#sambankmanfried is being #softballed by #mainstream #media as apparently this kid that got in way over his head: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/did-.. Problem is, he #paid off #vox and other #news #companies with the #stolen #money . They *really* don't want an #investigation to look too far into this.
So people are pretty mad about #elonmusk making the #blue #checkmark a #paid #feature , rather than a #privilege for #political #allies https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587.. A pretty good #video by #lotuseaters on the #reactions to this: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ub3yDRsmVPo Seems like even #biden is being #factchecked now...
So #twitter are #introducing a very #basic #edit #feature for #paid #users only: https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/twi.. Apparently for up to 30 #minutes people will be able to make #changes. Wil be interesting to see how this plays out.
Going to call it now, one of #peakyblinders #tommyshelby 's #enemies #paid the #doctor to #lie to him about his #tuberculoma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculom.. Even if #season 6 is the lot, I doubt they will let him go out with it. The #blackouts could be #drugging or something.
#princeandrew - being the #innocent #paedophile he is, #paid a #settlement to prevent his case going to #court in the #us https://www.zerohedge.com/political/prin.. Sure...
Apparently #uk #labour #mp #jessphillips was #paid 15k #pounds to #present a single #episode of the #bbc 's #haveigotnewsforyou https://www.lotuseaters.com/labour-mp-je.. I'm not sure that #politicians should be being paid for appearances on #state #funded #tv ... Essentially the #taxpayer is paying for a #politician of the #opposition to #preach their #ideology at their #expense - something deeply wrong about that.
@barray on Wed Feb 02 23:09:41 UTC 2022 said: &e#aardvark also #discusses the #nz #journalist in his #article https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0203.s.. Apparently the #nz #government #paid $36.50 per #vaccine #shot to #pfizer ! As #aardvark suggest, it's time to open the #border up. #omicron isn't so bad and people desperately need #immunity to some form of #variant !Wow, the #nz #government initially #rejected a #pregnant #citizen #journalist whose #visa ran out in #holland - based on the grounds of the " #risk " the #covid #omicron #variant is supposed to represent: https://youtube.com/watch?v=h022-JZSslY She then had to seek #refuge in #afghanistan , who welcomed her openly. Only after some bad #pr #jacinda 's government reversed their decision, but not before #smearing her #personal #details to the #press ... Disgusting.
I agree with #aardvark that people being #paid not to #work should have been #encouraged to #learn a new #skill https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2021/1217.s.. The #nz #government for example could have made #online #courses #available to all, teaching people #virtual / #office based #trade that allows them to get #employment outside of the #tourism #industry for example. What a missed #opportunity !
As expected, #china 's #ccp have #paid the #interest for #evergrande to avoid a #default for now: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/chinas.. It really looks like it is now a #race to see who suffers #economic #collapse first, the #us or #china - whoever goes last gets to blame the first.
This month's #pine #update has some great #news https://www.pine64.org/2021/09/15/septem.. The #devzone is looking like it will be very interesting, with #bugbounties being #paid by Pine64! The #podcast is coming back! The #pinenote looks awesome and I'm depressed I can't have one. The #pinecube is starting to make #progress - the #pinetime and #pinedio are also coming along nicely. Tonnes of progress!
Seems like #dominiccummings now has a #paid #subscription model to read his #blog - seems a bit much: https://dominiccummings.substack.com/p/s.. I'm not sure anybody cares *that* much about what he has to say, he's nowhere near a position of high power now.