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[–] melp@beehaw.org 1 points 8 hours ago

Ones a government structure and the other is an economic structure.

[–] melp@beehaw.org 8 points 8 hours ago
[–] melp@beehaw.org 11 points 8 hours ago

Since taking over the group, Musk has loosened the platform’s moderation policies, something that prompted many advertisers to leave. Disclosures from Fidelity Investments in late September implied a valuation for the company that was below $10bn. Musk purchased Twitter for $44bn. The new $44bn valuation represents a rebound for Musk and the group’s investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, 8VC, Goanna Capital and Fidelity Investments. The deal would help set a price for the upcoming primary round

Great. Now I need to find a better handler for my retirement fund... ugh.

Another two people with knowledge of X’s finances said there were signs Musk’s cost-cutting plan for the company was working, and that revenues had been improving. A further person noted, however, that the ebitda figure was “wildly adjusted”.

Well, yea. You chase a major chunk of users off and collapse a company, any shred of viability looks great. The key here is the "wildly adjusted" bit.

Investor interest in the loans improved in the weeks following Trump’s election victory in November, given the billionaire’s proximity to the new administration as a confidant to the president and the head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) intent on cutting government red tape.

So bribery.

A group of seven Wall Street banks including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Barclays and MUFG have sold almost all the $12.5bn of loans Musk used to finance his takeover of Twitter in 2022. The lenders had been saddled with the debt while Musk sought to turn around X’s operations as equity investors repriced their stakes in the platform at dramatic discounts.

And they now want a piece of the bribery pie.

It also improved after Musk gave a 25 per cent stake in his artificial intelligence start-up xAI to investors in the social media company early last year. xAI has obtained a valuation of $45bn, and the novel arrangement has provided new security to X’s lenders and boosted the platform’s valuation. One banker close to the fundraising said the upcoming primary round would help X “clean up the last bit of debt”.

Again, bribery.

The banks agreed to give the company time to raise fresh equity or equity-like funding to pay down the remaining junior debt, instead of offloading it when they sold more than $11bn of the loans in January and February, two people said

For better democratic results, eject the C suit

In a further boost for X, groups such as Amazon have boosted marketing spending recently as Musk’s relationship with Trump has deepened. X recently added a number of brands, including Nestlé, Lego, Pinterest and Shell, to a lawsuit alleging the companies had previously illegally boycotted the platform.

This bullshit again.

[–] melp@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago

They upped my dosage of Lexapro and everything feels like that one monologue to Fight Club: "When you have insomnia, you're never really asleep, and you're never really awake. With insomnia, nothing's real. Everything is far away. Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy..."

[–] melp@beehaw.org 6 points 3 days ago

Yep. Been saying for a minute Gen Z are the new boomers. Really fucked up.

[–] melp@beehaw.org 20 points 3 days ago

Can we promote it for her?

[–] melp@beehaw.org 2 points 5 days ago

We don't. It's bullshit.

[–] melp@beehaw.org 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Welp. Canceling that account.

[–] melp@beehaw.org 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I'm a grump this week. Really shoulda removed the uterus when I had the chance.

Edit: I also love SpaceHey. I made my profile to be Tina Horse Girl infauated with BUTTS from Bob's Burgers.

 

Just wanted to share the servers Gardenfence has identified as hate sources so you can curate your fedi experience better.

https://github.com/gardenfence

[–] melp@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago

Thanks for that. I went in a rebalanced it.

 

Taken from the 50501 reddit...

US : Request your private data obtained by DOGEUS News (self.50501) submitted 8 hours ago * by Vivid_Midnight_1066

Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has issued an injunction commanding DOGE to comply with citizen requests under the Freedom of Information Act. This law encompasses the Federal Privacy Act of 1974, which entitles any citizen to access personal information held in any U.S. government records system.

https://jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy-act-requests/

Please spread the word so we can inundate DOGE with requests for our personal data.

Edited to add a direct link to the form letter: https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ak-raskin/images/Raskin_DOGE_Privacy_Request.pdf

[–] melp@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago

I'm just curious what people are thinking, feeling, doing.

 

Curious what the general consensus is on what we should do with our savings. My friend just liquidated 1/3rd of his portfolio. Wondering what I should consider for my 401k. What are you all doing?

[–] melp@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

Oh... in relation to the uncounted ballots

 

I just signed up for the RSS feeds that tell you what bills are going through the senate, congress, and the oval office. I recommend this subscription.

 

“For the working class, these policies have made ownership of housing” next to impossible “as every cruel cycle of interest rate hikes brutally strips them of houses, cars and other assets they are forced to sell.” In the absence of an emergency public housing program, masses of the working class are crammed into slums, sheltering in shacks built of easily inflammable materials. Lacking electricity supply, candle lamps are often used for lighting in these settlements.

 

Iris Turmelle, one of the plaintiffs now in high school, told Them in a statement last August that her goal is simply to compete alongside her peers.

 

After what seems like eons, season three of Euphoria is finally in production, and has added some exciting new cast members to boot — including Spanish pop star Rosalía, who famously dated the show’s star Hunter Schafer in 2019.

(I'm sorry Beehaw but I am in LOVE with Rosalia and I am taking you down this sad bisexual girl's obsession trench with me.)

 

The Baptist university uninvited churches that support LGBTQ rights from participating in a campus ministry event.

 

The Heart of Joy is an ECU that combines both driving dynamics and powertrain control into one computer. Approximately eight-inches by eight-inches, the box will serve as the control module for the upcoming Neue Klasse electrified vehicles that will start rolling out later this year.

 

In Brighton Park, a majority Latino neighborhood on the city’s southwest side, an elementary school principal has been sharing his experience as an immigrant, so that families feel more comfortable.

In Pilsen, a predominantly Latino neighborhood and historically a neighborhood where Mexican families have immigrated to, a high school launched an emergency immigration chat and told parents that it’s OK for students with immigration concerns to stay home.

 

Republican lawmakers in at least five states are seeking to block undocumented children from attending public school for free or to inquire about students’ immigration status in ways that courts have held violate children’s educational rights.

 

The latest version of Senate Bill 518, passed out of the Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee, would expand property tax revenue for charter schools statewide. It requires all school districts that have at least 100 students living within district boundaries and attending charter schools to share their operations tax revenue with charter schools.

As of today the bill passed the Indiana senate and is now (hopefully dying) in the house.

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