• conditional_soup@lemm.ee
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    17 hours ago

    Nah, I saw a year or two back that Bill was pulling back from his climate and disease philanthropy. I think this is just him jumping on a chance to do some PR by dunking on Musk.

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      9 hours ago

      Do you have a source? The only thing I can see is much more recent, and isn’t philanthropy, but lobbying.

      He’s apparently reduced his climate change related lobbying under the new administration… which sounds like a rational response, because this administration is actively hostile to any and all climate change initiatives.

      What’s the point in donating to lobby for windmills when Don Quixote Cheeto is in charge?

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        11 hours ago

        Well, a few things:

        1. they say the only bad press is no press.

        2. We’re at a moment where anger against the wealthiest people on the planet has never been higher, except maybe during a revolution. Bill is among this group, and he’s likely cognizant that Dingus and Doofus up in DC are exacerbating that sentiment. Maybe he’s hedging his bets to keep from getting put against the wall.

        3. Didn’t he fly to Epstein Island? Wasn’t it shortly after we found out about that that Melinda divorced him? Probably not the most recent thing he’d like to be remembered for.