ThomasKnight

@ThomasKnight@mastodon.world

Thomas Knight. Conservation biologist. Dungeons & Dragons lover. Board game fanatic. Probably the only person alive to have been gored by a Nilgiri tahr. Have also held more kakapos than more than 8 billion other humans have. Even more than Stephen Fry, I'd wager. Liberal, in that I don't spread hate for people based on who they are- I am only intolerant of intolerance.

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ThomasKnight, to TeslaMotors

Yet another case of showing his at the companies he runs. Is this a surprise to anyone, considering how much supports and on since he bought it? He truly is vile. https://www.npr.org/2023/08/25/1196005433/space-x-justice-department-refugees-lawsuit

black_intellect, to random
@black_intellect@mstdn.social avatar

Oregon Republicans who kept boycotting votes will be barred from standing for re-election

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/oregon-election-republicans-votes-b2390363.html

ThomasKnight,

@black_intellect Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

ThomasKnight, to twitter

now says he is going to pay legal costs for anyone who is "treated unfairly at work"; i.e. gets in trouble at work for posting bad things on . Mind you, still hasn't paid his own staff what they are legally due, who he fired without cause on a whim. It's almost like he likes more than the hard-working people who made him a spoiled billionaire... https://www.npr.org/2023/08/06/1192394226/musk-vows-to-pay-legal-costs-for-users-who-get-in-trouble-at-work-for-their-twee

ThomasKnight,

@Sternness3985 That was my first thought as well, although he at least pretends he will pay those, which is more than he is doing for his former staff.

ThomasKnight, to random

As racks up more and more charges, most of which he has publicly admitted on video in some form or another, it is becoming more & more clear that not only aren't the party of law & order, but that the is in fact the party of criminals and grift. Not that this is news to anyone. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66263089

ThomasKnight, to twitter

I see that the latest insanity is that X is fine with people posting (kiddie porn). I really don't understand how thinks that his business model of being the most vile cesspool on the internet is going to be financially lucrative. Elon reinstated the account of a person who was banned for posting child porn, and is allowing the new videos of adults raping children to proliferate. Think about that. Even 4chan doesn't allow that. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/01/legal-subreddit-bans-all-ex-twitter-links-due-to-safety-risk/

ThomasKnight,

In view of the news that has decided that is ok on now, I am glad to see that their finances continue to collapse. does not deserve to run a business if this is what he thinks is acceptable behaviour. Absolutely vile. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tweet-trouble-xs-formerly-twitter-171813444.html

ThomasKnight,

Meanwhile, also continues to evade his legal responsibilities to his former staff. It's becoming obvious how has so much money- he refuses to pay any of his debts or bills. He is similar to that way. Being ok with CSAM is another way they are similar. https://www.reuters.com/legal/x-musk-seek-dismissal-lawsuit-over-ex-twitter-workers-severance-pay-2023-08-01/

ThomasKnight,

But it's not just children that attacks and abuses. is also threatening to sue nonprofit organisations who combat , when they (accurately) reported that X no longer stops speech on their website. Looks like once again Elon's claims of free speech are only for on Twitter. Oh, and also pedophiles, apparently. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66365968

ThomasKnight,

It now also turns out that claims that he was going to hire a CEO to run were also mostly bs, as we've discovered that is not letting her be in charge of the moderation teams. In other words, she will have no power to stop the and from running rampant on Twitter. So, not really in charge of anything important after all, if she's not allowed to get rid of and . https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-refuses-cede-control-122906681.html

ThomasKnight,

But on the bright side, as already mentioned, is running into the ground as fast as he ran X into the ground the first time. You have to give it to ; he might not be very smart or ethical, but he sure doesn't learn from experience either. https://www.theverge.com/23814989/elon-musk-banking-x-paypal

ThomasKnight, to twitter

Oh, and in case you were hearing about the issues that might have with copyright issues for his new name to replace , it's even funnier than you have likely heard. The logo is just a unicode character font set, so can't even trademark it. It's also going to be a nightmare to find anything on the new company name using Google searches. He just keeps scuttling himself more and more at every turn. His open incompetence is pretty impressive. https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/apps/a44641211/twitter-x-unicode-symbol/

ThomasKnight, to twitter

So now is threatening businesses if they don't buy ads from him on or X or whatever is calling it this week. Despite the fact that it's circling the drain & people are fleeing it in hordes while it implodes. That's a bold strategy Cotton; let's see if it pays off for him. https://slate.com/technology/2023/07/elon-musk-x-twitter-advertising-checkmarks-business-model.html

ThomasKnight, to twitter

Well, once again has shown his utter incompetence running businesses. The switch over to X is going as poorly as every thing else that has touched. He put to thought into it and the entire thing is falling apart around him, while he disregards the wishes and rights of those around him. I stand by my initial claim that he made a bet with someone that he couldn't destroy Twitter entirely in less than a year. Nobody could be this useless & stupid. https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/26/twitter-now-x-took-over-the-x-handle-without-warning-or-compensating-its-owner/

ThomasKnight, to twitter

has been caught refusing to remove propaganda from and is now being sued in Germany, where they take these matters seriously. After being sued, the solution which chose to deal with it was to hide some nazi tweets in the lawsuit from Germans, but not to even remove those small number of tweets from Twitter as a whole. Please tell me again how Elon isn't supporting nazis. Not that anyone can see the nazi tweets for all the issues https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/10/twitter-faces-legal-challenge-after-failing-to-remove-reported-hate-tweets

ThomasKnight,

@lpah4all I don't know about most people; I like to hope that it is a minority who are morally vacuous. Republicans, for example, are a minority in America, and not all of them are as rabid as the open nazis we see on Twitter. The problem is that the worst ones are represented the most on Twitter, making it look like they are the majority, even though they are not. There are still WAY too many of them though, that's for sure.

ThomasKnight,

@gavinisdie Agreed- it has been skating on thin ice with them even before Elon, and now that he's gone full nazi, I doubt they are going to humour him very much. I would be surprised if it lasts anywhere for very long now, to be honest. The amount of that is happening and the deliberate throttling of tweets will drive users away, even when nazis won't.

ThomasKnight,

@kierkegaank Yep, that seems to be his current trajectory. I can't say that I will feel at all bad for him after he does that. He has asked for everything he has gotten so far.

ThomasKnight,

@lpah4all Totally agree. This is why reality tv is so popular; people love to watch those dumpster fires, because it makes them feel better about themselves. It's a sad situation, for sure.

ThomasKnight,

@kierkegaank Yeah, hopefully they get good jobs when he tanks those companies as well. Fortunately for them, unlike Elon, they all have skills and are productive members of society.

ThomasKnight,

@kkarhan No, and at this point I expect Twitter to collapse entirely from a number of different issues all competing with each other for the killing blow. I doubt it will be long before it follows Friendster.

ThomasKnight,

@jtb @Twiglet No, that law is an example of a hate crime. It is targeted against gay people, censoring them only. And it is not worried about protecting children, only keeping gay people hidden from society. It is purely bigotry. Like I said, most censorship is bad, apart from censoring people who are spreading hate. This is using censorship to spread hate, so is clearly the exact opposite.

ThomasKnight,

@PirateJoie Bingo

ThomasKnight,

@kkarhan Yep, I hope to see it happen. I can't think of many people more deserving of it.

ThomasKnight,

@skye True, but when you used to report nazi propaganda, Twitter would remove it, and eventually ban the nazi. Now nothing happens, except that you get a report saying that it didn't break Twitter rules, when a nazi suggests burning all the Jews alive or something similarly heinous.

ThomasKnight,

@GreenFire I love that idea! I can't do it, since I never used the app, but I would definitely encourage others to do that!

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