28 thoughts on “Twitter Fritter”

  1. from his official twitter page under “Relevant People” column

    Elon Musk
     
    @elonmusk
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    Chief Twit

  3. Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover and ‘fires top executives’ | Twitter | The Guardian

    Elon Musk has completed his $44bn takeover of Twitter, taking control of the company and reportedly firing several top executives, including the chief executive, Parag Agrawal.

    The world’s richest man tweeted “the bird is freed”, in a reference to Twitter’s corporate logo, just hours before a court-ordered deadline to buy the business expired.
    Shortly after taking the helm of Twitter, Musk reportedly ousted several senior figures, including Agrawal; Ned Segal, the chief financial officer; and Vijaya Gadde, the head of legal policy, trust and safety.
    Agrawal and Segal were in Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters when the deal closed and were escorted out, Reuters reported.
    Multiple outlets reported on Thursday evening that Musk had finalized the deal, capping a chaotic saga that began when the billionaire first announced his plans to purchase the company in April.
    The reported firings followed news last week that Musk planned to eliminate nearly 75% of Twitter’s staff in an effort to pay down a debt burden that will have grown substantially since the acquisition, which is part-funded by borrowings of $13bn.Musk later dismissed those reports, telling employees he would not cut such a large portion of the staff.
    A sense of confusion hung over the deal on Thursday night, however, with neither Twitter nor Musk immediately confirming the firings. Musk, who had earlier changed his Twitter bio to “Chief Twit”, did not mention the dismissals after the news broke.
    Twitter now enters a new chapter, with questions hanging over what Musk plans to do with a platform that plays an outsized role in the political and media landscape due to its following among journalists, commentators, celebrities and politicians.
    Musk visited the company’s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday, carrying a sink and meeting staff. He has said he is buying the company “to try to help humanity”.
    “The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence,” he said in a tweet earlier on Thursday.
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  6. Trevor’s take on elon (at 6:29 in on vid) and others

    Oct 27, 2022 Rihanna is finally releasing new music after six years, Elon Musk expects to close his deal with Twitter soon, Russia accuses Ukraine of planning to set off a dirty bomb despite planning to do so themselves, China has secret police stations throughout Europe, and Meta burns through money on the metaverse.

  11. the hill:

    The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) rolled out a new ad on Friday targeting Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz over medical views and products he promoted before running for office. 

    The ad, titled “Snake,” is a part of the DSCC’s $33 million ad investment in competitive Senate races. The Hill was the first outlet to report on the 30-second spot. 

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  13. When a clown moves into a palace he doesn’t become a king; the palace becomes a circus. 
    –Purportedly a Turkish proverb. 

  14. Musk’s acquisition of Twitter will affect me directly – NOT AT ALL.  I will continuie to communicate with others on Twitter just as I always have – NOT AT ALL.  And I am upset about Twitter’s future – NOT AT ALL.  I hope it dies on the vine. I just hope that somehow, somewhere, all the stupid shit Dumbass posted on his twitter feed is preserved for use against him in the 2024 election.

  16. Hawley decries “war on christianity”. It’s beyond me how thinking people can’t understand just how stupid christianity is; stupid to the point of total absurdity.   I would be willing to just let them be if they would do the same for me. 
     

  17. It’s likened to the Flying Spaghetti Monster on the Divine Atheist topic on Quora Digest.   I’m still trying to figure out where all the water that covered the land when Noah was bobbing around in an ark (what is a cubit anyway?) went when it receded. Since Mt. Ararat is 5,137 m; high, That’s 16,853 feet of water above what is now sea level. 

  18. i did warn y’all when twitter launched that nothing good would come of it
     
    the smart(er) people use reddit

  19. i do admire some of Musk’s achievements, but him bringing a sink into the building really hammered home what a giant douche he is, just “wow”

  20. knew the supposed Trump comment published by @ANI had to be fake and written by someone else. There is no way #Trump is smart enough to come up with the level of snark contained in ““Happy to be able to engage with an African-American owned business”.

     

  21. i dunno, Jamie, dismissing the membership of black Americans in our society seems pretty on-brand for the orange monster

    Please tell me that a former President of the United States didn’t “tweet” that he likes people from Africa as long as they’re white, though, regardless of who might have authored such a contemptible expression

  22. I’m with you Pogo concerning twitter….   never been on it… and at this point probably never will.
     
    I’m home in NH…   just in time to get ready to go back to Massachusetts for my 50th high school reunion later tonight.

  24. Hey, i’ve got an idea for a “Peace Plan” in Ukraine- Russia gets the fuck out of it and stops killing Ukrainians: immediate peace
     
    Slava Ukraine ✌️

  25. Bink

    It was the whole idea of praising someone raised in Apartheid South Africa until he was 17 and gaining citizenship via move to Canada through his Canadian mother as African American seemed way beyond Trump’s linguistic abilities.  

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