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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> links <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> people to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> attacks the same day his estranged daughter critiques him in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TeenVogue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeenVogue</span></a> interview</p><p>Story by Liam Reilly, March 21, 2025</p><p>"The same day <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VivianJennaWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VivianJennaWilson</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s estranged daughter, published her second-ever interview with a media outlet, the billionaire media mogul used his X platform to insinuate trans people are behind reports of attacks on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Teslas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teslas</span></a>.</p><p>"During her interview with Teen Vogue, Wilson said she doesn’t “give a f**k” about Musk, calling him a 'pathetic man-child.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/musk-links-trans-people-to-tesla-attacks-the-same-day-his-estranged-daughter-critiques-him-in-teen-vogue-interview/ar-AA1BlSRU?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhoverent&amp;cvid=4d33d9e4451e465c80fd1b4762c53eb8&amp;ei=14" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mu</span><span class="invisible">sk-links-trans-people-to-tesla-attacks-the-same-day-his-estranged-daughter-critiques-him-in-teen-vogue-interview/ar-AA1BlSRU?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhoverent&amp;cvid=4d33d9e4451e465c80fd1b4762c53eb8&amp;ei=14</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeslaTakedown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VivianWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VivianWilson</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElonMuskIsAPatheticManChild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMuskIsAPatheticManChild</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechOligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechOligarchs</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Who needs a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeslaTakedown</span></a> when they are built so shoddily! They practically takedown themselves!</p><p>In latest blow to Tesla, regulators recall nearly all <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cybertrucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybertrucks</span></a></p><p> By MATT OTT<br>Updated 3:32 PM EDT, March 20, 2025</p><p>"U.S. safety regulators on Thursday recalled virtually all Cybertrucks on the road, the eighth recall of the Tesla-made vehicles since deliveries to customers began just over a year ago.</p><p>"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s recall, which covers more than 46,000 Cybertrucks, warned that an exterior panel that runs along the left and right side of the windshield can detach while driving, creating a dangerous road hazard for other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.</p><p>"The stainless steel strip, called a cant rail assembly, between the windshield and the roof on both sides, is bound to the truck’s assembly with a structural adhesive, the NHTSA report said. The remedy uses an adhesive that’s not been found to be vulnerable to 'environmental embrittlement,' the NHTSA said, and includes additional reinforcements.</p><p>"Tesla will replace the panel free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed May 19, 2025.</p><p>"The recall of 46,096 Cybertrucks covers all 2024 and 2025 model years, manufactured from November 13, 2023, to February 27, 2025. The NHTSA order says that Tesla became aware of the problem early this year."</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/cybertruck-recall-tesla-elon-musk-nhtsa-8c517e21aa1119d74b9db39f6aca01b7?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/cybertruck-</span><span class="invisible">recall-tesla-elon-musk-nhtsa-8c517e21aa1119d74b9db39f6aca01b7?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistOligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistOligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechOligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechOligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TeslaSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeslaSucks</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Quel dommage. Heh... "They basically want to kill me": <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> efforts to turn <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> into a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> martyr are backfiring<br> <br>Even <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatives</span></a> can't muster pity for a whining <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> coming for Granny's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> </p><p>By Amanda Marcotte<br>Published March 20, 2025 </p><p>"In recent weeks, there's been a deluge of protests and other actions geared toward making Musk's car company, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>, a toxic brand, in response to the billionaire's often-illegal efforts to gut the federal government from the inside. The movement has been a big success. Tesla's stock price is falling and Tesla owners are trying to sell their cars off, even as the used market value is plummeting. But Trump is infatuated with Musk — even using the White House lawn as space for a de facto Tesla commercial — so the GOP and the MAGA media are, with visible reluctance, doing what they can to turn Musk into their latest martyr offered up for the plebes to weep over."</p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/03/20/they-basically-wanna-me-efforts-to-turn-musk-into-a-maga-martyr-are-backfiring/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/03/20/they-basi</span><span class="invisible">cally-wanna-me-efforts-to-turn-musk-into-a-maga-martyr-are-backfiring/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeepHatingOnElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeepHatingOnElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechOligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechOligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestTesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestTesla</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Ummmm... Makes me *almost* wish for a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarringtonEvent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarringtonEvent</span></a>. smh</p><p>The dystopian "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomCities</span></a>" dream fueling <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>'s destruction</p><p>Tech's plans for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BillionaireRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillionaireRule</span></a> expose why Musk wants to end government by the people</p><p>By Amanda Marcotte<br>Senior Writer<br>Published March 17, 2025</p><p>"In our cynical times, most people are familiar enough with doublespeak to understand that anything called a 'freedom city' is likely to be the opposite. It's a sign of the delusional self-confidence in their own mendacious powers that the tech oligarchs who are financing this idiotic idea insist on going with that branding anyway. Investigative reporters Vittoria Elliott and Caroline Haskins published an in-depth report on this scheme for Wired earlier this month. What immediately becomes clear is that what the Silicon Valley billionaire class considers 'freedom cities' is simply neo-feudalism, a plan to end the concept of citizenship and make every working person a serf whose entire life is controlled by the whims of their boss."</p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/03/17/the-dystopian-freedom-cities-dream-fueling-elon-musks-destruction/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/03/17/the-dysto</span><span class="invisible">pian-freedom-cities-dream-fueling-elon-musks-destruction/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrepareToBeASerf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrepareToBeASerf</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeoFeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoFeudalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechOligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechOligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BellRiots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BellRiots</span></a> anyone? Anyone?</p>
Scorpion<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rasterweb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rasterweb</span></a></span> even better: use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ecosia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecosia</span></a> (made in Berlin) instead of Google, use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peertube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peertube</span></a> instead of youtube, just do a search: there are already good open source alternatives to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fcktrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fcktrump</span></a> supporting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techoligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techoligarchs</span></a></p>
Askan 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://bonn.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/techoligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techoligarchs</span></a> </p><p>a16z hires acquitted former Marine Daniel Penny as an investor&nbsp; - </p><p>who was tried last year and found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a homeless man on a New York City subway</p><p>Julie Bort - TechCrunch</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/a16z-hires-acquitted-former-marine-daniel-penny-as-an-investor/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/a16z</span><span class="invisible">-hires-acquitted-former-marine-daniel-penny-as-an-investor/</span></a></p>
Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦<p>It’s a long way from Jan. 7, 2021, when Zuckerburg suspended Trump’s Facebook’s page…to a $1,000,000 2025 inauguration contribution and suspension of fact-checking. Bended knee, indeed, after threat of imprisonment.</p><p>Who are the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechOligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechOligarchs</span></a><br>AMZN GOOG MSFT META UBER</p><p>OpenAI chief Sam Altman and Apple chief Tim Cook also coughed up $1,000,000. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <br>wapo.st/3PzjIC1</p>