carl johnson.

ah shit, here we go again...

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

Damn

[Pitchfork @pitchfork]

This album is a real piece of shit

https://t.co/xbOFdTF24n

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

Yeah aiight man

[Kurrco @Kurrco]

TOMMY RICHMAN

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OUT NOW 🚨

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

Niggas never believe in bro code until some shit happens to them personally

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

Burnley, are you okay?

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 Michael Jackson will be Burnley’s interim manager until the end of the season, club statement confirms.

Follows Scott Parker leaving with immediate effect.

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

I don't understand how I brought this habit back

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

Nobody is weirder

[Michael de Villiers @Mikedotcoza]

Elon retweets anything that’s anti-Black. As long as it feeds his victimhood, it’s worth a repost. I pity non-whites who are so hellbent on supporting his cause, they clearly have no idea what kind of mindset they’re backing.

[Nkosiyethu Dingiswayo🇿🇦 @McKay_Dingis024]

Elon Musk’s latest tirade against South Africa is a masterclass in billionaire bait-and-switch. He claims Starlink is banned solely because he isn’t Black, a narrative he pushes to his 200-million-plus followers as proof of "viciously racist" laws. In reality, the 30% local equity requirement he decries is a standard part of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) framework that hundreds of other U.S. giants, including Microsoft, have navigated for decades without the "drama".

Musk’s "principle" against these rules conveniently ignores that South Africa has already pivoted to accommodate him. As of December 2025, the government introduced Equity Equivalent Investment Programmes (EEIPs), allowing foreign firms like Starlink to skip the equity transfer entirely by investing in local infrastructure and skills. Instead of taking the win, Musk has escalated to hurling expletives at senior diplomats and alleging (without evidence) that he was pressured to "bribe" his way into a license.

The irony is thick: while Musk plays the victim of "reverse racism", his refusal to follow local law is the primary hurdle keeping high-speed internet from the very rural South African communities he claims to want to help. It isn't about the color of his skin; it’s about a billionaire who believes his birthplace owes him a waiver for the same rules everyone else follows.

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

This man is not daft. He knows what he's doing. Ramaphosa couldn't have explained this topic any clearer. Elon heard him, and he understood him. But he's purposely trying to rewrite the narrative for people who don't understand and people who value his opinion more than anything.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The South African laws are literally super racist, plain and simple.

It’s not complicated: imagine if the law was called “White Empowerment”, instead of “Black Empowerment”! People would have a seizure 😂

South Africa now has more anti-White laws than Apartheid had anti-Black laws. Think about that for a second …

The current South African government has objectively implemented Apartheid 2.0. Shame on them.

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

Yah ne

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

@Gnextdoor_ Do you still feel like this?

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

Ragebait

[ACTIONMAN @Ac7ionMann]

Let’s be honest.

Speed is going to planned events and areas with super amounts of control.

He avoided the most dog shit unbearable countries like Somalia and others because it’s not possible to film there.

We have given Africa over a trillion dollars and they cannot figure out how to make a water well or lay 3 bricks in a row.

Instead of addressing the problem, let’s not act like speed being “hilarious” and doing backflips everywhere is solving anything.

All this told me is that these countries look like hell on earth and I’m sure my tax dollars are going into a mud hut some where.

None of the creators that said any of that bullshit would live anywhere in Africa for more then a week, they just trying to be “PR friendly”

Also remember that with speed everyone knows there on camera and they are on their best behavior also.

I could rip apart this take more tbh but there’s no point.

Hope everyone has a great day.

[Sizwe SikaMusi @SizweLo]

So, Elon Musk just unilaterally changed the Iran flag emoji shown on his platform. OK??

Black Economic Empowerment aside, having Starlink in South Africa would give Elon Musk control over critical infrastructure and the power to “turn off the lights” or manipulate the flow of information if he disagrees with the government’s stance on a particular issue.

And we already know how he feels about South Africa.

I mean, following the kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro, Starlink immediately provided free broadband to the country, bypassing local infrastructure entirely. They framed it as humanitarian, but it shows how quickly Musk can pivot to support specific political outcomes.

You see, Starlink has kill-switch power. That is, unlike fiber cables in the ground, Starlink is a “top-down” service, meaning SpaceX can geofence or deactivate specific regions at the click of a button from their headquarters in the US.

It also has oversight bypass capabilities as Starlink signals go directly from the dish to the satellite, bypassing local Internet Exchange Points. This means the South African government cannot monitor or regulate the traffic for national security purposes as they do with local interest service providers.

If rural schools, clinics, and police stations become dependent on Starlink, the South African state loses its policy space. If the government passes a law Musk dislikes, the threat of disconnecting those services becomes a powerful bargaining chip.

So, for South Africa, the issue is whether the country is willing to trade national sovereignty for connectivity provided by a man who openly despise the country’s legislative frameworks.

[Ulrich Janse van Vuuren @UlrichJvV]

South Africa doesn’t need Starlink. We also don’t want it.

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

No matter how Elon wants to frame it in public, Starlink is a power infrastructure, not a consumer product. Independent of governments, cables, cell towers, or ISPs. Plus, it does surveillance on entire countries and regions.

[PABLO @WonderMahlobo]

South Africa got something Elon wants desperately.

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

But it doesn't matter cause eventually Cyril will fold...

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

This isn't just about fast internet. Starlink isn't just that. This is about power.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Yes

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

Eish eish eish

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

I need space to crash out

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

I need space to crash out

[carl johnson. @iAmGXL]

#ArneSlotOut