https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-gets-trolled-with-proposed-rebate-for-electric-carsexcept-tesla/

Maybe if #Musk cared about worker safety (see article about 100 degree temp in the Texas plant b/c of faulty door) & maybe if he cared about product quality (see the hideous Cybertruck & stories about broken this/broken that) & maybe if #Tesla were not the #1 car for vehicular accidents (see articles about that), maybe just maybe #Newsom would reconsider. Oh & maybe he'd reconsider if Musk weren't a fascist, misogynist, transphobe, & all around dreadful human being.

"With Trump’s promise to ramp up mass deportation beyond what he attempted in his last term, and this cohort of loyalists at the fore, expect to see a renewed gold rush in dubious AI-enabled surveillance tech and database systems for tracking migrant workers and dissenters. Palantir was given contracts to handle such work during the last Trump term, Oracle has been helping the Trump team assemble databases of government workers loyal to Trump (presumably to spare in a coming purge), and Musk has already called for Luckey to meet with the White House. In sum, with a rise in Sinophobia, the US invested in wars in two theaters, and promises to execute historic mass deportation, expect the boom that has already begun in defense tech to continue, and an invigorated interest in surveillance and administrative AI—and for the men who most loudly backed Trump’s campaign to benefit.

All of the above will accelerate a trend that had already been underway; big tech companies more aggressively and openly pursuing defense department contracts, and work with agencies their employees may once have deemed unethical, like ICE. As I noted after the election, for many Silicon Valley elites, the days of taking employees’ ethical concerns and protests into account are fading happily into the past. Big tech has been quick to fire dissenting workers already, and now there’s a more explicit authoritarian creep into the sector."

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/tech-under-trump-part-1

#USA #Trump #Oligopolies #Palantir #BigTech #SiliconValley #Musk #WarMachine

"Free Speech," eh?

#Musk #Oligarchy

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/23/we-live-in-a-climate-of-fear-graphic-novelists-elon-musk-book-cant-find-uk-or-us-publisher?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Billionaires don't want to pay taxes? Revoke their citizenship and passport!!

"Whatever its source, the broligarchs’ sense of their innate superiority has led many of them to positions on taxation quite similar to Trump’s. In 2016, the Republican presidential nominee bragged about avoiding tax payments for years—“That makes me smart,” he crowed from the debate stage. The broligarchs have quietly liberated themselves from one of the only certainties in life. As ProPublica reported in 2021, Musk paid zero federal income taxes in 2018 and a de facto tax rate of 3.3 percent from 2014 to 2018, during which his wealth grew $13.9 billion. Thiel used a government program intended to expand retirement savings by middle-class Americans to amass $5 billion in capital-gains income, completely tax-free. The Trump-friendly broligarchs’ political ascendancy turns the rallying cry of the Boston Tea Party on its head, achieving representation with minimal taxation.

In their hostility to taxation and regulation, the men who rule Wall Street and Silicon Valley resemble earlier generations of wealthy capitalists who enjoyed outsize influence on American politics. Even some tech barons who supported Kamala Harris clamored for the firing of Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, who favors vigorous antitrust enforcement. But the broligarchs are distinct from old-school American oligarchs in one key respect: Their political vision seeks to undermine the nation-state system globally. Musk, among others, has set his sights on the privatization and colonization of space with little or no government involvement. Thiel and Andreessen have invested heavily in creating alternatives to the nation-state here on Earth, including libertarian colonies with minimal taxation."

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/broligarchy-elon-musk-trump/680788/

#USA #Trump #Musk #Billionaires #BigTech #SiliconValley

#Trump #Musk #Ramaswamy have huge ambitions no humility about what they are undertaking. What they have talked about amounts to wholesale attack on federal agencies designed to eliminate thousands of #regulations, reduce the federal #workforce by an order of magnitude that could cripple the delivery of vital services, effect cost savings that would amount to nearly 1/3 of the #federal #budget or the entire #discretionary part of the budget #government #economy #democracyhttps://wapo.st/4fHN3FA

what if....

what if #socialmedia pages were #british #newspapers?
(#newspaper? yea, i know it is a stretch with the #express)

#x #musk #elonmusk #tabloid #boulevard #yellowpress #twitter #meme #mamema #memes #romanempire #broculture #press #britain #uk #dailyexpress

Y luego está el tema de la #batalla #cultural .

Bueno, en esto #NO me voy a enrollar: Es una puñetera #gilipollez

Una batalla se puede dar en un campo de batalla medianamente equilibrado. Cuando entras en la #arena y te han dado un cuchillo de plástico y en tanga, y el contrario lleva una armadura completa reluciente y un fusil de asalto... Eso no es ninguna batalla.

#twitter es así. #elon #musk ya se ha encargado de modificar el #algoritmo para que tanto sus #posts como los de contenido de extrema derecha lleven un fusil de asalto y los considerados #woke lleven el cuchillo de plástico.

Y esto no es una opinión mía si no que hay, no uno, sino TRES estudios distintos que lo demuestran.
Uno del #WashintonPost , otro del #WallStreetJournal y otro de la #QueenslandUniversity

Aquí os dejo los tres enlaces:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/29/elon-musk-x-republican-democrat-twitter-election/

https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/x-twitter-political-content-election-2024-28f2dadd

https://eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/1/A_computational_analysis_of_potential_algorithmic_bias_on_platform_X_during_the_2024_US_election-4.pdf

Parte 2/2

PD: Sé que este #toot no va a llegar a ninguno de esos medios ni periodistas que se niegan a abandonar Twitter, pero al menos voy a intentar exponer la verdad sobre esto a este grandioso #fediverso #mastodon

Is the Space Karen's Dad not effectively some random South African?

Why on earth is he being interviewed, as if what he says has any relevance?

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/elon-musk-father-keir-starmer-resign-labour-andrew-marr/

#News #Newstodon #NewsTooter #SpaceKaren #ElongatedMuskrat #Musk #Elon #ElonMusk

Personally, I think #trump and #musk are agents (or useful idiots) for #Putin.

"Democratic senators called for an investigation into Elon Musk's contacts with the Russian government, which led to Musk threatening to expose them.
The accusations have raised serious questions about his reliability as a government contractor, given his significant involvement in government contracts.
Elon Musk's aggressive reaction to the senators' request for an investigation has created tension between him & lawmakers.
The potential federal investigation into Musk's alleged ties with Moscow comes amidst political implications, as Trump's return to the White House & his ties with Musk add complexity to the situation." #press #international #USPol #news #oligarchs #crime
https://news.online.ua/en/musk-threatens-democratic-senators-whats-the-matter-887338/

MPs to summon Elon #Musk to testify about X’s role in #UK summer riots

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/20/mps-summon-elon-musk-x-role-uk-summer-riots

Commons inquiry into rise of harmful content on social media also expected to call #Meta and #TikTok executives

Via #tedgioia

But the New York Times reported yesterday that #ElonMusk did attempt to buy #Substack last year. Musk also hinted that he would merge it into Twitter and let Best run the combined companies.

The Times also reports that Best rejected this offer.

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/strange-and-dazzling-things-are-happening

#usa #news #maga #substack #musk #gop #journalism #Media

“To be as clear as I can be, the second #Trump administration with Elon #Musk embedded within it represents the most direct and sustained threat to the #FirstAmendment and the freedom of the #press any of us will ever experience.”

—@verge EIC

https://www.status.news/p/nilay-patel-donald-trump-big-tech-interview

I detest Matt Gaetz, and he is a creep for sleeping with a 17 year old at his age, but the age of consent is 16 or 17 in most states, so we really need to concentrate on more important stuff, like the two batshit crazy billionaires in charge of the totally made up, extragovernment agency called the Department of Government Efficiency. Don't let Trump distract you from the two men behind the curtain.

#gaetz #trump #musk #ramaswami

A billionaire pres. was helped by #Musk +his election campaign: funded in large part by ~$2B in donations from ~150 billionaire families.
Appears: other ~350 #billionaires who funded Trump in 2020 donated with “dark$” SuperPACs created by 5 Rs on the SC with CU. With ~$15B spent on this 2024 election -likely dwarfs the ones we know about (+carpet-bombed Americans in often-deceptive pol ads).

+Billions in “free #media” Trump got from FOX “News,” RW radio, Musk...

#USPol https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-transitional-oligarchy-democracys-d2f

TICK...TOCK...TICK...TOCK...

Is this the end for X?

Has the world had enough of the far-right billionaire Elon Musk?

A growing Musk-Trump relationship and growing rivals spell trouble for the fading platform

The former Twitter could fade away, or help shape a dark future hosting voices of a new authoritarian world
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #breaking #breakingnews #Musk #Twitter #Mastodon #socialmedia #Fediverse #bluesky #Threads

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/17/bluesky-musk-trump-x-twitter-authoritarian-world

“I'm leaving Twitter. Tried to stay, but the atmosphere has just become too toxic.”
- Stephen King

"Even the Master of Horror can't stomach what has become of Twitter (X) since right-wing fascist Elon Musk bought the company."
- Aure

#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #breaking #breakingnews #Musk #Twitter #Mastodon #bluesky #Threads #Fediverse

Elon Musk's conception source for the Tesla truck?
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Musk #Twitter #x

A few words on how Elon's plan to Downsize government WON'T be able to affect Social Security SSA and SSDI TRUST funds, but WILL affect some other Lobbyist luved funds.

Ps. He MIGHT be able to get congress to kill SSI, cut by congress from the Trusts, a small amount for low income retirees, and includes ALL funding for people who never worked enough quarters for retirement payments, and other indigent ppl's supplements

#Musk's bureaucracy-smashing plan will hit reality
https://www.axios.com/2024/11/16/elon-musk-trump-department-government-efficiency

Corriere.it - Homepage by di Guido Olimpio
«Israele ha colpito un centro di ricerca nucleare in Iran». Incontro Musk-Teheran: cosa c'è sul tavolo?

Translated:
Israel has struck a nuclear research center in Iran. Musk-Tehran meeting: what's on the table?

#Israel #Iran #Musk #MuskTehran
https://www.corriere.it/esteri/24_novembre_15/israele-ha-colpito-un-sito-del-nucleare-in-iran-incontro-musk-ambasciatore-di-teheran-cosa-c-e-sul-tavolo-9a2b91d1-cd9a-4aad-8363-4675ed984xlk.shtml

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-x

#socialmedia #twitter #elonmusk #musk #journalism

Join our conversation with Australian journalist Eric Beecher discussing “How media moguls abuse their power, manipulate the truth and distort democracy” on Wednesday November 20, 8pm ET. Sign up here: tiny.cc/ebeecher#Press #Fox #Murdoch #Musk #Democracy

How media moguls abuse their p...

→ Why the #Guardian is no longer posting on X
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-x

“#X is a #toxic #media platform and […] its owner Elon #Musk has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse”

“we can do this because our business model does not rely on #viral content tailored to the whims of the #social media giants’ #algorithms”
↳Yes. Fake news, polarization, and controversial content are largely the results of the #ad and #privacy harvesting #business model

cc @mediapart

Inhaltswarnung: Trump, Musk, election interference Zum Öffnen/Schließen klicken

Now that Donald Trump has given Elon Musk a job in his forthcoming government, presumably X/Twitter will have to label itself as 'state-affiliated media'?
#Trump #Musk #media #X #Twitter

#FranceCulture : #FrançoisSaltiel annonce "faire une croix sur #X" (*) et appelle de ses voeux un mouvement d'ensemble des #média. Il mentionne au passage #Mastodon, mais papillone plutôt du côté de #bluesky.

(*) Sur la transciption actuellement cela se conclut par "j'y travaille", en direct il semble avoir évolué pour un passage à l'acte... Ça tergiverse...!

#twiX #twitter #Musk #ElonMusk

https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/un-monde-connecte/le-reseau-social-bluesky-s-envole-peut-il-etre-un-refuge-perenne-a-la-toxicite-de-x-2316038

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Via Kyle Griffin:

#Trump says he's naming Elon #Musk and Vivek #Ramaswamy to lead an outside-of-government group called the Department of Government Efficiency to slash regulations and "restructure" agencies.

Governmental spending decisions are up to Congress and the president — not outside groups.

→ Shame on the Elon enablers
https://disconnect.blog/shame-on-the-elon-enablers/

“Since his early days in Silicon Valley, Musk has been treated with kid gloves by a media that wanted to tell an appealing story about Silicon Valley and its founder class.”

“Now the United States — and the world — have to live with the consequences of those decisions, and the people responsible for them should be held to account.”

#Musk #media #class #world

@sethabramson.bsky.social

#Trump had a good election—in part because his friend Benjamin Netanyahu took actions in #Gaza cost Democrats a huge number of votes. ( Ed: Freaking predictable 🙄)

And agents in #MAGA media were also great at lying about inflation, crime, and immigration data. They were *really good* at disinformation.

#russia #ukraine #musk #putin #democracy #duginism

Full Thread 🧵 https://x.com/sethabramson/status/1855666426767401153?s=46

#musk #twitter #x #elonmusk #media #socialmedia #meme #mamema #memes

"The power Musk wields was not inevitable. There were many opportunities along the way to expose who he was and to hold his companies accountable for breaking rules and making fraudulent promises. Indeed, some people tried. But time and again, far too many journalists at mainstream publications decided those aspects of his career didn’t belong in the accepted narrative about his brilliance and lawmakers chose to look the other way in the hope he would boost economic prospects and provide them electoral gains. Now the United States — and the world — have to live with the consequences of those decisions, and the people responsible for them should be held to account.

If you thought we were already living in a tech dystopia these past few years, it’s time to buckle up. You haven’t seen anything yet."

https://disconnect.blog/shame-on-the-elon-enablers/

#USA #Trump #Musk #BigTech #SiliconValley

Elon Musk’s net worth rockets to over $300 billion as Trump win fuels optimism for Tesla and SpaceX
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Musk #Tesla #spacex

https://fortune.com/2024/11/08/elon-musk-net-worth-300-billion-donald-trump-president-election/