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    jon-nyc
    wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 03:26 last edited by
    #259

    You were warned.

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      27 Apr 2022, 03:26

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      Axtremus
      wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 03:43 last edited by Axtremus
      #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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        27 Apr 2022, 03:26

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        George K
        wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 12:15 last edited by
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        @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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          Jolly
          wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 12:29 last edited by
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          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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          • J Jolly
            27 Apr 2022, 12:29

            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
            wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 12:36 last edited by
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            @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
              wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 13:24 last edited by
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              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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                89th
                wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 14:35 last edited by
                #265

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

                Musk, by Musk.

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                  27 Apr 2022, 14:35

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

                  Musk, by Musk.

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                  Ivorythumper
                  wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 15:06 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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                  • I Ivorythumper
                    27 Apr 2022, 15:06

                    @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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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 15:15 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.

                    You were warned.

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                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 21:38 last edited by
                      #268

                      Hmmm…..

                      You were warned.

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                      • J jon-nyc
                        27 Apr 2022, 21:38

                        Hmmm…..

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                        George K
                        wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 21:51 last edited by
                        #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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                        • J jon-nyc
                          27 Apr 2022, 21:38

                          Hmmm…..

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                          Horace
                          wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 21:53 last edited by
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                          @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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                            27 Apr 2022, 21:53

                            @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
                            wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 22:16 last edited by
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                            @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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                            • G George K
                              26 Apr 2022, 12:42

                              First rat jumps ship:

                              https://twitter.com/shaunking

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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 10:01 last edited by
                              #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?

                              You were warned.

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                                27 Apr 2022, 21:53

                                @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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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 10:05 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.

                                You were warned.

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                                • J jon-nyc
                                  28 Apr 2022, 10:01

                                  @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?

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                                  89th
                                  wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 10:50 last edited by
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                                  @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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                                  • J jon-nyc
                                    28 Apr 2022, 10:05

                                    @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.

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                                    Horace
                                    wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 10:56 last edited by
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                                    @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-nyc
                                      wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 11:07 last edited by
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                                      No, Horace, we’re not going to get off your lawn yet. Come back to us in 20 years.

                                      You were warned.

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                                        jon-nyc
                                        wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 11:08 last edited by
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                                        You were warned.

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                                          Horace
                                          wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 11:26 last edited by
                                          #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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