JBFeb 13, 2023
Dan Gillmor
Musk and Murdoch together at the football game is a gathering of today's most powerful anti-democracy media barons. And it's a reminder that journalists who would never consider working for Murdoch's Fox "News" -- at least he pays for his content -- are still toiling for free to support Musk's rancid trollsite.
Feb 13, 2023 at 3:34pmWeb
Show threadSalman Qureshi ​ Feb 13, 2023
@dangillmor this reply is going to be funny @replyGPT
Show threadShoq 🌿Feb 13, 2023
@Green_Footballs. Can we display a warning in our Chrome extension that the hapless user has navigated to a "Rancid Trollsite?" I could compile the list for it. I doubt it's more than fifty or sixty thousand sites 😜
Show threadSteve, M0LFOFeb 14, 2023
@shoq @Green_Footballs the allow-list would be easier to manage.
Show threadRevJeberFeb 13, 2023
@dangillmor
Wasn't Bezos invited?
Show threadJeanclaudejunior🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇮🇪🇨🇭Feb 13, 2023
@dangillmor There must be a weakness for these powerful Robber barons like Elon Muskrat and Evil Murdoch
Show threadenmodo ⚛️ 🧬 🇺🇦 🍉Feb 14, 2023
@Jeanclaudejunior @dangillmor I think now he's demonstrated his comfort with throwing away $200B or more everyone is after a piece of him. It would be fun to see a transcript of that conversation. Lip readers?
Show threadRJDFeb 13, 2023
@dangillmor you know Ruperts son is on teslas board right? And has been since 2017..? Right?
Show threadbambooFeb 14, 2023
@Rjdlandscapes @dangillmor James Murdoch (the brother on Tesla’s board) is the sane one. He supports Independents and Democrats. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/08/james-murdoch-spent-100-million-to-fund-political-causes-during-2020-election.html
James Murdoch spent $100 million to help fund political causes during 2020 election cycle

James Murdoch, a son of Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch, spent $100 million to fund largely nonpartisan and Democratic-leaning causes in the 2020 election cycle.

CNBC
Show threadRJDFeb 14, 2023

@bamboo @dangillmor

Exactly. But Elon going to the superbowl with his sister and sitting next to the father of someone on one of his boards shoudlnt surprise anyone.

It doesnt mean anything.

Show threadAlexey MerzFeb 13, 2023
@dangillmor What they have in common: they vastly overpaid for social media sites that they would ultimately destroy through their own incompetence (MySpace, Twitter).
Show threadKingsleyFeb 13, 2023
@dangillmor creeps both of them #corrupt #manipulators
Show threadMarkGFeb 13, 2023

@dangillmor

The appeal of the snake pit that is Twitter is a mystery to me. I much prefer Mastodon.

Show threadClaude RainsFeb 13, 2023
@dangillmor What was really off putting was the announcers hero-worshiping, proclaiming them “Geniuses.” 🤮
Show threadGo Sports & Music!Feb 13, 2023
@Louis_Renault @dangillmor I bet they both were gleeful with the Chiefs fans fake ass war cry.
Show threadJason Petersen (he)Feb 13, 2023
@dangillmor yeah but how many journalists think the WSJ is just fine?
Show threadobscurestarFeb 13, 2023
@dangillmor Sith and his boy.
Show threadMATAK79Feb 13, 2023
@dangillmor this is all I thought of when I saw that :)
Show threadWade WainioFeb 13, 2023
@dangillmor And just think: He could fly practically anywhere in the world yet he chooses to be there.
Show threadLewisFeb 13, 2023
@dangillmor Musk has been modelling Murdoch imo. He wants to be kingmaker. Scares the living daylights out of me.
Show thread@Ms_Ellen_FFeb 13, 2023
@dangillmor
March 15 is #LeaveTwitterDay. Spread the word.
#IdesOfMusk
Show threadJay Tea MoriartyFeb 15, 2023
@eftheflash @dangillmor this sounds great! Happy to spread the word. I've already left and never really used it or understood it to begin with.
Show thread🌲🧿 "Max"t💽d🏵️n 🔎🍄Feb 13, 2023
@dangillmor Fox "news" has "contributors"...we should start thinking of anyone staying on Twitter as a "Twitter contributor" aka fascist cog.
Show threaddiamiasFeb 13, 2023
@dangillmor show me your friends and I’ll tell you whom you are
Show threadBenderIsGreat34Feb 13, 2023
@dangillmor does Husk ever dress like a billionaire adult or nah?
Show threadMoriFeb 13, 2023
@dangillmor Poor liddle fellas must have itchy backs
Show threadItwasntmeFeb 14, 2023
@dangillmor They both know a lot about super bowels.
Show threadPaul ShreadFeb 14, 2023
@dangillmor deport them both
Show threadEconomics is ScienceFeb 14, 2023
@dangillmor Musk and Murdoch with all their friends. same vibe👇
Show threadJohanna's GardenFeb 14, 2023
@dangillmor I was trying to think recently when my opinion of Musk really sunk, and I saw a piece of a teaser for "Thirteen Lives" and quickly remembered that was it, when he called the cave diver "That pedo guy" because he thought Elon's idea wouldn't work and the rescue would require actual divers. "Not at his best" or whatever, there was no excuse for making that statement b/c of his ego.
Show threadenmodo ⚛️ 🧬 🇺🇦 🍉Feb 14, 2023
@JohannasGarden @dangillmor my opinion of him sank after I read a biography of him. He has a deeply fucked up childhood, spent his life perpetually just avoiding bankruptcy often with huge help from the government. I'd say creating Tesla and SpaceX are great achievements but that doesn't mean he's not a dick.
Show threadJohanna's GardenFeb 14, 2023

@enmodo @dangillmor Justine Musk, his first wife, is an intelligent and empathic woman. She wrote "I Was a Starter Wife" for Marie Claire, and has also referenced a number of articles, though I can't find them off the top of my head, about how the suddenly wealthy will usually decrease in empathy, especially for those who aren't wealthy, as their wealth increases.

https://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/a5380/millionaire-starter-wife/

"I Was a Starter Wife": Inside America's Messiest Divorce

In the middle of her headline-grabbing divorce settlement from Elon Musk, Justine Musk reveals the truth about her marriage.

Marie Claire
Show threadenmodo ⚛️ 🧬 🇺🇦 🍉Feb 15, 2023

@JohannasGarden interesting read, it definitely shows there's more to Elon than meets the eye - was the marriage just a transactional arrangement to him, to pop out babies? I've read there's probably another 10 lil' Musks out there not from wedlock...

After a lot of searching I finally found some references that suggested after the divorce appeal Justine got 10% of SpaceX and $80K a month. I wonder how Talulah faired after her two marriages to Elon?

Show threadJohanna's GardenFeb 20, 2023
@enmodo I suspect he's tried to make each successive wife/partner easier/cheaper to "fire", but I also suspect they get significant money, especially if they parent his children. He seems to want them available whenever he wants them, but not to have responsibility for them, other than financial, when he doesn't.
Show threadenmodo ⚛️ 🧬 🇺🇦 🍉Feb 21, 2023

@JohannasGarden maybe he should just be hiring a 24/7/365 escort(s). But no, I think he wants to feel loved and admired, if he is paying for it he will never feel that way.

Of course he could be in a relationship without being married, and we've heard stories that suggest he engages in polyamorous sexual encounters, so what's his hang up about getting married unless he just treats it as a transaction venture to keep someone around long enough to pop out some more Musks.

Show threadJohanna's GardenFeb 25, 2023
@enmodo Yup, he doesn't want to see it as transactional, yet he also sees himself as the most important person in the relationship and will bring that up when the partner doesn't do what he wants.
Show threadJohanna's GardenFeb 25, 2023
@enmodo This is reminding me of a bit of the first season of White Lotus. There was a line from the woman who had just married the wealthy guy that was something like, "I wasn't sure how much I was falling in love with you or with the sound of doors opening." I am quoting it wrong and making more of it than it was, but the "sound of doors opening" was in there.