Elon Musk takes over Twitter

Insert Teresa Earnhardt joke.

 

One helluve thread.

 

I'm tired of the grandstanding.

Feel l like quitting Twitter? Fine. Quit. I don't need an opus on why you decided to do it.

 

Performative, sure. OTOH, if you were the Director for Civic Integrity before Elon bought the company, you're going to have a certain perspective on the changes since.

 

It’s not a got dam airport, no need to announce your departure.

 

258 pages in this thread. People are interested in the goings on at former Twitter.

 

Elon Musk Going 'Absolutely Hardcore' With Tesla Layoffs

 

UAW, take note.

 

Megalomaniac or MAGAlomaniac -- is there a difference?

He added that, beginning at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, he will ask any executive “who retains more than three people who don’t obviously pass the excellent, necessary and trustworthy test” to resign.

 

There are zero true copy editors employed anywhere.

 

Musk just slashed Tesla’s Supercharger team. What does that mean for America’s EV network?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/04/climate/elon-tesla-charging-network-impact/index.html

The news this week that Elon Musk laid off Tesla’s entire Supercharger team sent shockwaves of uncertainty through the industry tasked with building America’s new network of EV chargers.

A fast and reliable charging network is an essential ingredient in getting more people to switch from gas-powered vehicles to electric, and some early types of chargers proved less than dependable. Tesla had a superior charging network long before President Joe Biden set an ambitious goal to install half a million stations around the US by the end of the decade.

Until recently, Tesla played a central role in that plan. Many EV experts and drivers think Tesla’s chargers are fast and reliable, so much so that other car companies are adapting their charging plugs to fit Tesla’s system.

Tesla has been awarded more federal contracts for charging stations than any other company – $28 million-worth – which comprises about 14% of the total awards, according to data from EVAdoption, a data consulting firm. But with Musk firing the entire Supercharger team as part of broader company cost-cutting, it’s unclear whether Tesla will be able to complete the work, or if the contracts will ultimately get awarded to other companies.

 

My 180 degree change from Tesla fanboi in the first few pages of this thread is now complete as I post this with glee…

Hundreds of Teslas Pile Up in the Parking Lot of a Shopping Mall Soon To Be Demolished