Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover and ‘fires top executives

[Grey]

In 1612 you chased away the Polish King, and now you are smuggling the Polish Caesar (wordplay)

Yes, the irony of fate I think mutually beneficial business flourished even then. Most likely, the boyars sold horses and equipment to the departing. And on the way home, they resold it all (along with horseshoes - why not), well, for example in Lithuania. At home in Krakow, they then told the nobles that the campaign ended with a profit (budget surplus ).

Of course, there are many Chinese and Russian skirting boards on sale. But I decided to buy Polish.
Why? Well, I have a lot of old Polish movies (and some books) and cartoons on an external hard drive. Rex, B & L, Pan Kleks and so on. And I don't have many material things from Poland
By the way, the films about Pan Tau and Majka (for some reason in USSR translated as "Adventures on vacation" )... they turned out to be Czechoslovak

BTW # 2. Only for the Polish kings we have the original historical name (król = круль). For all other countries, it's just a king (король).
OK, mostly in verses and not everyone remembers anymore

[puppy_apprentice]

Hope for a post-Musk net
https://buzzmachine.com/2022/11/05/hope ... -musk-net/

[wiak]

What is Elon Musk's X, the 'everything' app? Here's what you need to know
X App - one app to rule us all

Yes, it is interesting that Elon Musk chooses to use the name 'X' just as Wayland is positioned to finally reduce X as a display protocol to the oblivion of history.

X was surely always a more interesting (short version) 'name' than Wayland.

[mikewalsh]

What is Elon Musk's X, the 'everything' app? Here's what you need to know
X App - one app to rule us all

Yes, it is interesting that Elon Musk chooses to use the name 'X' just as Wayland is positioned to finally reduce X as a display protocol to the oblivion of history.

X was surely always a more interesting (short version) 'name' than Wayland.

.......and if the platform is no longer called Twitter, then surely, users can no longer "tweet"...??

Just a pointless thought!

Mike.

[bigpup]

It is a simple change.

You no longer make a tweet.

Now you make an X-Expression.

Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or
feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication,
whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner
or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas
and sentiments.

A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed;
a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression

The term or use of language employed to explain a thing.

[puppy_apprentice]

Musk (enfant terrible de l'internet) has problems again:
White House criticises Elon Musk over 'hideous' antisemitic lie
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67446800
Disney, Apple among advertisers to pull business on X after Elon Musk's antisemitic post
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ ... rcna125617
White House blasts Musk's 'hideous' antisemitic lie, advertisers pause on X
https://www.reuters.com/world/white-hou ... 023-11-17/

[Clarity]

How would you feel if Musk becomes the next American President?

Stay tuned to the NEW World ...

[TerryH]

How would you feel if Musk becomes the next American President?

Stay tuned to the NEW World ...

Thankfully that will never happen. I don't believe there is strong enough familial link with the US to be able to claim US birthright. His mother was Canadian born in Saskatchewan. There is some distant Pennsylvania Dutch family connections, but wouldn't satisfy being a 'Natural born citizen of United States of America'.

[greengeek]

How would you feel if Musk becomes the next American President?

That would be a fascinating election.
Biden has 3 children married into Jewish families.
Trump announced Jerusalem as the capital of Israel (and his son-in-law is a great friend of Netanyahu)
Musk seems to have no pro-semitic allegiance.

When do we order popcorn?

[Grey]

Disney, Apple among advertisers to pull business on X after Elon Musk's antisemitic post

Musk seems to have no pro-semitic allegiance.

Wow. And I thought he was a Jew himself. I need to stop mistaking all the cunning people for the chosen people

[bigpup]

Free speech is just that!

You can say anything you want to!

It is not freedom to only say what others like

It is the freedom for me to hear and read what you have to say!

It is also the freedom for you to speak out against what has been said!

Twitter was one sided before Musk took it over.

Now you can post something and others can appose post about what you say.

Just like someone will probably do about this post of mine!

[rockedge]

You can say anything you want to!

A difference is once upon a time you had to do it mostly in person, as in face to face. In that scenario you'll see a lot less "free speech" then one sees written on some Internet platform with the insulation and anonymity of the network shielding the ones speaking "the truth".

Sometimes a loose tongue around the wrong people and face to face and you can't back it up or had enough friends watching your back.........

[Grey]

I just read an article about Elon in the Russian Wiki. There on the right are written the types of his activities: programmer, engineer, entrepreneur, investor, conspiracy theorist. It seems there was no last item in the English Wiki. It will probably be interesting or fun for @backi to find out such an interesting detail

[backi]

@bigpup wrote:

Free speech is just that!

You can say anything you want to!

It is not freedom to only say what others like

It is the freedom for me to hear and read what you have to say!

It is also the freedom for you to speak out against what has been said!

Twitter was one sided before Musk took it over.

Now you can post something and others can appose post about what you say.

Nothing to complain about.

This Musk guy somehow puzzles me......is he Friend or Foe........to the common People?
I have no Answer.

[bigpup]

This is free speech.

At least this news article uses it in this statement.

Both sides are quoted.

X claims that it has stronger brand safety controls than other social networks and that hate speech and extremism has fallen on the platform despite large cuts to the company's safety team.
Several outside groups disagree with the company's assessment and say that extremism and hate speech have increased under Mr Musk's leadership.

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[puppy_apprentice]

He has Asperger's syndrome and because of this he can behave strangely and incomprehensibly.

Edit. But I think his posts should be read by a lawyer or PR expert before posting. For his own good.

[bigpup]

You want to really see and hear some hate speech.

Watch the United States Congress Members orally fighting it out on the open floor of Congress.

They say anything and everything true of not!

They have a law (rule) in Congress that anything can be said by a member about anything or someone!
Nothing can be done to them for saying it.

They lie about stuff, all the time, and get called out about it, all the time!

At least it is not the old days, when they would shoot each other, or call each other out, for a duel

What about United Kingdom Parliament?

Those people hell and scream about stuff, like little children not getting their way!

But for them, that is how they voice free speech.

[backi]

@bigpup :

You want to really see and hear some hate speech................Watch the United States Congress Members orally fighting it out on the open floor of Congress.............

[puppy_apprentice]

I think that nobody will say in Congress that Israel has secret plan to exterminate white/black/choose own colour people.

[Grey]

At least it is not the old days, when they would shoot each other, or call each other out, for a duel

The politician, because of whom I watched the government meetings with interest, died. He could throw flowers out of a vase and pour water on an opponent or rush at him with his fists. At least it was interesting. It's bo-oo-ring now.

[bigpup]

The world needs a place like the Roman Colosseum.

Where all the leaders of countries, could go and fight each other, for control of what ever, they have their people, fighting about.

Live broadcast on TV for all the watch.

Two enter, one wins!

Winner gets what he wanted!

Then all this needless killing would stop!

[puppy_apprentice]

The world needs a place like the Roman Colosseum.

Musk was supposed to have a fight at the Colosseum with Zuckerberg, but Mark picked up an injury during training and the show is dead for now.

[bigpup]

They would have probably done it this way.
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They could still do slap fighting!
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Or
Russian Butt Slapping Fight.

[Grey]

Musk (enfant terrible de l'internet) has problems again:
White House criticises Elon Musk over 'hideous' antisemitic lie
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67446800
Disney, Apple among advertisers to pull business on X after Elon Musk's antisemitic post
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ ... rcna125617
White House blasts Musk's 'hideous' antisemitic lie, advertisers pause on X
https://www.reuters.com/world/white-hou ... 023-11-17/

When do we order popcorn?

"I'm not anti-Semitic, I'm cosmopolitan," he seems to be telling us
10 days have passed and now Elon is in Israel. I don't know about popcorn, but we can open a bottle of mineral water and say "this is a plot twist!"

[Grey]

Disney, Apple among advertisers to pull business on X after Elon Musk's antisemitic post
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ ... rcna125617

Yeah, they found someone to blackmail with money

If someone is going to try and blackmail me with advertising? Blackmail me with money? Go fuck yourself. Is that clear? I hope it is.

[puppy_apprentice]

In the distant future, only our forum will survive.