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   George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 00:20:20 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

   The Daily Beast is reporting that Elon Musk ordered engineers to switch off his Starlink satellites just as Ukraine was preparing to attack the Russian naval fleet with drones. He said he feared nuclear retaliation by Russia. It’s high time we ask the question: How much power and influence does it make sense to hand just one person?

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     Human Emulator (pyrite61@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 01:33:13 JST Human Emulator

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     @georgetakei I don't have an answer to this, but at what point does doing stuff like this violate the Neutrality Act?

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 03:39:31 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     • Arno Jan Boere 🍉

     @ArnoJanBoere Good point.

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     Arno Jan Boere 🍉 (arnojanboere@mastodon.nl)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 03:39:33 JST Arno Jan Boere 🍉

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     @georgetakei

     *p̶e̶r̶s̶o̶n̶ asshole

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     Its Not A Hoax ☑️ (pdflynn@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 05:01:29 JST Its Not A Hoax ☑️

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     @georgetakei Wait. They're saying Musk spoke with Russian officials prior to making a decision to turn off Starlink? So, how can he claim Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars when he just involved himself in the war to help the Russians. WTF??
     https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink

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     John Breen (jab01701mid@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 14:06:00 JST John Breen

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     @georgetakei The most disturbing part of this story is that Starlink engineers were willing to follow this order. I'm pretty sure I would have refused, and counted on being able to get a new job pretty easily.

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     Benjamin Allocco Is Writing (benjaminallocco@universeodon.com)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 02:56:22 JST Benjamin Allocco Is Writing

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     @georgetakei

     Also, question... Why the hell would Musk be provided foreknowledge of such an attack?