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submitted 8 days ago • 23 comments

Report on Musk long enough and you start to see him say the same things over and over. He agreed to buy Twitter then made sweeping accusations about fraud and bots to try to break the deal. He also accused Twitter of harboring "ghost employees" who took paychecks. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

submitted 12 days ago • 99 comments

Elon has unfollowed Kanye

submitted 14 days ago • 73 comments

Meanwhile, on Twitter...

submitted 16 days ago • 64 comments

"The 25-year-old employee, Marko Elez, resigned Thursday after The Wall Street Journal asked the White House about his connection to the account."

submitted 17 days ago • 21 comments

Holy shit. “USAID’s inspector general was investigating a public-private partnership involving Musk’s company just before Musk shut the agency down. Key USAID web pages mentioning Musk’s company have suddenly vanished from the agency’s website.” Follow the money.

submitted 18 days ago • 345 comments

I understand why he hasn't been arrested yet—we live in a failed state—but it's still jarring to witness every day:

submitted 18 days ago • 80 comments

If you work for the federal government and are tempted to take Musk’s “buyout” offer please know that you’re never going to see that money.

submitted 18 days ago • 130 comments

PRIVATELY?? APPEARS??

submitted 19 days ago • 23 comments

NEW: WIRED has identified a DOGE engineer who now has access to the NOAA, the scientific agency that monitors and models oceans and atmosphere to predicting changes in climate, weather. NOAA workers were ordered to give him access to all Google sites by eod today.

submitted 18 days ago • 225 comments

NEW — DOGE now has full access to HHS Payment Management System, I’ve learned. The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.

submitted 18 days ago • 288 comments

NEW: Elon Musk’s dismantling of USAID and State’s funding freeze are severely disrupting efforts to help human trafficking victims escape forced labor camps. by @mattburgess1.bsky.social & @lhn.bsky.social @ WIRED:

submitted 18 days ago • 6 comments

Tired: NYT: Young Musk Fans Learn American Civics, Hands-On Wired: Wired: Those Little Rat Fucks Are Still In The Walls

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"Officials with the Education Department told employees in the civil rights office on Tuesday that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team was scrutinizing the department’s operations, which could lead to further staff reductions."

submitted 18 days ago • 6 comments

Elon endorses sending US citizens to prisons in El Salvador. Elon is an existential threat to every US citizen.

submitted 20 days ago • 354 comments

"Trump described Musk’s role as advisory. “Elon can’t do—and won’t do—anything without our approval and we’ll give him the approval where appropriate. Where not appropriate, we won’t,” Trump said."

submitted 20 days ago • 30 comments

The American people spoke, and they wanted Elon Musk to be able to share Americans’ personal information from government databases to whatever 19 year old gamers he’s trying to impress on Discord

submitted 23 days ago • 53 comments

Oh, so he’s going to “Twitter Files” the USAID? People need to get up to speed real quick on this cast of characters and how they “work” to spin conspiracy theories and twist facts into false political narratives. Mr. “frame game” here (quoted by Musk) might be a good place to start.

submitted 20 days ago • 28 comments

Elon Musk you did it man. Everyone thinks it's so epic that you're ruining everything. They're saying wow elon is so cool and also his posts are so funny

submitted 21 days ago • 48 comments

"Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure."

submitted 21 days ago • 17 comments

Elon is still a loser and X is still garbage. All the money and unchecked power in the world doesn't budge the needle on that.

submitted 22 days ago • 53 comments

I sound like a broken record, but to understand what's happening in government look to Musk's Twitter purchase. Before Musk officially closed his deal for Twitter in Oct. 2022, his team demanded that the company freeze all payments to outside contractors and vendors. bsky.app/profile/eric...

submitted 22 days ago • 27 comments

SCOOP: DOGE Staff Had Questions About the "Resign" Email. Their New HR Chief Dodged Them. “I think the information that you’re going to have about this is available to you right now," Stephanie Holmes told staff at Elon Musk's DOGE. www.wired.com/story/doge-h...

submitted 22 days ago • 31 comments

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#Breaking: The following Jewish organizations say they're leaving X: Union for Reform Judaism Alliance for Jewish Renewal American Conference of Cantors Avodah Central Conf. of American Rabbis Jewish Women's Archive Keshet MAZON PEP-RJ Reconstructing Judaism T'ruah Shalom Ctr.

submitted 27 days ago • 49 comments

Today I counted more than 50 subreddits that went through with banning links from X, reaching more than 40 million combined members. At least 20 million of those members were encouraged to join Bluesky, instead. www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

submitted 32 days ago • 222 comments

Start the head of lettuce!

submitted 32 days ago • 18 comments

"Elon Musk is casting doubt on the first major tech investment announcement made by President Trump, openly questioning the administration he now serves."

submitted 32 days ago • 22 comments

submitted 40 days ago • 8 comments

Elon is a clear and present danger to democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/u...

submitted 41 days ago • 29 comments

submitted 41 days ago • 15 comments

The largest wildfire in Texas history just happened eleven months ago and destroyed thirty times more area than the one in Los Angeles

submitted 41 days ago • 348 comments

A simple warning about Musk from people at Tesla. “Wear the right clothes, do not make suggestions and be sure to gauge his mood before you meet him…. Do not to wear any patterned clothing, suede shoes or fragrance. Such attire, they said, could send Musk into a rage.” apple.news/A52ofrnY2QmW...

submitted 44 days ago • 171 comments

The CEO of Watch Duty used his skills as a software engineer to build the app to amplify fire safety information as a public service: “Techies are obsessed with going to Mars and inventing an AGI robot to do art. But I’m obsessed with time and life.” sfstandard.com/2025/01/09/w...

submitted 45 days ago • 47 comments

submitted 43 days ago • 2294 comments

NEW: Over 60 German & Austrian universities have announced today they are quitting X/Twitter. The backlash against Musk is growing after he endorsed Germany’s Far Right. Germany’s Feberal Court of Justice has also quit the platform, as well as top German football clubs & labour unions.

submitted 44 days ago • 59 comments

Meanwhile, on Twitter...

submitted 45 days ago • 21 comments

i’m kind of amazed at how this is just the crudest, most obvious n****rbaiting you can imagine. “the people you don’t like, yeah, they are responsible for everything bad.” and it works!

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Universities and other higher education establishments have joined a retreat among British institutions from Elon Musk's X social media platform, citing its role in spreading misinformation that fueled race riots last year reut.rs/3PrsMsx

submitted 47 days ago • 32 comments

It's working, don't let up!

submitted 48 days ago • 7 comments

"“Trump does complain a bit to people about how Musk is around a lot,” New York Times journalist and “Trump whisperer” Maggie Haberman told tech reporter Kara Swisher during the latest episode of Swisher’s podcast, On."

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