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Bloomberg reports that Elon Musk's chaotic workforce cullings at Twitter has decimated the team responsible for redressing child sexual exploitation.

Elon Musk Reportedly Slashed the Team That Fights Child Sexual Abuse on Twitter

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk, who is definitely not deeply hurt by his celebrity heroes ragging on him, as called Trent Reznor a "crybaby" for retiring his Twitter account.

Elon Musk’s Crying About Trent Reznor Shows That He Is a Big, Big Baby

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk's expensive Twitter takeover has had the CEO cutting jobs and costs left and right, and now he's reportedly refusing to pay the company's bills.

Cheapskate Elon Musk Refusing to Pay Bills at Twitter

By Frank Landymore

Sam Bankman-Fried — who Twitter owner Elon Musk has been heavily firing shots at left and right — is actually Musk's partner in the deal.

Elon Musk Vigorously Denies That SBF Secretly Owns Part of Twitter

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A spaceflight photographer took to Twitter to post a mesmerizing video of the Artemis I launch, only to find himself the victim of an AI error.

Twitter Claims Video of Moon Rocket Launch Is Revenge Porn

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk's ownership of Twitter is somehow going even worse than expected amid reports that he's locked employees out of the company's office buildings.

Elon Musk Locks Twitter Employees Out Office, Then Asks Them to Meet Him on the 10th Floor

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to former Uber engineer Gergely Orosz, "far fewer than expected [developers]" are willing to work with Musk at Twitter.

Panicked Elon Musk Reportedly Begging Engineers Not to Leave

By Victor Tangermann

They say "don't meet your heroes," but what's even worse? When your hero buys Twitter, makes you pay for a blue check, and the check doesn't work.

Telsa Superfan Dismayed When He Pays for Checkmark and It Doesn’t Even Appear on His Profile

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After reports emerged that Elon Musk may be considering a secondary stock sale for his SpaceX rocketry company, the man himself gave a one-word denial.

Elon Musk Denies “False” Reports of SpaceX Stock Sale

By Noor Al-Sibai

You just hate him 'cause you ain't him, and it's time to lay off — according to one Maye Musk, mother of Elon Musk, that is.

Elon Musk’s Mom Pleads With Everyone to Stop Being So Mean to Her Perfect Boy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is reportedly firing anybody who has criticized him on Twitter's Slack channels, Platformer's Casey Newton reports.

Elon Musk Is Mass-Firing Employees Who Dared Criticize Him in Slack

By Victor Tangermann

Musk is now even busier than he already was now that he has taken over Twitter — and that kind of pressure is clearly getting to him.

Sad Elon Musk Says He’s Overwhelmed In Strange Interview After the Power Went Out

By Victor Tangermann

In emails to his new employees, freshly-minted Twitter czar Elon Musk told them that if they don't make money fast, the site may not survive.

Elon Musk Says That Under His Brilliant New Management, Twitter May Go Out of Business

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's new Twitter account verification system, which gives anybody a checkmark for $8 a month, has spectacularly backfired.

Elon Musk’s Checkmarks Backfire Spectacularly When They’re Immediately Used to Impersonate People

By Victor Tangermann

Months after claiming he was done selling Tesla stock, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold off another $3.95 billion worth of Tesla shares, according to filings.

Elon Musk Is Suddenly Selling Tesla Stock Like Crazy

By Victor Tangermann

Over 135,000 users joined Mastodon, an open-source microblogging platform and alternative to Twitter, within just 24 hours, according to a new graph.

This Graph of New Mastodon Users Per Day Will Flip Your Silly Little Wig

By Victor Tangermann

For a man who's made a lot of comments about the dangers of ideological echochambers, the Elon Musk's favorites are just an echochamber of kissassery.

Elon Musk Is Faving Posts on Twitter That Are Making Our Skin Crawl With Embarrassment

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk is "straight-up alone right now and winging this," as early Twitter investor Chris Sacca, who's a friend of Elon Musk's, argues.

Friend of Elon Musk Says He’s Surrounded by Sycophants and Yes Men

By Victor Tangermann

Some Twitter employees were reportedly laid off by mistake with management realizing they were needed after all to do Musk's bidding, Bloomberg reports.

Realizing Its Mistake, Twitter Pleads With Fired Employees to Come Back

By Victor Tangermann

When it comes to making fun of the man himself, "free speech absolutist" and new Twitter owner Elon Musk is pro-censorship and against "impersonation."

Furious Elon Musk Pledges to Ban Anyone Who Changes Their Display Name to “Elon Musk”

By Noor Al-Sibai

One disgruntled ex-Twitter employee is sounding off on how bad the site has gotten in the week since Elon Musk took ownership of it.

Fired Twitter Employee Unloads on Elon Musk’s “Clowntown”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Musk said that he wanted Twitter to have an open algorithm. He just fired the "Ethical AI" team responsible for doing just that.

After Saying He Wanted an Open Algorithm, Elon Musk Just Fired the Twitter Team Responsible for Doing Just That

By Victor Tangermann

Advertisers are running for the hills, now that Elon Musk has taken over Twitter — and the billionaire is clearly pissed about the sudden drop in revenue.

Elon Musk Melts Down as Advertisers Flee Twitter Chaos

By Victor Tangermann

According to documents obtained by the New York Times, getting verified on Twitter won't even require users to authenticate their identity.

Twitter Leak: Elon Musk Planning to Charge for Blue Checkmarks But Not Actually Verify Identify

By Frank Landymore

The culling at Twitter has begun with many employees resorting to posting jokes on the platform right up until they were summarily cut off from work access.

Twitter Employees Kept Posting Jokes Until the Moment They Got Fired

By Victor Tangermann

Another day, another Elon Musk feud on Twitter — except now, he's the owner of the social network, and he's beefing with AOC.

AOC Says Her Twitter Account Broke After She Made Fun of Elon Musk

By Noor Al-Sibai

Advertisers are fleeing Twitter in droves now that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken over control. Now, he's trying to pick up the pieces and begging them to return.

Elon Musk Meeting With Advertisers, Begging Them Not to Leave Twitter

By Victor Tangermann

According to an internal email obtained by The Washington Post, Musk wants to have Twitter charge users to view videos posted by content creators.

Twitter Working on Plan to Charge Users to Watch Videos

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is desperately trying to turn his $44 billion investment into successful business venture by leveraging Tesla employees.

Elon Musk Pulling Engineers From Tesla Autopilot to Work on Twitter

By Victor Tangermann

Twitter CEO Elon Musk pleaded with famed American author Stephen King to pay at least $8 to keep his blue checkmark.

Elon Musk Pleads With Stephen King to Pay for Blue Checkmark

By Victor Tangermann

Dogecoin and other doge meme coins have seen huge gains over the weekend after Elon Musk added Twitter to his growing portfolio of companies he owns.

Dogecoin Surges in Value as Elon Musk Takes Over Twitter

By Noor Al-Sibai

While everyone was agog at Elon Musk officially buying Twitter, the social network quietly announced that it would let users trade NFTs on the site.

Twitter Quietly Announced NFT-Trading Integration During Elon Musk’s Takeover

By Noor Al-Sibai

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey claims to be closer to launching Bluesky Social, a new "decentralized social network" that allegedly seeks to reclaim user data.

Departed Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Is Launching a New Social Network

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Elon Musk-ification of Twitter dot com is already underway — and its new owner seems geared up to leave his mark on the site's code.

Elon Musk Brings in Tesla Engineers to Review Twitter Code

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk, famously against advertising and known for his company Tesla's supposed zero dollar marketing strategy, now has a change of heart on ads.

Elon Musk, Who Always Hated Ads, Suddenly Says He Loves Ads Now That He Owns a Site That Depends on Them

By Frank Landymore

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shared a video of himself carrying what appears to be a ceramic bathroom sink into the lobby of Twitter HQ in San Francisco.

Elon Musk Spotted Carrying Sink Into Twitter Headquarters

By Victor Tangermann

It's official: 30,000 people were dumb enough to purchase Elon Musk's "Burnt Hair" meme perfume — and now, it's sold out.

Tens of Thousands of Idiots Bought Elon Musk’s “Burnt Hair” Perfume and Now It’s Sold Out

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk is under federal investigation over his maybe-renewed bid to purchase Twitter, as was revealed yesterday by a newly-unsealed court document.

Elon Musk Under Federal Investigation Over Chaotic Twitter Deal

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Fast forward a couple of months and hell of a lot of drama later, and at least one of the investors in Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter has cold feet.

Investors in Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal Horrified It Might Actually Go Through

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's disastrous attempt to back out of his bid to buy Twitter is backfiring spectacularly — and Tesla could be along for the ride.

Elon Musk Has a Big Problem on His Hands

By Victor Tangermann

It's not every day the public gets to read the private texts sent to and from Elon Musk — but then again, Twitter v. Musk is far from a normal trial.

Here’s The Wildest Elon Musk Texts That Were Just Released in Court

By Noor Al-Sibai

The world's richest man is now claiming that his speech is being suppressed on Twitter — but we and everyone can see the tweet he posted about it just fine.

Elon Musk Says His Tweets Are Being Suppressed, in a Tweet We Can See Perfectly Fine

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk began having doubts about his Twitter deal earlier this year over concerns that the United States and Russia may enter into "World War 3."

Elon Musk Predicted “World War III” in Just-Released Text Message

By Noor Al-Sibai

The latest chapter in Elon Musk's endless Twitter-buying drama saw him subpoenaing Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, who supported his bid to buy the website.

Elon Musk Subpoenas Friend Who’s Been Nothing But Supportive

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to be preparing for the worst, as he might be forced by the court to buyout Twitter after he tried to backout of the deal.

Elon Musk Sells Almost $7 Billion In Tesla Shares For Twitter Deal

By Frank Landymore

Legal experts are saying things aren't looking good for Elon Musk, following Twitter's decision to take him to court.

This Trial May Mean Elon Musk Is in Big Trouble

By Victor Tangermann

Billionaire Elon Musk, self-memed legal genius, wants you to know that he totally has that Twitter deal under control — and also, that Twitter is stupid!

Elon Musk Posts Meme About How Actually, He Is Very Smart

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is officially trying to back out of his bid to buy Twitter for $44 billion, the BBC reports.

Elon Musk Officially Giving Up on Buying Twitter

By Victor Tangermann

Never has a photo looked as awkward as the one Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his children just took with the Pope after flying his private jet to Italy.

Elon Musk Takes Flabbergastingly Awkwardly Picture With the Pope

By Lonnie Lee Hood

RadioShack — the once-bankrupt strip mall electronics stable which from death returneth to unlikely crypto trader — has chosen chaos.

RadioShack Is Tweeting About Drugs and Unusual Sexual Acts, for Some Reason

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the very first time, months after announcing plans to buy the social media network.

During Business Meeting, Elon Musk Suddenly Starts Talking About Aliens

By Victor Tangermann

Philadelphia police are reporting that their Special Victims Unit found no evidence of cameras at the Airbnb property, despite a viral tweet.

Robots and Machines

Airbnb Denies That Woman’s Rental Was Filled With Hidden Cameras

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A typo in the New York Times was tweeted out by Twitter bots called New New York Times and NYTfirstsaid Context. The typro was "crytpo" instead of "crypto."

In Hilarious Typo, New York Times Complains of “Crytpo” Miners

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA suffered a tragic typo while trying to discuss the American-led Artemis Accords initiative, and Twitter had a field day.

NASA Mocked for Misspelling “New Zealand”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Fresh off his recent Twitter-buying fail, Elon Musk is now claiming that it would be good, actually, if the world went into a recession.

Elon Says a Recession Would Be a “Good Thing”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Have you ever looked up from scrolling social media your phone and realized hours have passed without you noticing? Then you're very, very much not alone.

Health & Medicine

Relatable! Scientists Say You Likely Enter a “Dissociative State” While Scrolling Social Media

By Noor Al-Sibai

The net worth of Tesla CEO Elon Musk has fallen by staggering amounts — just over $69 billion year to date, according to Bloomberg's Billionaire Index.

Elon Musk Has Officially Lost $69 Billion This Year

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is doubling down on his demands to have Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal "show proof" that less than 5 percent of users are bots.

Elon Musk Has a Ridiculous Excuse for Why He Suddenly Doesn’t Want to Buy Twitter

By Victor Tangermann

$Experts Say That Elon Musk Has No Idea How Math Works$

Experts Say That Elon Musk Has No Idea How Math Works

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk has announced that when and if he takes the reins of Twitter, he would reverse the ban on Donald Trump's account.

Welp, Elon Musk Says He’s Gonna Unban Trump on Twitter

By Noor Al-Sibai

The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) is getting clowned on Twitter for sending out a bizarre tweet about cancer they haven't deleted yet.

CDC Mocked for Bizarre Tweet About Cancer Causing Cancer

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Famous NFT Hater Elon Musk Changes Profile Picture to Stolen Apes

By Victor Tangermann

University of Maryland researcher David Kirsch says he's uncovered evidence that a network of Tesla bots has worked to shift perception of the company.

Twitter Bots Love Tesla. Elon Musk Is Pledging to Destroy Them

By Noor Al-Sibai

Billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, assumed Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez subtweeted him on Twitter yesterday in an awkward exchange.

Elon Musk Is Feuding With [Checks Notes] AOC

By Lonnie Lee Hood