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Tarn - mutual eye-rolling's avatar

Apropos de rien, Muskrat has same face shape as Nicola Willis.

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Richard Seager's avatar

Nicola if memory serves me correctly has been one of the few MPs in the NZ parliament to show some signs of supporting women.

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Tarn - mutual eye-rolling's avatar

She's quite tough, likely to go far. PM.

Good speaker, fluent in Maori.

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

now that he bought Twitter, I hope he also buys Paypal. They keep on banning people I want to support !

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Tarn - mutual eye-rolling's avatar

Perhaps he can buy the NZ government. He could get around that they are already bought.

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Richard Seager's avatar

They've banned the NZ me (must have been on Jacinda's demands) but not the AU me. They must be suspicious though as they've asked me for more details.

They havn't figured out that there's a UK and FR me yet.

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Tarn - mutual eye-rolling's avatar

Shsh (is that how it's spelled).

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Richard Seager's avatar

The message from eBay is like a wet dream for Twitter. Something along the lines of you're banned, we don't have to give a reason and any attempts to circumvent this ban will result in the death of you and your family. Paraphrasing of course.

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

Smart ! ROFL you outsmarted them !

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Richard Seager's avatar

A different browser for each country. I might have to move to Cube so that I have a different sandbox for each country. And hack my MAC address.

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kitten seeking answers's avatar

yeah... Elon’s Twitter will lure everyone into the digital cage with the ‘free speech’ bait and when the door slams behind you, well, say goodbye to way more than just ‘free speech’...

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Tarn - mutual eye-rolling's avatar

Yes, KSA. Gives everyone a chance to expose themselves, not seeing the trap.

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Barry O'Kenyan's avatar

Yes!

Does anyone seriously think he got this rich by being "independent"? "They" allow no one to become rich and/or influential without their consent. No one.

I understand Elon does business with the USA and other govts....

Most people have short memories and are easily played.

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Richard Seager's avatar

He's done well but he was given hand-ups that he has yet to acknowledge. Maybe he's convinced himself that it isn't so, who knows. He does seem to have illogical positions on x.com & paypal.

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Tarn - mutual eye-rolling's avatar

Cashing in on the old idea of meritocracy.

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Richard Seager's avatar

somebody is, yes.

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Barry O'Kenyan's avatar

I don't care. They are big boys. I don't care if Elon's net worth turns into his name - Musk.

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Richard Seager's avatar

1. I don't want a billion EVs on the world's roads. Imagine the resource hogging that will require.

2. Tesla is overvalued and its cars are overpriced, like all EVs are.

3. His boring tunnels are obviously gated roads. Designed for elites to avoid the plebs. The plebs will be insecure in casual work that doesn't cover the bills. Obviously no mortgages.

4. His little robots fixing up Alzheimers in your blood stream do not, as everyone may have noticed, meet with approval. In fact they're a criminal enterprize that needs to be shut down.

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Barry O'Kenyan's avatar

I agree with all four.

I am glad you have not been musked - or masked? - into believing him.

(I wonder about the connection between Musk and mask....?)

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Richard Seager's avatar

Give him a mask full of musk and send him out into the forest.

This whole "contrarians with blueticks"- 'look we're back on Twitter' has a feel of scripting to me.

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