'Chief Twit' Musk delivers bathroom furniture to Twitter HQ ... but not Tesla results
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2022/10/27/musk_sink_twitter/
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The [1]hamfisted prank coincided with the eve of the deadline to complete the $44 billion takeover of the popular social media platform, which at one point saw its value collapse 40 percent on the offer price. Musk has since attempted to abandon the deal, which he failed to do last month.
"Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!" Mr Musk wrote on Twitter, somewhat inexplicably.
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He also labelled himself "Chief Twit" on the social media platform as its shares were [3]set to be suspended from trading on Friday .
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Earlier this week, Musk's electric car company Tesla [6]recorded $3.3 billion in profit and $21.45 billion in revenue, both undershooting market expectations of performance.
According to Reuters, [7]Tesla produced 22,000 more cars than it delivered to customers in the third quarter, which could signal demand dipping below expectations.
[8]Tesla reportedly faces criminal probe into self-driving hype
[9]Twitter's most valuable users are ghosting the platform
[10]Elon Musk reportedly wants to gut Twitter workforce by 75%
[11]Musk grumbles about 'overpaying' for Twitter but says he's excited
Musk is reputed to be the richest man in the world, although some think it might be Russian supremo Vladimir Putin – who has phone calls with Musk, according to Russian media – an [12]idea with which Musk himself seems to agree .
"A beautiful thing about Twitter is how it empowers citizen journalism – people are able to disseminate news without an establishment bias," he also posted on Twitter.
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Now, for whatever reason, the idea of him owning Twitter seems to have spooked US authorities as [14]reports emerged that officials were discussing whether Musk should be subject to a national security review.
Musk, whose father [15]claims to have once owned a share in an emerald mine in Zambia, made his name as one of the founders of PayPal, the dotcom-era online payment service sold to eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002. He went on to co-found Tesla, famed for improving the electric vehicle, a concept that has been around for more than 100 years. He also sends hardware into space, which Russia began doing 65 years ago. ®
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[1] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1585341984679469056
[2] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2Y1qrGPMcHLfn27I02VUWVQAAAAA&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[3] https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/twitter-shares-be-suspended-nyse-musk-nears-takeover-2022-10-27/
[4] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44Y1qrGPMcHLfn27I02VUWVQAAAAA&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
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[6] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/19/tesla-quarterly-revenue-elon-musk
[7] https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-could-face-its-toughest-challenge-yet-economy-cools-2022-10-04/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/27/doj_self_driving_car_criminal/
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/26/twitter_losing_valuable_users/
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/21/musk_twitter_layoffs/
[11] https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/20/musk_overpaying_twitter/
[12] https://fortune.com/2022/03/26/elon-musk-says-hes-probably-not-richest-man-in-the-world-putin-significantly-richer-than-me/
[13] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44Y1qrGPMcHLfn27I02VUWVQAAAAA&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[14] https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-weighs-security-review-musks-ventures-including-twitter-deal-bloomberg-news-2022-10-21/
[15] https://www.businessinsider.co.za/how-elon-musks-family-came-to-own-an-emerald-mine-2018-2
[16] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Re: Something of a nitpick
It's not a nit-pick; it's a fundamental point to the whole thing. Musk's self-aggrandizing and reality-bending needs to be called out.
Spellchecker required
Musk should have spellchecked before posting. It is spelled "Chief Twat".
Not doing so quickly leads to hamberders.
Re: Spellchecker required
Check the original meaning of [1]twit . It is surprisingly appropriate to Twitter and Musk although the modern meaning works well for the price paid and the attempts to escape paying up.
[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/twit
Chief Twit
Sorry, that position has been taken already. Leo LaPorte has been calling himself the Chief Twit for nearly 2 decades - he is the head of TWiT.
Re: Chief Twit
Ah TWiT.
I pretty much gave up listening when they stopped booking Dvorak. But before that I used to enjoy it.
Re: Chief Twit
Sadly, calling himself this probably does not indicate the emergence of self knowledge.
The Musk-Rat said:
"People are able to disseminate news without an establishment bias"
But he forgot to add:
"and with no fact checking or any kind of accountability".
Whaa?
I can never understand what he means, I wonder what he's 'sinking'?
Re: Whaa?
https://youtu.be/x9wJxZc2KF8
That's odd ...
... rats usually leave a sinking ship.
A stoner descending to lavatory humo(u)r. Whodathunkit?
"Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!"
" I wonder what he's 'sinking'? "
The fact that he now owns it sinking into their minds I guess (a pre-school level attempt at a joke).
Musk decided to take a bathroom sink to the headquarters of Twitter
Presumably it's meant to symbolise the fact that their business will soon be disappearing down the plughole.
A toilet would have been a more appropriate bathroom furniture based symbol of his plans for the company..
Incorrect
Your article is incorrect.
Musk never cofounded Tesla. He invested in it then overtook it.
Also don't forget to mention that he was fired from PayPal.
Something of a nitpick
Musk didn't co-found Tesla. It existed before he came along and bought his way in. He was an early investor maybe, but not a founder. He's currently suing so he can call himself a founder, which... if you have to sue, you weren't a founder.