The image Musk posted is floating around the web. Here’s a link to one.
i.imgur.com/OXp37RQ.pngI took it as representing Trump trying to avoid the temptation of coming back to Twitter. In any case, it’s an inappropriate thing for a CEO to post.
“Inappropriate for a Chief Executive” is both these men’s brand.
Imagine you’re on a marketing team, and having to explain to a room full of execs why you aren’t comfortable on the platform, using that as an example…
Well, I don’t think you’d have to do much explaining.
This “checkout” stuff is cosmetic (in response to real or imagined legal pressure?). I remember the Internet Archive having always insisted they were an e-library, and as such it was 100% the end user’s responsibility to ensure any use of copyrighted content fell under fair use guidelines.
However, in cases I personally know of, the stuff sent over to the Internet Archive to be digitized was indeed older stuff (think 100-year-old periodicals, books, and personal correspondence, all of historical importance). Also things like authors uploading copies of their own old video games. At any rate (AFAIK) they are not aiming to be a competitor of Library Genesis (whose only “secret” is that they are located in carefully chosen, non-US countries).
Better to discuss this in a separate thread, if necessary.
Many people have Twitter accounts, including journalists (who may keep twitter accounts as well as every other platform you have heard of and many you haven’t, in order to facilitate getting in touch with people. It does not indicate they endorse the platform) but if they need a quote the journalist will absolutely call the famous university professor (some of whom love seeing their name in the paper). How could they ask specific questions otherwise?
I’ve noticed an increasing amount of random posters being promoted for no apparent reason, and my wife said her Twitter feed seems to involve increasingly and unpleasantly explicit content (note that I did not say a word about algorithms to her…).
I really just meant the awkwardness of displaying the image. 
I’ve been at my job for thirty years. If I posted something like that on slack there would be hell to pay.
Makes me think of the Original Star Trek episode where the great computer genius Dr. Daystrom (?) has finally invented a truly generally intelligent computer, modeled directly on the human brain. Which computer promptly goes murderously insane and needs to be subdued by Capt. Kirk & the usual heroes. At the end the deeply upset & nearly incoherent Daystrom is mourning the “death” of his wayward creation.
Kirk asks him whose brain he modeled it on. “Why my own, of course.” is the final sentence.
Perhaps Twitter’s algorithms have now fully modeled Musk’s brain and now embody mostly his thoughts. Perhaps with a soupçon of Trump’s for extra randomness, viciousness, & salaciousness.
Ah, Milo Manara, of the infamous Spider-Woman cover. Classy.
Hubs still can’t sign up and is getting rather disgruntled at missing the fun.
Well, that’s not what that image represents. It’s basically an image that is representing a test of resolve in the face of temptation.
Can’t it be both, though? I agree that the thrust (heh) of the image is resolve in the face of temptation. However, as part of the tableau the woman’s posture is certainly one of “please, take me now, I want it.”
So if Trump is the monk and Elon is the woman, I guess he wants Trump to have sex with him?
I dunno, I thought the whole thing was puzzling and weird. TBH I’m not sure WHAT Elon was trying to say by posting it.
Well, if Smapti’s interpretation is correct then Elon Musk needs some serious help!
Trump is the monk. The desire to use Twitter is what the woman represents. Staying faithful, to another platform, is the test of resolve.
The Times article on this quoted a person as spending he entire day finding his manager so that he could resign. He finally did, and she resigned the next day. I suspect the cracks at Twitter that things are falling through are Grand Canyon size.
Maybe he’s inviting Trump to help him fuck up Twitter. 
That sounds like the perfect decode. Nicely done.
The verification system helps journalists connect. If you are a verified journalist, you can send a DM to someone you want to interview, and they know you are legit. If you have to email or call them, you may never reach them because your communication will get lost in spam.
Yeah, that’s clearly (to me) what it means, but I’m just shocked at that kind of sexual imagery coming from the CEO of a company, though I suppose I shouldn’t be.