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  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

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    Axtremus
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    #260

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

    Pffftttt … as if Morgan Stanley is going to lend anyone billions of dollars to tackle world poverty.

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    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

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      George K
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      #261

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

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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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        #262

        The interesting part about all the crying and rending of cloth, is that Musk is only taking Twitter back to what it originally was...

        “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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        • JollyJ Jolly

          The interesting part about all the crying and rending of cloth, is that Musk is only taking Twitter back to what it originally was...

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          George K
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          #263

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

          The interesting part about all the crying and rending of cloth, is that Musk is only taking Twitter back to what it originally was...

          That's pretty much what Jack Dorsey claims.

          "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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            Ivorythumper
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            #264

            Written by a friend:

            Virgil Caine was my name and I worked at Twitter HQ
            Till Elon Musk bought us up, and I didn’t know what to do
            In the Spring of ’22, we were all woke, the whole bloody crew
            But by April, Musk was our boss,
            our control had taken such a loss

            The night Musk bought ol’ Twitter up
            and all its algorithms
            The night Musk bought ol’ Twitter up
            and brought free speech with him
            they went, “La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la”

            I sat in my Tesla and had a good cry
            wiping the tears from my eye
            you know Trump’ll be back and our narrative might as well die
            I can’t handle all that truth
            And now that we’ve lost Ruth
            there no sense in going to Court
            and it’s too late to start selling short”

            The night Musk bought ol’ Twitter up
            and all its algorithms
            The night Musk bought ol’ Twitter up
            and brought free speech with him
            they went, “La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la”

            Unlike my father before me, I can’t work the land,
            Facebook, Google, and Tik Tok, are all I have planned,
            31, looking for work
            blew my hips out trying to twerk
            I swear on my avatar’s life
            I’ll just have to make it on the salary earned by my wife

            The night Musk bought ol’ Twitter up
            and all its algorithms
            The night Musk bought ol’ Twitter up
            and brought free speech with him
            they went, “La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la

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              #265

              Next thing you know, Elon will create his own cologne. The name will be...

              Musk, by Musk.

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              • 89th8 89th

                Next thing you know, Elon will create his own cologne. The name will be...

                Musk, by Musk.

                IvorythumperI Offline
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                Ivorythumper
                wrote on last edited by
                #266

                @89th said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                Next thing you know, Elon will create his own cologne. The name will be...

                Musk, by Musk.

                He said if there is ever a scandal involving him, he wants it called “ELONGATE”.

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                • IvorythumperI Ivorythumper

                  @89th said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                  Next thing you know, Elon will create his own cologne. The name will be...

                  Musk, by Musk.

                  He said if there is ever a scandal involving him, he wants it called “ELONGATE”.

                  jon-nycJ Online
                  jon-nycJ Online
                  jon-nyc
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #267

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

                  @89th said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                  Next thing you know, Elon will create his own cologne. The name will be...

                  Musk, by Musk.

                  He said if there is ever a scandal involving him, he wants it called “ELONGATE”.

                  That was used when he mused on Twitter about taking Tesla private and got in trouble with the SEC.

                  Only non-witches get due process.

                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                  • jon-nycJ Online
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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #268

                    Hmmm…..

                    Only non-witches get due process.

                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      Hmmm…..

                      George KG Offline
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                      George K
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                      #269

                      @jon-nyc "Free Speech" means defending speech you hate.

                      See ACLU, Skokie, Nazis.

                      "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-nycJ jon-nyc

                        Hmmm…..

                        HoraceH Online
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                        Horace
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                        #270

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

                        Hmmm…..

                        We all know what to say out loud if we want to tempt the wrath of the 'far left'. What does one say out loud that would run afoul of the 'far right', again?

                        Education is extremely important.

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                        • HoraceH Horace

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

                          Hmmm…..

                          We all know what to say out loud if we want to tempt the wrath of the 'far left'. What does one say out loud that would run afoul of the 'far right', again?

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                          Copper
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                          #271

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

                          What does one say out loud that would run afoul of the 'far right', again?

                          Guns kill people

                          Abortion saves lives

                          Kindergarten children should explore options

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                          • George KG George K

                            First rat jumps ship:

                            https://twitter.com/shaunking

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                            jon-nyc
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                            #272

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

                            First rat jumps ship:

                            https://twitter.com/shaunking

                            Talcom X is already back. I figured it was temporary. What else is he going to do besides tweet? Get a job?

                            Only non-witches get due process.

                            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                            • HoraceH Horace

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

                              Hmmm…..

                              We all know what to say out loud if we want to tempt the wrath of the 'far left'. What does one say out loud that would run afoul of the 'far right', again?

                              jon-nycJ Online
                              jon-nycJ Online
                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
                              #273

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

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

                              Hmmm…..

                              We all know what to say out loud if we want to tempt the wrath of the 'far left'. What does one say out loud that would run afoul of the 'far right', again?

                              More or less the opposite? Transwomen are women, biological sex is not real, Trump lost in a landslide, etc.

                              Only non-witches get due process.

                              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                              • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

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

                                First rat jumps ship:

                                https://twitter.com/shaunking

                                Talcom X is already back. I figured it was temporary. What else is he going to do besides tweet? Get a job?

                                89th8 Offline
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                                89th
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                                #274

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

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

                                First rat jumps ship:

                                https://twitter.com/shaunking

                                Talcom X is already back. I figured it was temporary. What else is he going to do besides tweet? Get a job?

                                Who is Talcom? Who is Shaun? When I open Twitter I can't tell which is a new tweet and which is a pinned tweet, or who tweeted him! What is going on! WHAT IS ROBLOX! WHAT IS ELDEN KING!

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                                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

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

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

                                  Hmmm…..

                                  We all know what to say out loud if we want to tempt the wrath of the 'far left'. What does one say out loud that would run afoul of the 'far right', again?

                                  More or less the opposite? Transwomen are women, biological sex is not real, Trump lost in a landslide, etc.

                                  HoraceH Online
                                  HoraceH Online
                                  Horace
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #275

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

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

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

                                  Hmmm…..

                                  We all know what to say out loud if we want to tempt the wrath of the 'far left'. What does one say out loud that would run afoul of the 'far right', again?

                                  More or less the opposite? Transwomen are women, biological sex is not real, Trump lost in a landslide, etc.

                                  I understand there are opposing positions to classically right positions, I’m just curious what sort of speech the “far right” would use its power to silence or cancel. Or maybe this discussion should start with an acknowledgment that the “far right” has no power to silence or cancel, while the “far left” has all that power within the moderation practices of big tech, and within the culture in general. But that power imbalance would fly in the face of any claim that both sides are equally problematic, so we know it can’t be true.

                                  Education is extremely important.

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                                    jon-nycJ Online
                                    jon-nyc
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                                    #276

                                    No, Horace, we’re not going to get off your lawn yet. Come back to us in 20 years.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

                                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                      jon-nyc
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                                      #277

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                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                        Horace
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                                        #278

                                        Raise your hand if you’ve been in work meetings where people introduce themselves by announcing their pronouns? I have. Actually only one guy, several months ago. A straight white male who wanted to announce to the workplace that he was down with the cause, but totally normal personally. It made me cringe. I actually knew the guy pretty well, having worked with him pretty closely several years ago, before he left the company for several years, only to come back recently. Straight white male STEM phd, completely indoctrinated but relatively bright otherwise.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                          No, Horace, we’re not going to get off your lawn yet. Come back to us in 20 years.

                                          HoraceH Online
                                          HoraceH Online
                                          Horace
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                                          #279

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

                                          No, Horace, we’re not going to get off your lawn yet. Come back to us in 20 years.

                                          20 years isn’t nearly enough time to shift this cultural polarity. We will all be going to our graves with the left being the dominant cultural force.

                                          Education is extremely important.

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