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.
And now for a message from WWF……………..
Protect our Wildlife
Comcast Xfinity has a new building!
Branding. It’s everything!
Nice, I guess, when corruption is your thing!
https://www.propublica.org/article/harlan-crow-slashed-tax-bill-clarence-thomas-superyacht
Here's one weird trick that billionaires don't want you to know:
Join your union.
#GeneralStrike #WGAStrong #WGASTRIKE #UnionStrong #SAGAFTRAstrong #SAGAFTRA
Not only will #Threads not be launching in the EU (presumably because it'll be sucking up so much personal data that they can't make it GDPR compliant), but now the The European Court of Justice has agreed with Germany’s anti-cartel watchdog that Meta can't share harvested personal data between Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. That ruling will also apply to Threads.
A great day for consumer protections.
https://www.thelocal.com/20230704/eu-court-deals-blow-to-meta-in-german-data-case/ #Meta