Elon Musk Buys X (formerly Twitter): Just Use Bluesky, Threads, or Mastodon Instead

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Elon Musk Built an Army of Pro-Trump Extremists to Spread Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theories

Musk has spent at least $120 million to get Donald Trump elected.

gizmodo.com

 

[Sithborg]

shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social)

stop stop I can’t vote for her any harder

bsky.app

Yeah, I think there are some investigations about to come home to roost....

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Elon Musk Is Putin’s Best Weapon

The world’s richest man is coordinating with the world’s most dangerous dictator.

www.thebulwark.com

 

[blueharvest]

One year on, we know this: Sweden’s trade unions are more than a match for Elon Musk | German Bender

The epic strike could be resolved if Tesla recognised a simple fact that I’ve uncovered in my reporting, says Swedish analyst German Bender

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Toxic X users sabotage Community Notes that could derail disinfo, report says

It’s easy for biased users to bury accurate Community Notes, report says.

arstechnica.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[blueharvest]

Musk tests the role of money in U.S. politics with multimillion-dollar effort to back Trump

Elon Musk, the tech and business titan, has spent at least $119 million mobilizing Trump’s supporters to back the Republican nominee.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Too bad a person like Musk won't be deported over something like this.

 

[blueharvest]

Why the Pentagon just can’t quit Elon Musk

How Musk’s SpaceX became too big to fail for US national security.

www.vox.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Why the Pentagon just can’t quit Elon Musk

How Musk’s SpaceX became too big to fail for US national security.

www.vox.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Elon Musk’s canvassing operation sued in California for alleged labor law violations

Plaintiffs accuse America Pac of several violations during its operation to support Orange county’s Michelle Steel

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Canvassers for Elon Musk’s America PAC Were Fired and Stranded in Michigan After Speaking Out

A dozen Black canvassers were tricked, threatened, and driven in seatless U-Haul vans. They were fired after WIRED reported on their plight—some without full pay or a way back home.

www.wired.com

 

[squeekness]

Musk tests the role of money in U.S. politics with multimillion-dollar effort to back Trump

Elon Musk, the tech and business titan, has spent at least $119 million mobilizing Trump’s supporters to back the Republican nominee.

apnews.com

I hate that anyone's big money now has the ability to move opinion like it does now.

 

[squeekness]

Canvassers for Elon Musk’s America PAC Were Fired and Stranded in Michigan After Speaking Out

A dozen Black canvassers were tricked, threatened, and driven in seatless U-Haul vans. They were fired after WIRED reported on their plight—some without full pay or a way back home.

www.wired.com

Hopefully people will think twice about working for Musk again.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Some Fun With Elon

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www.eschatonblog.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[blueharvest]

Musk’s engagement on his X account has seen ‘large boost’ since he backed Trump

Research found that while engagement went up for all accounts after July, Musk enjoyed a ‘particularly large boost’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Sithborg]

So, uhh, Elon's defense of running an illegal lottery is, uhhh, not going great. Veering to between admitting yes, it is an illegal lottery, but not technically, and admitting to fraud.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

‘If you can’t convince them, confuse them,’ is Melon’s legal strategy.