Ken White
Is that Elon “murdered” post real?
Dec 17, 2022 at 4:47amWeb
Show threadMenyoungDec 17, 2022
@Popehat what? link?
Show threadkkellerDec 17, 2022

@menyoung @Popehat one example. Note it is just a GIF so could easily have been faked.

https://universeodon.com/@KevnTinker/109527122186172424

Kevin Tinker (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Now Musk admits the truth, which we all knew was the case: "Banning the reporters I don't like from my own platform." It had nothing to do with "doxxing" because there was no doxxing. Musk was also jealous about the Trump Super Hero clown stealing all the attention for a day.

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Show threadAlex KDec 17, 2022

@kkeller

@menyoung @Popehat

Not sure if this is real or not but this is some very Gavin Belson thinking.

Show threadStephen KiskampDec 17, 2022

@kkeller @menyoung @Popehat

This does not now exist.

If it was real, it has been deleted.

Show threadkkellerDec 17, 2022
@skiskamp @menyoung @Popehat one of the earlier posts here of this image explicitly said that it had been deleted. That doesn't mean it was actually real and deleted, of course.
Show threadNormanDec 17, 2022
@kkeller
@menyoung @Popehat Yeah there are multiple tools to fake Twitter screencaps from anyone. I get the feeling it's fake or it'd be all over from major accounts claiming credit for taking the screencap themselves
Show threadMenyoungDec 17, 2022
@pygmalion55 it just seems too insane to be real
Show threadAngryYukkuriDec 17, 2022
@menyoung @pygmalion55 Unfortunately nothing is too insane to be real lately.
Show threadBrian D.Dec 17, 2022

@menyoung @pygmalion55

That's exactly why it must be true right? I mean nft super hero Trump trading cards felt like a joke, yet here they are.

(Sarcastic font)

Show threadRep. Eric Gallager (no "h"!)Dec 17, 2022
@Popehat I have heard that it is fake
Show thread𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓹🎯𝓹𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓼Dec 17, 2022
@Popehat Say wut
Show threada_fuzzy_vikingDec 17, 2022
@Popehat from the digging I tried to do on it, I found nothing that showed it being genuine.
Show threadTrombone Joe JacksonDec 17, 2022
@Popehat this one? https://clickhole.com/devastating-setback-elon-musk-has-murdered-his-lemon-w-1833851206/
Devastating Setback: Elon Musk Has Murdered His Lemon With Legs After It Kicked Him In The Groin

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Show threadLori S Dec 17, 2022
@Popehat I think it’s fake.
Show threadBrian MoakleyDec 17, 2022
@Popehat I highly doubt it. I've been searching for any legitimate source for confirmation and I can't find any.
Show threadKevinDec 17, 2022
@vegetarianzombie @Popehat any context for those of us not on Twitter anymore?
Show threadMBDec 17, 2022
@KevinLikesMaps @vegetarianzombie It’s a fake tweet by Elon saying other countries kill journalists so he’s being reasonable just banning them.
Show threadKevinDec 17, 2022
@MB @vegetarianzombie ah thanks. I had seen a screenshot of that on here.
Show threadMBDec 17, 2022
@KevinLikesMaps @vegetarianzombie Me too.
Show threadBrian MoakleyDec 17, 2022

@KevinLikesMaps @Popehat It's this one - journalists haven't peeped a word and they are watching Musk like a hawk now.

It's very very sus.

Show threadAlexander RutholDec 17, 2022
@vegetarianzombie @KevinLikesMaps @Popehat
That does sound like something he'd say.
Show threadEric the .5bDec 17, 2022
@Je5usaurus_rex @vegetarianzombie @KevinLikesMaps @Popehat The thing is, it doesn't sound like something he'd *delete*.
Show threadAlexander RutholDec 17, 2022
@semiapies @vegetarianzombie @KevinLikesMaps @Popehat
That is a good point. He'd have no clue there was anything wrong with that post.
Show threadJoel DefoeDec 17, 2022
@Popehat if it’s a post about how he murdered the value of the businesses he owns then yes, it’s very real.
Show thread🇺🇲 Ken w/ Apple Bottom BootsDec 17, 2022

@Popehat it is fake

But only insofar as he hasn't tweeted it yet

Show threadMooseDec 17, 2022
@Jalli @Popehat my thoughts precisely
Show threadDeeplyAwareDec 17, 2022
@Jalli @Popehat lol
Show threadJohn PanzerDec 17, 2022
@Popehat I'm pretty sure it's fake; at least, I can't find it via search and if it was deleted, nobody seems to have grabbed a Twitter URL for it.
Show threadPhilip Weiss (Phil in SF)Dec 17, 2022
@Popehat no
Show threadGojira1000Dec 17, 2022
@Popehat That the question needs asked is telling
Show threadeagerpebbleDec 17, 2022
@Gojira1000 @Popehat
Show threadAngryYukkuriDec 17, 2022
@eagerpebble @Gojira1000 @Popehat SMBC <3
Show threadDerek OttoDec 17, 2022
@Popehat I guess that would be a "coup de grace", right?
Show threadWrenDec 17, 2022

@Popehat

Wondering the same. It's egregious.

Show threadMBDec 17, 2022
@Popehat I think it’s fake only because it would’ve been all over Twitter today and it wasn’t.
Show threadSvetlanaDec 17, 2022

@Popehat

By the hands of his own bullshit pistol.

@elonmusk

Show threadSiamese CatsDec 17, 2022
@Popehat https://sfba.social/@siamesecats/109527166218086339
Siamese Cats (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Irony is, I found this screenshot of a purported Musk tweet on Twitter. And things being at the birdsite the way they are, I only found out it may be fake on Mastodon. #twitterpurge

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Show threadThat Anonymous CowardDec 17, 2022
@Popehat
say what now?
Show threadCat Food CasseroleDec 17, 2022
@Popehat
I guess it's fake but it SEEMS like something that maroon would tweet.
Show threadJenLDec 17, 2022
@Popehat I’m seeing conflicting reports and at least one person on Mastodon apologizing for falling for it. Now that Elon controls the platform (and many decent folks have left, blocked him, or visit less often), it will be increasingly hard to say for sure if some of his worst deleted tweets were real or not.
Show threadkillwrathyDec 17, 2022

@jelasher @Popehat

At this point I don't care what he has tweeted and has not tweeted. His unjust vilification of other people is unacceptable and irresponsible given his influence. And I can't tolerate his platforming of blatant transphobes and anti-Semites. His censorship of journalists who have criticised him is just proof of his intention to run Twitter as an autocratic fiefdom to indulge his whims and the disturbing political and cultural movements he believes in and/or panders to.

Show threadJenLDec 17, 2022
@killwrathy @Popehat Could not agree with you more (you’ll note I’ve been here since October, which is practically like having a 5 digit CA bar number!)— I (a former Musk lawyer) have been repulsed by his hypocrisy of pretending to care about free speech while sucking up to the CCP for years and was dreading that he would turn Twitter into (heavily censored and repressive) WeChat since he signed the merger agreement. Openly going straight to $8chan was a surprise though.
Show threadCypherfoxDec 17, 2022
@Popehat Too many words, too few emojis. Probably not him. And even he’s not that…ah hell, what do I know. Structurally it doesn’t read like his tweeting.
Show threadmartin_fffDec 17, 2022
@Popehat it sounds like him...
Show threadReed MidekeDec 17, 2022
@Popehat I can't prove it's fake, but it's super sketchy IMO. All the tweets I've seen have exactly the same screenshot, same client, timezone. And TBH, it doesn't sound like him
Show threadReed MidekeDec 17, 2022
@Popehat If he had actually tweeted that, you'd expect there'd be a lot of QT'd dunks of the deleted tweet going around the bird site, instead of just the one screenshot
Show threadlgtmDec 17, 2022
@Popehat not real
Show threadHarris LapiroffDec 17, 2022
@Popehat Not showing up here. It’s possible the site would miss something if it weren’t up very long, but it does seem unconfirmed. https://polititweet.org/tweets?account=44196397&deleted=True
@elonmusk  Deleted Tweets | PolitiTweet

Show threadNormanDec 18, 2022
@harris
@Popehat it hasn't recorded any deleted tweets since November and I know there have been a couple in the last week
Show threadpokepal148Dec 17, 2022

@Popehat I saw someone mention that they had tweet notifications on so even if it was deleted they could still find it.

They couldn't find it either. It's almost certainly fake.

Show threadE.G. PhillipsDec 17, 2022
@Popehat seems more like the sort of post that he would tweet a response of “lol” to rather than write himself
Show threadNouraDec 17, 2022
@Popehat it’s not real
Show threadAmyDec 17, 2022
@Popehat It's not real.
Show threadKevin OMalleyDec 17, 2022
@Popehat Don't think so. Haven't seen it live and Elon isn't that self aware.
Show threadNuvoTotenDec 17, 2022
@Popehat Not real. There is a history of Musk’s tweets here: https://elonstweets.info/
ElonsTweets.info - Tweets by Elon Musk

Comprehensive database of Elon Musk tweets, organised. Tesla, Space X, Boring Company, Neuralink and of course, MEME LORD.

Show threadDirk HohndelDec 17, 2022
@Popehat
Some people claim that it's real and he deleted it. Others claim it's a fake.
He's dumb enough to say that, but...
I doubt it
Show threadHobbesDec 17, 2022
@Popehat I fell for it earlier. Polititweet archives deleted tweets and his last one was in November. https://polititweet.org/tweets?account=44196397&deleted=True
Show threadArkenor ☿️Dec 17, 2022
@Popehat No. I do not believe so.
Show threadTonyRennerDec 17, 2022
@Popehat Who'd he murder?