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TulliusCicero posted:Joe Biden wasn't President in 2020 you loving idiot I skim read the thread and the just of it is that the FBI coordinated with Twitter so they could spot disinformation campaigns and reimbursed Twitter for their time and expenses. The reporter here is hand wringing that the FBI “primed” them to dismiss the Hunter laptop story.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:21
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TulliusCicero posted:Joe Biden wasn't President in 2020 you loving idiot But now I get to  over "alphabet institutions" or what ever the catchphrase du jour is.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:21
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ryde posted:I skim read the thread and the just of it is that the FBI coordinated with Twitter so they could spot disinformation campaigns and reimbursed Twitter for their time and expenses. And Elong explicitly claimed there were payments even though the thread, from my skimming, makes 0 mention of exchanges of cash. None at all.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:22
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Robo Reagan posted:i dont get the twitter files after hunters hog because all of them are twitter gave info to the fbi but its like of course the fbi will subpoena or just ask for info on a site with 10 trillion people the FBI gets post histories from these forums!
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Dec 20, 2022 17:22
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kazil posted:I know Twitter Files #1 was about deleting Hunter's dick pic and I don't think I could tell you a single thing about any of the other ones. Every single one has been "Twitter followed their stated guidelines and obeyed the law, except for conservative figures who the explicitly protected from consequences." So the stuff that everyone was already well aware of but they're trying to say that the special treatment conservatives got was actually evidence of bias against them because why else would racist fascists trying to overthrow democracy ever have to face insignificant consequences. Also, they revealed that Musk’s Twitter was handing out private user data to right-wing activists. So there's some fun there.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:22
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PinheadSlim posted:edit : forget it, don't drink and post "Farewell, drink and post, my friend." (Your edit made me think of Caves of Qud.)
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Dec 20, 2022 17:24
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Decon posted:And Elong explicitly claimed there were payments even though the thread, from my skimming, makes 0 mention of exchanges of cash. None at all. Yeah he’s referring to this: https://twitter.com/shellenbergermd/status/1604908670063906817?s=46&t=xgS0PVqFULqnXcfAcO9HCw It’s entirely “the FBI is reimbursing us for time spent”
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Dec 20, 2022 17:25
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kazil posted:I know Twitter Files #1 was about deleting Hunter's dick pic and I don't think I could tell you a single thing about any of the other ones. I remember number #2, which was about biased moderation, which they demonstrated by showing internal communication that LibsofTikTok was to be given special consideration and no one was allowed to delete or suspend their posts without explicit admin permission. They didn't do anything to hide that this was the unofficial policy and claimed this somehow proved that twitter was biased against them. Also the screenshot showed a bunch of backend access options like "DMs," which meant that Elon had been giving private user info to hacks like Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss, in gross violation of GDPR and probably US privacy laws as well. His scapegoat even showed up to insist that she hadn't given anyone access and had personally gathered and forwarded those screenshots and there's no proof anyone ever snooped on anyones DMs. Files 3+ are boring because I don't think any of them revealed anything new, let alone accidentally admitted to crimes.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:26
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Sydney Bottocks posted:The problem for Musk is that Twitter dying is absolutely going to take Tesla down with it. The whole reason Tesla's stock has been so valuable is that people completely bought into the "Elon Musk, Super Genius" hype. And at the moment, via Twitter, Musk is doing his absolute goddamndest to kill that hype stone dead.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:28
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kw0134 posted:Yes, but that's on him entirely as a manager. The Saudis aren't holding a gun to Twitter and saying "dance puppet dance" to hold Tesla hostage. If anything, they're kind of pissed that they had a chance to cash out at $54.20 and now it's probably a quarter that book value. But given the sums involved, it's also like a week's worth of oil revenue. People forget that while Musk is individually quite wealthy, he doesn't hold a candle to the collective wealth of the Mid East oil oligarchs. They're probably angrier at Masayoshi Son for the WeWork debacle. The Saudi's piss away money every day on more expensive things than Twitter, I doubt this would do anything but make them irritable.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:30
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ryde posted:Yeah he’s referring to this:  So... completely BAU in any part of the economy. It wasn't some under the table "make this go away". It was "we used 80 hours of dev time, so here's 80 hours of dev time in money." Good god.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:36
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To be fair, Elon Musk would definitely see "paying for dev time" as some kind of criminal act
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Dec 20, 2022 17:37
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But it's THREE MILLION DOLLARS!!!1 Enough of those and in 20 years they can collect enough to pay a single year's interest on their pre-Musk loans.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:38
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"If this was a business transaction, why aren't they applying a 400% markup?"
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Dec 20, 2022 17:38
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CommieGIR posted:The Saudi's piss away money every day on more expensive things than Twitter, I doubt this would do anything but make them irritable.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:41
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spunkshui posted:Oh, so he was lying about what would happen when the poll ends. Sure there is 🤣
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Dec 20, 2022 17:41
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Serious_Cyclone posted:To be fair, Elon Musk would definitely see "paying for dev time" as some kind of criminal act 
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Dec 20, 2022 17:41
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Joe Biden was in the Mets
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Dec 20, 2022 17:45
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kw0134 posted:Yes, but that's on him entirely as a manager. The Saudis aren't holding a gun to Twitter and saying "dance puppet dance" to hold Tesla hostage. If anything, they're kind of pissed that they had a chance to cash out at $54.20 and now it's probably a quarter that book value. But given the sums involved, it's also like a week's worth of oil revenue. People forget that while Musk is individually quite wealthy, he doesn't hold a candle to the collective wealth of the Mid East oil oligarchs. They're probably angrier at Masayoshi Son for the WeWork debacle. The Saudis don't give a poo poo about the financial value of Twitter, as mentioned they burn more money on far more frivolous poo poo. What they do care about, is the value of Twitter as a way to rehabilitate the image of the House of Saud and attract more investors and businesses to the country. That's why they do stuff like pay musicians and companies like WWE hundreds of millions of dollars to put on a show or two there every year. Right now, Musk is driving people away from Twitter with his antics, and it has no value to the Saudis if all that are left are the already-existing true believers and bootlickers.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:46
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BigglesSWE posted:Edward Snowden was mortified to find out I’m sure. That man would cave like a chrap coal mine to every demand made by any authoritarian government around the world. Which Twitter file will that be? lol
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Dec 20, 2022 17:47
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kw0134 posted:But it's THREE MILLION DOLLARS!!!1 Enough of those and in 20 years they can collect enough to pay a single year's interest on their pre-Musk loans. Dude hasn't even made $3 million with Twitter Blue yet.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:48
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Sydney Bottocks posted:Right now, Musk is driving people away from Twitter with his antics, and it has no value to the Saudis if all that are left are the already-existing true believers and bootlickers. That's a very good point. The hyper-polarization of twitter (following the hyper-polarization of literally everything, even vaccines somehow) robs the platform of any significant influence-peddling.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:49
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Sydney Bottocks posted:The Saudis don't give a poo poo about the financial value of Twitter, as mentioned they burn more money on far more frivolous poo poo. What they do care about, is the value of Twitter as a way to rehabilitate the image of the House of Saud and attract more investors and businesses to the country. That's why they do stuff like pay musicians and companies like WWE hundreds of millions of dollars to put on a show or two there every year. Right now, Musk is driving people away from Twitter with his antics, and it has no value to the Saudis if all that are left are the already-existing true believers and bootlickers. To the extent anyone cares about the Saud's involvement with Twitter, it's entirely negative. It's the worst possible way to freshen their image.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:49
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There shall be 69 twitter files and the #69 will be about the board trying to lock Elon into the deal.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:49
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Agents are GO! posted:Sure there is 🤣 Hope everyone who yelled to vote no itt feels really dumb after being outsmarted by noted stupid person Elon musk!
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Dec 20, 2022 17:51
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Numbers 26 to 69 will be presented by his mother after he rows with every "journalist" he can find.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:52
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kw0134 posted:That's not really plausible, tbh, because the Saudi involvement with Twitter is entirely silent. No good will was accruing to the House of Saud because they quietly invested money in a company. LIV and stuff like that is sportswashing, but they're very active in touting their involvement in that sort of project. In other words its going as well as any attempt by the
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Dec 20, 2022 17:54
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Icon Of Sin posted:Tesla stock currently hanging around $143, -4% for today alone https://twitter.com/alexsilva666999/status/1605209935557660673
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Dec 20, 2022 17:56
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Speaking of Elon and polls, remember that one where he emailed employees about "were they hardcore enough to work on Twitter 2.0" and fired anyone who didn't answer yes? And how everyone said it was super illegal and would lead to court cases? Congrats, you were right about the most obvious thing in the world. Irish senior executive settles High Court case with Twitter over Elon Musk email https://jrnl.ie/5952042
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Dec 20, 2022 17:57
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CommieGIR posted:In other words its going as well as any attempt by the Or it's far more probable that the Sauds having money to burn threw some into a speculative investment to be "with it". Hanlon's razor and all.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:58
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LOL man he's going to start getting margin calls this week at this rate.
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Dec 20, 2022 18:01
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kw0134 posted:That's not really plausible, tbh, because the Saudi involvement with Twitter is entirely silent. No good will was accruing to the House of Saud because they quietly invested money in a company. LIV and stuff like that is sportswashing, but they're very active in touting their involvement in that sort of project. Of course they're not going to announce they invested in Twitter, that has zero value as a PR move. If anything, they probably wish nobody knew about it at all, so they can quietly use the fact that their money is one of the few things keeping Twitter afloat to influence the absolute moron that's currently running it.
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Dec 20, 2022 18:03
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So what the gently caress do they even allege that Hunter Biden did that is so maliciously being covered up, because near as I can figure, it's being addicted to drugs, which is public knowledge and...having a penis.
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Dec 20, 2022 18:04
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E the Shaggy posted:LOL man he's going to start getting margin calls this week at this rate. He may start getting margin calls today the way TSLA is dropping
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MJeff posted:So what the gently caress do they even allege that Hunter Biden did that is so maliciously being covered up, because near as I can figure, it's being addicted to drugs, which is public knowledge and...having a penis. He got a job for a little while thanks to his dad’s connections or something
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Dec 20, 2022 18:05
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Sydney Bottocks posted:Of course they're not going to announce they invested in Twitter, that has zero value as a PR move. If anything, they probably wish nobody knew about it at all, so they can quietly use the fact that their money is one of the few things keeping Twitter afloat to influence the absolute moron that's currently running it.
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Tiny Timbs posted:He got a job for a little while thanks to his dad’s connections or something Which, while corrupt, is pretty much the norm at that echelon of society. And yet, they have zero issue with, say, Trump family members doing so. Huh.
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Interesting..... I totally understand what this means, but please explain for someone who doesn't.
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