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Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic' (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I highly doubt it'll ever be funded by the government.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It wouldn't surprise me. He just partners with Truth Social and says that TS and Xitter will be the new government communication method and should be funded by the government. Probably will say it's more efficient or something.

This is going to be a corruption free for all.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works -5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Sure, but there are all kinds of issue with that. First, Trump has significant investments in TS, so having the government fund that would be a massive conflict of interest. Second, conservatives love to rail on places like NPR getting public funding, and funding X is a bit too much of an about-face IMO.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, you're right. Trump would never do anything that's a conflict of interest.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You may be right, but I think it's more likely than say deporting 10 million immigrants, or cutting spending by more than discretionary spending, or a number of things that people think are likely to happen. It's not like conservative rags are actually going to tell their readers the truth anyway.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, my coworkers were kind of excited about Trump cutting $2T, and I tried to explain to them that's not feasible with the way budgets are set up. They could maybe cut $1T if they really went deep, but to get anything more, they'd have to cut SS, Medicare, and the military, and Trump said that's off limits.

I doubt they'll hit $500B. They might get $2T over 10 years (so $200B/year) though, which I guess is how Congress likes to quantify spending changes to lessen the blow.