Elon Musk secretly used control of his Starlink network to cripple a Ukrainian military operation while it was under way, in defiance of American foreign policy.
He is an oligarch working against U.S. interests, benefitting his fellow oligarchs in Russia. His biographer seems to think this is just Musk being Musk, quirky and idiosyncratic.
@JamesGleick His biographer served as a sounding board for this decision -- and withheld information the public should have known at the time, in order to keep it "fresh" for the book. Reprehensible on so many levels.
The inevitable, dangerous X factor. 1/...🧵in part, via David Frum:
NYT reports that Elon #Musk personally thwarted a #Ukraine military operation he disapproved of.
At this point, Musk's interference to thwart Ukraine battle plans is not any kind of economic action. It is an assertion of a personal foreign policy, in defiance of the United States, whose citizenship he sought and to which he swore loyalty in 2002.
Does no one in the U.S. government have anything to say about one rogue private citizen knee-capping a war effort on which we have so far spent $75 billion?
The sadness of a #CyberTruck owner.
"Days after launch, you sit at a red light. The novelty is gone, you aren't any happier. Maybe it's your imagination but the gaps in the door looks off. You think you saw a car full of teens laughing at you earlier. You're now 100k debt for a meme, and you feel nothing."
@spocko The Cybertruck is Elon Musk's attempt to feel less lonely by making thousands of other people feel the same regretful, post-acquisition disappointment hangover he did the day after buying Twitter.
Reuters documented at least 600 previously unreported workplace injuries at #Musk’s rocket company: crushed limbs, amputations, electrocutions, head and eye wounds and one death. SpaceX employees say they’re paying the price for the billionaire’s push to colonize space at breakneck speed. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/spacex-musk-safety/
The propaganda against regulations has been very successful.
Regulations are there for us. They protect us. Any time someone is talking about how regulations are bad they mean that looking out for people is costing them money, and they would rather that people suffered.
My refusal to participate in the reboot of Mark #Zuckerberg as the internet's Cool Friend should not be taken as support of Elon #Musk in any way, but can we not fall for another smirking fascist with his shirt off?
"See, if there’s a cagefight and pop culture is buzzing about it, human brains naturally want to imagine who will win. Which means taking a side. Which means rooting for one of these sweaty ghouls"
I was hoping for a double knockout leading to an indefinite hospital nap for both of them.
I will die on this hill:
We will not fix our democracy until we start doing criminal prosecutions of the wealthy again. Not just weakly using DPAs and fines
and prosecutions of corporations.
Musk and the hospital execs in the news today must face threats of jail.
No fine will ever break a billionaire— they just pay out some funds and move on. But criminal charges can take down their lifestyle and hold them truly accountable. #musk#doj#trump#indictment
@protecttruth You know, if you are shopping for an EV, Tesla are still credited with much higher range numbers for the same capacity batteries. Wonder if they are still fudging the numbers. 🤔
The thing is lying and cheating works, and as you say, there is not penalty if you get caught, so it's just a good business strategy.
The revelations that Tesla is lying and cheating won't change anything. Tesla owners will still proudly declare range numbers that are pure BS.
@protecttruth Check it out! Tesla today advertises that their Model 3 range is 333 miles. Competitors generally fall in the 200 to 250 mile range and Tesla gets all sorts of positive press for their "range advantage." But it is all BS. Tesla's average is around 200 miles and in winter it can be as low as 124 miles. Still, they continue to be credited as the range leader. Lying works!
This is a masterclass on how not to change a company name.
Anyone else would not change the name to a trademark their competitor owns, the logo to a symbol they cannot own and then try to take down the sign at headquarters only to have the cops shut that down because they had no permit. 🤦♂️
A trifecta of oopsie daisies. Should we let them release robot cars onto the roads?
@davidaugust it's almost like you shouldn't decide on a Sunday evening while blazed that you have this totally radical idea for a rebrand and then, without consulting anyone's advice, make it public and order it to be done by the next day
@carlopiana One of the many "plans" he has boosted about is to make 𝕏 the "everything app", just like WeChat in China. Your complete digital existence in one single app, controlled by a right-leaning narcissist. Isn't hat we al want? ;)
I mean, if your level of creativity and inspiration ends at "let's look at weird symbols in my character map" and copy-pasting 𝕏 in your photoshop, export it as png and calling it a glorious day ...
“Judge says Elon #Musk must give up a compensation package awarded by Tesla’s board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion.
The ruling in a Delaware court comes five years after a shareholder lawsuit targeted Tesla CEO Musk and the directors. They were accused of breaching their duties to the electric vehicle and solar panel manufacturer, resulting in a waste of corporate assets and unjust enrichment for Musk” https://apnews.com/article/e75687178d1175fba36ca55bd9c4c805
@gryzor@drahardja
The US attracts assholes like Musk and Murdock. 40 years of unregulated capitalism has turned America into a cesspool of toxic greed. It has infected the every level of our nation (e.g. SCOTUS, politicians, the press, most all CEO's and executives). In large part, American's worship money and they worship the people who have amassed money. Greed is the only thing that's "trickled down" since Ray-guns sold a 100 year old debunked economic theory to his disciples.
@JoshuaHolland From my German perspective, this monster vehicle in combination with Musk's openly anti-Semitic behaviour is just a very bad right-winged Nazi tank :(
As I’ve been saying. #Musk may now be the most far reaching & influential peddler of eugenicist & racist propaganda in our country. Unfit to be a partner with U.S. agencies or to receive U.S. taxpayer dollars. But he’s “too big to fail,” b/c so many political & business leaders have poor character discernment when blinded by wealth.
Elon Musk keeps spreading a very specific kind of racism.
James Bond Super Villains, Listed by Intelligence Most to Least:
Auric Goldfinger
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Lyutsifer Safin
Franz Oberhauser
Max Zorin
Raoul Silva
Francisco Scaramonga
Mr. White
Alec ‘Janus’ Trevelyan
Le Chiffre
Karl Stromberg
Miranda Frost
Dr. Julius No
Franz Sanchez
Aristotle Kristatos
General Orlov
Prince Kamal Khan
Hugo Drax
Elliott Carver
Gustav Graves
Mr. Big
General Georgi Koskov
Dominic Greene
Elektra King
Brad Whitaker
Elon Musk
@GottaLaff
This is a perfect summation of our culture's sick infatuation with billionaires, painting them as geniuses, when they are more likely to be sociopaths and/or ruthless sadists. One Orange Dotard comes to mind. Turns out, he wasn't even a real billionaire. 🤬