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Posted by Elon earlier today:

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1816974609637417112

I think he's still dealing with relics of WOKE employees of Christmas Past.
He can't be personally aware of every person that gets blocked on Twitter, I don't think he's personally blocking people.

I find it odd that Kamala's official Presidential banner just says.
Kamala Harris for President, and her www addy.

What is bizarrely missing is the year. I have never seen a political banner for President that didn't include the Year.
Which I see as proof, that she has been chosen as a legal place holder until the contested convention can take place. Had they picked Mark Kelly last week, they would be absorbed in so many lawsuits. It would take their whole war chest to defend.
Often I wish the Trump 2016 flags, bumper stickers and banners didn't have 2016, so they could still be relevant after 2016.

Tenpoundbass says

Often I wish the Trump 2016 flags, bumper stickers and banners didn't have 2016, so they could still be relevant after 2016.

New ones are alive and well. Sign or not, this has a 2016 vibe AND Trump is front running.

Just drove through a good chunk of Wisconsin. Not ONE Harris or Biden sign (yes I know he's done). Those signs can be popped out next day and in peoples lawns the following day. If there was ANY popularity I would have seen one by now. Even in IL.

Also the down ballot signs were all Republicans in Wisconsin. I don't know the math on it, but I could see 320 EC's for Trump. As in a blood bath.

WookieMan says

Just drove through a good chunk of Wisconsin. Not ONE Harris or Biden sign (yes I know he's done). Those signs can be popped out next day and in peoples lawns the following day. If there was ANY popularity I would have seen one by now. Even in IL.

The only thing I've ever been suspended or banned for - and it happened at least half a dozen times including losing one almost 10k account - is for Transskeptic tweets. And that was just before Musk.

I wonder if CA law obligates X to delete Trans tweets?

Tenpoundbass says

I think he's still dealing with relics of WOKE employees of Christmas Past.
He can't be personally aware of every person that gets blocked on Twitter, I don't think he's personally blocking people.

I'm sure he's not personally aware of most Twitter users, but he is responsible for policy, and the policy is to block entire accounts from using the site until they bow, lick the dirt, delete the offending Tweet, and beg for forgiveness. Bad policy.

Not quite true though. Can you really speak the truth about the trans or homo mental illness on Twitter now?

Remember how Elon switched off Starlink when he learned that Ukies were going to hit Red fleet with drones controlled via that service because he feared that it would cause THERMONUKELAR WW30000!

Now after many imaginary red lines shattered and "Nazis" are freely making lampshades out of Kursk population, burning them in crematoriums and running them over with German tanks and American AFVs while Pukin only making feeble noises about "provocation something something", the time has come to admit that Musk was a stupid cunt when he made that wrong and war-prolonging call. He probably should stay out of geopolitics based on this stupid episode alone.

Ceffer will enjoy this one:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tSmjsugj7o4

RWSGFY says

He probably should stay out of geopolitics based on this stupid episode alone.

So Elon can pack up Starlink and go home?

Elon is one of the main human beings on the planet that has kept Ukraine from being overrun by providing them this level of communication so they can coordinate and manage their defenses. I can cut Elon alot of slack about not wanting to push too hard early on to not escalate things.

Elon still sounds (and acts) alot more supportive of Ukraine than people like JD Vance.

socal2 says

RWSGFY says

He probably should stay out of geopolitics based on this stupid episode alone.

So Elon can pack up Starlink and go home?

No, he's contract-bound at this time, so he needs to keep providing the services he was hired for. But he needs to stay out of geopolitics because it's been proven to be way about his paygrade.

PS. And, btw, these drones wrecking Novorossiysk Red Fleet base last night do not rely on Starlink anymore.

Democrats have money and media and will have numbers in the future. Is this the beginning of the end of Republican party? Or have smart Republicans have already figured this out?

https://slaynews.com/news/elon-musk-announces-spacex-plans-send-5-unmanned-starships-mars-2-years/

Elon Musk Announces SpaceX Plans to Send 5 Unmanned Starships to Mars in 2 Years

The tech entrepreneur has long been leading the calls for humanity to expand its exploration of Earth’s neighboring planet.

Earlier this month, Musk had said that the first Starships to Mars would launch in two years.

He said the missions will launch at that time because it is “when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens.”

On Sunday, Musk said that the timeline for the first human mission will depend upon the success of the unmanned flights.

If the five unmanned Starships land safely, missions with human crews will be launched in four years.

However, in case of challenges, crewed missions will be postponed by another two years, Musk said.

“If those all land safely, then crewed missions are possible in four years,” Musk posted on X.

I have to admit it's inspiring.

Patrick says

I have to admit it's inspiring.

Not happening. We are not going to be able to create a habitat on Mars that will sustain humans long term. When we eventually colonize Mars, it will be with genetically modified beings that can survive the low gravity and high radiation, plus thrive on less water, food, and oxygen.

gabbar says

Yep, Bezos and especially DiPiazza (WB/CNN) has to go.

AmericanKulak says

No different from FSB buying cuckservative influencers like Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and such. Except he does it openly and is not connected to any government, so FARA is not violated.

gabbar says

The demise of smaller newspapers was caused by the rise of online advertisement which basically robbed them of most of their income. So technically speaking he's now in the business which killed the newspaper industry (albeit before he entered the scene). Besides, jornos have always been overrated.

In April 2023, someone leaked Twitter's recommendation algorithm before the company was about to reveal it itself. In the lines of code, Ukraine was very quickly found, which was mentioned alongside such prohibited topics as violence and hate speech, fraud and toxic speech. The war in the algorithm was called the "Ukrainian crisis" and marked with the "Space Safety Label", which forces the social network to reduce certain content in the feed.

In June of the same year, we published another article in which it was said that the social network hides Ukrainians and their publications from users from other countries. First, at that time, you would not be able to find keywords related to war in the search. Secondly, the accounts that wrote about the war were marked with "sensitive content" and the platform began to automatically close their images under a blurred stub and hide the page itself from anyone who did not remove the corresponding mark in the settings. Volunteers, activists, military and bloggers were removed from the search. Even Dovzhenko-Center and the Ukrainian Art History page were among the pages that were shadow banned.

Musk, who has made a lot of pro-Russian statements in recent years, actually isolated Ukraine in a kind of info bubble, where Ukrainians' posts cannot be seen not only by foreigners, but also by Ukrainians themselves - even those who subscribe to the corresponding blocked pages.

"Free speech" my ass.

Source: https://nypost.com/2024/09/27/us-news/rogan-blasts-kamala-harris-tim-walz-on-first-amendment/

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/f-minus-thursday-october-3-2024-c

The Journal also breathlessly reported that Musk gave $50 million in 2022 to a 501c named “Citizens for Sanity.” Sanity? Say no more! Where do I sign up? (It’s an anti-castration group.) There was lots more about various Musk donations, but at the end of the day, the Journal’s exposé said nothing we don’t already know. Musk is active in politics. Ho hum. But that’s where things got really funny. ...

What happened was Elon was a lifelong Democrat until California’s power-drunk, out-of-control, barely-literate state politicians chased him out of California. Full stop. Musk was painfully red-pilled by the pandemic.

That’s the real story. The headline should have been, “How Democrats Created The Most Influential Conservative Figure in U.S. Politics.” ...

Some folks still have legitimate concerns about Musk and his brain chip project. But you can’t deny that Elon Musk is doing more for our fellow Americans in the Western Carolinas than is the entire federal government: ...

Free satellite communications to all the affected areas. That must be expensive. But Musk is paying for his generosity and compassion in more ways than just with his money. ...

Musk didn’t need to put himself in the left’s unforgiving crosshairs. He has a lot to lose. But he did it anyway, and for that, Elon Musk deserves much credit.

Unless something is done about the bureaucratic smothering of America, humanity will never reach the stars.

That is my biggest showstopper issue for why Trump must win, as the alternative is continued expansion of oppressive big government, making progress impossible.

Unless we become multiplanetary, it is simply a matter of time before a natural or manmade calamity destroys life on Earth, just like what happened to the dinosaurs.

This election is existential for life as we know it.
https://x.com/optimatessuck/status/1842063716872855900