With declaring the Metaverse dead, I decided to share a previously unpublished article of mine from December 2021 about why the Metaverse would fail.
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Arieh Kovler
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Writer, political analyst, comms consultant. UK, Israeli, US. Politics, current affairs and technology. arieh@ariehkovler.com. linktr.ee/ariehkovler
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It'd be challenging to find a crime to charge the Q poster(s) for. It's not a surprise an investigation was opened and it's not a surprise it was closed.
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Documents newly released by the FBI suggest that the bureau opened an investigation in 2018 into the identity of Q regarding the possible federal crime of "false personation of a federal official," & that subpoenas were issued, but that the investigation closed in 2019.
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This isn't an appeal for clemency from the judge. It's an appeal for a pardon to Trump or another Republican president.
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Stewart Rhodes speaks now
"I'm a politcal prisoner."
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Of course, the police need to rule out terrorism, check for explosives, all that.
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Like the White House ramming attack a couple of days ago, these ramming attacks against hard targets are often done by mentally unstable people. They're so badly planned and so unlikely to succeed.
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One thing we can already say: whoever tried to drive through the gates on Downing Street didn't succeed.
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JUST IN: A federal judge has agreed to apply a terrorism enhancement in the sentencing of Oath Keepers' leader Stewart Rhodes--the first time in more than 1,000 Jan. 6 criminal cases that the terrorism penalty provision has been approved.
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#Hamas wins student council election at Bir Zeit University, a week after winning at An-Najah University
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Given that Mike Pence isn't a declared candidate for President, can anyone get one of these CNN town halls? Can I do one?
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JUST ANNOUNCED: On Wednesday, June 7 at 9pET, former Vice President Mike Pence will participate in a @CNN Republican Presidential Town Hall. Anchor @DanaBashCNN will moderate live from Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. More: cnn.it/43uUMRb
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Luckily British voters are entirely unfussed by animals. Not interested in campaign built around cute puppies looking sad.
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BREAKING: Government dropped the #KeptAnimalsBill, which would have delivered vital protections for dogs, sheep, primates & other animals. This betrayal shows low priority that Government places on animal welfare. Despite broken promises, we’ll keep pushing for #ActionForAnimals!
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This is one of those “come on man” cases
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Final opinion of the day is Tyler v. Hennepin County. Roberts writes for a unanimous Court that when the county seized a home for failure to pay taxes - and sold the home for more than the amount owed - there was a taking.
supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf
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It's one thing to lose your job.
It's another thing to lose your job because your boss spent $36,000,000,000 on this:
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A week after the public debate in the UK about the antisemitic origins of the term "cultural Marxism", Ron DeSantis says "the woke mind virus is basically a form of cultural Marxism".
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The US Secretary of State earns $220K. This is the salary of the person who conducts the foreign affairs of the United States. It is also less than what a 30-year-old staff engineer earns.
That's bad. A job's salary should match its duties, regardless of the occupant's wealth
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This video of a far-right provocateur haranguing a Target employee is from February, and was roundly criticized as weird and extreme behavior at the time.
It's only three months later, and Target protests are being lionized by Fox News and GOP influencers as a culture war win.
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Israeli minister Amichai Chikli called Elon Musk a "role model" and defended his tweets about George Soros wanting to "destroy humanity." I wanted to understand why Chikli thought this wasn't antisemitic, so I called him up. I still don't understand.
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I am on the cerulean atmosphere app, with the username ariehkovler.com. Come follow me if you're there. Unfortunately I have no invites (yet).
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In an attempted anti-abortion terrorist attack, an Illinois man rammed a vehicle containing multiple gasoline containers into an abortion clinic. However, he got stuck inside his vehicle and got arrested. He's being federally charged.
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Putin is literally staring at the words “Ukraine — Pays des Cossaques” across current Ukraine on this map from 1670.
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Putin, in full philosopher-tsar mode, peers over a Louis XIV map from the 17th century, which he says proves “no Ukraine ever existed in the history of mankind”
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Internal docs from TikTok show employees have been sharing private user data — from driver's licenses to locations — in Lark, a workplace collab tool, that was accessed by China-based workers of its parent company Bytedance.
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Well, quite.
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Replying to @ariehkovler
Almost like…a mind virus.
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Have a friend who I've often called the smartest man I know. Former HS math teacher and golf coach. Long career with IBM.
Is now a complete Q-MAGA.
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He wouldn't tank his business to push these crazy ideas!
She wouldn't blow up her reputation as a top news anchor!
He wouldn't let it get so far that his wife divorces him and he cuts off his kids!
But they do. They do it all the time.
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Smart people, rich people, successful people were sucked into election-denying MAGA, Covid denial and QAnon. These ideas changed them. Despite all their success and experience, they started making bad decisions.
That's the journey we can see Elon Musk is on now.
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Boris couldn't even rile up the eurosceptics to vote against the Windsor Framework. The grassroots are organising... for what?
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Boris ally:
‘Boris has been supporting govt but this act is final straw
‘There are a growing number of MPs who want party leadership to act to stop these witch hunts and a group of MPs will meet today to consider options. Meanwhile members across country are being organised’
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How does Boris Johnson expect Sunak to intervene and stop a police investigation? And why would he admit it publicly if he did?
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Boris Johnson allies up the ante and warn they will obstruct Rishi Sunak’s government unless he intervened to stop what they see as a ‘witch hunt’
They say it’s the ‘final straw’ for Johnson and warn that MPs and members supportive of former PM will begin organising
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I am on the cerulean atmosphere app, with the username ariehkovler.com. Come follow me if you're there. Unfortunately I have no invites (yet).
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Guys, Roger Waters is a racist conspiracist dick but the whole “fascist dictator” thing has been part of the Wall stage show for 40+ years.
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If I genuinely thought the civil service was a woke blob out to get me, not sure I would ask them to get me out of my embarrassing speeding problem tbh. If the Tory right really feels so under attack it doesn’t half offer up the ammo.
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If you want an example of Russia's diminished stature, remember Putin's sabre-rattling in Spring 2022 and the fears some had on the West that arming Ukraine would result in nuclear retaliation.
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NEW: Russian far-right militias on Ukraine’s side who stormed Belgorod used US tactical vehicles. Ukraine denied direct involvement in the raid, but a military intel official acknowledged “co-operating” with the militias. And I spoke to a militia leader. on.ft.com/432M5O6
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It's me, a normal person, announcing my presidential campaign as a disembodied voice in an event with the richest man on the planet and moderated by his venture capitalist buddy.
At least no one can tell how tall I am!
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*Did* any of the prior investigations ask about Chequers? If so, did someone lie about it?
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So Boris Johnson was investigated by Sue Gray, the Metropolitan Police and the Committee on Privileges, three full investigations, and at no point did anyone in any of these investigations think "Hang on, what about Chequers?"
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Honestly can't decide if a Twitter-launch to a campaign is cutting-edge and forward thinking, or just the pathetic move of a losing candidate.
Luckily, since all campaigns are absurdly evaluated in hindsight based the bivariate results, we'll get the answer in less than a year!
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