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Don’t Tread on Me—Unless You’re a Billionaire with a Ketamine Addiction, in Which Case I Enthusiastically Support It

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Don’t Tread on Me—Unless You’re a Billionaire with a Ketamine Addiction, in Which Case I Enthusiastically Support It Listen, I don’t know how to say this, but I think I’m finally okay with being trodden on. Just a little. Just enough to feel the reassuring weight of a billionaire’s boot pressing gently against my liberty-loving neck. For years, I stood tall against tyranny. I flew my DON’T TREAD ON ME flag so high it violated three HOA regulations and traumati…

McSweenys 1.0k 2025-02-22

Free Our Feeds wants to build a social media ecosystem ‘resistant to billionaire influence’

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Free Our Feeds wants to build a social media ecosystem ‘resistant to billionaire influence’ Image: Free Our FeedsTechnology advocates and celebrities are backing the launch of Free Our Feeds, a campaign designed to “save social media from billionaire capture.” The project aims to raise $30 million over three years to support the development of a social media ecosystem powered by the AT Protocol, or the decentralized network powering Bl…

The Verge 369 2025-01-14

Donald Trump picks billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

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Donald Trump picks billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty ImagesPresident-Elect Donald Trump has nominated billionaire Jared Isaacman to head up NASA, he announced on Wednesday. Isaacman funded and partook in the Polaris Dawn mission, in which he and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis performed the first commercial spacewalk. Isaacman is set to replace former Florida …

The Verge 709 2024-12-05