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

🥥 Elon Musk is P T Barnum with an unlimited checkbook and an unbridled ego. Born with an emerald mine up his butt, Musk is a huckster with a grossly inflated sense of self. He's the perfect shiny object for a press incapable of separating truth from public relations and perfectly willing to create heroes out of tinsel. 🥥
#ElonMusk #Huckster #PTBarnum

"Under heavy pressure from the right, and with the help of #elonmusk, the leading tech platforms opened the floodgates for propaganda to spread unchecked. The result was a flood of lies and distortions flowing through our social media feeds. That led to possibly the most misinformed electorate we’ve ever seen."
#media #election2024 #propaganda #fascism

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/opinion/trump-musk-social-media.html

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

#ElonMusk #Twitter #SpaceX #Tesla #BoringCompany #NoBillionaires #TaxTheRich #EatTheRich #WageTheft #LivingWage #hunger #homelessness #unhoused #housing

Ooops..... SpaceX failed to repeat last months catch of a returning rocket launch stage in its latest test yesterday.

Not so much of a problem, as its an innovation in its early stages of testing.... if only Elon Musk hadn't invited his pal President elect Trump to watch.

I'd like t have heard that discussion.... can't imagine it went well for Musk?

#DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #SpaceX

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 #Artificialintelligence(AI) #HouseofCommons #Digitalmedia #Socialmedia #Thefarright #Technology #ElonMusk #England #Media

Republicans Spent $215M on TV Ads Attacking Trans Rights This Election
https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-spent-nearly-215m-on-tv-ads-attacking-trans-rights-this-election

* $134 / trans person in anti-trans ad spending: civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo

#transphobia #homophobia #antiLGBT #conservatism #MAGA #Trumpism #FarRight #ChristianRight #Catholicism #fascism #discrimination #ParentalRightsMovement #FamilyResearchCouncil #FRC #LibsOfTikTok #MomsForLiberty #M4L #DeSantis #GOP #RepublicanParty #WomensRights #SelfDetermination #ElonMusk #HeritageFoundation

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

I am not a hater. I merely extend them the same courtesy I would have extended to a #Hamas activist or a #Holocaust denier.
That's goes for #RFKJr., #DonaldTrumpJr, #ElonMusk, #JDVance.

Timothy Snyder zeroes in on the Russian-generated psyops the Republican party used in this campaign to suppress Harris votes:

"'The entire goal of the campaign was to push her numbers down,' as a top Trump advisor said. This was achieved by the familiar phantom combination: oligarchical money + psychographic information about individuals + social media delivery system + demotivational message."

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #ElonMusk #Putin
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https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-phantom-campaign

“We kept dismissing Musk, the ne plus ultra of this trend, as a kook or a one-off. He wasn’t. He was emblematic of a bigger realignment in tech. And unless you were looking at the trend as closely as I was, it was easy to be fooled by the hard-to-grasp and obscure labels these people attached to themselves and their interests.”

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/how-the-media-missed-the-rise-of-the-new-tech-right

#tech #media #elonmusk

Is this (finally) the end for X? Delicate Musk-Trump relationship and growing rivals spell trouble for platform https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/17/bluesky-musk-trump-x-twitter-authoritarian-world #Digitalmedia #DonaldTrump #Socialmedia #Technology #USpolitics #Worldnews #ElonMusk #Internet #Bluesky #USnews #Media #X

He thinks he's steering!

https://volewica.blogspot.com/2024/11/he-thinks-hes-steering.html

#Trump #ElonMusk #Vance

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/17/how-to-survive-the-broligarchy-20-lessons-for-the-post-truth-world-donald-trump #Investigativejournalism #Surveillance #Pressfreedom #DonaldTrump #Technology #USpolitics #ElonMusk #Russia #Media

"The Trump campaign knew that men were his ticket back to power, and it targeted them—pointedly young men, and men of color—with a sophisticated campaign of grievance and disinformation. And in that, they were massively aided by the manosphere and its billionaire mascot: Elon Musk."

~ Clara Jeffery

#Trump #men #women #misogyny #MaleEntitlement #patriarchy #YoungMen #ElonMusk
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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/musk-trump-men-election-results-misogyny-sexism/

What is Bluesky and why are so many people suddenly leaving X for the platform? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/16/what-is-bluesky-and-why-are-so-many-people-suddenly-leaving-x-for-the-platform-elon-musk #Digitalmedia #Socialmedia #Technology #Worldnews #ElonMusk #Bluesky #USnews #Media #X

#OcasioCortez Warns #Trump #NYCRally Was Primer for Taking Power 'by Force'

"That's what they're doing when they're inciting violence and hatred against #Latinos, against #BlackAmericans, against Americans who don't have children."

Brett Wilkins
Oct 28, 2024

"U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned Monday that the hate-filled campaign rally held by former Republican President Donald Trump at #MadisonSquareGarden in New York City was meant to further prime supporters for another #January 6 - style attempt to seize power by force if Democratic Vice President #KamalaHarris wins next month's election.

"Sunday's event—which drew comparisons to a #1939NaziRally that packed the iconic Midtown Manhattan arena—featured speakers including billionaire #ElonMusk, conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and comedian #TonyHinchcliffe, who called the U.S. territory of #PuertoRico a 'floating island of garbage.'

"Although the Trump campaign has attempted to distance the GOP presidential candidate from Hinchcliffe's bigoted remarks, Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said during a Monday interview on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' that Sunday's event was 'not just a presidential rally,' it was 'a hate rally.' "

https://www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-trump-fascism

#HateRally #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #AOC #AlexandriaOcasioCortez

News publishers, press freedom advocates and journalists in past days have come out in Europe to turn their backs on X, the social media site run by tech tycoon and Donald Trump booster Elon Musk.

https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-elon-musk-european-press-x-twitter-disinformation-fake-news-big-tech/

#ElonMusk #Twitter #eXit #press #Europe

https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-elon-musk-european-press-x-twitter-disinformation-fake-news-big-tech/ - I left a long time ago and am convinced it was the right thing to do. #twitter #x #elonmusk #fakenews #media #news

Sex trafficker, rapist, Fascist social media influencer and mysoginist who #ElonMusk reinstated on Twitter, Andrew Tate has been charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking and forming an organised crime group to sexually exploit women. He also told women to "take some responsibility for rape".
#StopElonMusk #TrumpCriminalCabal #TrumpFascistRegime
His brother Tristan and two associates also face charges.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65959097

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

#socialmedia #twitter #elonmusk #musk #journalism

Doom 2024 [Leica M3 | 50mm Summicron | Kodak Portra 400]

#trump and #ElonMusk are #fascism #womensrights are lessened
#genocide in #gaza is glorified #climatechange and #xenophobia rage #profitsarepreferable to #people , convenience and security to #freedom opinion bests reality
compassion cedes to indifference

Do not let the anguished cries fall on deaf ears. Engage in radical #directaction and #mutualaid

@analog #filmphotography #analogphotography #analog #FilmMastodon #filmisnotdead

Again good news, better late than never and I hope the trend will continue: La Vanguardia has stopped posting directly on X, citing the platform’s role in spreading misinformation, hate speech, and bot-driven distortions. The move follows the paper’s concerns over content moderation cuts since Musk’s takeover and aligns with Trump’s proposal to appoint Musk to a new government efficiency role.

https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20241114/10105193/vanguardia-dejara-publicar-x-convertido-red-desinformacion.html

#X #ElonMusk #Twitter #journalism #SocialMedia

Some good news: The Guardian has announced it will stop posting from its official accounts on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X (formerly Twitter), due to concerns that the negatives, including "often disturbing content," now outweigh the benefits. The organization informed readers of this decision, affecting over 80 accounts with around 27 million followers.

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

#X #ElonMusk #Twitter #SocialMedia #News #journalism #TheGuardian

I see that all of the #TrumpAppointments are coming from Boris and Natasha's Villains, Thieves, and Scoundrels Union. When anyone with any qualifications won't come near Trump, all that's left are wackos, grifters, and idiots. #mattgaetz #TulsiGabbard #elonmusk #vivekramaswamy

Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/the-guardian-no-longer-post-on-x-twitter-elon-musk #Newspapers&magazines #Nationalnewspapers #USelections2024 #TheGuardian #Newspapers #Technology #Worldnews #ElonMusk #Internet #USnews #Media #X

"We wanted to let readers know that we will no longer post on any official Guardian editorial accounts on the social media site X (formerly Twitter). We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere."

~ The Guardian

#ElonMusk #Twitter #disinformation #ConspiracyTheories #media
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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-x?CMP=soc_567

Guardian will no longer post on #ElonMusk’s X from its official accounts | The Guardian | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/the-guardian-no-longer-post-on-x-twitter-elon-musk

#press
#uknewspapers
#socialmedia
#twitter
#hatespeech
#journalism

Toxic media platform

The Guardian will no longer post on Twitter. It described the platform as promoting disturbing content including "far-right conspiracy theories and racism."

#Twitter #ElonMusk #Apps #SocialMedia #News #Press #Journalism

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

Good for The Guardian...

"We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere."

#media #fascism #elonmusk #disinformation #twitter

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

#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

The #ABC's US correspondent Barbara Miller is doing the bare minimum to keep her job.

Stenography is not #journalism.

#Trump #ElonMusk #Vivek #misinformation #auspol

For some reason people fleeing the sinking #Twitter / #X ship for #BlueSky don't seem to be aware of the fact that crypto bros at #BlockchainCapital bought a huge stake in the company just a few weeks ago. Like these are basically the same crypto bros who just helped #ElonMusk buy Twitter. They might even be literally the same people (I strongly suspect they are but I'm too lazy to check). Either way #BlockchainCapital was co-founded by #BrockPierce, who also brought you #Tether, AKA the company that Trump's transition team chairman manages $120 billion for. Pierce is also a friend of the #Netanyahu family.

You don't have to take my word for it. Here's the official press release: https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2024-series-a

Moving to BlueSky is not an escape. Growing a base there is just putting in a bunch of work to create a platform that will be co-opted by crypto bros as soon as X breaks in half.

p.s. crypto bros (#a16z) also own #Substack

#crypto #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #USDT #Trump #DonaldTrump

💡 Bluesky continua a crescere: 700.000 nuovi utenti in una settimana. Fuga da 𝕏 ?

https://gomoot.com/bluesky-contunua-a-crescere-700-000-nuovi-utenti-in-una-settimana

#blog #bluesky #elonmusk #feed #media #meta #news #piattaforma #social #tech #tecnologia #threads #twitter #x

Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/12/us-election-bluesky-users-flee-x-twitter-trump-musk #USelections2024 #Technology #Internet #ElonMusk #Bluesky #Media #X

Trump is expected to announce Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff for policy

Re-upping my story on Elon Musk and Miller's ties

The WSJ reported that Elon Musk gave $50 million to a Stephen Miller nonprofit (ironically called Citizens for Sanity) and my research shows that Miller's nonprofits spent $90 million on media contractors

#StephenMiller #ElonMusk #Trump

https://newstracs.com/the-wsj-reports-elon-musk-gave-50-million-to-stephen-miller-linked-nonprofit/2024/10/15/

First came the bots, then came the bosses - we’re entering Musk and Zuck’s new era of disinformation | Joan Donovan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/12/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-disinformation #USelections2024 #MarkZuckerberg #Socialmedia #Technology #USpolitics #Instagram #Facebook #ElonMusk #Threads #USnews #Media #Meta #X

https://www.europesays.com/1600150/ Germany may hold election sooner than planned, Scholz says – POLITICO #democracy #DemocraticParty #DonaldTrump #elections #ElonMusk #EmmanuelMacron #EUAffairs #france #FriedrichMerz #germany #GiorgiaMeloni #KeirStarmer #media #OlafScholz #SocialMedia #Spectrum #UnitedKingdom #UnitedStates

A new era dawns. America’s tech bros now strut their stuff in the corridors of power | Carole Cadwalladr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/11/a-new-era-dawns-americas-tech-bros-now-strut-their-stuff-in-the-corridors-of-power #USelections2024 #MarkZuckerberg #Digitalmedia #Socialmedia #DonaldTrump #Philippines #PeterThiel #Technology #USpolitics #MariaRessa #JeffBezos #Worldnews #ElonMusk #Internet #USnews #Media