Post ASW0EGH1hIfSBHSxaC by JonKramer@qoto.org
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(DIR) Post #ASVwMhc3XF63TK4WkS by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-09T20:31:17Z
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I have the solution for Musk's concerns about his visibility on #Twitter. He can just order his engineers to only show his own Tweets and Retweets on everyone's timelines all the time. Over and over. He can then retweet as many fascist users he wants and guarantee them 100% visibility as well. And he can go to bed each night feeling loved by the Reich.
(DIR) Post #ASVwUjswyCVspvo3Dk by neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org
2023-02-09T20:32:38Z
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@lauren I've been wondering about it, and I'm starting to approach the conclusion that Musk is _actually_ dumber than Trump.
(DIR) Post #ASVwWhzuxWZpYs0L1E by EricCarroll@toad.social
2023-02-09T20:33:06Z
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@lauren
(DIR) Post #ASVwfiXYJN2Fqm24um by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-09T20:34:42Z
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@neurovagrant Intelligence is a complex metric, but clearly Trump has more street smarts than Musk.
(DIR) Post #ASVwl0OLMqYqfCFM6C by joelpomales@mastodon.social
2023-02-09T20:35:36Z
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@lauren What is it with all of these thin-skinned, narcissistic babies?
(DIR) Post #ASVwoQ3QPXnL7i5dvU by karlhenning@mstdn.social
2023-02-09T20:36:12Z
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@lauren At least tulips look good!
(DIR) Post #ASVxLypC9juEWCRAA4 by morganalafee@mastodon.scot
2023-02-09T20:42:17Z
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@lauren Unfortunately, that’s the perfect response…,
(DIR) Post #ASVxqOAIVPotnVo8G0 by samalone@twit.social
2023-02-09T20:47:43Z
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@lauren He may not even need to order it. The employees may simply decide on their own that it’s the simplest way to get Elon off their backs.
(DIR) Post #ASVyKNeMz7Sat7Atiy by JonKramer@qoto.org
2023-02-09T20:53:13Z
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@lauren @neurovagrant , he is a good engineer, and like many good engineers, he has limited ability to understand humans. Their advantages, and their disadvantages. To compound the issue, I strongly suspect he is more than slightly autistic. Trump, for all his faults, isn't autistic, just immoral, or sociopathic.
(DIR) Post #ASVz9Cox0XC24PMLBY by ipd@universeodon.com
2023-02-09T21:02:12Z
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@lauren Elon muskenthal...A Morloc in Eloi clothing#whoLetTheDadsOut
(DIR) Post #ASVzzgFgpOSQPLt7zc by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-09T21:10:55Z
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@JonKramer @neurovagrant Where is your evidence that he is anything other than a mediocre engineer, if that?
(DIR) Post #ASW0EGH1hIfSBHSxaC by JonKramer@qoto.org
2023-02-09T21:14:32Z
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@lauren @neurovagrant , he was the lead engineer on tesla power plants, and if you ever watch his discussions of the development of the Raptor engines, you can see he knows his stuff.
(DIR) Post #ASW0MUyauuYE65lxIW by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-09T21:16:00Z
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@JonKramer @neurovagrant Bull, as far as I'm concerned. He knows enough to talk about it, when you get into details he depends on other people's work and makes it look like it's his own. He's basically a fool pretending to be a genius.
(DIR) Post #ASW0R8FsoxuX4p4Jai by JonKramer@qoto.org
2023-02-09T21:16:49Z
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@lauren @neurovagrant , I don't know him personally, I just know what is publicly available.
(DIR) Post #ASW0YcVsikPOwo7dwm by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-09T21:18:11Z
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@JonKramer @neurovagrant Talk with the actual engineers who keep him propped up. But they usually won't talk, because he'll fire anyone instantly that threatens his public facade.
(DIR) Post #ASW1P60sHn4lUwdpNw by JonKramer@qoto.org
2023-02-09T21:27:39Z
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@lauren @neurovagrant talk to people who don't talk?? How many have you met at dinner parties where they feel comfortable to chat about Musk?
(DIR) Post #ASW1Soz5XZu3qIaAAi by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-09T21:28:17Z
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@JonKramer @neurovagrant It's aspirational. Sidenote: I don't do dinner parties.
(DIR) Post #ASWxKKFfiLD9YHzaqm by researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host
2023-02-10T08:16:40Z
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@lauren Honestly afraid that's where we're headed. Regular users won't be able to post at all unless they buy a subscription, while favored accounts turn the whole platform into a read-only gallery of online extremism.