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I had a list with a bunch of Twitters in support of Ukraine, including NAFO which those who support Russia find problematic. One day recently I went to my lists

I had a list with a bunch of Twitters in support of Ukraine, including NAFO which those who support Russia find problematic. One day recently I went to my lists to find it gone. My other three lists were still there. I just saw this: Elon Musk's new Twitter: a "verified" account that was previously suspended for spreading disinformation about the Bucha Massacre now spreading completely fictional quotes from Volodymyr Zelenskyy with over a thousand retweets and nearly 300,000 views. https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/status/1644048712753356800 https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/status/1644048712753356800 Elon Musk is the new Rupert Murdoch, a menace to free societies

happythebob 4y ago
Elon Musk has been gaslighting as an "enlightened centrist" who happens to have rightwing views for years, I knew from the day he bought Twitter that his goal was to control digital media for the right.
- labrador 4y ago
  At least he's out about it now. Dave Troy wrote an interesting article about it Musk’s Twitter Buy Makes No Sense – Unless It’s Part of Something Bigger. Brexit and Trump were initially seen as jokes, but the new owner of the social media giant could pose a serious threat to democracy – and a boon for Vladimir Putin https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/07/musks-twitter-buy-makes-no-sense-unless-its-part-of-something-bigger/ https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/07/musks-twitter-buy-makes-n...
- misssocrates 4y ago
  Oh? What's his take on climate change and sustainable energy?
  - dekhn 4y ago
    His views only partly align with conservatism and Republicanism (note that Peter Thiel identifies as a republican but is gay). There is a subset of the Republican party that thinks climate change is real and that we should prepare for it, not deny it, and sees sustainable energy as a desirable goal. It's hard to understand Elon's politics without considering libertarianism, singularitism, technocracy, demagoguery, and populism.

happythebob 4y ago

Elon Musk has been gaslighting as an "enlightened centrist" who happens to have rightwing views for years, I knew from the day he bought Twitter that his goal was to control digital media for the right.

labrador 4y ago
At least he's out about it now. Dave Troy wrote an interesting article about it Musk’s Twitter Buy Makes No Sense – Unless It’s Part of Something Bigger. Brexit and Trump were initially seen as jokes, but the new owner of the social media giant could pose a serious threat to democracy – and a boon for Vladimir Putin https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/07/musks-twitter-buy-makes-no-sense-unless-its-part-of-something-bigger/ https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/07/musks-twitter-buy-makes-n...
misssocrates 4y ago
Oh? What's his take on climate change and sustainable energy?
- dekhn 4y ago
  His views only partly align with conservatism and Republicanism (note that Peter Thiel identifies as a republican but is gay). There is a subset of the Republican party that thinks climate change is real and that we should prepare for it, not deny it, and sees sustainable energy as a desirable goal. It's hard to understand Elon's politics without considering libertarianism, singularitism, technocracy, demagoguery, and populism.