Elon Musk: Officially a fraud and piece of shit. Official or unofficial war criminal?

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9 hours ago, bolverk said:

I don't know what that is, but I'd never heard of this abominable salsa falsa either before googling the West Virginia variety you mentioned. Same shit?

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8 hours ago, BrickHorn said:

Oh shit. Knowledge Fight covered that episode and debated whether that was actually Elon or just an imitator. Alex sure as shit acted like it was Elon, falling all over himself to kiss “Adrian’s” ass. It was as weird as you’d expect. Jones is such a pathetic worm.

Which episode was that one? 
 

I found a Project Camelot playlist on Spotify and I cannot get enough of those, I can listen over and over. 

[wildcat09 29243]

14 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Which episode was that one? 
 

I found a Project Camelot playlist on Spotify and I cannot get enough of those, I can listen over and over. 

The newest KF episode, #799. It’s not particularly interesting. Jones was interviewing David Icke and Icke was talking shit about Elon so Elon called in pretending to be someone else to basically call Icke stupid.

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

On 2/16/2024 at 2:18 PM, Neonmoon said:

Hormonal Birth Control saves lives. Women would be a lot more violent if we lacked the medical ability to regulate our cycles somewhat. Trust me on that one.

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11 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Hormonal Birth Control saves lives. Women would be a lot more violent if we lacked the medical ability to regulate our cycles somewhat. Trust me on that one.

There is a movement afoot to de-cert birth control. It’s all about controlling women. 

[Captain Ron 12802]

On 2/16/2024 at 3:18 PM, Neonmoon said:

 

On 2/17/2024 at 12:52 PM, Chopper said:

All the illegal drugs that motherfucker ingests and now he's worried about women taking birth control...So very odd that he's very concerned about the side effects of only one medication while at the same time hates reproductive rights, women's rights and wokeism.

Also I'm pretty sure he microdoses estradiol.

Dude thinks women are placed here to be baby making machines. He doesn’t give a shit about their health or well being. 
 

6 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

There is a movement afoot to de-cert birth control. It’s all about controlling women. 

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Elmo is a huge defender of free speech…

Even as people point out amusing things about him like

I’m sure Elmo was fine with him posting that, as well as outting Elmo’s alts.  As a matter of fact, let’s check in with Liam Nissan..

https://twitter.com/theliamnissan

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Meanwhile Elmo is promoting a bunch of anti-LBGTQ stuff as usual (still angry about his kid and about Grimes probably), and tossing out retweets and responses like this

Yes, let’s make more babies like Elmo does, without sexy time.

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Elmo having sock accounts

 

[Captainant 27455]

9 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Elmo having sock accounts

 

He's just using the Kevin Durant social media strategy now

[ultimaton 2966]

 

 

Edited February 19 by ultimaton
atomheart beat me to it

[NoName 16296]

On 2/17/2024 at 11:53 AM, MrBig said:

@theliamissan is going hard on Elon. He found his troll account and saw he used it to call into into Alex Jones with a masked voice.

 

this account is gone btw

[aggie08 21434]

We can haz free speech?

[NoName 16296]

remember when Elon just closed a datacenter to save money and unplugged a lot of shit - just a reminder how dumb that was

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/11/elon-musk-moved-twitter-servers-himself-in-the-night-new-biography-details-his-maniacal-sense-of-urgency.html

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X’s infrastructure engineers had tried to explain to him, in that head-explosion-emoji meeting a week earlier, why a quick shutdown of the Sacramento center would be a problem, but he shot them down. He had a good track record of knowing when to ignore naysayers. But not a perfect one.

For the next two months, X was destabilized. The lack of servers caused meltdowns, including when Musk hosted a Twitter Spaces for presidential candidate Ron DeSantis. “In retrospect, the whole Sacramento shutdown was a mistake,” Musk would admit in March 2023. “I was told we had redundancy across our data centers. What I wasn’t told was that we had 70,000 hard-coded references to Sacramento. And there’s still shit that’s broken because of it.”

 

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

Yeah Elon I’m sure when the employees were explaining to you why you shouldn’t do it, they left out the one obvious reason that not only existed but that in retrospect would have changed your mind.  

Edited February 19 by Pato del Muerto

[Goredho 17348]

11 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

 

Elon is more Turducken than Turkey.  He's an incel stuffed inside a nazi stuffed inside the world's richest man.  I guess that makes him a Rinazcel.

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

I love how the oligarchs are worried about birth rates w/o actually promoting policies or cultural change that encourages affirmative child care/family support and health care; instead doubling down on punitive measures--anti birth control, etc that take away consumer/worker choice are their go to. So typical. No wonder Elmo looks like the last loaf at the day old bread store, same old stale ideas.

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2 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

I love how the oligarchs are worried about birth rates w/o actually promoting policies or cultural change that encourages affirmative child care/family support and health care; instead doubling down on punitive measures--anti birth control, etc that take away consumer/worker choice are their go to. So typical. No wonder Elmo looks like the last loaf at the day old bread store, same old stale ideas.

A ruling class depends on another class to rule over.  Ergo, fuck away, peasants!

[Neonmoon 38127]

11 hours ago, ultimaton said:

 

 

This is easily the most pathetic thing posted on the internet this year 

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On 2/17/2024 at 9:52 AM, Chopper said:

 

Also I'm pretty sure he microdoses estradiol.

NTTAWWT 

[Chopper 17158]

DailyDot on the case

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I’ve said it so many times, but him being an angst-ridden teenaged 1990s BBS SysOp is only reinforced by having fake accounts that post good things about him.

[BurntEyes 5834]

2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

I’ve said it so many times, but him being an angst-ridden teenaged 1990s BBS SysOp is only reinforced by having fake accounts that post good things about him.

Holy shit. Afterhours... BBS, based in Austin Texas. 

Angry gay owner with serious drug problems and angsty control issues. 

Wow... that's the best comparison I've ever seen. It's insanely accurate regarding Elon. 

[cactusflinthead 27594]

What a chickenshit

 

[DigglerontheHoof 21061]

He should be unceremoniously tossed out of the U.S. and banned from darkening our shores ever again.  What a cunt.  

[Pig Bellmont 8691]

25 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

What a chickenshit

 

Pretty far from unclear as to why. Just about the least surprising thing from Mr “Free Speech”

[C-Man 27052]

Pretty far from unclear as to why. Just about the least surprising thing from Mr “Free Speech”

Apparently it was turned back on after 45 mins or so.

[Chopper 17158]

Someone snapped a candid of elmo this morning.

[Chopper 17158]

Guess who showed up on bluesky.

Assorted posts from the past day.

[HenryJames 65890]

[Francisco 2.0 32334]

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/twitter-employees-stopped-musk-from-violating-privacy-settlement-ftc-says/

 

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Twitter employees prevented Elon Musk from violating the company's privacy settlement with the US government, according to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan.

After Musk bought Twitter in late 2022, he gave Bari Weiss and other journalists access to company documents in the so-called "Twitter Files" incident. The access given to outside individuals raised concerns that Twitter (which is currently named X) violated a 2022 settlement with the FTC, which has requirements designed to prevent repeats of previous security failures.

Some of Twitter's top privacy and security executives also resigned shortly after Musk's purchase, citing concerns that Musk's rapid changes could cause violations of the settlement.

 

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FTC staff deposed former Twitter employees and "learned that the access provided to the third-party individuals turned out to be more limited than the individuals' tweets and other public reporting had indicated," Khan wrote in a letter sent today to US Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). Khan's letter said the access was limited because employees refused to comply with Musk's demands:

 

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The deposition testimony revealed that in early December 2022, Elon Musk had reportedly directed staff to grant an outside third-party individual "full access to everything at Twitter... No limits at all." Consistent with Musk's direction, the individual was initially assigned a company laptop and internal account, with the intent that the third-party individual be given "elevated privileges" beyond what an average company employee might have.

However, based on a concern that such an arrangement would risk exposing nonpublic user information in potential violation of the FTC's Order, longtime information security employees at Twitter intervened and implemented safeguards to mitigate the risks. Ultimately the third-party individuals did not receive direct access to Twitter's systems, but instead worked with other company employees who accessed the systems on the individuals' behalf.

 

Spoiler

Jordan is chair of the House Judiciary Committee and has criticized the investigation, claiming that "the FTC harassed Twitter in the wake of Mr. Musk's acquisition." Khan's letter to Jordan today argues that the FTC investigation was justified.

"The FTC's investigation confirmed that staff was right to be concerned, given that Twitter's new CEO had directed employees to take actions that would have violated the FTC's Order," Khan wrote. "Once staff learned that the FTC's Order had worked to ensure that Twitter employees took appropriate measures to protect consumers' private information, compliance staff made no further inquiries to Twitter or anyone else concerning this issue."

Khan also wrote that deep staff cuts following the Musk acquisition, and resignations of Twitter's top privacy and compliance officials, meant that "there was no one left at the company responsible for interpreting and modifying data policies and practices to ensure Twitter was complying with the FTC's Order to safeguard Americans' personal data." The letter continued:

During staff's evaluation of the workforce reductions, one of the company's recently departed lead privacy and security experts testified that Twitter Blue was being implemented too quickly so that the proper "security and privacy review was not conducted in accordance with the company's process for software development." Another expert testified that he had concerns about Mr. Musk's "commitment to overall security and privacy of the organization." Twitter, meanwhile, filed a motion seeking to eliminate the FTC Order that protected the privacy and security of Americans' data. Fortunately for Twitter's millions of users, that effort failed in court.

While no violation was found in this case, the FTC isn't done investigating. When contacted by Ars, an FTC spokesperson said the agency cannot rule out bringing lawsuits against Musk's social network for violations of the settlement or US law.

"When we heard credible public reports of potential violations of protections for Twitter users' data, we moved swiftly to investigate," the FTC said in a statement today. "The order remains in place and the FTC continues to deploy the order's tools to protect Twitter users' data and ensure the company remains in compliance."

The FTC also said it is continuing attempts to depose Musk. In July 2023, Musk's X Corp. asked a federal court for an order that would terminate the settlement and prevent the FTC from deposing Musk. The court denied both requests in November. In a filing, US government lawyers said the FTC investigation had "revealed a chaotic environment at the company that raised serious questions about whether and how Musk and other leaders were ensuring X Corp.'s compliance with the 2022 Administrative Order."

We contacted X today but an auto-reply informed us that the company was busy and asked that we check back later.

 

[MrBig 5289]

I’m surprised the discovery of Adrian Dittmann being one of Elon’s sock accounts is not bigger news. The fucker called into Alex Fucking Jones pretending to be someone else and now Elon’s doubling down instead of admitting the truth or saying “I was hacked” to cover up for drug fueled Tweets replying to himself. He must think the general public are as stupid as his disciples who pay for FSD but are still waiting for a finished product and won’t dare to bitch about how they’ve been hoodwinked for thousands of dollars.

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2 minutes ago, MrBig said:

He must think the general public are as stupid as his disciples who pay for FSD but are still waiting for a finished product and won’t dare to bitch about how they’ve been hoodwinked for thousands of dollars.

He's largely correct in that respect.  Stupidity is our greatest natural resource.  We may indeed have an infinite supply.

[MrBig 5289]

41 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

He's largely correct in that respect.  Stupidity is our greatest natural resource.  We may indeed have an infinite supply.

The things we know are finite; the things we don’t know are infinite. This used to make me believe knowledge is unlimited and we should strive to learn more. Now when I hear this it makes me believe there’s an infinite supply of stupid idiots who are easily manipulated by rich psychotic assholes.

To most people, the shit Elon is pulling is in the far away distance, but as a resident of Austin (and Central Texas in general) I am worried about the bullshit he is doing with his wastewater disposal in the Colorado River. He is such a liar that he cannot be taken seriously and I hope there is a continuous monitoring system in place to ensure they are complying with TCEQ regulations and not just dumping utter shit into the river. 

I’m also worried about the environmental impact his boring and drilling is doing to the surrounding areas. It took nearly a decade to get the crappy Mopac toll built because of some endangered species spider caves, but Elon is free to drill as much as he wants outside of Austin with no oversight. Local residents have complained about his activities close to their land but nobody really cares to address their concerns relating to infrastructure when it comes to anything Elon Musk does. 

 

[Brisketexan 104610]

1 hour ago, MrBig said:

The things we know are finite; the things we don’t know are infinite. This used to make me believe knowledge is unlimited and we should strive to learn more. Now when I hear this it makes me believe there’s an infinite supply of stupid idiots who are easily manipulated by rich psychotic assholes.

To most people, the shit Elon is pulling is in the far away distance, but as a resident of Austin (and Central Texas in general) I am worried about the bullshit he is doing with his wastewater disposal in the Colorado River. He is such a liar that he cannot be taken seriously and I hope there is a continuous monitoring system in place to ensure they are complying with TCEQ regulations and not just dumping utter shit into the river. 

I’m also worried about the environmental impact his boring and drilling is doing to the surrounding areas. It took nearly a decade to get the crappy Mopac toll built because of some endangered species spider caves, but Elon is free to drill as much as he wants outside of Austin with no oversight. Local residents have complained about his activities close to their land but nobody really cares to address their concerns relating to infrastructure when it comes to anything Elon Musk does. 

 

Oh, you're right to suspect that laws and regulations mean jack shit to Elon.  He is the embodiment of Wilhoit's law:

"There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

Elon is most-favored by the local powers-that-be.  He is protected by the law.  He is not bound by it.

[safe sex 11678]

And he very much has the attitude that what he's doing is going to change the world so the consequences don't matter

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2 hours ago, MrBig said:

The things we know are finite; the things we don’t know are infinite. This used to make me believe knowledge is unlimited and we should strive to learn more. Now when I hear this it makes me believe there’s an infinite supply of stupid idiots who are easily manipulated by rich psychotic assholes.

To most people, the shit Elon is pulling is in the far away distance, but as a resident of Austin (and Central Texas in general) I am worried about the bullshit he is doing with his wastewater disposal in the Colorado River. He is such a liar that he cannot be taken seriously and I hope there is a continuous monitoring system in place to ensure they are complying with TCEQ regulations and not just dumping utter shit into the river. 

I’m also worried about the environmental impact his boring and drilling is doing to the surrounding areas. It took nearly a decade to get the crappy Mopac toll built because of some endangered species spider caves, but Elon is free to drill as much as he wants outside of Austin with no oversight. Local residents have complained about his activities close to their land but nobody really cares to address their concerns relating to infrastructure when it comes to anything Elon Musk does. 

 

100% to all of what you said. He's probably doing some fucked up shit down on the Laguna Madre with Space X as well.

[HenryJames 65890]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/22/x-twitter-bobbi-althoff-deepfake-porn-viral/

A lack of moderation and a flood of clout-chasing accounts has turned the platform into ‘4chan 2’

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37 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

A lack of moderation and a flood of clout-chasing accounts has turned the platform into ‘4chan 2’

Elmo loves 4chan, so this is probably by design.

[Hank Kingsley 20699]

Anyone else notice that a lot of the ads on Elon's Twitter are getting community noted? People saying the products are dropship scams. Yet he allows them to continue to advertise. Fucking idiot. 

 

 

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He’s going to roll out a gmail competitor

and he’s been posting all kinds of rants about Google, and is back in Qanon territory

 

[BearMace 2183]

He'll call it Xmail, but you know the address will still read something like www.excite.com/user-Im-a-dumbass-incel/mail/twitter/x

 

[Homercles 10205]

On 2/21/2024 at 6:05 PM, safe sex said:

And he very much has the attitude that what he's doing is going to change the world so the consequences don't matter

Yeah and his version of saving the world is even shittier than the ending of True Detective’s.  

[Hank Kingsley 20699]

Imagine being one of the most powerful people on the planet and becoming a useful idiot for a disingenuous political culture war. 

[Basil 742]

Elon's free speech machine banned me for "harassment" for reminding MTG that she might not want to be lecturing women on Christian values seeing how she was fucking her trainer while married.

[royiv 9158]

7 hours ago, BearMace said:

He'll call it Xmail, but you know the address will still read something like www.excite.com/user-Im-a-dumbass-incel/mail/twitter/x

 

www.creedthoughts.gov.www\creedthoughts

[956 Worldwide 34443]

5 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Imagine being one of the most powerful people on the planet and becoming a useful idiot for a disingenuous political culture war. 

The Google election stuff is not culture war BS. Our wealthiest plutocrat, a key defense and tech contractor, is setting the stage to prod along a constitutional crisis and the installation of a non-elected leader. 

Edited February 23 by 956 Worldwide

[Chopper 17158]

14 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

and he’s been posting all kinds of rants about Google, and is back in Qanon territory

 

In his (very) limited defense, google does suck. I've been experimenting with a search engine called Kagi. It's ad-free so requires a sub. but it's lightning fast and highly customizable. Trial plan offers 100 free searches. If you don't mind being the customer rather than the product (paying less than $5 per month compared to giving your value to google or bing or duckduckgo) I encourage anyone to check it out.

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13546]

X-mail sounds something Cliff Clavin delivered to the wrong address. 

[NoName 16296]

On 2/23/2024 at 5:34 PM, Chopper said:

In his (very) limited defense, google does suck. I've been experimenting with a search engine called Kagi. It's ad-free so requires a sub. but it's lightning fast and highly customizable. Trial plan offers 100 free searches. If you don't mind being the customer rather than the product (paying less than $5 per month compared to giving your value to google or bing or duckduckgo) I encourage anyone to check it out.

I really need to give kagi a go. Keep seeing it get wildly positive reviews over at HN