Some positive news about Musk:
The money went to the Musk Foundation, and actual donations to charity were a small fraction of this.
That’s not a joke, that’s how the fu…er, man, thinks. My cousin was working on Thanksgiving morning.
(And then was personally fired by Elmo, via tweet, a week later. Merry Christmas!)
To cut costs, Twitter has not paid rent for its San Francisco headquarters or any of its global offices for weeks, three people close to the company said. Twitter has also refused to pay a $197,725 bill for private charter flights made the week of Mr. Musk’s takeover, according to a copy of a lawsuit filed in New Hampshire District Court and obtained by The New York Times…
Here’s a hint - in 2020, when these events occurred, there was no such thing as “the Biden Administration”.
But, but, but, her emails!!! Waaah!
More “Free Speech Absolutism”:
Musk is no longer the world’s richest man.
This is due to a sell off of Tesla shares, partially thanks to the Twitter debacle.
Will he be forced to drive a car with doors that open horizontally, not one with doors that open vertically?
Actually, the Tesla Model Y has gullwing doors in the back, so I would guess probably not.
Now this:
Seriously, how does he think this ends?
He stalls them until he can relocate his headquarters to the 19th Century Texas and then they can kiss his ass sue him.
- The 19th Century
- Texas
- Mars
- Suck it, loyal workers
0 voters
It’s great that Elon supports freedom of speech, right?
As Dirty Harry never, ever thought about saying:
Nuthin’ wrong with censorship … as long as the right people get censored.
Elon Musk Faces Growing Anger Over Twitter Ban of Journalists
The suspensions, which were criticized by U.S. and European lawmakers, could raise the regulatory heat on the social media platform — and Elon Musk’s other companies.
Elon Musk faced a growing backlash on Friday from lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic, with threats of fines and sanctions, after Twitter suspended the accounts of at least eight journalists on Thursday without warning.
The suspended accounts included those belonging to Ryan Mac of The New York Times, Donie O’Sullivan of CNN and Drew Harwell of The Washington Post. It was unclear what the suspensions had in common.
The silencing of prominent voices could raise the regulatory heat on Twitter, and possibly Mr. Musk’s other companies, including Tesla and SpaceX, which is a big recipient of government funding and projects. It could also hurt his push to get reluctant advertisers back onto the platform.
The action set off a wave of protests. News organizations, including The Times and CNN, have demanded that Mr. Musk explain his rationale. Supporters of the journalists argued on Twitter that the move was overly punitive.
Lawmakers in the European Union may go on the offensive. Vera Jourova, a vice president of the European Commission, said the move violated the E.U.’s Digital Services Act and its Media Freedom Act.
“There are red lines. And sanctions, soon,” she tweeted Friday morning.
Vera had better watch what she tweets, or she’ll get banned too.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/17/business/elon-musk-twitter-ban-reverse-conditions/index.html
“The people have spoken,” Musk wrote Friday night after his poll, pledging to restore the accounts he had falsely accused of sharing his “exact real-time” location.
But while the accounts were made publicly viewable on Saturday, the journalists were restricted from posting until they removed the tweets Musk had claimed violated Twitter’s rules.
I’m going to point out that I’m quoting the article, not editorializing on the presumed accuracy of Musk’s motivations behind the ban and the correction. 
So “free speech absolutism” means that you’re only allowed to speak if a majority of the people allow you to.
Considering that journalists are one of the primary users of Twitter, maybe restricting their posting isn’t the best business plan.
We were mishearing him. He is a proponent of “free speech absolution“, where you have to beg forgiveness before you can speak. Easy to conflate.