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Musk cut internet to Ukraine’s military as it was attacking Russian fleet (www.washingtonpost.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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If you're hitting a paywall, here's a CNN link to the same story: https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That's how you put yourself on the CIA and KGBs watch list

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm guessing that as a supervillain (as @bionicjoey@lemmy.ca pointed out), Musk expects the CIA and NSA to have nice thick dossiers on him. Since Musk has Putin on speed dial, the KGB probably shares their file and asks him for updates.

[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

FSB not KGB

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

In this case, he got on the KGB's "thank you and we'll send you some flowers, luvya ❤️" list