Randahl FinkFeb 23

In the age of disinformation, this is the most important episode of Last Week Tonight yet.

John Oliver uncovers how Elon Musk took over Twitter and began funding accounts who spread disinformation, creating movements that cause serious trouble in the real world based on Twitter falsehoods — even causing the Trump regime to launch security operations based on conspiracy theories invented by random Twitter users.

https://youtu.be/p7ZG_xWYLzI?si=h_sQbBJzmI7rTqXF

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Show threadHiker Geek 🌲💻🌲

@randahl

I happened to be watching it as your post came up in my feed.

I'd be interested in a poll as to whether people think the service is called X or Twitter. Twitter as far as I'm concerned.

It's run by a twit after all.

Feb 23 at 3:24pmWeb
Show threadRon BowesFeb 23
@HikerGeek @randahl I'm okay calling it "x", because I have some good memories of people and events on Twitter, and those are all gone and destroyed. Now it's something new and worse
Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShellFeb 23

@HikerGeek @randahl

Xitter is the best of both worlds

Show threadskaphleFeb 23
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @HikerGeek @randahl Yep and the correct pronunciation is "shitter", don't let anyone tell you otherwise.