If nothing else, the good news is that he's not eligible to serve as president of the U.S., since he's not a native-born citizen.
> On May 13, 2022, at 9:07 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > No social media company has allowed independent verification the total number > of active users… it’s something I’ve asked for. Musk using it as an excuse to > back out of (or put on hold) the sale feels like… well… an excuse. He’s > jerking them around, and he’s losing a lot of people’s money and costing a > lot of people their jobs in the process. > > In other words, he’s clearly gearing up to run for president… and I’m very > afraid he’s going to win. > > https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-social-media-64b8534f53aa0213fbfd2245bacd6109 > > <https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-social-media-64b8534f53aa0213fbfd2245bacd6109> > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 2:17 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I have semi-seriously thought that whatever was in the pot Rogan convinced > Musk to smoke on Rogan's podcast nudged Musk fully into the weird, > occasionally self-sabotaging activity that's marked the last few years for > him. > > Musk has done some very beneficial things, and I think both SpaceX and Tesla > will be net positives as companies. (Starlink sounds like it could be as > well.) But past business success has never been a guarantee of future > business acumen, or even common sense. > > David > > On Thursday, April 14, 2022, 02:10:39 PM PDT, Kevin M. > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Setting aside for a moment Musk’s history of saying and doing things in a > blatant attempt to affect stock prices (which he has done to amuse himself, > even though the result sometimes is a personal financial loss to he and his > friends), for him to become the sole private owner of Twitter makes him > liable for everything posted on Twitter. He would spend the rest of his life > (and fortune) fighting civil suits. Hell, I’d consider suing him over my > Grammy nominated stalker’s continued presence on Twitter, when she was > suspended from the network for (among other things) personally threatening > me, yet was able to freely create multiple accounts in her own (stage) name, > in so doing violating Twitter’s TOS. > > I genuinely believe Musk is punking Twitter… but I don’t yet see what his end > game is. > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 1:53 PM M-D November <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > And now, of course, this is happening. > https://deadline.com/2022/04/elon-musk-offers-41-4bn-to-buy-twitter-1235002295/ > > <https://deadline.com/2022/04/elon-musk-offers-41-4bn-to-buy-twitter-1235002295/> > > > > On Monday, April 11, 2022 at 10:34:17 PM UTC-4 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > Musk deleted some of his weekend Tweets. Too bad he didn’t just delete his > account. > > https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/business/money-report/elon-musk-deletes-tweets-critical-of-twitter-after-weekend-barrage/2867476/?_osource=SocialFlowFB_LABrand&fbclid=IwAR2SbQdgrfK806E483dKTDb2WPhlPklfzeK4of_Zi9rw3uhmvhx3bYEImjg > > <https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/business/money-report/elon-musk-deletes-tweets-critical-of-twitter-after-weekend-barrage/2867476/?_osource=SocialFlowFB_LABrand&fbclid=IwAR2SbQdgrfK806E483dKTDb2WPhlPklfzeK4of_Zi9rw3uhmvhx3bYEImjg> > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 5:44 AM Doug Eastick <[email protected] <>> wrote: > I don't have much of an opinion on the guy other than "often very different". > However, his Starlink internet service, which I use is freaking amazing both > from a performance and implementation* standpoint. > > implementation* -- there's a 1000 freaking satellites flying overhead and > every few minutes my Dishy connects from one to the other and maintains ~60 > ms latency to the internet.- (image legend: > * blue dots - satellites > * orange - ground base stations connected to internet via fibre > * green/yellow circle - my Dishy > * green ellipse - field of view of my Dishy > * dotted lines - possible Line of Sight connections from satellite to my > Dishy or ground station. > > image complements of starlink.sx <http://starlink.sx/> > > > > On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 11:53 PM Kevin M. <[email protected] <>> wrote: > After spending the weekend Tweeting nonsensical ideas about the social media > network, he was offered a seat on the board, but he refused. > > https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1513354622466867201?s=21&t=vOQsiQaoLcre0pfPrVdVAg > > <https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1513354622466867201?s=21&t=vOQsiQaoLcre0pfPrVdVAg> > This is going to blow up like a SpaceX rocket or a Tesla battery. > -- > Kevin M. 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