Elon Musk Becomes Twitter’s Largest Shareholder…

[J Galt]

I just signed up for X Premium. My $4 / month won't take the place of any corporate advertising, but it is a way to show support.

I kinda wish I had a Disney account to cancel.

 

[miguel]

Another thing to keep in mind about Elon...he was born in South Africa, which was arguably the first sacrificial lamb on the altar of the nascent new world/woke order.

Being from a well to do family, he has personally experienced -- during his formative years, mind you -- what the woke agenda can and will do to a nation if there are not checks on "progressivism". There is no doubt, as observant a young man as he is, he did not notice this himself and hear about it from family and friends.

Fortunately for him, he was able to extract and land in North America, with the rest being history.

As Regan said, if we loose here, we are up **** creek. Musk has what, 5-6 kids? He is damn sure going to spend cash helping the cause in a way he is most suited to.

 

[ghuns]

Another thing to keep in mind about Elon...he was born in South Africa, which was arguably the first sacrificial lamb on the altar of the nascent new world/woke order...

I think you're giving South Africa a little too much credit.

'Sacrificial lamb' certainly conveys an image of innocence in their demise that the apartheid regime is completely underserving of.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

 

[miguel]

I think you're giving South Africa a little too much credit.

'Sacrificial lamb' certainly conveys an image of innocence in their demise that the apartheid regime is completely underserving of.

The Boers and English really didn't do anything different than any other nation in history did, including the US of A. Reference the experience of the Cherokee, Sioux, etc. See Belgian actions in the Congo.

As a civilization, I believe we are well past a point where an amorphous moral high ground is the standard we hold ourselves to when those we compete with have no standard but advancing their cause and their own survival.

 

[ghuns]

The Boers and English really didn't do anything different than any other nation in history did, including the US of A. Reference the experience of the Cherokee, Sioux, etc. See Belgian actions in the Congo.

As a civilization, I believe we are well past a point where an amorphous moral high ground is the standard we hold ourselves to when those we compete with have no standard but advancing their cause and their own survival.

I disagree. Guess I'm woker than I thought.

 

[miguel]

I disagree. Guess I'm woker than I thought.

No worries, man.

Maybe the Wokesters are making me more based than is good for me?

We're living the Chinese curse of, "May you live in interesting times..."

 

[BugI02]

Right now, when I paste in a link from an X tweet (or whatever you call it these days)

I started calling them 'tweex's

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

 

[jamil]

Not everyone is suited for STEM. But this is to fill the ranks of his tech companies. I think in terms of college, probably economics is viable. I hate to say, law, is viable. Not many degrees outside of stem, economics/business, law, are worthwhile. But, woke has a “science”. That’s not viable.

 

[J Galt]

Would I be unreasonable to suggest showing the guy some support by signing up for X for $4 per month? There's a discount for signing up for a year, I think it's $40 per year if paid at once.

ETA: Directed at everyone, not just the poster.

 

[wtburnette]

Would I be unreasonable to suggest showing the guy some support by signing up for X for $4 per month? There's a discount for signing up for a year, I think it's $40 per year if paid at once.

ETA: Directed at everyone, not just the poster.

Agreed. I've always HATED the idea of twitter until Elon bought it. Thought it was a stupid idea and never had anything change my mind. However, I do want to see his version succeed, if for no other reason that the truth is occasionally available there and nowhere else.

 

[J Galt]

Agreed. I've always HATED the idea of twitter until Elon bought it. Thought it was a stupid idea and never had anything change my mind. However, I do want to see his version succeed, if for no other reason that the truth is occasionally available there and nowhere else.

Same here. Agree 100%. I signed up for the annual membership just to do something to show some support.

 

[Alamo]

Interesting. He already created his own high school in California, called Ad Astra, for his own kids and SpaceX employees kids, then brought it to Texas with him.

There’s also a recently created school in Austin, called University of Austin, (UATX), that also builds itself as a correction to the current status of US universities. Started two years ago. Couple of the names associated with it are Bari Weiss, Niall Ferguson, and Joe Lonsdale. Lonsdale is a guy who made big money in Silicon Valley but moved to Austin because Texas has better business climate. He’s also seen as a “righty” by at least the California types. I don’t think UATX is specifically STEM oriented.

 

[wtburnette]

Same here. Agree 100%. I signed up for the annual membership just to do something to show some support.

Was $168 for the year for premium BTW.

 

[J Galt]

Was $168 for the year for premium BTW.

Not in a financial position for that at the moment. Maybe after the new year. I'd like to try Grok.

 

[bwframe]

NSFW!!!



Dunno why X's aren't embedding like normal, but passing along that this is an hour long Tucker interview with Kid Rock and John Daily. I'm not normally good for hanging in there that long, but passing along that this interview is very entertaining. Whole thing worth the listen.

 

[Ingomike]

Dunno why X's aren't embedding like normal,

Are you replacing the x.com with twitter.com?

 

[wtburnette]

Dunno why X's aren't embedding like normal...

Especially a PITA when so many people link to X posts in the funny pic threads and you scroll past tons of posts that are nothing but X failing to load.

 

[bwframe]

NSFW...

A Year at Elon Musk’s X: Twitter’s Top 10 Wildest Moments of 2023

Elon Musk killed Twitter in 2023 in name and, to many, in spirit.
Musk, the world’s richest person, says he overpaid in swinging the $44 billion deal for Twitter last year — which he rechristened X and has refashioned into his vision of what a “free speech” platform should be. The obstreperous Musk, after hacking X/Twitter’s workforce down to a skeleton crew, drove major advertisers away from X after he endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory. (Musk expressed regret about his comment, but also told Bob Iger and others who pulled ad spending to “go **** yourself.”) And, among other wacky stunts, he manufactured a bizarre feud with Mark Zuckerberg.
It’s tough to narrow down the 10 truly wackiest moments of Musk’s monarchical reign over X/Twitter this year, but here goes...