
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At first, Musk claimed this would be for "repeated, targeted harassment of a particular person":
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But, later, he clarified that this was due to a court case in Brazil, & would only apply to posters from there:
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The page has since been amended to include that the policy applies "where required by local laws":
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Bringing this back to our beanie-bedecked subject:
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Tim had Sean Davis, CEO of
The Federalist, as the guest.
Hannah & Ian were co-hosts, this outing.
*Tim talks about his favourite topic, himself. In this case, the exchange I shared above. The panel discusses the complications of tailoring a global social media site, when nations begin making laws curtailing speech: 1:21:05-1:32:35
Clip Collection:
-Tim thanks the people buying CastBrew Coffee for fueling the first Branch Timidian shop, where monthly live shows can occur:
-In today's episode of "Not Like That!", Tim calls for people to petition their congressmen to push them to act, up to in-person protests at their offices. Ian talks about arranging a call to action to show how much support they have via calling the offices, but Tim says how that would not work:
-Tim claims he will make any Republican congressman that comes on the show have an Aleppo moment over
the 29 May riots outside the White House:
-Ian argues that the reason politicians are not aware is because they are just "normal", "basic". He says you could tell them what to do, & they would still screw it up:
-Ian pre-empts Tim switching topics, by asking at what point does something become a meme:
-Tim explains how he was not pulling money out of "X" as a move to force Elon Musk changing policy. Tim clarifies that it was only a pause on the ad spending, & not making another ad buy, for the moment. Tim says it would be "hypocritical" to single out "X", as Tim uses other problematic platforms & did not pull from those:
-A super-chatter bring up an AI VTuber, named
Neuro-Sama. Tim describes an idea to place an AI, with minimal input & separated from the internet, inside a video game like "Skyrim...GTA" to see what happens:
-I wonder if this super-chatter was making a subtle joke, by saying Tim is like The Emperor, in the game
Baldur's Gate 3. Also, how dare Tim cut off Ian from saying something barmy:
If you have not played the game, this is
The Emperor, an Illithid that protects your character from attacks by The Absolute, another illithid in its final stage of life as an Elder Brain, & main villain of the story:
As part of the game, you find out that he was the founder of Baldur's Gate, Balduran, that underwent transformation from a human into an illithid. After "disappearing" to hide his changed form, he secretly manipulated & controlled the city from behind the scenes. Two endings involve siding with him against The Absolute. Though siding with The Emperor in his plans is the more evil-aligned option, as it involves enthralling people with mind control, potentially including the player character & their party.
Bonus Bits:
-Frankly, I can see the resemblance:
