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   Steve Bellovin (stevebellovin@mastodon.lawprofs.org)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Dec-2022 08:37:51 JST Steve Bellovin

   I suspect that to Musk, his "poll" was a win-win situation. If people said he should remain, he'd take that as a mandate and insist that he was doing everything right. If folks said he should leave, he'd have a scapegoat to blame when Twitter files for Chapter 11 or otherwise implodes.

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     Frank Bennett (fgbjr@indieweb.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Dec-2022 08:37:46 JST Frank Bennett

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     @SteveBellovin I lack a billionaire mindset, but it looks to me like he'd decided to walk away from it (whether out of frustration or boredom), blaming the enterprise as a whole for the inevitable hard landing next year: ~"I've done what I could to slay the mighty Wokeness Dragon, these are now your jobs to save."~ His plane is routing to Texas, seems he's off to play with his other toys.

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     Frank Bennett (fgbjr@indieweb.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Dec-2022 14:47:22 JST Frank Bennett

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     • ኢራ עירא Ira عيرا 🍓🎗️

     @I @SteveBellovin In the end it's all about space exploration, of course. With such accounting practices, the Light of Consciousness will flock here uninvited just to get in on the hustle.

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     ኢራ עירא Ira عيرا 🍓🎗️ (i@tooot.im)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Dec-2022 14:47:23 JST ኢራ עירא Ira عيرا 🍓🎗️

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     • Frank Bennett

     @fgbjr @SteveBellovin I had a feeling back in September that this whole fiasco was a way to write off losses for tax reasons, for him and his co-investors.

     killing the biggest platform for progressive voices, stem, journalism and academic discourse was just a bonus.