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  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

    The Twitter censorship is weird. Russian chess player Sergey Karjakin is still Tweeting and re-Tweeting the most obnoxious anti-Ukrainian pro-Russian propaganda, talking about Nazi's and all kinds of crap.

    There's no consistency at all.

    Or maybe they don't give a shit about anything other than American politics.

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    @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

    The Twitter censorship is weird. Russian chess player Sergey Karjakin is still Tweeting and re-Tweeting the most obnoxious anti-Ukrainian pro-Russian propaganda, talking about Nazi's and all kinds of crap.

    There's no consistency at all.

    Or maybe they don't give a shit about anything other than American politics.

    Well, consider Disney…Right now they are vocally opposing the misnomered “Don’t Say Gay” bill, and at the same time they are expanding operations in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the Palestinian Authority, and many other countries where being gay results in chemical castration if you’re lucky…

    The Brad

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    • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

      @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

      The Twitter censorship is weird. Russian chess player Sergey Karjakin is still Tweeting and re-Tweeting the most obnoxious anti-Ukrainian pro-Russian propaganda, talking about Nazi's and all kinds of crap.

      There's no consistency at all.

      Or maybe they don't give a shit about anything other than American politics.

      Well, consider Disney…Right now they are vocally opposing the misnomered “Don’t Say Gay” bill, and at the same time they are expanding operations in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the Palestinian Authority, and many other countries where being gay results in chemical castration if you’re lucky…

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      @LuFins-Dad said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

      @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

      The Twitter censorship is weird. Russian chess player Sergey Karjakin is still Tweeting and re-Tweeting the most obnoxious anti-Ukrainian pro-Russian propaganda, talking about Nazi's and all kinds of crap.

      There's no consistency at all.

      Or maybe they don't give a shit about anything other than American politics.

      Well, consider Disney…Right now they are vocally opposing the misnomered “Don’t Say Gay” bill, and at the same time they are expanding operations in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the Palestinian Authority, and many other countries where being gay results in chemical castration if you’re lucky…

      Yeah, but Disney's always been a bit of a Mickey Mouse operation.

      I was only joking

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        I wonder if Musk would have been allowed (or maybe he did?) to bet on the value of Twitter stocks before he bought the actual stocks. He could presumably make (another) fortune that way.

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          Ah, so this is why he bought the Twitter stocks:

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          • KlausK Klaus

            I wonder if Musk would have been allowed (or maybe he did?) to bet on the value of Twitter stocks before he bought the actual stocks. He could presumably make (another) fortune that way.

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            jon-nyc
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            @Klaus said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

            I wonder if Musk would have been allowed (or maybe he did?) to bet on the value of Twitter stocks before he bought the actual stocks. He could presumably make (another) fortune that way.

            Well in a sense he did that. He acquired a big chunk before it was public that he was buying. So he already had the shares when the price jumped on the news of him buying shares.

            You were warned.

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            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

              @Klaus said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              I wonder if Musk would have been allowed (or maybe he did?) to bet on the value of Twitter stocks before he bought the actual stocks. He could presumably make (another) fortune that way.

              Well in a sense he did that. He acquired a big chunk before it was public that he was buying. So he already had the shares when the price jumped on the news of him buying shares.

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              @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              @Klaus said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              I wonder if Musk would have been allowed (or maybe he did?) to bet on the value of Twitter stocks before he bought the actual stocks. He could presumably make (another) fortune that way.

              Well in a sense he did that. He acquired a big chunk before it was public that he was buying. So he already had the shares when the price jumped on the news of him buying shares.

              Yes, but he would need to sell those stocks again to make a profit. He could pull this off only once - next time investors would not fall for this again.

              But if he'd buy stock options before buying the actual stock, he could make a nice profit without having to sell the stocks.

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                jon-nyc
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                That’s true.

                You were warned.

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                • George KG Offline
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                  George K
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                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    jon-nyc
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                    I have wondered at what point will we see some twitter employees walk

                    You were warned.

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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      I have wondered at what point will we see some twitter employees walk

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                      @jon-nyc

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • George KG George K

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                          @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

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                          Since we can’t elect Elon to be President, can we just name him God-King?

                          The Brad

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                            jon-nyc
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                            He took a board seat.

                            “Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became clear to us that he would bring great value to our Board,” CEO Parag Agrawal said in a tweet.

                            You were warned.

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                              You were warned.

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                                jon-nyc
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                                Read the thread. Last Friday they said they're working on an edit button.

                                You were warned.

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                                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                  I have wondered at what point will we see some twitter employees walk

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                                  @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                  I have wondered at what point will we see some twitter employees walk

                                  Today, I hope.

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

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                                    The Fag Flag sez it all, doesn't it?

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                      Employees will resign if and only if they don't believe doing so entails any personal sacrifice.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                      • George KG Offline
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                                        Fake

                                        https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/twitter-employee-viral/

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        • George KG George K

                                          Fake

                                          https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/twitter-employee-viral/

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                                          @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                          Fake

                                          https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/twitter-employee-viral/

                                          Well ok, but the message wasn't exaggerated, so it didn't sniff of satire. It was slightly surprising since Elon isn't a tribal conservative, but he's not woke enough to pass muster with pop culturalites in silicon valley. And it was only one person, so totally believable. Though the profile pick didn't look like a gay man, that is true enough. Neither does Dave Rubin, one of the rubes who fell for it.

                                          Education is extremely important.

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