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https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/succeeding-backwards-monday-august

The New York Sun ran an intriguing story yesterday headlined, “Elon Musk Pledges to Pay Legal Bills of Twitter Users Mistreated for Posting on the Site.”

The Sun’s article referred to a Saturday tweet (or is it “X” now?) by Elon Musk, where he promised to pay the legal bills of anyone mistreated by their employer on account of posting or liking something on Twitter, I mean X...

As you can see, Musk’s tweet garnered over 735,000 “likes” as of this morning. The response has been strong. Nobody yet knows what the rules or criteria are, and no one’s legal bills have been funded so far. But enthusiasm is running high.

What might unfair treatment look like? Here’s one recent example:



According to the related article from Inside Higher Ed, Mark Tykocinski resigned as president of Thomas Jefferson University and as dean of the university’s medical school, after being outed for “liking” tweets critical of coronavirus vaccines, gender-affirmation surgery and college diversity, equity and inclusion offices.

Sounds like my kind of guy. I’d have made him king for life, but apparently the Board of Governors didn’t agree. If he were pressured into resigning, it seems to me that Mr. Tykocinski would be a terrific candidate for some legal assistance from Twitter, sorry, I mean X.

I have no idea what Musk’s goals are, since he didn’t say. But first, even if it was inadvertent, it was a masterful marketing strategy. Even the lack of details is helping as tens of thousands speculate what it could mean. Politico even wrote a hopeful article wondering whether Musk’s offer could drive Twitter out of business. Second, the announcement might make some employers think twice about disciplining employees over their social media activity. And third, it could encourage more people to be bolder in their posts, increasing the amount and interest level of the content.

Who knows? But it’s interesting.

Yet I was banned from Twitter for a third time for suggesting that Fauci, Collins, and Bourla be brought to justice.

Patrick says

Yet I was banned from Twitter for a third time for suggesting that Fauci, Collins, and Bourla be brought to justice.

@Patrick,

Your problem is that you're retired and hence haven't been persecuted by your employer.
I do agree that there is hypocrisy here - why offer to fund people ($$$) in their struggle, while not banning those opposing "the narrative" (which costs $0) is off the table? Maybe Elon is a limited hangout.

I have been persecuted by previous employers, and excluded from consideration for employment by others:

https://patrick.net/post/1379912/2023-08-07-record-of-my-having-been-denied-a-job

Elon may well be a kind of limited hangout.

Twitter is still censoring like mad:

http://yosemitespam.com/pdf/unpublished_blog_post.pdf

Unpublished Blog Post From Deep in the
Information War
July 28, 2023
About a month ago my political account on Twitter was abruptly and
permanently suspended, for “violations of the TOS” with no specific reason
or rationale given. A dozen appeals were greeted with one of two different
bot posts explaining that after further review it was permanent.
Almost all of my politics on social media were limited to that one account.
But now I appear to be shadowbanned across facebook, instagram,
youtube, google and my original twitter account. They’re all connected to
the same phone number, including my now banned account. All of my
google, facebook and twitter accounts are having me log in daily now from
my laptop, using a two-step verification code sent via SMS to my phone. It
wasn’t like this a month ago, I would always stay logged in to all of those
accounts and set my preferences that way.
I had created the political account on twitter during the pandemic, largely so
that I could heckle our power-crazed dictator governor during the
shutdowns. Doing this from my normal social media accounts- which
generally promote my creative work- wasn’t right for my personal brand,
and could also result in professional reprisals against me or my wife, as I
live in a liberal city. That twitter account was based around a cartoon
avatar, used lots of humor, never was abusive, rude or threatening; often I
behaved like an ombudsman. I created hundreds of memes. That account
survived the covid era; the great twitter purge after Jan 6, and both the
2020 and 2022 elections. But it did not long survive the Linda Yaccarino
era at twitter.
Since no reason was given other than ‘violations of the TOS’, I do not know
specifically why my political account on twitter was banned. On my last
day, I had made a fun one-liner at Adam Schiff’s expense that was getting
hundreds of likes; I had made a meme criticizing support for the Ukraine
War, and was promoting RFK Jr.’s run for the Democratic nomination. I
was critical of Congressman Thomas Massie’s reluctance to censure
Schiff. My main guess is that opposing the war effort was my main
thoughtcrime, although the sum of all of those positions shows a dissident
or anti-establishment view. Apparently that is no longer allowed.
The sinking horror is that now my other accounts at google, meta, twitter
which don’t delve into politics- are being shadowbanned.

And if Elon is limited? He can set a bar for minimum standards. And then push that bar.

Socialist Fabianism is a tactic, it can work for either side, just like Defense in Depth or Indirect Tactics

Interesting new Twitter strategy to muffle the voices of truth: you are now forced to click "Show more replies" over and over since they show only 3 replies at a time on super-truthful Tweets like this one: https://twitter.com/Remeece1/status/1642581049925414912

Twitter hates the truth, even now.

Musk is a limited hangout.

Patrick says

Interesting new Twitter strategy to muffle the voices of truth: you are now forced to click "Show more replies" over and over since they show only 3 replies at a time on super-truthful Tweets like this one: https://twitter.com/Remeece1/status/1642581049925414912

Twitter hates the truth, even now.

Patrick, I'm telling you, the whole purpose of these companies is to prevent people from sharing information, not allowing good ideas to come forward.

Look around you, just how corrupt is our society now? If people could get honest and good information, it would fall apart. Imagine if the majority of people really understood that all Biden does is sign whatever is put in front of him, in exchange for being above the law and allowing to take bribes all day long? What if people were allowed to know that there's really good evidence Biden wasn't elected? Or allowed to know the US overthrew Ukraine and wanted this war that is now going on? What if they knew that they were lied about Assad gassing his own people?

You've seen me have arguments here over these issues and I either stick to my guns because I know damned well I'm right, or I find out I'm wrong, and stop arguing in favor of my initial thought.

That's the power of the Internet. I've changed my mind on vaccines, I've changed my mind on government, politics, economics, Israel, our wars, everything. I can see corruption in seconds, these giant companies exist ONLY to prevent sharing of information because it will change our nation, for the better, and the people running this nation like it EXACTLY like it is.

What I've discovered is we don't need authorities we don't need experts. I used to think Chomsky was great, but he's an idiot about economics, and he showed himself NOT to be principled when he stated that forced vaccinations should be acceptable. The WHO has been outed as an authoritarian system of control, we delayed a treaty with them which would allow them to dictate lockdowns, and all sorts of crap. Climate Change has been exposed. These people are in a panic. Musk for example depends on the idea that electric cars are less polluting than ICE, and they aren't. We have so many things that these frauds depend on, that as knowledge becomes more widespread, it would be a monumental change.

What's going to happen, is that eventually these giant companies are going to shatter, because smaller ones can do what they PROMISE to do, and don't do.

The US destroyed the USSR by just telling the truth to the people, radio, television, and films and the ability to transport these things and share them killed the USSR. Our society was created by a set of deceptions and it's not hard to prove we're being lied to but you are not allowed to explain this stuff on Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube.

There were BILLIONS of dollars at stake for the "vaccine" manufacturers, DARPA was involved, part of this nonsense was to kill small businesses. We know this NOW, what if we knew about it 3 years ago?

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/censorship-20-free-speech-not-free

“freedom of speech but not reach” is just a disingenuous way of saying “we will decide what trends, what can be said here, and what people can see.”

and “X” is now back in the truth ministry business because “sure we’ll let you say it, but we’ll also make sure than no one can hear it” is just a more subtle way to play the same nasty game.

and what else would you expect from the denizens or davos?

I was getting that same “freedom of speech but not reach” bullshit justification for censorship from cow-orkers at Craigslist before I left.

Suppressing audience size IS censorship.

Patrick says

I was getting that same “freedom of speech but not reach” bullshit justification for censorship from cow-orkers at Craigslist before I left.

Suppressing audience size IS censorship.

Look, the problem isn't that Twitter is doing this shit. That's really not the problem.

The problem is that people didn't know Twitter was doing this shit.

Twitter is replaceable.

I have talked to people here, in Silicon Valley, that deny up and down there is censorship. I had to force them to sit down with a computer with me, let me log into YouTube, pull up my account, and show them my own comments. I then I had to log into a TOR network, pull up the same pages, and show them my comments weren't there.

You have any idea how hard it is to get into an argument over this to such an extent that somebody is so enraged with your accusations, that they will spend 15 minutes to "definitely prove you're full of shit" only to find out you aren't?

Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter ALL CENSOR, and the problem is, people don't fucking know it. It used to be shadow banning was the WORST fucking thing a company could do. "I don't get it, why am I getting no replies?" - there's no warning, you're not told anything, you cannot correct behavior (if you actually have bad behavior), you have no idea what you've done, just nobody can see what you've said. This is considered REASONABLE to do by Google, Twitter, and Facebook.

These are easily replaced companies.

https://cjhopkins.substack.com/p/the-free-speech-twitter-psyop

The "Free-Speech Twitter" PSYOP

Patrick says

https://cjhopkins.substack.com/p/the-free-speech-twitter-psyop

The "Free-Speech Twitter" PSYOP

Musk is an Offense Contractor, he works for intelligence. He was brought into give the appearance of free speech, not to implement it. They don't even try very hard, the CEO of Twitter is now Linda Yaccarino, who is a former asshole from the WEF, and previously worked for NBC Universal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Yaccarino

Stop looking up for a savior, you have to look within. These platforms have to be abandoned.

Twitter still censoring like mad.

Twitter still censors.

Patrick says

It's "psych".

OK, Elon is regaining a bit of credibility with me here:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1706681999035928994

@elonmusk
My concern was more the outrageous demand that people must take the vaccine and multiple boosters to do anything at all. That was messed up.

Until the Supreme Court invalidated Biden’s exec order, SpaceX and many other companies would have been forced to fire anyone who refused to get vaccinated!

We would not have done so. I would rather go to prison than fire good people who didn’t want to be jabbed.

As for myself, I got original Covid before the vaccine was out (mild cold symptoms) and had to get three vaccines for travel. The third shot almost sent me to hospital.

How many other people out there have symptoms that are actually from the vaccine or Covid treatment, rather than Covid itself?

As for those who didn’t take any vaccine, well @DjokerNole just won a record number of grand slams …

It’s not like I don’t believe in vaccines – I do. However, the cure cannot be potentially worse than the disease. And public debate over efficacy should not be shut down.

There is also great potential for curing many diseases using synthetic mRNA, so let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water.
7:47 AM · Sep 26, 2023

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1707147926789554422?s=20

LibsOfTikTok finds a Diversity training video from New Prague, MN comparing Whitey to Mosquitoes
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1706917885409415372?s=20

Today: Musk tours the US Border, calls it a crisis
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1707565081750290910?s=20

https://babylonbee.com/cleanArticle/biden-administration-reports-dangerous-african-immigrant-at-border

Lol, "Community Notes", working as intended.

Patrick says

Lol, "Community Notes", working as intended.

Please include links.

https://twitter.com/Israel/status/1710766685458702779

When I fuck up and don't do this, let a hail of stones fall upon me. I'm so vexed by this.

Also Good:

Community Notes on Ben Shapiro's repost of an incinerated baby was removed after experts criticized the use of online AI detector apps and validated the picture as genuine by reporters who had personally seen the baby displayed and took the photos.



You can see the updated community notes here:
https://x.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1712635827539554364?s=20

Now you can say the Sarin Attack was BS, but you can't say the exactly photo wasn't from that time. It's in the 2013 article.

There's always been a problem with fakeassery in Middle Eastern photography.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/aug/07/reuters.pressandpublishing

Wikipedia reference:

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1716102436123783175?s=20

I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia https://t.co/wxoHQdRICy— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 22, 2023

zzyzzx says

I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia https://t.co/wxoHQdRICy— Elon Musk (elonmusk) October 22, 2023

They will take him to court and get the billion. Just like twatter did. =))

https://notthebee.com/article/glorious-elon-musks-community-notes-is-a-game-changer-for-journalist-accountability

For the uninitiated, since Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, "Community Notes" is the feature that permits users to tag intentionally omitted context onto another user's post. In other words, when a so-called "professional" journalist attempts to advance a narrative by intentionally spreading misinformation, they can now be rightfully humiliated by informed citizens who know better. It's got to be the single greatest development in the ability of the informed to use social media to police the information gatekeepers. ...

Patrick says

For the uninitiated, since Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, "Community Notes" is the feature that permits users to tag intentionally omitted context onto another user's post. In other words, when a so-called "professional" journalist attempts to advance a narrative by intentionally spreading misinformation, they can now be rightfully humiliated by informed citizens who know better

By and large, it is used this way. But one time I saw it misused, so everyone bashed it in the comments. It was glorious.

The degree to which Twitter was simply an arm of the government was not well understood by the public… Republicans were suppressed at ten times the rate of Democrats," - Elon Musk


“If you've walked around downtown San Francisco, right near that X - fka (formerly known as) Twitter - headquarters, it's a zombie apocalypse. I mean, it's rough… You can't believe it until you go there,”
“So you have to say well, what philosophy led to that outcome? And that philosophy was being piped to Earth.
“A philosophy that would be ordinarily quite niche and geographically constrained, so that the sort of the fallout area would be limited, was effectively given… an Information Technology weapon to propagate what is essentially a mind virus to the rest of earth.
“And the outcome of that mind virus is very clear if you walk around the streets of downtown San Francisco. It is the end of civilization.”
- Elon Musk

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-debuts-rebellious-grok-015320778.html

Elon Musk Debuts ‘Rebellious’ Grok AI Bot to Challenge ChatGPT

I'm guessing that this new chat isn't a flaming liberal either.