Matt Walsh's Twitter Hilariously Hacked, Twitter Becomes X Corp, Destroys 'Free Speech,' RFK Jr. Sues Small News Outlet to Unmask User, NBCU Union Busting, Workers WIN, Ben & Jerry's Says YES to Union
Plus: Holocaust Remembrance Day + I went for a bike ride!
Hey there,
Jenn here - Happy Tuesday! Today, I am proud of myself because, after getting Long COVID in 2020 (fun fact: I got it while covering Rudy Guiliani’s face-melting election lies press conference), I have had severe exercise intolerance – a common symptom. Today, I went for a bike ride! I am exhausted but proud. The world is still beautiful, folks.
Quick-Read News highlights here for you!
Conservative clickbait rage machine and noted transphobe Matt Walsh had his Twitter account hacked today. It’s still unclear what happened, but journalist Matt Binder seems to have a pretty good idea.
It seemed very cathartic for leftists online, though it was short-lived. Twitter sure figures out far-right issues pretty quickly!
Here are some highlights:
Twitter became X Corp today and has a new Terms of Service. Including that users may be banned from service at any time for any or no reason … How’s that ‘free speech’ thing going, Elon?
Anyone who knows me knows I have a Kennedy obsession. But RFK Jr. can get lost with his fake anti-vax rhetoric and dangerous propaganda. Today, I learned he’s been suing the DailyKos since 2021 … to try to reveal the identity of a community user.
Whether you like the DailyKos or not - and I know many leftists don’t - that is not okay. It is not okay for a wealthy presidential candidate to go after news outlets and individuals to get their way.
NBCUniversal Told Managers to Fight Unions in Role-Playing Exercise Training materials for 2019 session said company ‘will not tolerate’ unionizing. This is NOT OKAY and it needs to be called out.
Ben & Jerry’s have officially supported their workers’ plans to unionize! Love this! (Phish Food is my jam)
It is Holocaust Remembrance Day. Too often, people think of anti-semitism as something “in the past.” It’s not. Here’s just one thing that happened last night (CW: Antisemitism)
Let us all remember. Let us all fight back.
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Similar phrasing has actually been in Twitter’s ToS since inception. Regardless, that’s not to say that Elon’s done any good on his claims to champion free speech
Thank goodness for whoever hacked Matt Walsh