Musk is a useful idiot.

https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-faces-backlash-over-saudi-financing-1755606

It’s not a coincidence, I feel, as it was once a key hub for journalists and Arab Spring activists.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/04/twitter-saudi-arabia-human-rights-abuses

This is why people flocking to Bluesky and not Fedi boggles my brain. Centralisation in the hands of capital is a precarious position to find yourself in if you ever find yourself ever against the state. They now have all of that data handed to them on a silver platter.

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