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Thrilled to release the first episode of my new podcast with Brian Merchant today!
We had to discuss the topic on everyone’s minds to kick the show off, but there are going to be so many deep dives and interesting conversations to come.
Go listen, and make sure to subscribe: buzzsprout.com/2425400/episode…
#tech #elonmusk #donaldtrump #generativeai #podcast
Please Reboot Your System - System Crash
The system is crashing, and we’re here to guide you through the wreckage. In the inaugural episode of System Crash, Brian Merchant and Paris Marx dig into how the alliance of Donald Trump and Elon Musk—along with his Silicon Valley cohort—is poise...Buzzsprout
“Peter Mandelson, who is tipped to become the next UK ambassador to Washington, then called for an end to the ‘feud’ between Musk and the UK government, calling him ‘a sort of technological, industrial, commercial phenomenon’ with whom the UK must build bridges.”
theguardian.com/technology/202…
Cunt (n): a sort of technological, industrial, commercial phenomenon
#elonMusk #cunt #UKPol #Labour #sycophants
Elon Musk to ‘summon MPs to US to explain threats to American citizens’
World’s richest man responds to UK parliamentarians saying they will call him to testify about X’s role in spreading disinformation during riotsRobert Booth (The Guardian)
Folks, please do delete your X accounts, by all means, but I’d be very surprised if that meant that your data is deleted or that Elon Musk won’t be using it to train his AI, etc.
I put in a data deletion request after deactivating my account in 2022 and set the Irish DPC on them when they didn’t. After several back and forths, with the Irish DPC being less than worthless, I gave up. Afaict, there is zero enforcement of GDPR Article 17.
CC @noybeu
our hero of the week is ...
Mackenzie Scott, the ex-wife to Jeff Bezos.
#ElonMusk #wealth #women #minorities #Resistance
Love them or hate them, #ElonMusk & #JeffBezos knew what they were doing by backing #DonaldTrump with money, promoting #Trump online or silencing media outlets critical of the former President.
👉🏾 Accused of violating worker rights, #SpaceX and #Amazon go after labor board npr.org/2024/11/18/nx-s1-51929…
Does this seem like a good fit? - The #X algorithm at its finest!
It seriously appears to be going down the drains.
The other suggestions regularly change, but some #US generals & #BillGates keep showing up.
Is X trying to promote them or are those ads?
Furthermore the home page always shows #ElonMusk posts, even if you don't follow him.
#Twitter #Xitter #SocialMedia #Humor #Joke #screenshotsunday #algorithms #Internet #Microsoft #FckMicrosoft #Parody #manipulation #platform #observation
Something a little different for this week’s article - a guide to the Twitter/X exodus from a disability and chronic illness point of view.
People are leaving the site in droves - whether because of changing privacy and data policies or in protest of Musk and Trump’s increasingly fascist and problematic behaviour.
What happens to the disability community who’ve long relied on that app for support, friendship and connection? People who are sick can’t migrate to a new platform as easily as their non-disabled counterparts.
How can we help people find community elsewhere? How can we ensure the transition takes as few spoons as possible?
Most importantly - how can we ensure no one gets left behind?
disabledginger.com/p/the-xitte…
#fediverse #twitter #bluesky #socialmedia #elonmusk #trump #exodus #disability #chronicillness #disabilitycommunity #spoonies #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #resist #leavenoonebehind
The Xitter Exodus and What it Means for the Disability Community
Disabled and chronically ill people have long used Twitter/X for community, fundraising, companionship and support. With folks leaving in droves - where will we go and how can we stick together?Broadwaybabyto (The Disabled Ginger)
For some reason people fleeing the sinking #Twitter / #X ship for #BlueSky don't seem to be aware of the fact that crypto bros at #BlockchainCapital bought a huge stake in the company just a few weeks ago. Like these are basically the same crypto bros who just helped #ElonMusk buy Twitter. They might even be literally the same people (I strongly suspect they are but I'm too lazy to check). Either way #BlockchainCapital was co-founded by #BrockPierce, who also brought you #Tether, AKA the company that Trump's transition team chairman manages $120 billion for. Pierce is also a friend of the #Netanyahu family.
You don't have to take my word for it. Here's the official press release: bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2…
Moving to BlueSky is not an escape. Growing a base there is just putting in a bunch of work to create a platform that will be co-opted by crypto bros as soon as X breaks in half.
p.s. crypto bros (#a16z) also own #Substack
#crypto #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #USDT #Trump #DonaldTrump
In a world gone mad:
#ElonMusk, a close adviser to #Trump, met w/ #Iran’s ambassador to the #UN on Monday in NY in a session that 2 Iranian ofcls described as a discussion of how to defuse tensions between Iran & the #US.
The Iranians said the meeting between #Musk & Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani lasted more than an hour & was held at a secret location. The Iranians described the meeting as “positive” & “good news.”
@EUCommission
#EUpol #USpol #SocialMedia #Regulation
Social Media propaganda, in particular on #X, #Facebook, and #Instagram can probably have cost #KamalaHartis2024 the #US presidency!*
👉The #EU urgently needs to pull the plug on #ElonMusk's private right-wing #PropagandaChannel #X, formerly #Twitter, before rightwing #FakeNews narratives destroy #European democracies in the same way it happened in the #USA.
This must be done before Jan 20
#uspol #trump #Election2024 #elonmusk #oligarchy #billionaires
mcsweeneys.net/articles/finall…
Finally, the Elites Have Been Defeated by the Billionaires
“Resentment against elites proved to be deeper and more profound than many in both parties had recognized.” — NYT “Many other billionaires and indu...McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Jamie Lee Curtis Quits X:”God, Grant Me The Serenity To Accept The Things I Cannot Change”
#News #ElonMusk #ElonMuskX #JamieLeeCurtis
deadline.com/2024/11/jamie-lee…
Jamie Lee Curtis Deactivates X Account
Jamie Lee Curtis Deactivates X Account: "God, Grant Me The Serenity To Accept The Things I Cannot Change"Melanie Goodfellow (Deadline)
The Guardian Will Stop Posting on “Toxic Media Platform” X
#News #PoliticsNews #ElonMusk #International #TheGuardian #Twitter
hollywoodreporter.com/news/pol…
Guardian Newspaper Will Stop Posting on Twitter
The London-based media group said it would stop posting to any of its official editorial accounts on the Elon Musk-owned social media platform.Abid Rahman (The Hollywood Reporter)
Good for The Guardian...
"We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere."
#media #fascism #elonmusk #disinformation #twitter
theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…
Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X
We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articlesThe Guardian
It's time to take Old Yeller behind the shed.
#Twitter #X #SocialMedia #ElonMusk
reddit.com/r/Twitter/comments/…
This article is headshakingly wrong. As a 30yr sales pro, please take a lesson from the 2024 election:
"Listen to the motivations of others & talk to that, instead of shaming people based on your own motivations."
REASONS WHY PEOPLE USE TWITTER
✅ Advertising & awareness
✅ Revenue & information
✅ Customer engagement
THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WHY PEOPLE USE TWITTER
❌ Ethics, principles, honor
Dump Twitter | The New Republic
newrepublic.com/article/188156…
Good summary of Musk's X and the political agenda.
#ElonMusk #X #OccupyMusk #USPol #Misinformation #TechBros #Trump #DonaldTrump #ElectionDay2024 #Elections
"Ah yes, Twitter—or X. Whatever you call it, the social media site was Musk’s primary tool to elect Trump. In Bloomberg’s Tech Daily newsletter for November 7, Kurt Wagner writes that Musk “turned his feed into a Trump-inspired billboard for his more than 200 million followers,” that it “became a major source of anti-immigrant conspiracy theories,” that Musk “re-shared posts from the former president’s supporters, not all of them accurate,” and that Musk turned X into “a much more powerful version of Truth Social.”"
newrepublic.com/article/188156…
#X #Twitter #ElonMusk #DonaldTrump #Trump #SocialMedia
Because of a bullish day in the stock market, #ElonMusk's net worth increased $13 billion in one day, partly due to his connection with Trump.
Some news organizations are saying it is now up $26 billion since election day. That much in just a few days.
It's just a reminder that the original word fascism, as coined by Mussolini was the merging of corporations and government (Corporatism) and total authority over its citizens. #USPol It will lead to corruption like never seen in the US.
fortune.com/2024/11/08/elon-mu…
sfchronicle.com/tech/article/e…
Elon Musk’s net worth rockets to over $300 billion as Trump win fuels optimism for Tesla and SpaceX
Tesla's shares have jumped 28% since Tuesday alone.Brooke Seipel (Fortune)
…The milieu at Mar-a-Lago offers one window into who has #Trump’s ear. #ElonMusk, the tech CEO #billionaire who invested massively in Trump’s reelection, spent time at the club after Trump’s victory & even joined a Trump family photo. Others spotted on the patio Wednesday night included staunch allies such as #SexTrafficking Rep #MattGaetz (R-Florida), #Christian #evangelical & #unconstitutional fmr acting AG Matthew G. Whitaker & a number of Trump’s lawyers & aides….
#law
Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, Tim Cook and other tech leaders congratulate Trump on election win
Leaders including Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman and Tim Cook congratulated the president-elect and said they looked forward to working with his administration.Annie Palmer (CNBC)
Young said he was surprised to hear #ElonMusk describe the giveaway as random at the #Trump rally. He also acknowledged that the winners signed NDAs preventing them from speaking about the terms of the contracts.
Musk's giveaway falls in a gray area of #ElectionLaw, & legal experts are divided on whether #Musk could be violating federal laws against paying people to register to #vote.
#law
Summers showed a clip of #ElonMusk at an Oct 19 #Trump rally saying #AmericaPAC would “randomly" award $1M to people who sign the petition. In the video, #Musk said "all we ask" is that the winners serve as PAC spokespeople.
Summers called Gober's comments a "complete admission of #liability."
"We just heard this guy say, my boss, my client, call this random. We promised people that they were going to participate in a random process, but it's a process where we preselect people,” Summers said.
…Krasner said he would seek financial penalties against #ElonMusk & #AmericaPAC.
Musk lawyer Chris Gober said the giveaway was not a prize, but rather #compensation for people chosen to serve as spokespeople for the #PAC.
Later, Chris Young, an adviser for America PAC, testified that he selected winners out of a pool of candidates who appeared in videos for the group & allowed it to use their images after reviewing their #SocialMedia & meeting them outside event venues.
The reps of #ElonMusk's #AmericaPAC were trying to persuade Angelo Foglietta, a #Pennsylvania state judge, that the giveaway was not an "illegal lottery" as Philadelphia DA Lawrence Krasner alleged in a lawsuit seeking to block the contest ahead of Tue's #election.
At the end of the hearing, Foglietta said he would issue a ruling shortly. The decision will not impact the future of the contest…. The PAC says its 2 remaining winners will be from Arizona & Michigan….
#ElonMusk's pro-#Trump group hand-picks $1M voter giveaway winners, aide testifies
Musk's pro-Trump super #PAC has hand-picked the winners of its $1M-a-day giveaway to registered voters, a lawyer & an adviser for the group said in #court on Monday, despite the #billionaire's assertion the winners would be chosen “randomly."
greedy pervert #ElonMusk Makes Shocking Confession on His Plans After Trump Victory
a wild statement from the world’s richest man & someone reportedly in the running to join #DonOLDTrump’s administration
#EconomicCollapse #Vote #VoteBlue #politics newrepublic.com/post/187662/el…
Elon Musk Makes Shocking Confession on His Plans After Trump Victory
This is a wild statement from the world’s richest man and someone reportedly in the running to join Donald Trump’s administration.The New Republic
This guy is totally nuts. Well, I suppose that's yesterday's news.
NYTimes: Elon Musk Wants Big Families. He Bought a Secret Compound for His.
Elon Musk Wants Big Families. He Bought a Secret Compound for His. nytimes.com/2024/10/29/busines…
"Independent analysts such as Edison Research said in March that X’s usage in the United States dropped 30 percent since last year. Fidelity this month estimated that X’s value has plunged by about 80 percent since Musk’s takeover."
~ Robert Reich
#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #ElonMusk #Twitter #EconomicElites #Trump
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Doubt this would happen but it would be deliciously funny.
Elon Musk Could Have US Citizenship Revoked If He Lied on Immigration Forms
#ElonMusk #Politics
wired.com/story/elon-musk-citi…
