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   Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 14:56:41 JST Jonathan

   NPR left Twitter and doing so didn't even affect its traffic numbers.

   https://niemanreports.org/articles/npr-twitter-musk/

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 16:52:21 JST Jonathan

     in reply to

     https://nitter.net/KaivanShroff/status/1525128730405920769

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 16:52:21 JST Jonathan

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     1. Hilary Clinton said Republicans spreading conspiracies (about Paul Pelosi).

     2. Elon replies, posting a link to one such conspiracy.

     https://web.archive.org/web/20221030123645/https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1586693291231178753

     3. Now deleted.

     https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1586693291231178753

     That anyone listens to one word the guy says, or invests in him, is beyond me.

     But hey, tulips were all the rage until they weren't. Go nuts. He was CEO of Paypal for about 6 mo before they turfed him.

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 16:52:21 JST Jonathan

     in reply to

     1. Article written about him monetizing far right accounts.

     https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/twitter-creators-payments-right-wing/

     2. He says the real bribe is WaPo paying the author for "journalism"

     I keep saying he is a miserable human. It's not about free speech. That's just the talking point. Like electric cars, or getting to Mars. It's all vapourware, or if delivered, is delivered despite him not because of him.

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 16:52:22 JST Jonathan

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     Teslas directors got paid huge amounts, Tesla got sued* and they agreed to give some back.

     (*edit, it was a derivative action actually, so a suit brought by others on behalf of Tesla)

     More importantly, Rupert Murdoch's son, James Murdoch, is on the board as well as Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison.

     People who think Elon is doing anything that isn't just a huge friends and family grift are just fooling themselves.

     https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-fights-230-million-fee-100455476.html

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 16:52:22 JST Jonathan

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     I find deliciously ironic that when the lawyers who brought the action asked for 230 million dollars in legal fees, the defendants said no, that's too much, but 65 million would be about right.

     So the people who just gave back a ton of money because they had taken too much, are complaining the lawyers are taking too much. But they're only complaining to reduce amt from 230 to 65 because they know how the game is played 🤣

     Everybody's in on the grift 🤣

     It ain't their $, it's shareholder money 💰

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 16:52:22 JST Jonathan

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     I forgot about these two little gems.

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 16:52:22 JST Jonathan

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     https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/27/elon-musk-x-twitter-takeover-revenue-users-advertising

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 16:52:23 JST Jonathan

     in reply to

     " "Yeah, not nice,” Yaccarino responded, referring to the final comment about her lack of power, before continuing to explain. “[Musk] runs product. He runs technology. He leads a team of exceptionally talented engineers…Who wouldn’t want Elon Musk sitting by their side running product?”

     Some audience members raised their hands and laughs were heard."

     Touché, crowd.

     Anyway, he doesn't respect women so why this person is defending him is beyond me. ($)

     https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/28/its-not-clear-x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-knew-about-elon-musks-plan-to-charge-for-x/