LaffyJul 30, 2023

The inevitable, dangerous X factor. 1/...🧵in part, via David Frum:

NYT reports that Elon #Musk personally thwarted a #Ukraine military operation he disapproved of.

At this point, Musk's interference to thwart Ukraine battle plans is not any kind of economic action. It is an assertion of a personal foreign policy, in defiance of the United States, whose citizenship he sought and to which he swore loyalty in 2002.

https://t.co/7hWGMBKo5j

With Starlink, Elon Musk’s Satellite Dominance Is Raising Global Alarms

The tech billionaire has become the dominant power in satellite internet technology. The ways he is wielding that influence are raising global alarms.

The New York Times
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@GottaLaff

He’s right but the bigger question is why all this wasn’t evaluated long ago? Instead, we opened the big double doors of privatization and gave him unfettered and unregulated access and operations to one of our most critical sectors!

And here we are!

Jul 30, 2023 at 8:15pmWeb