X revokes paid blue check from United Auto Workers after strike called::After a report called out Musk’s union-busting, UAW’s blue check got reinstated.

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So much for free speech

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At this point we just need a large compiled list of every instance of it. There’s so much that I can’t think of an example right away.

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Still not what free speech means.

But baby trust fund dipshit is begging to get sued again.

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It’s not what free speech means, but they’re using his own words against him. Of course we clearly can’t expect any consistency from conservatives, “free speech for me” etc.

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There’s so much room for fascist activities!

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2 points

Did we just become best friends?

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Musk is not so absolutist after all.

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I wouldn’t say that. He’s always been an absolute piece of shit.

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Lol I didn’t see that coming!!

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I wonder why the guy who bought Tesla might not want the UAW represented on the platform he bought? I can’t think of why that might be

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In completely unrelated related news:

One of the things their talking about is an increase for workers who deal with electric batteries…

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I just hope it gives them ideas. fingers crossed

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Ah, the “free speech absolutist” doing completely free speech stuff.

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Just as much of a Musk hater as the rest of them, but this was posted elsewhere. UAW changed their profile photo at the same time they announced the strike, which triggered the flag on the account. Apparently this is standard with all verified accounts until the photo can be reviewed.

Anywho, fuck Elon Musk!

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From the original Intercept article:

This article was updated to include information about a Twitter policy to temporarily remove checkmarks from verified accounts that change their profile pictures. Twitter offered only an auto-response to The Intercept’s request for comment ahead of publication. The article was previously updated to note that Twitter restored UAW’s Twitter verification after publication.

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So, a non-article by somebody who didn’t do their research and has already resolved itself. Got it!

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Twitter refused to comment prior to the article, Twitter changes their policies like most of us change our underwear, and Twitter is will known to making capricious and spiteful decisions (see also delaying links to domains they don’t like).

Yes, how could anyone be so rude to jump to such conclusions /s

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It might be fairer to say the journalists jumped conclusions. But the not doing research part may be accurate.

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Twitter offered only an auto-response to The Intercept’s request for comment ahead of publication.

By this, they mean that any media questions to Twitter get auto-responded to with the poop emoji. Because Musk is a child.

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Elon is a big bag of dicks, but it looks like Twitter is no longer replying with poop emojis. From the linked article:

To a request for comment, X only sent Ars an auto-response, saying, “Busy now, please check back later.”

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Jesus, you people really are obsessed with trans people’s genitals.

Not even on topic and you still manage to chat about them. That’s not normal.

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Elon Musk is an incompetent sociopathic scammer who got very lucky.

He is not a great engineer, he’s a dumbass who got fired from his own company for being incompetent. When the company was bought he raked in the cash from the shares he had, that’s all. All his “great ideas” are face palmingly stupid.

He’s petty and vengeful. When rescuers were risking their lives getting kids out of a cave denied his stupid idea, he called them a pedophile just because fuck you. That is musk in a nutshell.

He doesn’t give a shit about anything or anybody but himself. He forces people to work in near slave like conditions. Do it or get fired and lose your house, or maybe deported. Unions? Fuck your unions, here is a chain lulz.

He. Lies. About. Everything. Probably the only person worse than Trump when it comes to continuous lying. Every promise he made is bullshit. Tesla will… nope.

He was the bright light behind the decision not to use flame diverters (standard tech from the 60’s) when his next SpaceX toy was launched, because it would take too much time to build and it would not be needed… a decision which utterly obliterated the launch platform, pelted even cars on a parking lot 5 kilometers away and polluted the entire surroundings. All because he needs to show the world how big his dick is. Then when the rocket blew up over Mexican territory (nice self destruct that didn’t even work) everyone cheered because rockets… should… Blow up? Oh yeah, that was by design. WTF?

And as always, he just laughs it off and his fans laugh with him because “it’s Elon man, he’s cool! He walked in to Twitter with a kitchen sink!” And then proceeded to run the company he paid twice too much for into the ground, it now being worth, what? 30% from what he paid? So like 15% from what it was actually worth? From the second he started he just did the stupid. Firing so many people without even checking if they were needed, causing people to be locked in the buildings, the blue check mark scandal… twitter (not X) is a shit show and will be bankrupt very soon as muskie won’t be able to afford to pay back the billions he had to borrow for his little toy.

Fuck everything about this guy, may he step on a Lego every day he gets out of bed.

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Right with ya, but I’m not seeing any of his fans online. Nada. I’m pretty sure they’re all but gone or deep in hiding.

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I think you wouldn’t find them on Lemmy, it’s kind of an echo chamber here. I have a bunch of family that has Teslas and plans to get more Teslas because they’re “cool” and they either don’t care that Elon is behind it, or think he’s some kind of hero.

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What do you mean by “… twitter (not x) is a shit show …”?

In April, Twitter merged into X Corp. and Twitter, Inc. ceased to exist. So I’m not sure if there’s some legal point you’re trying to make.

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Musk deadnames his own child

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Fuck that x bullshit.

It’s not a legal pointe, it’s me refusing to dance to his bullshit fiddle. It’s why I dropped twitter ,(not x) completely

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He can shove that X right up his autistic asshole.

Elon can go fuck himself, but don’t use autism as an insult, ever.

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I don’t understand this. It’s literally not Twitter anymore.

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