“We are not provided with wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can take for us… The lives that you admire, the attitudes that seem noble to you are not the result of training at home, by a father, or by masters at school, they have sprung from beginnings of a very different order, by reaction from the influence of everything evil or commonplace that prevailed round about them. They represent a struggle and a victory.” - Marcel Proust

Twitter is, apparently, currently guided by wise sages that have kept it from being a mean-spirited hate factory. That all ended today!

“Musk, who is also chief executive of electric car maker Tesla Inc, has described himself as a "free speech absolutist" who has been critical of Twitter's policies of moderating content on the platform. He has said Twitter needs to become a genuine forum for free speech. In a statement after securing the deal on Monday, Musk described free speech as "the bedrock of a functioning democracy.”

"While Elon Musk is an ACLU card-carrying member and one of our most significant supporters, there’s a lot of danger having so much power in the hands of any one individual," Anthony Romero, executive director at the American Civil Liberties Union, told Reuters after the deal was announced.”

Also, the “it’s a private company” people are now making the argument censored conservatives have been making for five years.

“Twitter is not just another company, human rights advocates noted. "Regardless of who owns Twitter, the company has human rights responsibilities to respect the rights of people around the world who rely on the platform. Changes to its policies, features, and algorithms, big and small, can have disproportionate and sometimes devastating impacts, including offline violence," Deborah Brown, a digital rights researcher and advocate at Human Rights Watch, told Reuters in an email.

"Freedom of expression is not an absolute right, which is why Twitter needs to invest in efforts to keep its most vulnerable users safe on the platform," she added.”

https://www.reuters.com/technology/human-rights-groups-raise-hate-speech-concerns-after-musks-takeover-twitter-2022-04-25/

Highly recommend this book.

Oops. The state has to pay $1 Billion to end Disney's special district. Politicians like to take an action that will grab headlines in order to grandstand (this, vaccine mandates for companies through OSHA, etc) knowing the courts will save them from the consequences of a catastrophically bad decision that violates existing laws or political norms.

Odd way to write "These stupid COVID restrictions and cold weather make it not worth living in this city anymore." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-least-affordable-state-us-miami-tampa-orlando-naples/