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Maybe because he knows he is full of shit?
https://x.com/YourAnonNews/status/17545 ... 83243?s=20
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Anonymous @YourAnonNews wrote: People should be asking why the "purveyor of free speech" (@elonmusk) has turned off community notes on his account, so people can't correct his misguided conspiracy theories.
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Not content with DeSantis getting all the glory, Elmo launches lawfare against Disney for firing a wack job.
Article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235817466/
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1754956541252263941?s=20Elon Musk @elonmusk wrote: Please let us know if you would like to join the lawsuit against DisneyGina Carano 🕯 @ginacarano wrote: Today is an important day for me--I am filing a lawsuit against @lucasfilm & @Disney
After my 20 years of building a career from scratch, and during the regime of former Disney CEO Bob Chapek, Lucasfilm made this statement on Twitter, terminating me from The Mandalorian: “Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm & there are no plans for her to be in the future. Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural & religious identities are abhorrent & unacceptable.”► Show Spoiler
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Lucasfilm in 2021 announced that Carano will not be returning to the hit series after sharing a post implying that being a Republican is like being Jewish during the Holocaust. It was the latest in a long string of posts in which the former MMA fighter drew the ire of social media users for her right-wing positions on hot-button issues. Carano, who was dropped by UTA following the controversy, previously mocked government mandates to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic and falsely suggested that voter fraud occurred during the 2020 presidential election.
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Elon Musk @elonmusk wrote: If you were discriminated against by Disney or its subsidiaries (ABC, ESPN, Marvel, etc), just reply to this post to receive legal supportElon Musk @elonmusk wrote: An anonymous source just sent me this from Disney. It is mandatory, institutionalized racism and sexism!
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Yeah, right, Elmo. “The check’s in the mail, ad nauseum”.
"Mickey Mouse and I grew up together." - Ruthie Tompson, Disney animation checker and scene planner and one of the first women to become a member of the International Photographers Union in 1952.
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https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1755870691159626094?s=20
Elon Musk @elonmusk wrote: In a few months, I will discontinue my phone number and only use X for texts and audio/video calls
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Why wait, hmmm?raison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:38 pm https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1755870691159626094?s=20Elon Musk @elonmusk wrote: In a few months, I will discontinue my phone number and only use X for texts and audio/video calls
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Well, that will cut down on the interference in the day-to-day business.
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Unlike the rest of us, Musk apparently does not need to rely on his mobile phone for 2FA.
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what? Is he finally giving up his BlackBerry
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I swear to gawd, that is 90% of what I use my phone for these days.
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” —John Adams
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So when X (formerly known as Twitter) goes Down for some reason, how will Musk contact the techs responsible in order to to fire them?raison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:38 pm https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1755870691159626094?s=20Elon Musk @elonmusk wrote: In a few months, I will discontinue my phone number and only use X for texts and audio/video calls
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I mean, at least Elmo is keeping his feud against Disney classy.
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“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” —John Adams
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Elmo thinks highly of himself.
Elon Musk @elonmusk wrote: Which path, Western World?
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I think I've seen that before.
Lately I've been followed by many accounts with photos of scantily clad women and no profile or tweets, but that like random replies of mine to other accounts. Bots been busy.
Oh, yeah, a tweet from an account that looked vaguely familiar was being promoted on twitter; a lot of people said it showed up on their timelines. The tweeter said the Hur report was making her switch her vote from Biden to tfg. Turns out I didn't see it because I'd blocked that account. An account where the pinned tweet (for months) was all about the account's support for tfg. But the account holder isn't likely to have a vote to switch anyway-the profile photo is a stock photo from a Russian agency. But it remains a popular account.
Lately I've been followed by many accounts with photos of scantily clad women and no profile or tweets, but that like random replies of mine to other accounts. Bots been busy.
Oh, yeah, a tweet from an account that looked vaguely familiar was being promoted on twitter; a lot of people said it showed up on their timelines. The tweeter said the Hur report was making her switch her vote from Biden to tfg. Turns out I didn't see it because I'd blocked that account. An account where the pinned tweet (for months) was all about the account's support for tfg. But the account holder isn't likely to have a vote to switch anyway-the profile photo is a stock photo from a Russian agency. But it remains a popular account.
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Shocked that he makes it an X vs Meta binary and doesn't include Truth Social.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:48 pm Elmo thinks highly of himself.
Elon Musk @elonmusk wrote: Which path, Western World?
Oh, wait, nevermind. Not shocked. He doesn't believe in non-binary matters.
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As round and round we run;
And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.
- Charles Mackay, "Eternal Justice"
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Truth Social censors the crap out of everything, fwiw. Technically you can't even curse over there, although "f#$k trump" will get removed, but "f#$k biden" won't.Ben-Prime wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:08 pmShocked that he makes it an X vs Meta binary and doesn't include Truth Social.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:48 pm Elmo thinks highly of himself.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/175 ... 98632?s=20Elon Musk @elonmusk wrote: Which path, Western World?
Oh, wait, nevermind. Not shocked. He doesn't believe in non-binary matters.
Go figure.
Talk about an echo chamber, that place is a deep cave.
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That happened to me back in November. Back then I posted:pipistrelle wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:46 pm Lately I've been followed by many accounts with photos of scantily clad women and no profile or tweets, but that like random replies of mine to other accounts. Bots been busy.
Lately I have picked up at least 50 followers who follow thousands of people but have maybe 10 followers. I'm talking several a week. Most of the accounts have sexy women as their avatar. I'm pretty sure they are bots who want me to "follow back". (I never follow back unless I like what those people are tweeting or retweeting.)
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I think it was last year when my Instagram account (where I think I've never posted a single thing) was discovered by the OnlyFans girls and I was suddenly inundated by followers. I finally ended up locking my account down where people couldn't follow me. I follow maybe 100 people and organizations on that account, mostly having to do with audio electronics and music. I could never figure out how I drew the attention of the OnlyFans crowd.Mrich wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 3:40 pmThat happened to me back in November. Back then I posted:pipistrelle wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:46 pm Lately I've been followed by many accounts with photos of scantily clad women and no profile or tweets, but that like random replies of mine to other accounts. Bots been busy.Lately I have picked up at least 50 followers who follow thousands of people but have maybe 10 followers. I'm talking several a week. Most of the accounts have sexy women as their avatar. I'm pretty sure they are bots who want me to "follow back". (I never follow back unless I like what those people are tweeting or retweeting.)
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All they need is to find an older gentleman they think they can sweettalk into sending them gift cards, and it's highly probably the pretty girls aren't the people doing the texting. For lack of a better term, Nigerian Princes are now stealing photos of pretty girls to con gullible older men. Not anyone here, of course. You just got rounded up in the dragnet. I'm referring to suckers like trump followers.
And the same thing happens to us women. The only difference I can see is that when they target older women, they use age-appropriate stolen profiles. When they go after older men, they use the sexy young things.
When Hubs was sick, I tagged him in Facebook so his friends could get updates. After he died, many of them sent me friend requests. After they'd piled up, I went through and approved them, accidentally letting a scammer in. No more than five minutes later, he started creep texting me and sending requests to my friends. I was busy so even though I heard the notification bell, I hadn't paid attention. Then a friend wrote me to tell me this scammer/friend of mine was requesting approval from them. They may have found you through one of your friends.
And the same thing happens to us women. The only difference I can see is that when they target older women, they use age-appropriate stolen profiles. When they go after older men, they use the sexy young things.
When Hubs was sick, I tagged him in Facebook so his friends could get updates. After he died, many of them sent me friend requests. After they'd piled up, I went through and approved them, accidentally letting a scammer in. No more than five minutes later, he started creep texting me and sending requests to my friends. I was busy so even though I heard the notification bell, I hadn't paid attention. Then a friend wrote me to tell me this scammer/friend of mine was requesting approval from them. They may have found you through one of your friends.
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We suspect something like that happened with my FIL on Facebook. My MIL passed away in July, and then last fall "Joyce" was supposed to be coming out to visit from the UK over Christmas. Then there were a bunch of excuses, and when we looked at her FB profile, it was an obvious fake. Don't think he's out for much more than a plane ticket, but we're going to keep a closer eye on things. (I think "she" tagged him via a legitimate hobby page, so he wasn't as careful as he might otherwise have been, but he was rather skeptical that she would actually show up, so even he picked up that something was off)
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https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68297121
X accused of taking payments from terrorists
X accused of taking payments from terrorists
Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, granted subscription perks to designated terrorist groups and others barred from operating in the US, according to campaigners.
The Tech Transparency Project (TTP) found X had granted blue check marks to accounts tied to Hezbollah members, among others.
For $8 (£6.40) a month, a tick allows longer posts and better promotion.
X removed some ticks after the report, saying its security was "robust".
Mr Musk's decision to charge for check marks was one of the most controversial changes he made after he bought Twitter in 2022, with critics saying the move would make issues of disinformation worse, opening the platform to impersonators.
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Red letter day for Zod:
https://mashable.com/article/x-twitter- ... ke-traffic
https://mashable.com/article/x-twitter- ... ke-traffic
The majority of traffic from Elon Musk's X may have been fake during the Super Bowl, report suggests
These numbers are legitimately shocking.
By Matt Binder on February 16, 2024
This week, Super Bowl 2024 shattered records, with the NFL championship broadcast on CBS becoming the most-watched televised event in U.S. history.
Also riding high from the big game? Elon Musk's X. The company formerly known as Twitter published its own press release, lauding Super Bowl LVIII as one of the biggest events ever on the social media platform with more than 10 billion impressions and over 1 billion video views.
However, it appears that a significant portion of that traffic on X could be fake, according to data provided to Mashable by CHEQ, a leading cybersecurity firm that tracks bots and fake users.
According to CHEQ, a whopping 75.85 percent of traffic from X to its advertising clients' websites during the weekend of the Super Bowl was fake.
"I've never seen anything even remotely close to 50 percent, not to mention 76 percent," CHEQ founder and CEO Guy Tytunovich told Mashable regarding X's fake traffic data. "I'm amazed…I've never, ever, ever, ever seen anything even remotely close."
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I am proud to say that my daughter was an associate at the firm that force fed Twitter to Musk. (She's now clerking for one of the U.S. Courts of Appeal.)
Neither disbarred nor disciplined after representing President Barack Obama.