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Welcome to hell, Elon by Nilay Patel (The Verge)

You break it, you buy it.

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If pundits are right about a GOP sweep, there will be much talk about Democrats’ messaging. But it’s hard to see how an electorate opting for election deniers, frauds like Vance and Lake, the kitty litter guy and Walker is amenable to messaging. Maybe we’re just a broken country.
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) November 8, 2022

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leave twitter or stay, up to you. what i’m not going to do is read an essay about it
— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) November 8, 2022

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it’s so rude how they judge him by the things he does and says rather than by idk the vibes some random guy gets https://t.co/V6oBRirJpz
— Jort-Michel Connard (occasionally parody) (@torriangray) November 8, 2022

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Hynek Schlawack (@hynek@mastodon.social) (Mastodon)

I was pondering the fact that 90% of my TL is people saying how great Mastodon is, but then I opened the birdsite and 90% of my TL there is how much Elmo sucks so I guess we’re just in unprecedented times again and it’s time to enjoy the ride.

In the end, I’m pretty sure by tonight I’ll wish back the drama about which social network is best and how many brain cells billionaires have. #midterms

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https://phpc.social/@syntaxseed/109308412831528080 by

SyntaxSeed (Sherri W.) (Mastodon)

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If you "don't care about politics", understand that this is a luxury you've had because your country is safe enough, where you have rights & opportunities & supportive services & a community that respects you.
This can change.
You don't have to *like* politics. But it's time ...

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This whole thing is just a jaw-dropping read. I would delight in the schadenfreude of watching this guy show his whole charlatan ass to the world in real time, but there’s so much REAL loss happening for NO fucking reason other than the ego of a small man with too much money. https://t.co/1ZlDEUwwHs
— Rob Sheridan (Parody) (@rob_sheridan) November 8, 2022

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Musk discusses putting all of Twitter behind a paywall by Casey Newton (Platformer)

Will he go through with it? PLUS: Botched layoffs, how the new Blue could lose money, and more

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Here’s how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks (MIT Technology Review)

One Twitter insider says the company’s current staffing isn’t able to sustain the platform.

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Elon Musk Is Bad at This by Charlie Warzel (theatlantic.com)

The Musk era of Twitter has so far been defined by unhinged tweets, fleeing advertisers, and botched layoffs.