SamissueDec 17, 2022
Taylor Lorenz
How The Washington Post has used flight data:
* To track a former president's emergency landing (in 2022): https://wapo.st/3HGp8IA
* To map out how military helicopters flew over George Floyd protests (in 2020): https://wapo.st/3V3WRie
* To raise questions about Musk's flights (in 2019): https://wapo.st/2RmjE7X
* To investigate The Post's owner Jeff Bezos (in 2018): https://wapo.st/3YmLt3M
* To document extravagant trips on the taxpayer dime (in 2017): https://wapo.st/3HMh9d0 via @drewharwell
Plane carrying Donald Trump made emergency landing in New Orleans after engine failure over Gulf of Mexico

A plane carrying former president Donald Trump suffered engine failure late Saturday evening over the Gulf of Mexico, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in New Orleans shortly after taking off from the city.

The Washington Post
Dec 17, 2022 at 7:35amMastodon for iOS
Show threadExistentialBunnyDec 17, 2022
@taylorlorenz @drewharwell feels like Elon won this round. Journos staying and chill is setting in slowly now.
Show threadChris MalerDec 17, 2022
@Isobeln
Reporting only Musk approved speech isn't a good look.
@taylorlorenz @drewharwell
Show threadDaveDec 17, 2022

@Isobeln @taylorlorenz @drewharwell yep. Binder and others were straight back to tweeting there.

Bloody pathetic.

Show threadScott StedmanDec 17, 2022
@taylorlorenz @drewharwell it’s the dumbest fucking rule imaginable. if he’s so bruised about it, why doesn’t he just take charter jets like a normal billionaire and no one will ever know?
Show threadmarie_cast Dec 17, 2022

@scottmstedman @taylorlorenz @drewharwell

Bernard Arnault sold his jet and “rents planes whenever he flies private.” 🤷🏻‍♀️

https://www.businessinsider.com/bernard-arnault-sold-jet-twitter-tracking-bombardier-photos-tour-2022-10?amp

Tour the $73 million jet that Bernard Arnault sold for privacy reasons

Arnault said he now rents planes whenever he flies privately. It costs around $11,000 to charter a Bombardier 7500 for an hour.

Insider
Show threadUbu_EsqDec 18, 2022

@marie_cast @scottmstedman @taylorlorenz @drewharwell

This isn't as uncommon as it seems. When most wealthy people purchase major assets like private planes they are held in corporate entities like LLCs or other Corps for tax & liability purposes, & leased to other entities when not in use. The owner essentially leases his own plane anyhow, & expenses it for work-related flights.

Show threadmarie_cast Dec 18, 2022
@Ubu_Esq @scottmstedman @taylorlorenz @drewharwell
Russian oligarchs/mobsters, corrupt politicians etc. tend to do that to hide their assets but it makes perfect sense. Thank you!
Show threadJenLDec 17, 2022
@scottmstedman @taylorlorenz @drewharwell or, gasp, fly first class on the dozens of flights each day between Austin and the bay area.
Show threadScott StedmanDec 17, 2022
@jelasher @taylorlorenz @drewharwell don’t be silly now
Show threadJenLDec 17, 2022
@scottmstedman @taylorlorenz @drewharwell the humanity!
Show threadShaunpaul DochertyDec 18, 2022
@scottmstedman @taylorlorenz @drewharwell what we expect him to fly via charter or *gasp* first-class like some peasant, don't be silly he needs some way to piss away all those extra 0's in his bank account plus I'm willing to bet that flying private means he can probably also write off the jet fuel cost as a business expense.
Show threadMbaya YanguDec 17, 2022

@taylorlorenz
Oh now you are trying to dox Trump in 2017 now?
For some assissinate Baby Hitler time travel plot.
Where do you get off?
And where does this stop?

Next I bet you'll publish the address of where President Trump lived as President in 2017 for your dox obsessed time travel assasins.

Show threadLyraDec 17, 2022
@Mbaya_Yangu @taylorlorenz you sound totally crazy
Show threadCheapPontoonDec 17, 2022
@taylorlorenz @drewharwell Elon would sell Twitter users’ flight data and airline reservations to Twitter “partners” (advertisers)if he could.
Show threadmsgbi Markus SagebielDec 17, 2022
@taylorlorenz @drewharwell inmates don't realize its terror related. jet weapon @charles_ex @aloa5 @Ginger149
Show threadJason LindleyDec 17, 2022
@taylorlorenz @drewharwell and also it’s just the height of fucking irony that this “green champion” is using the single most polluting form of travel (private jet) that a human possibly could.
Show threadJenns burner🔥Dec 17, 2022
@Lunarshocked @taylorlorenz @drewharwell that’s exactly why he doesn’t want to be tracked. It has nothing to do with security and everything to do with accountability
Show threadHarriet WrightDec 17, 2022

@taylorlorenz @drewharwell

Elmo lies like a Republican politician.

Show threadDubiago 💫Dec 17, 2022
@taylorlorenz @drewharwell What is the purpose of tracking Musk's flights?
Show threadwirelessbambuleDec 17, 2022
@dubiago @taylorlorenz @drewharwell Seeing where the richest man on earth goes, after all He is known for playing politics and Meeting ppl like Epstein...
Show thread|30|3|3YDec 17, 2022
@taylorlorenz being a Minneapolis resident, it's been important to track flights to understand the tools being used to suppress social movements. This is public information for a reason! A true free speech absolutist would understand this, a wannabe authoritarian dictator would not.
Show threadChristoDec 17, 2022
@13wiser @taylorlorenz Could you elaborate on what you mean by tools being used to suppress social movements? I'm probably missing something obvious, but I'm not seeing the connection with flights.
Show thread|30|3|3YDec 17, 2022
@christo various types of aircrafts using varying levels of surveillance technology
Show threadChristoDec 17, 2022
@13wiser Got it. That makes sense. Thanks!
Show thread|30|3|3YDec 17, 2022
@christo you're welcome! After George Floyd's murder, authorities have used the skies as a major tool to crush the political movement growing, especially that happening at George Floyd Square. What early on seemed like conspiracy, was confirmed true using public information about flights. Flight information is important public knowledge we all deserve access to for our safety and freedom!
Show threadNick BensonDec 17, 2022
@13wiser @taylorlorenz I’m working on getting the MilAirMSP account working here this weekend; I imagine @lemonodor is working on spinning up a Sky Circles serve too, at least I hope he is!
Show thread|30|3|3YDec 17, 2022
@ottergoose wow thanks for this info, Nick! Would love to see it once it's up and running. Best of luck on building it out, the work is appreciated.
Show threadMelissa SmithDec 17, 2022
@taylorlorenz @drewharwell All not acceptable uses under fascism.
Show threadTayIor LorenzDec 17, 2022
@taylorlorenz @drewharwell I don’t have the cahonies to post this on Twitter though. I’m too important to have my account suspended.
Show threadhttpicu   🐒Dec 17, 2022
@taylorlorenz @drewharwell Leave it up to Taylor Lorenz to argue for the ethics of keeping track of people and publishing their info for the world to see lmao.
Show threadparticlesDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz @drewharwell don’t forget MH370
Show threadE.G. PhillipsDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz @drewharwell so you admit you’ve drunk from the well of “assassination coordinates” …
Show threadHenry FungDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz @drewharwell what a dumb reason to suspend anyone.
Show threadjoe•iuculano Dec 18, 2022

@taylorlorenz @drewharwell

assassination coordinates, my ass

Show threadNews Breaking LIVEDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz @drewharwell all reasonable uses and I hope media will continue to use them
Show threadaddresseeDec 19, 2022

@drewharwell @taylorlorenz

ElonJet never exposed personal location information. Only the publicly available location of an aircraft. Musk-ovite needs a reckoning of reality.