‘Not an idle threat’: Two arrested after Twitter posts to ‘shoot up a synagogue’ By Karen Matthews November 22, 2022 https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-...-to-shoot-up-a-synagogue-20221122-p5c05o.html New York: Two men who were arrested at New York’s Penn Station after authorities spotted social media posts about attacking a synagogue represented a real danger to the city’s Jewish community, Mayor Eric Adams said Monday. “This was not an idle threat,” Adams said at a news conference where he was joined by officials from the FBI, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and other agencies involved in the arrests early Saturday of Christopher Brown, 21, and Matthew Mahrer, 22, on charges including criminal possession of a weapon. New York City mayor Eric Adams discusses the threat during a news conference.Credit:AP “This was a real threat,” he said. According to the criminal complaint against him, Brown made a series of threats on Twitter including, on Thursday, “Gonna ask a Priest if I should become a husband or shoot up a synagogue and die,” and then on Friday, “This time I’m really gonna do it.” Authorities linked the tweets to Brown, of Aquebogue, on Long Island, and identified Mahrer, of Manhattan, as an associate, said Michael Driscoll, head of the FBI’s New York office. A description of Brown and Mahrer went out to law enforcers, and two MTA police officers spotted the two at Penn Station late Friday and arrested them, police said. An aerial view of the Penn Station area in Manhattan.Credit:New York Times Brown had a large military-style knife, a ski mask and a swastika arm patch when he was arrested, authorities said. A bag containing a Glock-style pistol with a large-capacity magazine and 17 bullets was seized from Mahrer’s apartment building, according to the complaint. Surveillance video from shortly before their arrests showed Brown and Mahrer walking into the building, with Mahrer carrying the bag, according to the criminal complaint. Brown, who was charged with making a terrorist threat in addition to the weapons charges, told police that he runs a white supremacist Twitter group and Mahrer is one of his followers, according to the complaint. “I have Nazi paraphernalia at my house. I think it is really cool,” Brown told police, the complaint said. Brown said he and Mahrer met at St. Patrick’s Cathedral before buying a gun because he “wanted to get the blessing,” according to the complaint. Both men were arraigned in Manhattan criminal court over the weekend and are due back in court on Wednesday. Federal charges against them could be filed at a later time, Driscoll said. Phone messages seeking comment were left with attorneys for Brown and Mahrer. Adams, a Democrat and a former police officer, said threats against Jewish people or any other group must be taken seriously after attacks like the Buffalo supermarket shooting and Saturday’s shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs. “America must defeat the rising threat of domestic terrorism,” Adams said. “It is real, it is here and we must have a formidable approach to it.” The threats come as Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has unrestricted some of the most polarising public figures on the social media platform, including former US president Donald Trump and performer Ye, who has been accused of anti-Semitism. In a related move, French regulator Arcom said in a statement on Monday it had sent a letter to Twitter asking it to ensure it can meet its legal obligation to guarantee transparent information despite a series of drastic job cuts. Arcom, the French regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communication, said that following Twitter’s takeover by Musk, Twitter announced its decision to drastically reduce its workforce by firing half of its employees and terminating the contracts of several thousand contract workers. “Arcom would like to express its deep concern about the direct consequences of such decisions on Twitter’s ability to maintain a safe environment for its users,” it said. AP, Reuters
Down $12 today to $167..... TSLA has a lot more room to fall below $150. Each day Elon fucks up twitter, shareholders want to bail on TSLA....keep digging baby
Whoa. GWB's favorite site - Salon- comes up with a great idea. OR NOT. As I have repeatedly said: "Lots of the lefties with their Department of Motor Vehicle mentality and the only business model they know are trying to propose solutions." Here we go: Elon Musk must be stopped! If Twitter is to be a true "town square," it's time to socialize it Of course, there is one way Twitter could be saved: By actually making it the "digital town square" Musk says he wants it to be. Which is to say the government should buy and run Twitter, just as government owns and operates actual town squares. Yes, I'm talking about a "socialist" takeover of Twitter, just like we have "socialist" libraries, schools and museums. A nationalized Twitter would solve the current dilemma: the contradictory goals of running a network that protects free speech while also being socially responsible and profitable. Take away the profit motive and so much of what makes Twitter a deleterious force in society would disappear. https://www.salon.com/2022/11/21/el...-a-true-town-square-its-time-to-socialize-it/
Not to mention that half the U.S. population will no longer consider purchasing a Tesla... and this is the half of the population which cares about climate issues and is most likely to buy an EV.
Is Elon Musk Turning Twitter into My Pillow? Tesla Stock Price Drops to All Time Low https://www.showbiz411.com/2022/11/...o-my-pillow-stock-price-drops-to-all-time-low Is Elon Musk turning Twitter into My Pillow? Before Mike Lindell threw in with Donald Trump, he had a company — a silly company but apparently successful selling puffed up marshmallows made from shredded cardboard (that’s what it felt like to me). Now Elon Musk has gotten all chummy with Trump, Kanye West, and other unsavory types. And his stock price for Tesla is dropping faster than the watermelons David Letterman use to throw from his office in 30 Rock down to the plaza below. Today, Tesla closed at its lowest price ever –$167.54. This was not just because of the 19th recall in 2022. It’s also because he’s become obsessed with alienating his base customer, offending everyone, and using Twitter as his minute by minute toy. The stock fell 6.84%. In March it got as high as $361. What is going on here? I have no idea. But Tesla is going to be running on AAA batteries soon!
CBS News extinguishes itself yet again. "CBS News had no issue with the sharing of child sexual abuse materials on Twitter, yet "paused" posting on this website for 21 hours over "security concerns" (i.e. Elon Musk’s "Trump reinstatement" poll)," journalist Siraj Hashmi wrote. Elon Musk pokes fun at CBS' short-lived Twitter hiatus after network resumes tweeting less than 48 hours later https://www.foxnews.com/media/elon-...iatus-network-resumes-tweeting-48-hours-later
So it looks like Musk has embraced the "dems are all pedo" conspiracy and is fighting made up pedo shit on twitter? Very faux newsy, very Qtardy.
Him and Koonye has lost billions doing so,more power to them.I wouldn't give up a billion dollars even for Bernie or AOC to be President
Musk is headed towards a clash with Apple -- which is likely to ban the Twitter app over lack of content moderation. There will also be conflict over Twitter collecting monthly subscription fees and attempting to avoid giving Apple its cut for in-app sales. Tech titans clashing? Apple's App Store head leaves Twitter as Elon Musk's platform could face epic battle with Google and Apple over content moderation and Twitter Blue fees Apple App Store head Phil Schiller left Twitter in a potential sign of future conflict between his company and Elon Musk's social media platform Schiller had been on Twitter since 2008 and had amassed 200,000 followers Twitter plans to relaunch its paid subscription service, Twitter Blue, at a cost of $8 per month on Nov. 29 - as it has faced a lot of content complaints Since most people access Twitter on iPhones or Android devices, those companies act as gatekeepers if users want to subscribe to Twitter Blue Apple has removed apps like Parler for violating its policies https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...r-Elon-Musks-platform-clash-Google-Apple.html