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

[blueharvest]

SpaceX execs are accused of joking about sexual harassment and firing workers for speaking up, report says

Seven former employees say SpaceX execs joked about sexual harassment and fired workers for raising concerns, Bloomberg reported.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Mani-Man]

You know, with revenues in the dumpster fire, using funds to support a lawsuit for a bad actor to try to get back into a role that pays after Ben Shapiro's efforts have bombed, doesn't sound fiscally responsible.

Somewhere in his mind im sure it makes sense to him, but to reach that place...we all would need to consume a lot of unhealthy things probably.

 

[Sithborg]

Somewhere in his mind im sure it makes sense to him, but to reach that place...we all would need to consume a lot of unhealthy things probably.

Well, we know his drug of choice is ketamine. Which, uhhh, doesn't seem great for decision making.

 

[blueharvest]

Inside X's content moderation dilemma | Fortune

X's trust and safety center was planned for over a year and significantly smaller than the initially envisioned 500-person team.

fortune.com

 

[Iceman]

Tesla Asks Which Jobs Are Critical, Stoking Layoff Fears

Tesla Inc. staff are bracing for potential job cuts after managers were asked to affirm whether each of their employees’ positions is critical.

www.bloomberg.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Texas Billionaire’s Push for Land Swap With Elon’s SpaceX Is Total Crap

SpaceX is trying to acquire 43 new acres, but the land it's offering in return is already protected. This means Texans won't see any new conserved land areas.

gizmodo.com

 

[blueharvest]

New Book Says Elon Musk’s Fury at ElonJet Account Is What Sparked His Impulse to Buy Twitter

Of course there was Florida Man at fault.

www.mediaite.com

 

[blueharvest]

How Elon Musk quickly destroyed the Twitter that Jack Dorsey built

A series of news books chronicle Elon Musk’s disastrous take-over of Twitter.

nypost.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Elon Musk Claims Tesla Employee's Fatal Crash Had Nothing to Do With Full-Self-Driving

The crash was billed as possibly the first FSD death.

gizmodo.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Cybertruck Owners Say Their Stainless Steel Trucks Are Rusting

Owners say they are noticing orange stains on the stainless steel panels of their new Cybertrucks.

gizmodo.com

Musk’s X sold checkmarks to Hezbollah and other terrorist groups, report says

X (aka Twitter) accused of violating sanctions by taking payment from terrorists.

arstechnica.com

 

[blueharvest]

Cybertruck Owners Say Their Stainless Steel Trucks Are Rusting

Owners say they are noticing orange stains on the stainless steel panels of their new Cybertrucks.

gizmodo.com

Personally, I think rust is the only mod that would make those stupid-looking vehicles look cool.

 

[blueharvest]

Will Elon Musk persuade CEOs to leave Delaware? | Fortune

One Harvard law professor says, “Over the past 100 years, Delaware has periodically irritated one or two executives by enforcing the law.”

fortune.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Elon Musk moves SpaceX incorporation to Texas after Delaware judge axed $56bn Tesla pay

Decision to move rocket company comes after Musk said he would hold shareholder vote to move Tesla to Texas as well

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Elon Musk moves SpaceX incorporation to Texas after Delaware judge axed $56bn Tesla pay

Decision to move rocket company comes after Musk said he would hold shareholder vote to move Tesla to Texas as well

www.theguardian.com

Shouldn't Musk spend a little more time on trying to figure out why Tesla is now falling behind other EV companies and less time on stupid stuff like this?

 

[blueharvest]

The Supreme Court will decide if the government can seize control of YouTube and Twitter

We’re about to find out if the Supreme Court still believes in capitalism.

www.vox.com

 

[blueharvest]

X accused of taking payments from terrorists

Campaigners at the Tech Transparency Project in the US found paid-for features for organisations.

www.bbc.com

 

[blueharvest]

This isn't real, but I wish it was.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The majority of traffic from Elon Musk's X may have been fake during the Super Bowl, report suggests

New data shows that X has a bot problem unlike any other.

mashable.com

‘Twitter Files’ Journo Matt Taibbi Posts Unhinged Message From Elon Musk

In a series of swipes at the tech boss, Taibbi also said X is now “worse than ever.”

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[Sithborg]

Elon Musk attacked my article accusing him of gaming Twitter's algorithm for more attention. In some ways, it gave him exactly what he wanted.

In Zoe Schiffer's book "Extremely Hardcore," she describes a Super Bowl-related tweet flop with Elon Musk ordering engineers to change the algorithm.

www.businessinsider.com

Good lord. What a crybaby.

 

[blueharvest]

Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package saga ensnares Tesla chair Robyn Denholm, the woman who was supposed to rein him in

The $280 million the Australian exec earned as Tesla board chair has put her in the hot seat.

finance.yahoo.com

 

[blueharvest]

Elon Musk attacked my article accusing him of gaming Twitter's algorithm for more attention. In some ways, it gave him exactly what he wanted.

In Zoe Schiffer's book "Extremely Hardcore," she describes a Super Bowl-related tweet flop with Elon Musk ordering engineers to change the algorithm.

www.businessinsider.com

Good lord. What a crybaby.

All the wealth and hair implants in the world can't cure Musk's insecurities.

 

[blueharvest]

Elon Musk's Neuralink has concerning lack of transparency and could be vulnerable to hacking, ethicists warn

Brain-computer interfaces have the potential to transform some people's lives, but they raise a host of ethical issues, too.

www.livescience.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

Just like all of his other products.