THANK YOU, @POTUS! I’ve been fighting to take the decision to prosecute military rape out of the chain of command for over a decade, and today, @POTUS will sign the executive order doing just that. We have more work to do, but this is monumental. https://t.co/Z5Lb2HgsiI
To understand Musk's renewed obsession with X and focus on financial services, you REALLY need to understand the X/Confinity merger that became PayPal.
And, particularly, the Peter Thiel-led coup that kicked Musk out as CEO/Chief Strategist.
Here's how that happened. 1/🧵
I've been slightly surprised about everyone going "Holy CRAP this is an insane series of events" over this thread.
To which my mental response has been:
"Huh? No. This is just what tech was LIKE in the early 00s, remember?"
Then I realise they don't, cos I'm digitally old. 😆
@ask_aubry As my Sicilian mom used to say after my dad passed, “It’s better to be alone than to wish you were. I’m never walking down that middle aisle again!”
She married at 19 in 1949, was widowed at 68, and lived to 87 just fine.
@thejackhopkins The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge. Sue the 19 states.
@Faith_Salie My mother would give me a dollar send me to the store for a pack of cigarettes. I could buy a piece of candy, but I had to bring home to change. I remember going the three blocks on my tricycle.