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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 6:56 pm    Post subject:

You of course want to incentivize and reward innovation, productive risk taking and investment. The problem comes when you have generational wealth that provides heirs a context to use their inherited wealth to perpetuate it with or without true benefit to the society/economy. Somehow you want the benefit of that wealth (to some large degree) to repatriate into the system at some point so that it can reward those who continue to make those contributions.

The simplified version of that is a massive inheritance tax (even if you also allow for a very healthy amount to go to the heirs) for those who don't elect to give it away before they pass. That of course is rife with implementation issues. More fundamentally, it's a design problem in how wealth is stored.
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Twitter is a hot mess.

Twitter Sued by Fired Contractor for Failing to Give Notice (1)

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Twitter Inc., which fired thousands of employees since being bought by Elon Musk, was sued by a former contractor for failing to give proper notice, final pay and to reimburse his expenses.

Francisco Rodriguez was employed by Twitter through PRO Unlimited Inc, known as Magnit, and fired on Nov. 12, along with potentially 4,400 to 5,500 others, according to a complaint filed in San Francisco federal court Wednesday. Rodriguez is seeking to represent all those workers in a class-action lawsuit.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 7:45 pm    Post subject:

jodeke wrote:
Twitter is a hot mess.

Twitter Sued by Fired Contractor for Failing to Give Notice (1)

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Twitter Inc., which fired thousands of employees since being bought by Elon Musk, was sued by a former contractor for failing to give proper notice, final pay and to reimburse his expenses.

Francisco Rodriguez was employed by Twitter through PRO Unlimited Inc, known as Magnit, and fired on Nov. 12, along with potentially 4,400 to 5,500 others, according to a complaint filed in San Francisco federal court Wednesday. Rodriguez is seeking to represent all those workers in a class-action lawsuit.


By far the least of Elmo’s problems.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 8:28 pm    Post subject:

jodeke wrote:
Twitter is a hot mess.

Twitter Sued by Fired Contractor for Failing to Give Notice (1)

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Twitter Inc., which fired thousands of employees since being bought by Elon Musk, was sued by a former contractor for failing to give proper notice, final pay and to reimburse his expenses.

Francisco Rodriguez was employed by Twitter through PRO Unlimited Inc, known as Magnit, and fired on Nov. 12, along with potentially 4,400 to 5,500 others, according to a complaint filed in San Francisco federal court Wednesday. Rodriguez is seeking to represent all those workers in a class-action lawsuit.


The chaos is part of the plan to get the employees to quit.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:30 pm    Post subject:

Remember when Elon was admired for trying saving the world? Those days are long gone.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/twitter-reportedly-stopped-paying-rent-001050482.html
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 5:23 pm    Post subject:

Free speech absolutist bans Mastodon's twitter account.
https://www.cnet.com/news/social-media/twitter-suspends-account-encouraging-people-to-join-mastodon/
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 5:29 pm    Post subject:

He has also suspended Aaron Rupar's account and at least three more people working for CNN, Wash Post, and NY Times.

Edit: Keith Olbermann, too.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:16 pm    Post subject:

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Elon Musk starts banning critical journalists from Twitter

Twitter has suspended the accounts of several prominent reporters who cover Elon Musk, including Ryan Mac of The New York Times, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell, The Intercept’s Micha Lee, Mashable’s Matt Binder, Aaron Rupar, and Tony Webster.

The reporters who have been banned all seem to have recently tweeted about Musk’s attempts to crack down on the sharing of the whereabouts of his private jet. In an email to The Verge, Twitter’s head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, pointed to a policy update the company made yesterday prohibiting the sharing of “live location information, including information shared on Twitter directly or links to 3rd-party URL(s) of travel routes.”

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512004/elon-musk-starts-banning-critical-journalists-from-twitter
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:30 pm    Post subject:

Elmo Musky is a rich but weak POS.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:48 pm    Post subject:

CNN

(‘You can’t ban that’: Silicon Valley lawmaker reacts to Musk suspending accounts on Twitter)

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Silicon Valley’s Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna tells CNN’s Erin Burnett why he believes there needs to be consistency in Elon Musk’s decision to suspend accounts on Twitter and why Musk shouldn’t be the sole person to decide which accounts are banned.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 11:24 pm    Post subject:

Ever since Elon started spouting QAnon nonsense Tesla stock has been taking huge hits to its share price.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:51 am    Post subject:

DuncanIdaho wrote:
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Elon Musk starts banning critical journalists from Twitter

Twitter has suspended the accounts of several prominent reporters who cover Elon Musk, including Ryan Mac of The New York Times, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell, The Intercept’s Micha Lee, Mashable’s Matt Binder, Aaron Rupar, and Tony Webster.

The reporters who have been banned all seem to have recently tweeted about Musk’s attempts to crack down on the sharing of the whereabouts of his private jet. In an email to The Verge, Twitter’s head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, pointed to a policy update the company made yesterday prohibiting the sharing of “live location information, including information shared on Twitter directly or links to 3rd-party URL(s) of travel routes.”

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512004/elon-musk-starts-banning-critical-journalists-from-twitter


The journalists did *not* share his location -- that's a lie to cover his suspending journalists who covered him or were critical of him. The one account run by a young guy who tweeted publicly available locations of Elon's jet was suspended first. Okay, that one you can sort of understand. But the rest were pure thin-skinned BS.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:00 am    Post subject:

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Elmo Musky is a rich but weak POS.


He thinks he's entitled.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:55 am    Post subject:

ChefLinda wrote:
DuncanIdaho wrote:
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Elon Musk starts banning critical journalists from Twitter

Twitter has suspended the accounts of several prominent reporters who cover Elon Musk, including Ryan Mac of The New York Times, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell, The Intercept’s Micha Lee, Mashable’s Matt Binder, Aaron Rupar, and Tony Webster.

The reporters who have been banned all seem to have recently tweeted about Musk’s attempts to crack down on the sharing of the whereabouts of his private jet. In an email to The Verge, Twitter’s head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, pointed to a policy update the company made yesterday prohibiting the sharing of “live location information, including information shared on Twitter directly or links to 3rd-party URL(s) of travel routes.”

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512004/elon-musk-starts-banning-critical-journalists-from-twitter


The journalists did *not* share his location -- that's a lie to cover his suspending journalists who covered him or were critical of him. The one account run by a young guy who tweeted publicly available locations of Elon's jet was suspended first. Okay, that one you can sort of understand. But the rest were pure thin-skinned BS.


Yep, he's full of it. "Free speech" platform, eh?

Also I have 0 sympathy for these multi-millionaire/billionaires who complain about people following their private jet excursions and calling them out for it.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 12:47 pm    Post subject:

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ChefLinda wrote:
DuncanIdaho wrote:
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Elon Musk starts banning critical journalists from Twitter

Twitter has suspended the accounts of several prominent reporters who cover Elon Musk, including Ryan Mac of The New York Times, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell, The Intercept’s Micha Lee, Mashable’s Matt Binder, Aaron Rupar, and Tony Webster.

The reporters who have been banned all seem to have recently tweeted about Musk’s attempts to crack down on the sharing of the whereabouts of his private jet. In an email to The Verge, Twitter’s head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, pointed to a policy update the company made yesterday prohibiting the sharing of “live location information, including information shared on Twitter directly or links to 3rd-party URL(s) of travel routes.”

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512004/elon-musk-starts-banning-critical-journalists-from-twitter


The journalists did *not* share his location -- that's a lie to cover his suspending journalists who covered him or were critical of him. The one account run by a young guy who tweeted publicly available locations of Elon's jet was suspended first. Okay, that one you can sort of understand. But the rest were pure thin-skinned BS.


Yep, he's full of it. "Free speech" platform, eh?

Also I have 0 sympathy for these multi-millionaire/billionaires who complain about people following their private jet excursions and calling them out for it.


Must be nice to be able to lose $100 billion and still be rich as hell.

Musk has the many faces of Salmon P Chase protection.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 1:23 pm    Post subject:

He's still at it:

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BREAKING: Journalist Linette Lopez is suspended.

She has reported for years about Elon's dubious business practices at Tesla.

Her sources have previously been targeted by private spies hired by Musk.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:10 pm    Post subject:

The Elon Musk heel turn is just about complete. SpaceX and Tesla were his old toys that he got bored of. Twitter is his new shiny company that has all his attention now. He will probably use it for payback and vengeance against his perceived enemies. I wouldn't be surprised if his roles in SpaceX and Tesla become smaller and smaller over time.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 6:07 am    Post subject:

Looks like he caved to public pressure and reinstated most of the journalists.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 8:48 am    Post subject:

I wonder if Elon will eventually run for office.
Maybe he wants to be the next Trump?
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 10:45 am    Post subject:

lakersken80 wrote:
The Elon Musk heel turn is just about complete. SpaceX and Tesla were his old toys that he got bored of. Twitter is his new shiny company that has all his attention now. He will probably use it for payback and vengeance against his perceived enemies. I wouldn't be surprised if his roles in SpaceX and Tesla become smaller and smaller over time.


He hasn’t gotten bored with Space X, they are planning launches every 10 days next year and most of those are Star Link satellites.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 11:04 am    Post subject:

venturalakersfan wrote:
lakersken80 wrote:
The Elon Musk heel turn is just about complete. SpaceX and Tesla were his old toys that he got bored of. Twitter is his new shiny company that has all his attention now. He will probably use it for payback and vengeance against his perceived enemies. I wouldn't be surprised if his roles in SpaceX and Tesla become smaller and smaller over time.


He hasn’t gotten bored with Space X, they are planning launches every 10 days next year and most of those are Star Link satellites.


You mean his employees are working on the launches. He is over at Twitter and stealing SpaceX and Tesla employees trying to implement whatever changes he wants at Twitter. I would imagine an employee working on cool space stuff or EV's probably isn't too interested in doing social media stuff yet here we are.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 11:09 am    Post subject:

I don't know who's worse: Elmo Musky or his fanboys.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:10 pm    Post subject:

ChefLinda wrote:
Looks like he caved to public pressure and reinstated most of the journalists.


Musk reinstates suspended journalists after Twitter poll

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Several high-profile journalists who were suspended from Twitter on Thursday evening were reinstated early Saturday.

"The people have spoken," Elon Musk tweeted.

Twitter users voted in a poll posted by Musk to reinstate the accounts, which were cut off without warning. The social media platform's new owner has recently used Twitter polls for several high-profile decisions including the reinstatement of former President Donald Trump’s account.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:45 pm    Post subject:

FernieBee wrote:
I don't know who's worse: Elmo Musky or his fanboys.



Probably his new QAnon friends.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 3:46 pm    Post subject:

kikanga wrote:
I wonder if Elon will eventually run for office.
Maybe he wants to be the next Trump?


Is he ineligible since he was born in South Africa?
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