Elon Musk

Cesspool or Civility? Elon Musk's Twitter At A Crossroads The discourse was never all that civil on Twitter . The loudest voices have often drowned out softer, more nuanced takes. After all, it's much easier to rage-tweet at a perceived enemy than to seek common ground, whether the argument is about transgender kids or baseball. In the chaos that has enveloped Twitter the platform — and Twitter the company — since Elon Musk took over, it has become clear this isn't changing anytime soon. In fact, it's likely to get much worse before it gets better — if it gets better at all. Musk, with his band of tech industry loyalists, arrived at Twitter just over a week ago ready to tear down the blue bird's nest and rebuild it in his vision with breakneck speed. He quickly fired top executives and the board of directors, installed himself as the company's sole director (for now) and declared himself “Chief Twit,” then “Twitter Complaint Hotline Operator” on his bio. On F...

Elon Musk tweets conspiracy theory about Pelosi attack Tesla CEO links to an unsubstantiated article about Nancy Pelosi’s husband before deleting his post. Elon Musk is proposing to proceed with his original $44bn bid to take Twitter [File: Mike Blake/Reuters] Published On 31 Oct 2022 31 Oct 2022 Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, tweeted an article containing a conspiracy theory about the attack on United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul before deleting the post hours later. Musk’s tweet on Sunday linked to an article making unsubstantiated claims about Paul Pelosi’s personal life and the role it may have played in last week’s attack at the home he shares with his wife in San Francisco. KEEP READING list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Meta, Twitter bust ‘deceptive’ pro-US influence campaign: report list 2 of 4 Fears for China’s Twitter users after ethical ‘compromise’ claims list 3 of 4 Twitter whistleblower raises security concerns before US Congress list 4 of 4 Twitter says it ...

Ukrainians are dreading the ‘darkest winter’ as Russia takes aim at the power grid By  Ivana Kottasová ,  Olga Voitovych  and  Nic Robertson , CNN Published 8:42 PM EDT, Fri October 28, 2022 Video Ad Feedback CNN reporter walks through Ukrainian power plant at risk of another Russian attack 02:52  - Source:  CNN Kyiv, Ukraine CNN  —  As  winter edges ever closer  in Ukraine, Alla Melnychuk and her neighbors are racing against the time to save what little they have left. Their apartment building in  Irpin  was hit during some of the heaviest  fighting  in March. Most of the windows are still shattered, the roof is gone and the sewer shafts have burned down, meaning there’s no water supply and no sewage outlet. Heavy rains in September caused even more damage, but Melnychuk is determined to push ahead with the repairs. “I still plan to spend the winter in Irpin,” she told CNN. Ad feedback Melnychuk, her husband and thei...