Populist, far-right, anti-immigration AfD wins vote in eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. Plus, 50 years since The Muppet Show first hit our screens Martin Belam Mon 7 Sep 2026 (TheGuardian.com) Prefer the Guardian on Google Good morning. A far-right leader who has won an important state election in Germany has thanked Elon… Continue reading
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a state banquet hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on May 14, 2026 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) “Come with me on a reporting trip,” said New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. “You’ll see the… Continue reading
Elon Musk and the rise of reactionary Big Tech (and big money) politics FRAMELAB FEB 12, 2024 (theframelab.org) by Gil Duran | FrameLab It has become impossible to ignore Silicon Valley’s big shift toward authoritarian politics. Last year, we wrote about how Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter was an effort… Continue reading
December 1, 2023 (newsletter@insider.com) Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images The big story X doesn’t mark the spot Is this the end of X? The website formerly known as Twitter seems like it’s on life support these days. You’ve probably heard that multiple times since billionaire Elon Musk took over, but the walls are… Continue reading
17 NOVEMBER 2023/BUSINESS & TECH/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) Elon Musk can’t help himself when it comes to tweeting, and his opinions on many matters are gross and/or deeply misguided, and thus him owning Twitter and taking all the guardrails off it has come back to bite him yet again. We now… Continue reading
By Alex Shultz Nov 1, 2023 (SFGate.com) FILE: Elon Musk speaks with members of the media during day one of the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park on November 01, 2023 in Bletchley, England. Leon Neal/Getty Images In July 2022, Elon Musk tried to renege on purchasing Twitter for $44 billion. Anxious to finalize a deal with… Continue reading
27 OCTOBER 2023/BUSINESS & TECH/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) Whatever Elon Musk’s ultimate vision for the platform he and almost no one else calls X may be, it is still slow to take shape, and one year into his tenure at the company, the results of his leadership aren’t great. A New York… Continue reading
This video grab taken from a video posted on the Twitter account of billionaire Tesla chief Elon Musk on October 26, 2022 shows himself carrying a sink as he enters the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. (Photo by Twitter account of Elon Musk/AFP via Getty Images) In Musk’s distorted world… Continue reading
FRONTLINE PBS | Official Oct 10, 2023 FRONTLINE traces Elon Musk’s long and often troubled relationship with Twitter, following his journey from being one of the platform’s most provocative users to becoming its owner. This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: https://www.pbs.org/donate…. Continue reading
Second supervisor targeted in five days by billionaire and keyboard antagonist by JOE RIVANO BARROS OCTOBER 3, 2023 (MissionLocal.org) Elon Musk has once again called for a San Francisco supervisor to be put in prison, the second time in the span of a week. On Tuesday, Musk posted on X, formerly Twitter, that… Continue reading
