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Twisty Twitter Saga

Billionaire Elon Musks's already Byzantine dealings with Twitter have taken another twist. Twitter's shareholders have officially voted to approve Elon Musk's $44 billion bid, allowing the board to take the company private if it can force the billionaire to uphold his deal in the upcoming trial. The shareholders met for…
September 14, 20223 Comments
Musk Twitter Ruling

Phase 4

The Elon Musk-Twitter court battle is unfolding as Musk anticipated, now that the judge has enacted phase 4 of the billionaire's plan. A judge on Monday ruled that Twitter must turn over documents from a former executive that would show how many ‘fake accounts’ are on the platform. “Twitter needs…
August 16, 2022
Musk Stock

The Selloff

One month after Twitter announced a suit to force Elon Musk to buy them - after fighting to keep him from buying them - a second major sellof of Tesla stock hints that Musk's deal may close after all. Elon Musk sold more than $6.9 billion in Tesla shares, according…
August 11, 2022
nerd

Nerdocracy

Anyone who's been paying attention knows that the entertainment industry is now the Death Cult's propaganda organ. The more astute observers know that the subversion of Hollywood started decades ago. The movie, music, and game industries aren't alone in their anti-evangelism for the new civic religion. Almost every major corporation…
July 21, 202210 Comments
HAL Internet

The Internet of Shit

If you wanted to pinpoint the most bugmannish idea ever - a concept so technofetishistic, decadent, and pointless as to be a self-contained definition of bugmanism, you'd have to go a long way to beat "the Internet of Things." The notion of hooking everything up to the internet lacks even…
July 14, 202214 Comments
Musk Laugh

The Power to Walk Away

That's the ultimate bargaining power, as Elon Musk demonstrates. Elon Musk responded to the latest major development in his ongoing feud with Twitter early Monday morning – tweeting out a meme of him laughing after Twitter reportedly lawyered up to sue him for moving to drop his $44 billion takeover…
July 11, 20227 Comments
MineCraftBan

GamerGate 2?

Big Tech is about to repeat a big mistake. Microsoft has actively sought to increase its control of privately owned Minecraft servers since it acquired the game in 2014. Last month, the tech giant began cryptographically tying messages to accounts, setting the stage for universal moderation. In the upcoming 1.19.1…
June 28, 202228 Comments
Musk Buck

Fifteen Bucks

A month after billionaire Elon Musk declared his pending bid to buy Twitter "on hold," the social media company has taken a major step that may have sealed the deal. The board of directors of Twitter on Tuesday unanimously recommended that shareholders approve Elon Musk’s proposed deal to acquire the…
June 23, 20221 Comment
Cult Dome

The Cult of Google

For a while now, I've been shedding light on how most cultural and economic institutions, including Big Tech, subscribe to a cult mentality. If the allegations made in a recent lawsuit are to be believed, Google in particular is being taken over by an actual cult. A pretentious and problematic…
June 22, 20227 Comments
MuskVsTwitter

Musk v Twitter: The Plot Thickens

Just when Elon Musk's Twitter saga seemed to be slowing down, the state of Texas throws its hat in the ring to liven up the proceedings. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday he is investigating Twitter over its reporting of how many accounts on the platform are from bots…
June 9, 20227 Comments