Judd Legum

Last night was about @[email protected] sending a message to journalists that he OWNS THEIR ACCOUNTS and journalists need to be mindful of not pissing him off.

The only appropriate response is to reject this kind of bullying.

Whatever happens, happens.

Dec 17, 2022 at 12:12amWeb
Show threadRobin KempDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum he’s busy self-pwning
Show threadjprestonianDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum Musk needs journalists more than journalists need Musk. He probably doesn't see it that way, but that is The Way.
Show threadLyn JefferyDec 17, 2022
@jprestonian @juddlegum I hope you’re right
Show threadjprestonianDec 17, 2022
@LynJef @juddlegum I hear Aaron Rupar is already back on.
Show threadJordan de SocalDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum juddle gum is right. The response from major media companies has been disturbingly obsequious in response to this. And government needs to abandon the platform too
Show threadMidLifeBroadDec 17, 2022
@bangatank @juddlegum I wish more big accounts would delete their twitter. That’s the message Musky needs to see.
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Dec 17, 2022

@MidLifeBroad @bangatank @juddlegum

No, not delete. They will quickly be usurped by #MAGATs.

Tweet something of low importance every other day.

Show threadJordan de SocalDec 17, 2022
@HistoPol @MidLifeBroad @juddlegum letting some rando pretend he's POTUS would do more to destroy the legitimacy of Twitter than keeping the skeleton account
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Dec 17, 2022

@bangatank @juddlegum

The #BidenAdministration is missing out on this. All branches of the #US goverment and all agencies need a #Mastodon server, too.
#DigitalDeclarationOfIndependence
#DethroneBigTech

The #EU, and #Germany, among others, are leading the way abd are setting up their own #instances.

Show threadDangandblastDec 17, 2022
@bangatank @juddlegum why did you do that - I'm never going to be able to read his handle any other way now!
Show threadJordan de SocalDec 17, 2022
@Dangandblast @juddlegum it cannot be unseen
Show threadNancy M RuffDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum I promise it will all be good.
Show threadDavidDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum I wish the media companies would actually treat it like a threat that needs to be dealt with...
Show threadSpockoDec 17, 2022
@docmagnificent @juddlegum Yes! Thank you for saying that.
Show threadlfrobertsonDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum
According to the LA Times, the alleged stalking attack on Musk’s son has not been reported to the police. Musk posted video of the driver and the car’s license plate on Twitter; the police could have used DMV records to instantly identify the owner of the car, had it been reported as a crime. This suggests to me that it was probably some personal dispute, blown up by Musk as a victimhood performance.
Show threadtom4okstateDec 17, 2022
@lfrobertson @juddlegum yeah, there's tons of just taking him at his word on that and very little actual reporting to substantiate the claims so far.
Show threadSpockoDec 17, 2022
@tom4okstate @lfrobertson @juddlegum Exactly. When my friends at Media Matters for America, Free Press & Color of Change talked to advertisers about protecting their brand, a huge amount of advertisers paused. Musk said the Twitter TOS would stay in place, then proceeded to destroy his promise with his Twitter Blue Roll out.
When he brought back those suspended for illegal content, he told advertisers he has a new robot that will keep their ads away from the horrible content. Don't trust him!
Show threadDavidDec 17, 2022
@lfrobertson @juddlegum Making false reports to the police is a crime. Elmo knows lying to the media is legal while lying to the police is not.
Show threadtom4okstateDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum every single user on Twitter should've tweeted about the flight tracker thing.
Show thread🌲🧿 "Max"t💽d🏵️n 🔎🍄Dec 17, 2022
@juddlegum When he says "assassination coordinates"...I feel like that might be projection...& he is now talking about murdering journalists...& how they should be "glad" he is not doing that & instead "just" suspending people.
Show threadMark Bignell Dec 17, 2022
@juddlegum let's make the #TwitterExtinction a reality. Shut it down.
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Dec 17, 2022

@juddlegum

#GleichschaltungDerPresse...so it begins

Show threadRadicalWoman111Dec 17, 2022

@juddlegum
Musk told journalists he owns their accounts, and THEY need to be mindful of not pissing HIM off...?

Me gleefully waiting for the fallout....

Show thread|30|3|3YDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum yup it was flexing his authoritarian muscle. That's what led me here today! #Twitter
Show threadNancyKDec 17, 2022
@13wiser @juddlegum welcome, it's a much better place!
Show threadTerryDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum Thank you for last night.
Show threadβɛthDec 17, 2022
@fritzie4077 @juddlegum That sounds ominously sexy, though I'm sure you didn't mean it in that context. LOL
Show threadTerryDec 17, 2022
@feverspell @juddlegum laugh out loud for real. I guess I’m too old to think that way anymore. It was about Twitter spaces. He was a warrior.
Show threadJDN 6Dec 17, 2022
@juddlegum I just reposted a pretty sizable list of all the journalists who have migrated over in the past couple days, for anyone interested in supporting these folks with their follows / attention 🤙🤓
Show threadSector9Dec 17, 2022
@juddlegum Just imagine spending $44B to buy 300M friends, only to find out that people hate him and money can't buy friends.
#SpaceKaren has horrid social skills and money can't fix that.
Bullies always lose.
Show threadBeeksDec 17, 2022

@juddlegum lmao.

"The only appropriate response is to reject his bullying which is why I, Judd Legum, will continue so post exclusively to Twitter and continue to help drive traffic to the bully."

So brave.

Show threadKevin HarkinDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum So much for the AH's idea of free speech.
Show threadGVF 🇨🇦Dec 17, 2022

@juddlegum

Fortunately, Orange Puke is to the rescue with a fascist plan that Hitler would not have preannounced.

Show threadSnowqueenDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum or do you need twitter !!!!
Show threadMolly JongFastDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum Elon is going to turn this into 4chan
Show threadLeslie 🇺🇸🌻🌈 🌊Dec 17, 2022
@mollyjongfast @juddlegum I used to say twitter was full of contrarians, mansplainers and know -it-alls... basically my Dad. Now it sounds like tin foil hats of hate required? 🙄
Show threadLisaDec 17, 2022
@mollyjongfast @juddlegum He's freaking insane. As he complains about being doxxed, I wouldn't put it past him to do that to his enemies or worse. Stay vigilant.
Show threadRobert MDec 17, 2022
@mollyjongfast @juddlegum It is already.
Show threadRocky 💜💙Dec 17, 2022

@mollyjongfast @juddlegum

I'd be thrilled to see it crash and burn! Twitter did nothing but bring out the worst in me so I'm happy to be here.

Show threadhopeless wandererDec 17, 2022

@mollyjongfast @juddlegum
I was just thinking about elmo doing the so called "lowtax speedrun" and remembered that lowtax's shenanigans caused former SA users to form their own board, that forum became what we now know as 4chan.

Really makes me think about what elmo's shenanigans could cause in the long run

Show threadTheseepeopleDec 17, 2022
@mollyjongfast @juddlegum
noooo! 5chan. it'll be different, they say...
Show threadMark SaltveitDec 17, 2022
@mollyjongfast @juddlegum
To be clear, you mean Twitter by "this, not Mastodon, right?
Show threadMugsysRapSheet Blog ☑️Dec 17, 2022

@mollyjongfast @juddlegum Yep, I've been saying the same thing for about a month.

I just created this new account b/c I plan to LEAVE Twitter for "Newsie" officially on January 1st.

If you followed me on "the other site" (same handle), please follow me here.

Show threadCat Food CasseroleDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum
He's a fascist piece of crap.
Show threadMayHzDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum I don’t understand the people that want to stay and give him free content.
Show threadCardboard RobotDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum Always seems to boil down to kompromat with these folks, doesn’t it?
Show threadMollyNYCDec 17, 2022

@juddlegum

On a very distantly related note…when you go into Twitter now, are you seeing any ads?
Like, ANY?

It took me a while to notice this because I always tuned them out, but they seem to have virtually disappeared.

Show threadVixeliaDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum but ot also means he can access everything in your accounts and expose whatever fits his mood. Just don't allow him to blackmail you. Keep everything and back it up twice. If you have paid for an account are you allowed to know who at twitter has accessed your account?
Show threadDrmikexp7Dec 17, 2022
@juddlegum this is what happens when you have power money and God complex coverage
Show threadMaximumJimDec 17, 2022

@juddlegum Between his embrace of #Qanon and his demand for $8/month, QElon wants to remake Twitter into a combination of 8chan and Onlyfans.

When he goes to repay money he borrowed from the Saudis to Twitter, I hope he doesn’t meet with them in an embassy or consulate.

Show threadmarktaylorDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum While capitalism is an imperfect system it’s better than anything else we have. But we need to address the appalling disparities of wealth it creates and the bad behavior of billionaires it empowers. @jaketapper @MaddowBlog @donieosullivan
Show threaddsuDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum when do legitimate sites stop embedding tweets already?
Show threadBellison22Dec 17, 2022

@juddlegum so, how do you think you all should handle it?
Do you continue to stay, continuously at risk of his whims and anger?

All I am seeing from expelled journalists are elon/twitter posts here on Mastodon.

This gives me no reason to follow or pay attention.

The news is still there, local, national and global.

Do you stay and conform to blatant hypocrisy and dangerous platforms?

I get the loss of followers and income but are you really being served by staying? At what cost?

Show threadRichard 🏳️‍🌈Dec 17, 2022
@juddlegum journalists need to exit. There are other platforms.
Show threadRhiannonDec 17, 2022
@prodygy @juddlegum TRUTH!
Show threadMxhradDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum The only appropriate response is to remove yourself and your entire organization out of twitter. Stop playing his game. Stop helping him make money. #twitter
Show threadKattDCDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum
Show threadStacyDec 17, 2022
@juddlegum I agree. A stand MUST be made now.
Show threadDoug Baker - Elbows Up! 🇨🇦Dec 17, 2022
@juddlegum It was so Putinesque that it was breathtaking.