For those immune to the charms of Elon Musk’s Twitter™ — a Squid Game-like arena teeming with edgelords, crypto enthusiasts, men’s rights activists who resemble Pitbull, and daily spam messages touting “part-time work” — the current film brouhaha may have escaped notice. In short: a trio of films, eagerly anticipated …
Read More »Tesla's Stock Is Burning Faster Than a Lithium Battery
Tesla’s stock price plummeted to $110.55 on Tuesday, its lowest price since September 2020, and the drop in shareholder value could represent the company’s worst performance since its debut on public markets. Despite the value of Tesla’s stock reaching a 52-week peak of $402.67 in March, the 9-month decline has …
Read More »MrBeast as Twitter CEO? Elon Musk Isn't Ruling Him Out
MrBeast is just asking some questions. After Elon Musk pinky-promised that he’d “resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job,” the YouTuber known for his elaborate giveaways put his name in the hat for Musk’s replacement. “Can I be the new Twitter CEO?” …
Read More »Elon Musk Says He 'Will Resign' As Twitter CEO
Elon Musk’s monthslong reign as Twitter CEO has been a rollercoaster ride of unpredictability, but it will soon come to an end. The man who officially bought the platform for $44 billion in October, tweeted Tuesday that he’ll be honoring a Twitter poll he posed on Sunday, Dec. 18 where …
Read More »Are You Being Shadow Banned by @Catturd2?
Elon Musk ran a Twitter poll over the weekend asking users if he should step down as the head of Twitter, and promising to “abide by the results.” The people voted — for Musk to get lost. But instead of responding the Twitter public with the same decisiveness he applied …
Read More »They Think You Should Leave: Will Poll-Loving Elon Musk Abide by Verdict?
Elon Musk is summoning the masses to decide: Should he stay or should he go? On Sunday, the controversial Twitter CEO conducted a poll posing this question: “Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.” By early Monday morning, more than …
Read More »Elon Musk's New Twitter Policy: No More Links to Rival Sites
After Twitter owner Elon Musk spent the last few days suspending — and then unsuspending —journalists tasked with covering him, the social media site on Sunday unveiled a policy banning the free promotion of certain other sites. Not only are free links to Mastodon, Facebook, Instagram, Truth Social, Tribel, Post …
Read More »Elon 'Free Speech' Musk Un-Suspends Accounts of Journalists Who Criticized Him
Twitter has reinstated the accounts of the prominent journalists who were suspended Thursday after billionaire and self-avowed free speech enthusiast Elon Musk silenced several of his high-profile critics. New York Times reporter Ryan Mac, The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell, Mashable’s Matt Binder, CNN reporter Donie O’Sullivan, The Intercept’s Micah Lee, …
Read More »Elon Musk's Twitter Bans and Blocks Links to Rival Mastodon
Just a day after jet tracker Jack Sweeney made the jump to Mastodon post-Twitter ban, Mastodon’s official Twitter account has been suspended. Twitter also appears to be blocking tweets linking to many major Mastodon servers; tweets to many Mastodon links result in an error message stating, “We can’t complete this …
Read More »Tesla Stock Plunges to Two-Year Low After Musk Bans Journalists From Twitter
Elon Musk’s flagship company Tesla’s stock hit a new two-year low of $150.04 on Friday morning, prompting renewed concerns that the billionaire’s recent acquisition and chaotic management of Twitter is crumbling the bedrock of his financial empire. The stock dive took place the morning after Musk booted several prominent journalists …
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