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    taiwan_girl
    wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 00:41 last edited by
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    Meanwhile, Roger Stone, close friend of President Trump, says he is being censored on Truth Social. I thought that Truth Social was formed so that they would be free from censorship?

    (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/roger-stone-trump-social-censored-b2050666.html)

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    • X xenon
      4 Apr 2022, 23:30

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

      Trump back to Twitter?

      It feels like he's lost it. He's said plenty of controversial things in the last couple of years - people don't really seem to care like they used to. Myself included. I haven't read maybe a handful of Trump stories in the past few months.

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      Jolly
      wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 00:42 last edited by
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      @xenon said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

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

      Trump back to Twitter?

      It feels like he's lost it. He's said plenty of controversial things in the last couple of years - people don't really seem to care like they used to. Myself included. I haven't read maybe a handful of Trump stories in the past few months.

      I dunno.

      Presidential race will start right after the Midterms.

      “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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      • D Doctor Phibes
        4 Apr 2022, 19:49

        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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        LuFins Dad
        wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 01:15 last edited by
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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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          5 Apr 2022, 01:15

          @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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          Doctor Phibes
          wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 02:01 last edited by
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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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            Klaus
            wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 08:43 last edited by
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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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              Klaus
              wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 08:57 last edited by
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              Ah, so this is why he bought the Twitter stocks:

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              • K Klaus
                5 Apr 2022, 08:43

                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
                wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 09:15 last edited by jon-nyc 4 May 2022, 09:15
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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 never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                -Cormac McCarthy

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                • J jon-nyc
                  5 Apr 2022, 09:15

                  @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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                  Klaus
                  wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 10:17 last edited by
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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
                    wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 10:49 last edited by
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                    That’s true.

                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                      George K
                      wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 11:16 last edited by
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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
                        wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 11:21 last edited by
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                        I have wondered at what point will we see some twitter employees walk

                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                        • J jon-nyc
                          5 Apr 2022, 11:21

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

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                          George K
                          wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 11:21 last edited by
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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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                            George K
                            wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 11:25 last edited by
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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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                              5 Apr 2022, 11:25

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                              LuFins Dad
                              wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 11:43 last edited by
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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
                                wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 13:14 last edited by
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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 never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                -Cormac McCarthy

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                                  jon-nyc
                                  wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 13:57 last edited by jon-nyc 4 May 2022, 13:57
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                                  "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                  -Cormac McCarthy

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                                    jon-nyc
                                    wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 15:04 last edited by
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                                    Read the thread. Last Friday they said they're working on an edit button.

                                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                                    • J jon-nyc
                                      5 Apr 2022, 11:21

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

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                                      Jolly
                                      wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 15:23 last edited by
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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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                                        5 Apr 2022, 11:25

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                                        Jolly
                                        wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 15:24 last edited by
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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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                                          Horace
                                          wrote on 5 Apr 2022, 15:31 last edited by
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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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