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I have heard of them being used psychologically. From the wiki about beta blockers,

many controlled trials in the past 25 years indicate beta blockers are effective in anxiety disorders

Musicians, public speakers, actors, and professional dancers have been known to use beta blockers to avoid performance anxiety, stage fright, and tremor during both auditions and public performances.

secret gay fishing trips = what fish? Oh yeah, we caught a bunch and they were huge

I posted from the article that they didn't respond to several questions:

X's noncompliance was more serious, the regulator said, including failure to answer questions about how long it took to respond to reports of child abuse, steps it took to detect child abuse in livestreams and its numbers of content moderation, safety and public policy staff.

I speculated that probably they also need adequate responses, but that's not what the article or the fine is about.

If one of the individual sites in the Fediverse was asked by Australian regulators, I bet they'd respond fully. It's not quite the same situation as Twitter, either - none of these sites are large enough to require many staff members, and don't have their own live streaming platform.

You mean, is the Fediverse doing any better? Why would I need to read that again?

They said

X's noncompliance was more serious, the regulator said, including failure to answer questions about how long it took to respond to reports of child abuse, steps it took to detect child abuse in livestreams and its numbers of content moderation, safety and public policy staff.

So yes, all the questions need to be at least addressed and probably saying “we don’t do that because Elron doesn’t care about it” wouldn’t suffice either.

Fediverse is a bunch of independent websites potentially connected by compatible software, not one entity, so there’s not really a basis for comparison. You could ask about individual instances. But also it’s about “failing to cooperate with a probe into anti-child abuse practices”, not hosting or failing to moderate material. Australian law says they can asks sites about their policies and they have to at least respond.

Fuck, time to go through my old cable bin…

There were the early USB plugs that were sort of weird notched trapezoids about 8 mm square (predecessor of mini and micro, USB-B). I always thought those were fine.

Actually looking at this I'm surprised how many other styles there were.

“A comprehensive overhaul of these agencies is sorely needed, along with a commission to take punitive action against those individuals who have abused their regulatory power for personal and political gains,” Musk said in a post on X.

He just can't stop being Trumply. "I'll sue the judge and district attorney!"

He offered to buy Twitter of his own volition. Nobody made him do that. He offered a rather high price, and had the option to pay $1 billion to get out of it. His preference was to act like "oh, let's just forget about that". Of course the shareholders and executives wanted him to go through buying Twitter at the best price they could possible get, and someone with his experience and level of business dealings would know that "oh, nevermind" wouldn't work. I'm sure he would pursue someone who signed a contract that would be in his favor and then tried to slink out of it.

But anyway, this investigation is not about the puirchase of twitter. it's when he bought 9-10% of the company and illegally did not disclose it properly. It's in the first line of the article...

Securities and Exchange Commission inquiring whether Musk broke federal law in 2022 when he bought stock in the platform

Yes, sadly for Musk, he has to follow security laws. Everyone else does also.

Yep, I recall that. Well, try editing notable articles even with valid improvements, and good luck not having it instantly reverted. I met the weirdest obsessive people on Wikipedia when I tried to participate... just complete wankers on a power trip.