Seen some distinctly odd toots appearing from accounts in the western US (since roughly start of waking hours in California) saying "battery-electric vehicles are a dead end, the future is [OH LOOK A WOOKIE]". Not people I've ever engaged with previously.
I suspect the petrochemical industry astroturf bot farms have finally reached Mastodon ...
Charlie Stross /
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2023-10-28 19:42:04
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