Elon Musk vs. the Trolls

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Funny thing, though: Shepard Stewart isn’t a real person. “Definitely a fake,” says Gavin Wax, editor-in-chief of the Liberty Conservative.
A chagrined Wax says the “Stewart” character “went totally dark on us
after we published him.” Wax discovered that a photograph “Stewart” uses
online appears to be an altered version of a former Twitter executive’s
LinkedIn headshot.

Musk attracts an unusually large and varied number of shrouded online
attacks, including phony op-ed pieces, websites with shadowy backers,
and individuals who hide behind aliases. “These are tools used by those
who don’t have facts on their side,” says Sarah O’Brien, a spokeswoman
for Tesla, the electric car maker Musk co-founded and runs.

I wonder how it will play out once Trump is in power.
They really are after Tesla.
They will also go after California regulating emissions standards.

Elon Musk vs. the Trolls

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This was one of the most amazing sights up north in Iceland. A thin sliver of land divides a fresh water lake and the angry ocean. I wanted to walk to the top and take a photo, but wind was so high that it was hard enough to stand, forget about walking and taking photos. I will definitely go back. #iceland #latergram #travelersnotebook #travelphotography #iphone7plus (at Siglfirðingur Siglufirði)

We need a post-identity liberalism, and it should draw from the past successes of pre-identity liberalism. Such a liberalism would concentrate on widening its base by appealing to Americans as Americans and emphasizing the issues that affect a vast majority of them. It would speak to the nation as a nation of citizens who are in this together and must help one another. As for narrower issues that are highly charged symbolically and can drive potential allies away, especially those touching on sexuality and religion, such a liberalism would work quietly, sensitively and with a proper sense of scale. (To paraphrase Bernie Sanders, America is sick and tired of hearing about liberals’ damn bathrooms.)

Mark Lilla, The End of Identity Liberalism

Lilla is describing what I call fluidarity, saying that postnormal liberalism must focus on the areas where we find common cause, and defer or decrease discussion on those where we differ. We can’t find solidarity – a single collective mindset – but must approach politics in our fractured times as a connective. We are all living our own lives, with our own goals, but we can still connect and pull generally in the same direction, even if we are all a few degrees off line, leaning toward our own self interest.

(via stoweboyd)

The only way to resist trumpism

An entirely random app made by Pioneer Corp – it is beautiful and very Japanese in its strangeness. It’s sitting in AppStore with no reviews and un maintained – ever since it was created for IOS 3.0

Someone in this corporation decided to build it, spend money on it, translate into English, and distribute for free. I love it.