In Berlin fanden heute mehrere Demos gegen #Trump und #Musk statt. Fotos: https://fotos.sapphicreation.net/7993874

Who would have thought the hashtag chain #trump #tariffs #penguins #musk #seagulls #cybertruck could make sense one day.

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Microsoft Hooked the Government on Its Products With Freebies. Could Elon Musk’s Starlink Be Doing the Same?
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The tech billionaire and Trump adviser “donated” Starlink service to the White House. The move resembles a previous maneuver by Microsoft, which used “free” trials to lock in costly upgrades across the federal government.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-starlink-trump-white-house-spacex-microsoft?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Die Demokraten rufen zum Proteststurm gegen Musk und Trump auf! Alle Infos und Hintergründe gibt es hier: https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Demokraten-blasen-zum-Proteststurm-gegen-Musk-und-Trump-article25682017.html #Demokraten #Musk #Trump #Protest #Politik #newz

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/hands-off-protest-trump-musk-april-5 #handsoff #protests #Trump #Musk #DOGE

"Elon #Musk präsentiert „Grok“ zunächst noch als „Anti-Woke-Technologie“, die „maximal wahrheitssuchend“ sei. Nun stellt sich der Chatbot gegen Musk selbst."

#Grok scheint tatsächliche ein nützlicher Chatbot zu sein.

https://www.kleinezeitung.at/international/19549328/elon-musks-chatbot-grok-rebelliert-gegen-ihn-selbst

The #RoyalSociety's inaction is a political move. "Three hundred and sixty-five years of history, and it’s ended it as a beard for a fascist." #musk
https://svpow.com/2025/04/04/the-royal-society-is-dead/

Let’s do 1000% tariffs on Teslas, related Tesla products and Starlink systems everywhere around the world.

I was enjoyong the article on Europe considering how big a fine to give Musk (oh it's big) then paragraphs down in the story . . .

"But there is also a separate EU investigation in which regulators "are building a case that X . . . a hub of illegal hate speech, disinformation and other material that is viewed as undercutting democracy" the report said. This second investigation reportedly could lead to additional penalties."

And it made me quite happy.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/eu-may-make-an-example-of-x-by-issuing-1-billion-fine-to-musks-social-network/

According to Alt National Park Service, Musk and DOGE are raiding Peace Corps headquarters.

Wajahat Ali talks to Gil Duran, editor of The Nerd Reich newsletter, about why the broligarchy is loving Trump's destruction of the global economy:

"We’re going to tank the global economy. The old order will collapse. Yes, there will be chaos, violence, mass suffering, and pain, but it’s worth it. A phoenix can only rise from the ashes before it ascends to glorious heights and flies to Mars…."

#Trump #Musk #economy #destruction #chaos #broligarchy #TechBros
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/why-musk-and-the-broligarchy-are

It's amazing to me that both the secular and evangelical cults within MAGA are apocalyptic in nature, with their own versions of "the rapture". For TESCREALists, it's the singularity. For Evangelicals, it's disappearing into the ether to "meet with Jesus"