Gilead
Fig. 1. “Elon Musk shared a video of his entrance on his Twitter account.” Photograph attributed to Elon Musk, October 26, 2022, via the New York Post,[1] fair use.
The question of whether Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg will actually stage a cage fight is, for me, entirely subsumed by the question of why it matters if they do. (Are lethal concussions possible? Is it possible, dare we hope, that the two manage to kill each other?) Along the way, however, Casey Newton points out Musk’s erratic—very erratic—behavior and the fact that he has, among other things, a security clearance.[2]
I’m wondering why Musk has a security clearance and if said clearance, given his erratic behavior, should not be revoked forthwith.
Casey Newton, “Elon Musk’s creep show,” Platformer, August 14, 2023, https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-musks-creep-show
Illiberalism
Gilead
Donald Trump
Coup attempt
Fig. 1. “Jake Angeli (Qanon Shaman), seen holding a Qanon sign at the intersection of Bell Rd and 75th Ave in Peoria, Arizona, on 2020 October 15.” Photography by TheUnseen011101 [pseud.], October 15, 2020, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
The devil went to Georgia. Now he’s up on charges.[3] And it would see that the district attorney who’s charging him is no slouch.[4]
Jewel Wicker, “‘He’s going to be very surprised’: Georgia DA Fani Willis prepares to face off with Trump,” Guardian, August 14, 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/donald-trump-prosecutor-fulton-county-georgia-district-attorney-fani-willis
Kate Brumback and Eric Tucker, “Trump and 18 allies charged in Georgia election meddling as former president faces 4th criminal case,” Associated Press, August 15, 2023, https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-election-investigation-grand-jury-willis-d39562cedfc60d64948708de1b011ed3
- [1]Thomas Barrabi, “Elon Musk barges into Twitter HQ as deal nears: ‘Let that sink in,’” New York Post, October 26, 2022, https://nypost.com/2022/10/26/elon-musk-barges-into-twitter-headquarters-as-deal-nears/↩
- [2]Casey Newton, “Elon Musk’s creep show,” Platformer, August 14, 2023, https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-musks-creep-show↩
- [3]Kate Brumback and Eric Tucker, “Trump and 18 allies charged in Georgia election meddling as former president faces 4th criminal case,” Associated Press, August 15, 2023, https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-election-investigation-grand-jury-willis-d39562cedfc60d64948708de1b011ed3↩
- [4]Jewel Wicker, “‘He’s going to be very surprised’: Georgia DA Fani Willis prepares to face off with Trump,” Guardian, August 14, 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/donald-trump-prosecutor-fulton-county-georgia-district-attorney-fani-willis↩