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Old 15th November 2022, 17:51     #81
_indigo1
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk-OKheLUJw&t=10s


Seriously though. It's hard to believe this isn't an intentional nosedive into the asphalt looking at the behaviour.
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Old 15th November 2022, 18:36     #82
Know me.
 
The plane was already going down. Hes done a big line of coke off a hostess's ass and jumped in the cockpit to save the day but the controls have come off in his hand. Now he's running down the aisle clubbing everyone with the flight controls.
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Old 16th November 2022, 08:52     #83
sidbo
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Old 16th November 2022, 09:13     #84
sidbo
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Freeze Peach!

https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/stat...genumber%3D288
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Old 16th November 2022, 11:38     #85
_indigo1
 
At least it's being made abundantly clear who Musk really is for those who didn't know how much of which side to believe previously (the idolisers vs the haters)

Have to say his behaviour is very Trumpian.
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Old 16th November 2022, 11:46     #86
Ab
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It's like he's having a breakdown in public and burning $44 billion of investors money while he does it. Is there some timeline in which Twitter declaring bankruptcy actually helps him and the people he's borrowed money from?
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Old 18th November 2022, 13:29     #87
sidbo
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https://twitter.com/ZoeSchiffer/stat...genumber%3D318
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Old 18th November 2022, 13:57     #88
sidbo
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World cup, Sunday. Twatter might not last the weekend.
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Old 18th November 2022, 14:47     #89
Ab
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How the hell can the engineering staff of one of the world's busiest services be told to down-tools for four days?
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Old 19th November 2022, 13:34     #90
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Old 19th November 2022, 14:23     #91
StN
I have detailed files
 
Surely Mark Twain's comment has been updated for the digital age, when one tries to out Murdock Rupert.

"Never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel."

Anyway, I keep thinking there is the old Ghostbusters "Shut down the containment grid" GIF meme waiting to be reborn pointing to microservices, 2FA and dickless here.
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Old 19th November 2022, 17:34     #92
_indigo1
 
DO IT!
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Old 20th November 2022, 15:26     #93
Lightspeed
 
Final nail?

Musk reinstates Trump's suspended Twitter account following poll


Could this take down both Twitter and the GOP?
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Old 20th November 2022, 15:47     #94
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How would it take down the GOP
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Old 20th November 2022, 15:53     #95
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It seems at least a sub-set of the GOP is trying to move past Trump, while others still see him as their messiah. This might exacerbate these divisions.
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Old 25th November 2022, 15:32     #96
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Cyanide and Happiness banned from Twitter:

https://twitter.com/robdenbleyker
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Old 26th November 2022, 13:13     #97
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Twitter has lost 50 of its top 100 advertisers since Elon Musk took over, report says
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Old 26th November 2022, 17:16     #98
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I like this one..



Incellular phone

Last edited by sidbo : 26th November 2022 at 17:18.
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Old 26th November 2022, 19:26     #99
Ab
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I don't think celibacy is one of Elon's strong points
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Old 26th November 2022, 20:15     #100
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It could be, kids are all IVF. He's one of these weirdo billionaires that thinks because he's rich his genes are superior and wants his spawn everywhere.

TBF, it would be handy having the "daddy owns an emerald mine" gene.
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Old 1st December 2022, 11:31     #101
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EU warns Musk that Twitter faces ban over content moderation
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Old 1st December 2022, 12:32     #102
Ab
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goddammit, Europeans always trying to hold the African-American down
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Old 2nd December 2022, 08:13     #103
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I like how Elon calls Apple a monopoly.
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Old 2nd December 2022, 12:57     #104
Ab
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A theory I heard on the "Pivot" podcast: Elon borrowed a lot of money to finance the Twitter buyout. Twitter burning is bad for those banks. The worse Twitter goes, the worse that investment was. At some point Twitter will be so shit that those banks will consider selling that debt just to get it off their books. Elon could buy that debt and thus rather than owe money to some banks he would owe money to himself (more or less). According to this theory, Elon has a short-term motivation to tank Twitter like a sports team jockeying for future draft picks. The worse Twitter goes the better this debt-buyback deal is for Elon so long as he can a) front up the money to buy the debt from the banks, and b) instantly turn Twitter around and make it generate revenue once he's bought the debt.

That's the theory, anyway.
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Old 2nd December 2022, 17:32     #105
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https://twitter.com/AkivaMCohen/stat...hBYW-FJVJFIYLA
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Old 2nd December 2022, 18:14     #106
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A theory I heard on the "Pivot" podcast: Elon borrowed a lot of money to finance the Twitter buyout. Twitter burning is bad for those banks. The worse Twitter goes, the worse that investment was. At some point Twitter will be so shit that those banks will consider selling that debt just to get it off their books. Elon could buy that debt and thus rather than owe money to some banks he would owe money to himself (more or less). According to this theory, Elon has a short-term motivation to tank Twitter like a sports team jockeying for future draft picks. The worse Twitter goes the better this debt-buyback deal is for Elon so long as he can a) front up the money to buy the debt from the banks, and b) instantly turn Twitter around and make it generate revenue once he's bought the debt.

That's the theory, anyway.
Ah, the old "If you owe a million dollars, it's bad for you. If you owe a billion dollars, it's bad for the bank."
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Old 2nd December 2022, 20:33     #107
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well there's the angle i was waiting to read/hear
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Old 2nd December 2022, 22:00     #108
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TIL renege is spelt renege. I don't think I've ever seen the word written down.
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Old 3rd December 2022, 14:45     #109
Ab
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matt taibbi got the scoop:

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598822959866683394
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Old 4th December 2022, 07:11     #110
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scoop is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

per elsewhere:

"Hunter isn't even going to make a peep about the fact that Matt Taibbi posted revenge porn of his giant, majestic hog in a "news story," at the behest of Elon Musk.

Don Jr., however, is coked out on Twitter posting about how a private company enforcing moderation during his dad's presidency is smoking gun evidence of election fraud or some shit."
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Old 4th December 2022, 07:25     #111
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https://twitter.com/bborrman/status/...NpBLYsD2TG6x3g
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Old 4th December 2022, 11:02     #112
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"Hunter isn't even going to make a peep about the fact that Matt Taibbi posted revenge porn of his giant, majestic hog in a "news story," at the behest of Elon Musk.

Don Jr., however, is coked out on Twitter posting about how a private company enforcing moderation during his dad's presidency is smoking gun evidence of election fraud or some shit."
Can someone hook me up with a translation? I get some of it, but I think some is lost on me as well.
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Old 4th December 2022, 13:51     #113
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This wasn't a cover up, it was someone requesting private stolen photos be taken down. Something Twitter did regularly.
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Old 4th December 2022, 14:03     #114
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Right, right. I didn't even read it as a cover up. It read like a large, complex organisation and politicians juggling values, priorities and perceptions. I.E. a Tuesday.
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Old 4th December 2022, 14:29     #115
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https://www.thebulwark.com/no-you-do...ic-on-twitter/
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Old 4th December 2022, 15:41     #116
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This wasn't a cover up
May I remind you of the story at the time in October of 2020

If these "more than 50 intelligence officials" had seen the information (in order to assess its veracity) and could see it was just "private stolen photos", why wouldn't they say "there is nothing to see here but dick pics" instead of going full "Russian disinformation"? For what reason would leaked data be spun as something other than either embarrassing at best, or compromising at worst?

Does their "Russian disinformation" disinformation not strike you as some sort of deceptive strategy, particularly 2 weeks out from an election, that people might generally refer to as a "cover up"?
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Old 4th December 2022, 17:33     #117
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LOL. Meta-conspiracists!

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Old 5th December 2022, 08:16     #118
Ab
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Quote:
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This wasn't a cover up, it was someone requesting private stolen photos be taken down. Something Twitter did regularly.
You could be banned for linking, in a Direct Message, to a published newspaper article.
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Old 5th December 2022, 16:14     #119
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https://twitter.com/merrittk/status/...KlKqXbsoffXPDw
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Old 10th December 2022, 11:12     #120
Ab
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From Bari Weiss this time: yes there were secret banlists

https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status...07575633305600
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