@LauraLoomer Someone take the phone from this gyal. She's spittin shit much. What was Christ like in the last two years? You forgot to add that Heaven is solely for yt ppl too since you guys claim to be "Christians". Sit this one out and go get some sleep. You should feel better later.
@OurFavOnlineDoc One is a sycophant, the other is a very respectable professor of developmental economics known around the world. Prof Pat stooped so low having a conversation with an alatenuje
The people writing petitions against @DeleFarotimi along with their errand boys in @NigerianPolice have actually defamed themselves far more than Dele could ever have done. There is no hiding place for them. @DeleFarotimi is a brilliant intellectual & a detribalised Nigerian who epitomises the conscience of the nation. By their actions they have confirmed that Dele is a giant that they are afraid of.
I just learned that @DeleFarotimi was arrested by @PoliceNG over a petition by @TonyOElumelu of @UBAGroup alleging Dele defamed him. It is pertinent that the Nigerian police are notified that the institution cannot continue to be used to settle personal scores, and we, the citizens of Nigeria, would no longer tolerate such a situation. Therefore, the @PoliceNG at Zone 2 in Lagos are advised to release Barrister @DeleFarotimi immediately.
@OneJoblessBoy Someone is speaking up against tyranny, on behalf of you cowardล, you are still attacking him. You ppl are cursed. Oppressed brainsโฆ Well said jare Deji..
Old man vs Con man.
Fact checkers will be busy tonight on many submissions of the con man.
Democrats should consider a change of candidate asap. The old man is clearly unfit.
This is one man that has staked his entire life to fight for the soul of Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ Speaking truth to power for more than a decade now! Walking the talk.
Itโs a lonely, fearful and dangerous road - yet, he trudges on with hope.
Happy birthday ๐ EGBON! @DeleFarotimi
I thought @elonmuskโs interview with @andrewrsorkin was one of the great interviews ever. Musk is a free speech absolutist which I respect. I think he is entirely correct that he and @X are treated unfairly and inconsistently by advertisers.
@tiktok_us@instagram@facebook and others have enormous amounts of problematic content, antisemitic and otherwise, but the advertisers donโt boycott those platforms.
Musk is targeted because the other media organizations view @X as a competitor and any time his name is in an article about controversies, it draws clicks. MSM is incentivized to attack him as it actually drives attention to their sites and therefore more revenues. It is these attack articles by other media organizations that put pressure on the @Disneyโs of the world to stop advertising on X.
If Bob Iger would carefully examine the facts, he would likely continue to advertise on X, but Disney caves to public pressure rather than do the right thing. Meanwhile Disney invests heavily on TikTok, likely alongside videos of kids teaching other teenagers to be anorexic and worse. I am sure Nelson Peltz can fix this when he joins the Disney board.
X presents the opportunity for advertisers to access an incredible global audience that is not available elsewhere. And it is cheap compared to other alternatives because of current circumstances.
On Musk and antisemitism:
After examining the facts, it was clear to me that Musk did not have antisemitic intent when he responded with the โactual truthโ tweet, and further clarified thereafter.
I thought he made what he meant extremely clear in the @andrewrsorkin interview, namely, that Jews are drawn to support โoppressedโ groups and causes through various non-profits due to our history of being an oppressed minority.
Musk points out correctly that a number of these organizations and their members support Hamas. And he is correct in saying that Jews should rethink support for organizations that seek their elimination.
Many Jews are doing that right now.
To use a Muskism, Earth is fortunate that @X is owned by an individual that is largely insulated from financial and other influence. That said, perhaps some form of very carefully governed trust would be a better forever owner than any individual.
@PershingSqFdn invested in the Twitter privatization in support of free speech. Whether we make a profit on our investment is not important to us as we never intend to sell our interest.
I am more inclined to like and support companies that advertise on the platform because I appreciate their support for free speech. I have actually bought products I learned about from ads on @X. I canโt think of another example of my responding to direct advertising other than on X.
Unfortunately, recent (and societyโs long-term experience) with non-profit governance, see @OpenAI, certain private universities etc. should not give anyone confidence that a traditional non-profit would be a better owner of X than Musk.
Perhaps some day the ownership of X should be distributed to each American, one share for each American during their lives and one for each person born, with a charter which permanently vests the free speech principles by which it operates.
Until then, we all should be grateful that X is owned by Musk.