I saw this and had to share ๐Ÿ––
@SpockResists wait a moment, isn't the second bird from the 2015 Stromae-Music-Video 'Carmen'? I'm quite sure, the bird was already ughly then.

@jedes_jahr_ein_neues_protokoll @SpockResists No, it's from the 1960 Looney Tunes cartoon "Hyde and Go Tweet."

It's supposed to be Tweety after transforming into his Mr. Hyde form, but it was recolored.

@jedes_jahr_ein_neues_protokoll @SpockResists exactly what I was thinking. So glad Stromae is back tho
@SpockResists Iโ€™d argue those images depict something broader and more general than merely Muskโ€™s derangement of Twitter: they also depict what happens to any VC-funded, publicly-traded social media business, and that is, they allow weaponization of the platform in order to boost profits. Weโ€™ve seen the same thing w/ Zuckerberg and Facebook over the years.
@SpockResists ๐Ÿ˜‚ well thatโ€™s pretty accurate! Good morning Spock โ˜€๏ธ
@TrisResists Hi Tris ๐Ÿ––๐Ÿ––๐Ÿ––๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‚

@SpockResists I know itโ€™s Looney Toons but it also looks like the thing @GossiTheDog โ€˜s AI coughed up when asked to describe Twitter in *December 2022.

https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/109452442381225802

Kevin Beaumont (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image it also generated whatever this is

Cyberplace
@SpockResists itโ€™s a stretch that Twitter was ever that nice but point taken.
@SpockResists that's not true, tw was filled with Nazis as soon as Jack left the chair and it was at brink of destruction for the past 5+ years, it was barely making any money and it wasn't as influential as people think "trending on twitter" isn't that important (specially outside of the US)
Musk is just too stupid to see that and clearly a terrible admin
@SpockResists Twitter was always like that, itโ€™s just that they stopped banning horrible people.
@SpockResists So untrue of a meme! Apparently you can't handle free speech.
@SpockResists twitter is becoming a very crazy social network... More than it already was. And I fell in love with mastodon philosophy. I hope it grow more and be a big social network ๐Ÿ‘Œ

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Now all I can hear is "I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee.."

(Let's see who watched too many cartoons as a kid.)

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I'm thinking it is a little more like this.

@SpockResists It's truthful, and funny, but painful all at the same time.
@SpockResists Actually the second one was more the case for the before.
@SpockResists Sadly true, that is why I sought out a new platform.
@SpockResists ngl I never liked twitter before Elon took over twitter. It was just filled with drama. I never expected Elon to do major changes to the platform but now itโ€™s somehow worse than before.

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That's the Tasmanian Devil!

@SpockResists I've got to share it to! Anyone who watched Looney Tunes would really get this!

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Vulcan Science Academy called and pointed out that Twitter before Nazi Space Boer was still full of fascists who support was not allowed to deal with.

And people who called out fascists were being suspended before Nazi Space Boer.

The difference is that before him, Twitter punished Black, queer, and trans users for speaking out.

Now he's also punishing white guys for speaking out.

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Love is the way to reach god

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@SpockResists twitter has been like this at least for the last 2-3 years. Musk is more or less a manifestation or a new step down the rabbit hole. But, twitter has been digging for so long.... Since they started amplifying hatered and unreasonable debate for the sake of more interactions
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I thot I saw a puddytat...
Mwahaha.....๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ‘
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Twitter suspended me after I replied to a post threatening gay and trans people with the exact same statement with words switched to be about Nazis. The other guy was not suspended.
@SpockResists @viq keeping, itโ€™s funny, true but funny
@SpockResists ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚
@SpockResists I'm now thinking about that blue bird in the first Shrek movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyfD7O_ZOYk
Pop goes the bluebird - Shrek

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@SpockResists And the Norwegian Blue. Blue birds seem to have issues in general.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZw35VUBdzo
Monty Python Dead Parrot

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I found this article in the LA Times interesting.... curious how things will turn out for the โ€˜fowl siteโ€™ here in the EU.

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-12-01/elon-musk-is-on-a-collision-course-with-european-regulators-hes-going-to-lose

Hiltzik: Europe won't find Musk's shenanigans amusing

Twitter's new owner has thumbed his nose at American regulators at every turn, and they've largely let him. If Musk thinks that approach will fly on the Continent, he's very wrong.

Los Angeles Times
@SpockResists Twitter's always felt pretty toxic to me, but it definitely seems to be worse after Elon took over.
@SpockResists Twitter has become the shitter