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  • J jon-nyc
    5 Oct 2022, 23:50

    I agree, Jolly, but I don’t know how much effect an ownership change of Twitter 1-2 weeks before an election will have on the outcome.

    But really I was questioning George about this guy’s ability to dispositively affirm such a statement.

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    Doctor Phibes
    wrote on 6 Oct 2022, 00:30 last edited by
    #387

    Opinions are like assholes. There’s a lot of them on Twitter.

    I was only joking

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    • D Doctor Phibes
      6 Oct 2022, 00:30

      Opinions are like assholes. There’s a lot of them on Twitter.

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      George K
      wrote on 6 Oct 2022, 00:33 last edited by
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      @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

      Opinions are like assholes. There’s a lot of them on Twitter.

      I've been assured that "blue-check" Twitterati have a higher status than the rest of us plebs.

      "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 6 Oct 2022, 04:32 last edited by
        #389

        If the Hunter Biden story had been allowed free discussion on social media a few weeks before the 2020 election, would Biden be President today?

        “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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          Axtremus
          wrote on 23 Oct 2022, 13:16 last edited by
          #390

          Will be, won’t he?

          https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/23/elon-musk-twitter-saga-could-draw-to-end-as-deadline-looms

          Musk has until Oct.28 to actually buy Twitter or face a Delaware court case.

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            George K
            wrote on 26 Oct 2022, 17:10 last edited by
            #391

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            "We demand...."

            Or what? You'll quit?

            "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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              Horace
              wrote on 26 Oct 2022, 17:45 last edited by
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              Leftist imbeciles, meet reality. I don't suspect you've met before. Enjoy.

              Education is extremely important.

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                Copper
                wrote on 26 Oct 2022, 18:02 last edited by
                #393

                I don't like that signature.

                Use your name, or at least identify the group.

                Does this note represent all twitter works, or just 3 or 4?

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                  George K
                  wrote on 26 Oct 2022, 18:16 last edited by
                  #394

                  From the RWEC:

                  First, that “the public conversation is in jeopardy.” Why, yes, I do believe that’s why many have objected to the heavy-handed censorship that’s been notable on the platform in recent years — something in which many of those worker bees seemingly have played an eager role.

                  Second, characterizing Musk’s rumored intentions as “worker intimidation.” So…the prospect of losing one’s job is intimidating, eh? Friends, may I introduce you to “cancel culture,” and the progressive Twitter mob?

                  Third, all the demanding. I don’t know how to break it to these 21st Century Norma Rae wannabes but while I don’t begrudge them petitioning their would-be employer for redress, the haughty, entitled tone is precious. Let’s examine the dynamic: The employees work for the company (voluntarily), so its boss is, in fact, the boss of them.

                  Conversely, the Government works for We the People — and, in fact, our right to petition the Government for redress is enshrined in the First Amendment — so we are, in fact, “the boss” in that dynamic. Yet, when conservatives protest government overreach, they’re a “threat to democracy,” and calls for Twitter to be treated as a true public square, where speech remains free, have been dismissed as whackadoo, fringey, rightwingery.

                  Anyhoo, I don’t know about you, but I’m getting the popcorn ready to watch how this all plays out.

                  "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 26 Oct 2022, 18:59 last edited by
                    #395

                    Rumor that the Biden Whitehouse might step in...

                    “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
                      26 Oct 2022, 18:59

                      Rumor that the Biden Whitehouse might step in...

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                      Horace
                      wrote on 26 Oct 2022, 19:12 last edited by
                      #396

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

                      Rumor that the Biden Whitehouse might step in...

                      On what grounds? Not that virtue needs legal grounds. But hopefully there will be a pretense of legality, for old time’s sake.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                        Jolly
                        wrote on 26 Oct 2022, 19:29 last edited by
                        #397

                        Whitehouse sez not true...

                        https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-elon-musk-national-security-review-twitter-not-true-2022-10

                        “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
                          wrote on 26 Oct 2022, 20:29 last edited by
                          #398

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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 K
                            wrote on 26 Oct 2022, 21:21 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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                            • G George K
                              26 Oct 2022, 21:21

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                              Doctor Phibes
                              wrote on 26 Oct 2022, 23:44 last edited by Doctor Phibes
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                              @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                              Let that sink in?

                              God, that guy is so far up his own arse I bet he thinks the world smells just great.

                              My guess is that he'll make Twitter even worse than it is already.

                              I was only joking

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                                George K
                                wrote on 27 Oct 2022, 12:13 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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                                  George K
                                  wrote on 28 Oct 2022, 01:13 last edited by
                                  #402

                                  Hey guys, "You're fired."

                                  Elon Musk completed his takeover of Twitter Inc. TWTR 0.66%increase; green up pointing triangle Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter, capping an unusual corporate takeover battle and setting up one of the world’s most influential social-media platforms for potentially sweeping change.

                                  Mr. Musk fired Chief Executive Parag Agrawal and Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal after the deal closed, the people said. Spokespeople for Twitter didn’t comment.

                                  It wasn’t immediately clear who would step into those top positions. CNBC previously reported the firings.

                                  Mr. Musk completed the deal a day before a court-imposed deadline to complete his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter or face the prospect of a Delaware trial over the deal’s future.

                                  There were signs this week indicating that Mr. Musk was moving closer to acquiring the social-media platform by Friday’s 5 p.m. deadline. Banks started sending money backing the deal, The Wall Street Journal reported. Mr. Musk also has changed his Twitter bio to “Chief Twit,” showed himself walking into the San Francisco headquarters of the social-media platform, and issued a statement on Twitter explaining his vision for the site to advertisers.

                                  Closing the deal ends a monthslong saga of whether Mr. Musk would or wouldn’t purchase the company. The deal also would put one of the world’s most prominent social-media platforms under the control of the world’s richest person, with implications for the future of online discourse.

                                  "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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                                  • G George K
                                    28 Oct 2022, 01:13

                                    Hey guys, "You're fired."

                                    Elon Musk completed his takeover of Twitter Inc. TWTR 0.66%increase; green up pointing triangle Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter, capping an unusual corporate takeover battle and setting up one of the world’s most influential social-media platforms for potentially sweeping change.

                                    Mr. Musk fired Chief Executive Parag Agrawal and Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal after the deal closed, the people said. Spokespeople for Twitter didn’t comment.

                                    It wasn’t immediately clear who would step into those top positions. CNBC previously reported the firings.

                                    Mr. Musk completed the deal a day before a court-imposed deadline to complete his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter or face the prospect of a Delaware trial over the deal’s future.

                                    There were signs this week indicating that Mr. Musk was moving closer to acquiring the social-media platform by Friday’s 5 p.m. deadline. Banks started sending money backing the deal, The Wall Street Journal reported. Mr. Musk also has changed his Twitter bio to “Chief Twit,” showed himself walking into the San Francisco headquarters of the social-media platform, and issued a statement on Twitter explaining his vision for the site to advertisers.

                                    Closing the deal ends a monthslong saga of whether Mr. Musk would or wouldn’t purchase the company. The deal also would put one of the world’s most prominent social-media platforms under the control of the world’s richest person, with implications for the future of online discourse.

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                                    Doctor Phibes
                                    wrote on 28 Oct 2022, 01:45 last edited by
                                    #403

                                    I'm guessing Kanye for CEO.

                                    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it!".

                                    Well, until they lose all their advertisers, at least.

                                    I was only joking

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                                      Horace
                                      wrote on 28 Oct 2022, 02:06 last edited by
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                                      Agrawal was targeted by that diatribe from Peterson recently. It’s too bad he will no longer be available to receive a public retribution.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                      • G George K
                                        28 Oct 2022, 01:13

                                        Hey guys, "You're fired."

                                        Elon Musk completed his takeover of Twitter Inc. TWTR 0.66%increase; green up pointing triangle Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter, capping an unusual corporate takeover battle and setting up one of the world’s most influential social-media platforms for potentially sweeping change.

                                        Mr. Musk fired Chief Executive Parag Agrawal and Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal after the deal closed, the people said. Spokespeople for Twitter didn’t comment.

                                        It wasn’t immediately clear who would step into those top positions. CNBC previously reported the firings.

                                        Mr. Musk completed the deal a day before a court-imposed deadline to complete his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter or face the prospect of a Delaware trial over the deal’s future.

                                        There were signs this week indicating that Mr. Musk was moving closer to acquiring the social-media platform by Friday’s 5 p.m. deadline. Banks started sending money backing the deal, The Wall Street Journal reported. Mr. Musk also has changed his Twitter bio to “Chief Twit,” showed himself walking into the San Francisco headquarters of the social-media platform, and issued a statement on Twitter explaining his vision for the site to advertisers.

                                        Closing the deal ends a monthslong saga of whether Mr. Musk would or wouldn’t purchase the company. The deal also would put one of the world’s most prominent social-media platforms under the control of the world’s richest person, with implications for the future of online discourse.

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                                        taiwan_girl
                                        wrote on 28 Oct 2022, 02:25 last edited by
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                                        @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                        Mr. Musk fired Chief Executive Parag Agrawal and Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal after the deal closed, the people said.

                                        And those guys will walk away with millions of USD$ since (I assume) they were let go "without cause". Plus, they don't have to end up working for Mr. Musk. Win-win for them!

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                                          Jolly
                                          wrote on 28 Oct 2022, 03:20 last edited by
                                          #406

                                          Without cause?

                                          Musk owns the company. He can fire or hire who he chooses...

                                          “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

                                          taiwan_girlT 1 Reply Last reply 28 Oct 2022, 08:01
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