Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
At this point, serious questions have to be asked about Michael Oliver. I'll start: is he biased, corrupt or just utterly incompetent?
And if PGMOL attempt to defend that decision, they might as well declare that they're not fit for purpose.
The road to fascism is paved with centrists screaming “he can’t do that because of the law”
Picture of the Tesla gigafactory in Berlin with Elon Musk projected and the words Heil Tesla
Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin
(Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )
Will say this for Elon’s salute. Working in sports journalism 100% prepares you for just how much people are willing to not see what happens in front of them, despite clear video evidence, when incentivized by prior emotional and ideological commitments.
I'm writing this with a heavy heart and no small amount of fear. As a former X (formerly Twitter) employee on an H1B visa, I can't reveal my identity without risking everything, but I can't stay silent any longer about what I saw and was made to do. When Elon Musk took over, everything changed. What started as a social media company became something much darker. I was part of a team that was directly ordered to manipulate Twitter's systems to influence the 2024 US presidential election. It wasn't subtle, and it wasn't ethical. We completely changed how the algorithm worked, pushing pro-Trump and right-wing posts to the top of people's feeds. To make it look balanced, we also boosted some left-wing critics of Democrats, but it was all carefully calculated. These changes didn't just affect Americans - they impacted users worldwide. One of the most disturbing things we did was create thousands of fake accounts using advanced AI systems called Grok and Eliza. These accounts looked completely real and pushed political messages that spread like wildfire. Havn't you noticed they all disappeared? Like magic. We also knowingly allowed foreign governments to manipulate the platform. State-backed groups from Israel, Iran, and Russia were running their own influence campaigns, and because their goals aligned with ours, we looked the other way. Even when they clearly broke the rules, we didn't stop them.
Perhaps the most unethical part was how we manufactured news stories. One team would write completely fake articles, while another team would artificially boost their engagement metrics to make them go viral. We specifically targeted certain groups of people, knowing exactly how to manipulate their views and emotions. The moderation team became a tool for our agenda. We systematically silenced anyone who got in our way, enforcing the rules when it suited us and ignoring them when it didn't. Elon Musk himself was deeply involved in these decisions, often joking about being "Black Hat MAGA." What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations. The damage we've done is immeasurable, and I don't know if it can ever be fixed. People don't know what's real anymore, and that's exactly what we wanted. The pilot program for the Eliza AI Agent, was election interference. Eliza was release officially in October of 2024, but we had access to it before then thanks to Marc Andreessen. I'm terrified to be writing this, but I had to speak up. I just hope that someone with the power to do something about this sees this letter. You'll know what i’m saying is the truth by Elon's actions to the news someone spoke out. For more evidence look at the docs of Eliza AI Agent software. We left bread crumbs. Yours sincerely, A former employee who can't sleep at night.
Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference, a letter from an alleged X whistleblower.
"What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations."
theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
Fuck. Off. Nevermind being sick of going there, this' the worst news around atm. We need a summer off to reset, give players the rest they need and the coach the time he needs on the training ground to install his system. Fuck doing the PL's legwork while they secretly let Chelsea/City off the hook.
Well, according to the NYT it was controversial.. Not to devalue the significance here, but feels a bit like last weekend's discourse trying to reason with Arsenal fan about that handball. It's literally right there, just use your eyes lads.
I wrote this in June 2023 a year or so after I tried to get mainstream outlets to cover the story.
Haven’t been this angry about the collective failure of our society to properly address antisemitism in quite a while.
“The New York Times went with ‘Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture.’ The Washington Post opted for ‘Elon Musk gives exuberant speech at inauguration.’ Some local TV stations even cut their footage right before the first and most obvious salute.”
A screenshot of the Die Zeit website. It is a photo of Musk in black and white doing the Hitler “seig heil” salute - but the actual salute is blocked out by blue material on the left hand side of the photo. The headline is underneath.
A paper that understands its responsibility, in a country that knows it when it sees it.
Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was.
Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”
The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
Mm, did he not just quite clearly mean he'll play similar principles as Tot but just in a different system to theirs?
UK WRITERS: You need to fill in this consulation. Govt is very clearly looking to an opt-out model of rights licensing that puts all the burden on creators instead of profiteers. It's long and boring but this is important.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
If you want to use my music to train AI digestive systems to excrete their 'creations', ask me if I want to opt in, don't tell me I have to opt out.
Well this idea can get to fuck. Instead of creators having to opt out how about tech companies paying for copyrighted material instead!
bsky.app/profile/theg...
Raised in that cheaty corrupted culture 😋
As an aside, do you reckon De Ligt isn’t too nervy on the ball to fit Amorim/(maybe even modern football)? Reminds me of Smalling, great defender but can’t afford to have someone in the 11 that isn’t contributing to build up almost at all
I don’t mean this to make light of any of it, but profiteering off war isn’t anything new. Peaked quite some time ago
Onana been largely fantastic this season, but blimey when he losses a bit of confidence the wheel come completely off
The number of people killed in Zaporizhzhia due to yesterday's #Russian strike has risen to six, the State Emergency Service reports. At least 22 people got injured. Emergency rescue operations continue.
📷: Suspilne Zaporizhzhia
Does look like an Ashcroft as much as he is Ashworth tbf 😋
In images I never thought I would see in my lifetime, the revolutionary Syrian flag is being raised at the Syrian embassy in MOSCOW.
Few things explain the scale of Russia’s military and strategic defeat in Syria more than this.
Corrupt prick
As a major aside, what's Owen Hargreaves got to do with any of it? 😅
Against the backdrop of the recent ticket price hikes at United, I’d love to know how much it’s costing for Dan Ashworth to leave the club after *5 months*
INEOS first 10 months at #MUFC
- Extend ETH contract & sack him, costing £millions
- Appoint Ashworth & sack him, costing £millions
- Unprecedented ticket price rise
- Mass redundancies
- Overseeing worst on-field results since 1980s (28 league games, 35 points from takeover)
