For starters, Musk World has been really busy.
There's A LOT going on here that will/should prompt advertisers to flee. It includes Musk:
— Avi Bueno (@Avi_Bueno) December 11, 2022
1) mocking trans folks
2) pushing anti-vax garbage
3) being celebrated by anti-vax leader RFK Jr
4) calling for Fauci to be prosecuted
5) fully transforming into an alt right goon pic.twitter.com/8NZ54XPJ4z
There seems to be little limit to Elon Musk's predatory and malevolent nature. He is now insinuating that the fmr head of Trust & Safety at Twitter, an openly gay Jewish man, is a pedophile. Just another level of this is that Roth actually stayed on for several weeks under Musk.. pic.twitter.com/hTHZ6SNQEO
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 10, 2022
Column: By embracing anti-Fauci and QAnon conspiracies, Musk tests how low Twitter can sink https://t.co/Jynx6Rm22u
— Michael Hiltzik (@hiltzikm) December 14, 2022
Why does anyone for one minute think this is a mistake? How many chances are you going to give him to prove who he is? https://t.co/xzbxweeoB0
— Rachel Vindman 🌻 (@natsechobbyist) December 14, 2022
Another reminder that, yes, he (or perhaps it should be He) really does talk that way, and not just on twitter.You ought to hear him on the TED stage.
Social media in general, especially Twitter, were eroding civilization. If civilization collapses before Mars becomes self-sustaining, then nothing else matters.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 13, 2022
Human consciousness is gone.
He is the messiah he has been waiting for. pic.twitter.com/M0HA18J4oF
— Rumpole the Brief 🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@WendellSherk) December 14, 2022
Weird how all these too-online nerds who supposedly studied science have religious apocalyptic visions of the future and DELUDED savior complexes. https://t.co/GKIZhfCjed
— Linette Lopez (@lopezlinette) December 14, 2022
They are always telling us to read the Constitution. pic.twitter.com/r5Isu2DAcn
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) December 13, 2022
Musk embracing QAnon and the alt-right gives the New York Times a chance to run another "Neo-Nazi's rantings are more nuanced than you think" piece, but it's not one of their better ones.
By @Froomkin. No paywall. https://t.co/SQefD5y5xL pic.twitter.com/q6Udx1rFfV
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) December 13, 2022
I guess no one at NYT had access to Twitter’s search function? pic.twitter.com/8rKWsBHjmT
— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) December 10, 2022
The most laughable claim in this consistently off-the-mark analysis is that Musk's actions are somehow "improving the image of his new $44 billion property."/1 https://t.co/LzazLfomBx
— Lawrence Glickman (@LarryGlickman) December 10, 2022
I was remined by a Twitter user that I wrote this (very critical) post about Jeremy Peters of the New York Times in 2014. https://t.co/Ti6D5m30h1 Eight years later, it holds up pretty well, I think.
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) December 14, 2022
While reading the following thread, pay close attention to Marshall's points and remember that Elon lies a lot.
The creator of the account has a screenshot of a slack message by Ella Irwin, Twitter Trust And Safety head requesting that his account be visibly filtered. Three days later, it's banned. https://t.co/ZyOZcF0Pyv
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) December 14, 2022
Doesn't really raise questions as much as it answers them https://t.co/Clp9km8S09
— Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) December 14, 2022
2/ jet tracking doesn’t identify a car or where the car is or who owns the cars. It tells you a plane has landed at an airport, which basically tells you jack. Like maybe this car incident happened but did it have anything to do with this kid?
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 15, 2022
2/ is absurd. This is publicly available information. You can go to a flight tracking site and find this information in seconds. Anyone who has the slightest interest in harming anyone can easily get that info. Anyone who just wants to show up at an airport and flip Elon ...
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 15, 2022
And on the business side.
TSLA hits a 2+ year low today, even as the market as a whole rises. pic.twitter.com/s35tyngzqX
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) December 14, 2022
ICYMI: Elon Musk's Twitter isn't paying its bills https://t.co/iAYvkroEse
— Dan Primack (@danprimack) December 14, 2022
Steve Martin pretending to give a eulogy for Martin Short on SNL:
— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) December 11, 2022
“I’ll never forget Martin’s last words: ‘Tesla autopilot engage.’”
Elon Musk shouting "I'm rich, bitch," while the sound people at Chappelle's show honk a horn to drown out the boos from the crowd is one of the saddest videos I've ever seen. https://t.co/tJHFRhKU3w pic.twitter.com/SeeLSZG93h
— Matt Novak (@paleofuture) December 12, 2022
Elon Musk Receives Experimental Neuralink Implant In Attempt To Delete Memory Of Being Booed https://t.co/iL39zKCkQZ pic.twitter.com/ibkkLxerEr
— The Onion (@TheOnion) December 13, 2022
As we've said before...
DeSantis = Trump + Anti-Vax - Personality
DeSantis announces a new anti-CDC: "Our CDC, at this point, anything they put out, you just assume, at this point, that it's not worth the paper it's printed on ... we're creating what we're calling the Public Health Integrity Committee." pic.twitter.com/BZTu2ljzZL
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 13, 2022
Did Polio write this tweet? https://t.co/ylPyxBy3s0
— Janet Johnson (@JJohnsonLaw) December 14, 2022
Make no mistake, this is ALL about his primary opponent, who pushed to get these vaccines out at “warp speed” - Donald John Trump. This is his main wedge issue for him with the anti-vax MAGA base regarding Trump. pic.twitter.com/sExJBcITvr
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) December 13, 2022
It's been very, very obvious Ron DeSantis was courting the anti-vaccine movement. The pro-vaccine conservatives chose to deny this fact rather than try to stop it. It's a case study in the conservative movement's intellectual dysfunction. https://t.co/rhsRsh1F1z
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) December 13, 2022
DeSantis screams that covid vaccines are unsafe, and the pro-vaccine right keeps pretending he's just attending to process issues. Textbook sanewashing. https://t.co/P5puxZRrtr
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) December 14, 2022
Only the savviest politicians get to use 'secret weapons.'
DeSantis could attack Trump's COVID record from the right in 2024 https://t.co/1cSkWEQ2PC
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) December 8, 2022
Questionable Political analysis from AP
Delete your account https://t.co/LNe6qhpbcC
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) December 14, 2022
Exit polls had young voters:
— Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) December 14, 2022
18-29 63-34 +29D
18-44 55-42 +13D
This data is in line with high quality pre-election polls.
The AP VoteCast data (+12D 18-29) is just way off, and should not be taken seriously. https://t.co/wAQMTwAZCF
This is all based on AP Votes Cast, which is (despite its name) a poll. And it’s an outlier poll when it comes to young voters. Exits showed Dems +30 with voters under 30. https://t.co/3qv22120gN
— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) December 14, 2022
Good thread by Pepper.
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— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) December 14, 2022
SUPPRESSION ALERT
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There’s a reason I started my book “Laboratories of Autocracy” by describing a traffic jam in Hamilton County.
And it’s because nothing provides a more simple and clear example of the motivation behind relentless…
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In cities such as Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Cleveland, etc., Black voters disproportionately voted early, and disproportionately used drop boxes—allowing them to avoid the long lines they often face on Election Day or voting in-person early.
— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) December 14, 2022
9/
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From Florida to Texas, Georgia to Ohio, legislators have pushed outright bans, restrictions on hours, limitations on locations, and the like
— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) December 14, 2022
The bill rushing through in Ohio takes an already absurd limitation of one drop box location per county….and now limits that sole…
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Like other states, the bill would also limit the hours of the drop box being available to the hours that the elections office itself is open.
— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) December 14, 2022
Which of course makes zero sense.
Imagine if the USPS were to do the same with the mailboxes located outside their offices!
14/ pic.twitter.com/xosr3lQmnH
Just because the election is over does mean this story should go away.
Maternal death rates in states that restricted abortion were 62% higher than in states where abortion was more easily accessible, new research showed. https://t.co/X0traGOP1s
— NBC4 Washington (@nbcwashington) December 14, 2022
Speaking of stories we should be paying more attention to...
From perusing the news, you would never know right-wing militias are blowing up power substations. You woiuld think that would be bigger news. Hmmm...
— Joe DiSano (@ApexCuddler) December 10, 2022
What do you mean "we"?
This acknowledgment that *Attacking Teachers From Every Angle Is Not the Way to Improve Schools* matters because Edsall has long been a mouthpiece for the education reform wing of the Democratic party https://t.co/UhuZWZHFu8
— Jennifer Berkshire (@BisforBerkshire) December 14, 2022
I’m sorry this person experienced distressing symptoms, however, it’s irresponsible to say she overdosed on fentanyl by touching a dollar bill, especially since that is scientifically impossible. Pleading for help & gasping for air are the opposite of what is seen in fentanyl OD. pic.twitter.com/RVj9h06iT6
— Ryan Marino MD (@RyanMarino) December 14, 2022
Desantis supporter during his Governor campaign spray paints over his face because he won’t back Trump for 2024. pic.twitter.com/MAb0P6om2r
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) December 14, 2022
A former boss of mine (back when I was still in Arkansas) used to say that Southern Baptists are firm believers in serial monogamy.
A very, very good point from @EJDionnehttps://t.co/iVu3cCp1TD pic.twitter.com/F0T8oZUiVi
— Natalie Jackson (@nataliemj10) December 11, 2022
And Misc
I guess "stop disputing my paper, I'll send you to prison" is at least a novel response. Who needs open scientific debate when you can silence your critics by throwing them in jail???
— Health Nerd (@GidMK) December 14, 2022
Siri, please give me an egregious example of someone who does not understand software-intensive systems.
— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) December 14, 2022
Wait. That's two examples. But thank you, Siri. https://t.co/UW6oHb68LS
FYI I have the POV that “search” a very different use case than “give me an answer to my question”.
— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) December 14, 2022
Took conflate or confuse the two would be a serious mistake . https://t.co/LR9atBGy1y
If you don’t mind that, from time to time, that calculator gives you answers that look right but that are most definitely wrong. https://t.co/2BsKTj1FDW
— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) December 9, 2022
Insightful thread.
Looking at the output of a deep learning model trained on human-generated data and believing the model is "intelligent" in the human sense is exactly like looking at motion-captured CG and believing the characters on the screen are "alive".
— François Chollet (@fchollet) December 10, 2022
In 2022, we
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) December 8, 2022
- reversed organ death in pigs
- made the first embryo from stem cells
- made a pan-influenza vaccine
- saw the beginning of time
- got best-ever results from cancer & obesity therapy trials
- maybe cracked the case of multiple sclerosishttps://t.co/U24emm7aoA
#ChatGPT: remarkably coherent prose full of half-truths intermingled with boldly stated falsehoods masquerading as truths.
— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) December 7, 2022
To an outsider, this is astonishing.
To an expert in this domain, this is nothing more than well-formed statistical nonsense at scale. pic.twitter.com/knj5URhxME
“Here’s what it means for coffee lovers and the future of brand marketing.”
— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) December 9, 2022
Absolutely nothing. https://t.co/vhuvEf3YWZ
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