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   James Gleick (jamesgleick@zirk.us)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 00:25:39 JST James Gleick

   Elon Musk secretly used control of his Starlink network to cripple a Ukrainian military operation while it was under way, in defiance of American foreign policy.

   He is an oligarch working against U.S. interests, benefitting his fellow oligarchs in Russia. His biographer seems to think this is just Musk being Musk, quirky and idiosyncratic.

   #Musk #Ukraine

   https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink

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     Lily Star (starlily@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 00:44:45 JST Lily Star

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     @JamesGleick Billionaires are a National Security risk.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 00:44:48 JST clacke

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     • Michel Lind :fedora: :debian:
     @michelin @JamesGleick Some would say those are the same view.
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     Michel Lind :fedora: :debian: (michelin@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 00:44:49 JST Michel Lind :fedora: :debian:

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     @JamesGleick the charitable view is Isaacson had to do this to maintain access, and at least that's how we get juicy tidbits like this.

     The uncharitable view is... he sold out.

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 06:25:02 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     @JamesGleick

     Have been saying this for months.

     Time that he faces legal consequences, /s: but, oh wait, most governments globally are afraid of #Elmo, b/c he already controls 50% of global satellite communications, also necessary for modern warfare, thanks to #TFG and #Biden did not stop it.
     As you make your bed, so you must lie in it. /s