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A couple of weeks ago we noted that, after Elon Musk had essentially branded it as government propaganda, the US'ian National Public Radio network decided to leave the modern dayMy Space....errrr....Twitter platform.
Now it would appear that the good Mr. Musk has decided to strike back:
And why would Mr. Musk do such a thing?
Well...
Is it possible that this is a mob boss-type shot across the bow in which his Muskness is letting other big media users of his failing platform know that it sure would be a shame if something bad were to happen to their good name when he sells their account to the highest grift bidder?
A couple of weeks ago we noted that, after Elon Musk had essentially branded it as government propaganda, the US'ian National Public Radio network decided to leave the modern day
Now it would appear that the good Mr. Musk has decided to strike back:
Elon Musk has threatened to reassign NPR's Twitter account to "another company."
In a series of emails sent to this reporter (NPR's Bobby Allyn), Musk said he would transfer the network's main account on Twitter, under the @NPR handle, to another organization or person. The idea shocked even longtime observers of Musk's spur-of-the-moment and erratic leadership style...
And why would Mr. Musk do such a thing?
Well...
Is it possible that this is a mob boss-type shot across the bow in which his Muskness is letting other big media users of his failing platform know that it sure would be a shame if something bad were to happen to their good name when he sells their account to the highest grift bidder?
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One can only wonder if an underlying reason that Twitter under Mr. Musk is tanking has something to do with the fact that, unlike his other endeavours, the little blue bird is neither heavily subsidized by the government nor monetarily supported by massive government contracts...
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8 comments:
Musk is simply attempting to black mail a customer to come back. He needs them more than they need him. If this is a warning shot, then let it go by. He can't hit all of the other companies who may disagree with him and leave. Once they are gone, so is the money. Musk has most likely gotten by on his press releases and publicity. However by buying twitter, he has to actually run a business and it appears he is not up to it.
It would be interesting to know how well Telsa would be doing if their car sales were not subsidized by government for the buyer. I've read a lot of the money Telsa makes is not from the sale of cars but the carbon trades they make.
Given Musk's personality, as we are seeing in the media, we can anticipate he won't be in business long with his latest business. They have a twit running Twitter and that never turns out well.
I don't know why, but upon reading 'Muskness' my first thought was of my childhood's Three MUSKeteers: D'Artagnan, Porthos, Aramis; and Athos (real quality). And then 'Mickey Mouse' of the Three Mouseketeers, but, of course, there's the 'not of high quality mickey-mouse-factor'.
The Muskness factor: intentionally crashing a billion dollar rocket just to see if everything is working properly.
Musk is a modern day huckster, who has lucked out making money.
His Hyperloop MAGLEV in a vacuum train is nothing more than the old atmospheric railway craze back in the 1840's. On paper it looks good, but in practice it is a horror show. You are traveling literally in a can in a Vacuum and if it stops for any reason how can you get out? Short of using a hollow charge, you can't. But literally billions of dollars from gullible politicians has kept this grift alive. it is something akin to our SkyTrain light metro system, shunned by everyone else, our local politicians spend massive amounts of money to build more.
In fact Vancouver is the only city in the world extending the damn thing and only seven have been built but with but with two being sold by bribing politicians in Korea and Malaysia and the US government refusing subsidies for any city contemplating building with it because it is so poorly designed and built, the system is radio active for most planners.
As i have said before, twitter is for twits and everyone should abandon it en mass!
Just got back from Bangkok. Lots of SkyTrain expansion going on there. Just so you know...
Gordie, that isn't our Skytrain, it is Siemens light metro and not a proprietary ALRT/ART/MALM system used in Vancouver.
Lavalin went Bankrupt trying to build a renamed ALRT system there and instead, Siemens built their own railway.
The confusion is that many elevated transit systems call themselves Skytrain and the name SkyTrain in Vancouver was a name chosen in a radio contest.
The Expo Line was the ALRT version and the Millennium Line the ART version.
The last name Bombardier used for the trains was Movia Automatic Light metro or MALM.
also Bombardier and SNC lavalin (the patent holders)bribed politicians, including the prime minister to build with the the mini-metro, with on going court cases.
From my research, the copyrighted name for SkyTrain is with a Brazilian company, calling their proprietary railway SkyTrain and has absolutely no relation to ours!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTS_Skytrain
The metro population of Bangkok is in excess of 14 million and because the city is at sea level, an elevated rapid transit system is the only affordable way to go.
TransLink loves the confusion because the mainstream media is too lazy to report accurately.
Vancouver's SkyTrain light metro system comprises of a conventional railway (Canada line) and an unconventional, proprietary railway (Expo & Millennium lines) which operate vehicles now owned by Alstom. the Alstom MALM vehicles are not compatible with any other railway except the small family of 7 systems (soon to be 5).
As the system is known as the BTS system with skyTrain being a nickname of sorts.
Both Bangkok and Vancouver operate light metro systems, with two lines in Vancouver operating an unconventional proprietary MALM system.
I must make an amendment. Bombardier and SNC Lavalin bribed politician in Malaysia to build with ART.
https://www.railforthevalley.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=24703&action=edit
Lavalin went Bankrupt trying to build ALM (renamed ALRT) in Bangkok
By the way, Bombardier bribed politicians with "success" fees to build a ART (SkyTrain) system in Korea.
https://www.railforthevalley.com/latest-news/zweisystem/the-ever-line-skytrain-revisited-the-legacy/
And in my befuddled mind I sent the wrong link for Malaysia.
https://www.railforthevalley.com/latest-news/zweisystem/kuala-lumpor-skytrain-revisted-the-legacy-of-coruption-continues/
Thanks to both Gordie and EE for a good discussion on Sky (not) Sky Trains!
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