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James Gleick | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Elon Musk secretly used control of his Starlink network to cripple a Ukrainian military operation while it was under way, in defiance of American foreign policy.

He is an oligarch working against U.S. interests, benefitting his fellow oligarchs in Russia. His biographer seems to think this is just Musk being Musk, quirky and idiosyncratic.

#Musk #Ukraine

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink
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b822afa5 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @58fbd252
We should nationalize Starlink immediately.
@319b2e4f
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2e6eada9 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @58fbd252 reading that, it looks like his companies are rotten from the head down.
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d491efdc | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @58fbd252 

"His biographer seems to think this is just Musk being Musk, quirky and idiosyncratic."

Yeah, maybe he'll be idiosyncratic and quirky enough to remotely control Teslas to speed up and change lanes on a crowded freeway.

You know, to see what happens.
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0d0bce1a | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @58fbd252 what's the difference between an "oligarch" and a run of the mill western billionaire like Ruport Murdoch or the Koch's?
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8f771369 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @58fbd252 Starlink needs to be nationalized.
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Dan Gillmor | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @58fbd252 His biographer served as a sounding board for this decision -- and withheld information the public should have known at the time, in order to keep it "fresh" for the book. Reprehensible on so many levels.
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7bdd3ec2 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @58fbd252 Ever since he carried that sink into twitter you could see that he was an idiot.