Danny Ackman

(big fan of stuff) he/him

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

Taxes are going great

[Renee @PettyLupone]

No words. 🕊️

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

Can't get over how much this looks like the Parasite (2019) poster

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

JUST ANNOUNCED: Upcoming Beatles biopic casting:

Zac Efron as Kevin Von Erich as Paul
Jeremy Allen White as Kerry Von Erich as John
Harris Dickinson as David Von Erich as George
Stanley Simons as Mike Von Erich as Ringo

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

getting ready for bed by closing my seven (7) separate wikipedia tabs.. perhaps a personal record?

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

Dad.... we're watching may december with julie moore downstairs... get off twitter and come watch!

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

A fun fact:

Our lawyers used the Wayback Machine to check @MIT's plagiarism policy back when Neri wrote her thesis in 2009.

It turns out that MIT's academic integrity handbook did not require citation or even mention Wikipedia until 2013, four years after Neri wrote her dissertation and used Wikipedia for the definitions of 15 words and/or terms. Bear in mind that 2009 was still pretty early days for Wikipedia.

Interestingly, Business Insider also used the Wayback Machine to research MIT's plagiarism policy, but only when they cited it to manufacture plagiarism claims against Neri:

"MIT’s academic integrity handbook notes that authors must either “use quotation marks around the words and cite the source,” or “paraphrase or summarize acceptably and cite the source.” Identical language appeared in MIT’s handbook at least as far back as 2007."

[From Business Insider's initial email to Pershing Square of Jan. 3, 2014, 1030pm]

What are the chances that Business Insider examined the MIT handbook "as far back as 2007" and didn't notice that there was no requirement to cite Wikipedia nor was it even mentioned until April 4, 2013 when the following language was added:

"Wikipedia is Not a Reliable Academic Source

Many of us use Wikipedia as a source of information when we want a quick explanation of something.  However, Wikipedia or other wikis, collaborative information sites contributed to by a variety of people, are not considered reliable sources for academic citation, and you should not use them as sources in an academic paper. The bibliography published at the end of the Wikipedia entry may point you to potential sources. However do not assume that these sources are reliable – use the same criteria to judge them as you would any other source. Do not consider the Wikipedia bibliography as a replacement for your own research."

To be clear, Neri did not use Wikipedia as a source, but only for the definitions of 15 words and/or terms for her dissertation.

While there was no way for us to do this research in the 91 minutes we were given before Business Insider published its story, our lawyers found it in about 24 hours.

This finding wipes away 15, or more than half of the plagiarism claims made by Business Insider at 5:19pm last Friday night.

According to the Cornell Law Legal Information Institute:

In order to prove "prima facie defamation,"

"a plaintiff must show four things:

1) a false statement purporting to be fact;

2) publication or communication of that statement to a third person;

3) fault amounting to at least negligence; and

4) damages, or some harm caused to the reputation of the person or entity who is the subject of the statement."

This leads me to a few question for the @X legal community.

If you look at all of the evidence that has emerged over the last few days, do you think Neri has been defamed under the four factor test above?

What exposure does Axel Springer have to claims at Business Insider in light of the fact that it has been on personal notice from me at a board and CEO level about Business Insider's wrongdoing for more than 54 hours and it has yet to issue a corrected statement about its investigation nor de-published the articles.

Axel Springer has not updated its statement that:

“While the facts of the reports have not been disputed, over the past few days questions have been raised about the motivation and the process leading up to the reporting — questions that we take very seriously"

Do you think the facts have been sufficiently disputed?

I have two questions for the private equity and finance communities:

What is the net worth of Business Insider?

What is the net worth of Axel Springer?

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

'H.P. lovecraft' sounds like what a caveman would say after watching harry potter make origami

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

Alexa, set an alarm for 10:59am

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

Today is the only day you can retweet this

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

@Applebees good lord what #stop

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

Jean Jacket at the end of NOPE when no one will look at it

[Pocket @islandthembo]

Finn the human when he takes his hat off:

[dom nero @dominicknero]

dont ask me why i did this but i turned Whose Line is it Anyway into a 90s fighting game

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

Dude you gotta check out this new musical: it's a quirky high school comedy about being true to yourself and sometimes, the characters even SWEAR!!😂🤣 Not your grannies broadway show 🔥😉

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

this video is unintentionally hilarious cuz where did that motorcyclist come from

[WellsBikeCounter @Wellsbikecount]

Showing 333 + plus this nice fella and me, so make it 335! #bikechi #wellsbikecounter I bet we will have over 400 today! Yeeeees

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

This might be one of the greatest trailers I've ever seen?

[One Perfect Shot @OnePerfectShot]

Mr. Scorsese, always worth the wait. https://t.co/gWTRHnPxxF

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

we gotta stop leaning into the terms "rapid transit" and "high speed rail" and start calling everything "bullet trains" cuz america hates rail but loves bullets!!!!

is this anything

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

the power of good lighting design. this would be unbelievably uncomfortable methinks.

[⋆ @prettiestavenue]

oh, to read a book here

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Variety @Variety]

Bob Odenkirk is trading Cinnabon for Italian beef, as the “Better Call Saul” star has joined Season 2 of FX’s delicious hit dramedy series “The Bear.”

Get the details here: https://t.co/lnnhH6BGDt

[Danny Ackman @dannysfuntime]

unbelievable at Nicholas Britell snuck the main theme in the underscore. this is the greatest show ever made.

[jay @kendallhosseini]

l to the og is unironically good