smokeythebear

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Elon doesn't want you browsing Twitter in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[–] smokeythebear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For a moment in time, Twitter livestreaming the Arab spring and other mass demonstrations was more effective than the CIA at toppling regimes

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Elon doesn't want you browsing Twitter in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[–] smokeythebear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 years ago

I said this when the sale first happened. Those billionaire Saudis didn't loan him the 8 bil needed to finance the sale, they gave it to him as payment for a job. And it's 100% the long tail of the Arab spring reaction

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