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Now I read that he's just demanding that they pay for the service after they told him to fuck off.

https://slaynews.com/news/elon-musk-ukraine-starlink-ukrainian-official-f-off/

Elon Musk Tells Ukraine to Pay for Starlink after Ukrainian Official Told Him to ‘F*ck Off’

SpaceX is not asking to recoup past expenses, but also cannot fund the existing system indefinitely and send several thousand more terminals that have data usage up to 100X greater than typical households. This is unreasonable.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 14, 2022

"Forgive us, Elon. It was the ten lines of cocaine talking."

Weak.

Elon must have gotten some Russian subsidies for back doors.

Or maybe he was threatened.

Patrick says

Or maybe he was threatened.

Likely

mell says

Patrick says

Or maybe he was threatened.

Likely

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/elon-musk-alarmed-after-appearing-well-known-ukrainian-kill-list

If I had to guess, Musk’s plebeian sense of humor is probably a big part of why the establishment can’t stand him. They don’t mind someone who challenges them through the proper channels and in a respectful manner—that’s actually playing into their hand, because it concedes they are deserving of respect in the first place. What they can’t stand is being taken lightly, being teased and ridiculed and ultimately ignored.

Why can’t they stand that? Because our reverence for the elites is actually the source of their power. They win as long as we take them seriously. They lose the moment we don’t.

I agree.

https://patrick.net/post/1340759/2021-08-20-the-elite-fear-for-their-status

Memes are a lovely way to mock them. Funny, quick to the point, and that point pops their bubble.

Elon's four point peace plan sounds good to me.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-21/us-weighs-security-reviews-for-musk-deals-including-twitter-buy?cmpId=google&sref=y3YMCJ4e

Biden administration officials are discussing whether the US should subject some of Elon Musk’s ventures to national security reviews, including the deal for Twitter Inc. and SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network, according to people familiar with the matter.

Ah, it turns out that even billionaires don't actually have any rights in the US if they oppose the Deep State agenda.

Patrick says

national security reviews, including the deal for Twitter Inc. and SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network

I watched a train of those Starlink satellites ride across the sky like a necklace of Skynet, awe inspiring and scary, like a form of doom. Musk is NASA. This is not exclusively a private enterprise, it is a strategic move to create huge redundancy so that everything can't be shot down or EMF pulsed out of function all at once.

I remember when they claimed 40 Starlink satellites were destroyed on launch through some error. My first thought was that those must have been the hyper militarized, 'secret' or hper-weaponized satellites, and they are probably up there quite healthy.

Countries are now shooting down each other's satellites all the time, that's why there is junk streaking from the sky all the time and so many places showing space plumes where stuff is being launched. It's a jungle up there.

All I know is that my spidey tingles when I saw that string of satellites traveling along the sky in a straight line was that whatever publicity was given to them, it wouldn't be the truth, and whatever the truth, it wouldn't be good.

One element of the $44 billion Twitter deal that could trigger a CFIUS review is the presence of foreign investors in Musk’s consortium. The group includes Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, Binance Holdings Ltd. -- a digital-asset exchange founded and run by a Chinese native -- and Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund.

Why the fuck the richest guy in the world needs SA and Chyna to buy Twitter? And what kind of free speech platform can we expect from such a lovely bunch of investors?

Changpeng Zhao founded Binance. He was born in China, moved to Canada, and is now living in Singapore. He owns the world’s biggest crypto exchange. I don’t believe he’s a communist and associates with the Chinese Communist Party.

Prince Alwaleed currently owns a lot of TWTR shares. He’ll roll his shares into the deal rather than taking the buyout in cash. Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO, is also an investor in the TWTR deal to name a few. A lot of big names and influential people in this deal as they all see the potential. Whether or not the potential will materialize is remained to be seen.

To put things in perspective, if a self-made billionaire asked you to invest in his company, which has a potential to 10x in a decade, what would you say?

@elonmusk

Think about who might have decided “The Current Thing” before accepting it

Maybe it was a social media algorithm, not even people

Who decides “The Current Thing?”
Real question. I don’t know.

Stock market suddenly thinks the deal will go through:

Elon Musk
@elonmusk
2h
A beautiful thing about Twitter is how it empowers citizen journalism – people are able to disseminate news without an establishment bias.

Well, Twitter was that way once, and hopefully will be again under Elon.

@ezralevant
6h
Twitter employees demand Elon Musk “not discriminate against workers on the basis of… political beliefs.”

I wish Twitter employees would offer conservative users the same respect.

EBGuy says

The stock market seems convinced that the deal will go through, as the market price is approaching Elon's offer of $54/share:

EBGuy says

Lol, I did not get "let that sink in" at first!

Patrick says

Lol, I did not get "let that sink in" at first!

Yeah, I watched the video and it looked like a monitor at first or maybe a PC chassis. My cognitive dissonance was finally resolved when I looked at the text.

The open letter almost sounds like opposition propaganda, except for how it makes them sound like snowflakes.
https://nitter.net/MattNavarra/status/1584867664912318465

HES GOTTA PAY PER VIEW THE FIRINGS, at least in the PR/Fact Cheka Departments.

Day in the Life of a Twitter Employee.



Holy shit these people are out of touch.

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1585395267552960512?s=20&t=7LvDJNcorNe_Mm04z4SrVw

https://babylonbee.com/news/guy-who-decided-to-ban-the-babylon-bee-wondering-if-he-might-be-in-hot-water

Guy Who Decided To Ban The Babylon Bee Wondering If He Might Be In Hot Water
TECH
Oct 27, 2022 · BabylonBee.com

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — As Elon Musk takes over Twitter this week and begins looking for ways to make the $44 billion-dollar company more profitable, some employees are starting to worry about the future of their jobs.

And none more so than Shea L. Porter, a content moderation specialist who's been working for Twitter full-time for 4 hours a week since 2019. According to sources within the company, Porter is the one who made the decision to lock The Babylon Bee out of its account after the satirical news site gave Rachel Levine its coveted "Man of the Year" award.

"You know, I'm starting to wonder if I might be in trouble here," he confided in coworker Ally Federer. "I don't know. I just feel like it might be frowned upon to make a content moderation decision that may have resulted in the entire company getting sold and the whole discourse around free speech in this country shifting."

"Like, did I change Western Civilization forever just because I was a little grumpy that day?" According to Porter, he had a heavy workload back in March when he decided to lock The Bee out of its account and was just a little on edge, resulting in the decision that may have shifted the tides of the war over free speech and big tech censorship forever.

"It was a pretty rough day for me," he admitted. "I was putting in extra hours to get a project done, so I'd worked, like, 8 hours the week before. The cafeteria was out of red wine on tap, and I found the garlic shrimp a little mealy, which is weird, because Fernando down there in the kitchen is usually on point. So, I dunno. I let my emotions get the better of me."

At publishing time, Musk had called Porter into his office and asked him, "So, what would you say... you do here?"

Patrick says

I would actually pay to be able to watch them reeeee