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[–] adm@lemm.ee 337 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (15 children)

When the war was turning in Ukraine's favor and they were about to push into Russia, he shut it off and crippled their counter offensive. I remember. Fuck Elon and fuck starlink.

[–] takeda@lemm.ee 169 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not push into Russia, but attempting to retake Crimea.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

~~They're presumably talking about the Kursk Oblast.~~ Edit: probably not, see responses.

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

IIRC that was long after that. The initial shutoff of Starlink happened around the explosions targeting the Crimean bridge and them introducing their naval drones.

[–] takeda@lemm.ee 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Exactly, he basically messed up the offensive to retake Crimea.

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[–] some_guy 211 points 1 week ago (11 children)

He also challenged Zuck to a cage match and chickened out when Zuck accepted. They’re both pieces of shit.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 76 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

He even chickened out of his recent offer to come on the Daily Show and debate Jon Stewart! He's a Nazi coward even when it's just talking...

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[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Lol I forgot about that! Yeah fuck em both of course, but I feel like most folks would put their money on the ex-KGB agent who seized and kept control of freakin' Russia over nepo-baby "gamer", "engineer" Musk. What a goofy threat. And I say that as a middling gamer and engineer myself lol

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[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 137 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Don't let the fascists fool you, there are alternatives to Starlink. Eutelsat in France, Telesat in Canada and Inmarsat in the UK, just to name a few examples.

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[–] starvald_demelain@lemmy.world 113 points 1 week ago (3 children)

"Be quiet small man"... smallest dick energy I've seen today.

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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 105 points 1 week ago (2 children)

did elon really say "pipe down pipsqueek" like that worked well for drake? man people with canadian citizenship gotta stop doing that.

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[–] krimson@lemmy.world 97 points 1 week ago

Also a reminder that everyone who is not a Musk sheep should leave Twitter.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 83 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

Oligarchs used to act the part, and have the appearance of being "classy".

Now Oligarchs are just a bunch of 4chan users.

Wtf is: "Be quiet, small man"

That's not an elegant way of speaking.

These people are supposed to be "upper class"?

🤣

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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 74 points 1 week ago (5 children)

If America was a real country this guy would've immediately been removed from any and all companies he runs.

Does SpaceX not have a board?

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[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 73 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Is this exchange real? Surely this can't be, right?

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 75 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 63 points 1 week ago (1 children)

OK, so this is where things are now. Wow.

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 week ago

Yeah I could not believe myself. But honestly people in position of power need to be out of twitter. It craves and feed on attention.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Musk has completely lost touch with reality at this point and thinks he's god.

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[–] turbulentMagma@lemm.ee 68 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Calling someone else a small man really shows what kind of man he is

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[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The irony of elon calling anyone else "small" is hilarious....

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[–] echolalia@lemmy.ml 54 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Disgusting. Why the FUCK would you talk to our allies this way? The guy is a polish government official.. (I mean obviously I know why, Elon is a megalomaniac).

"Small man"??? WTF. I hate it.

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[–] cocolowlander@feddit.nl 52 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

More competition will ensure the oligarchs to behave.

I don't trust the EU tech owners, but I recognize that they are at an disadvantage to the US counterpart (and nationalism is a useful tool to sell their product) so they won't be making overt moves to dismantle European democracy.

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[–] Muehe@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This post has more upvotes on Lemmy than Reddit

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[–] Evono@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 1 week ago (10 children)

It's time for Europe to finally get their own solutions.

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 51 points 1 week ago

That's weird: Musk and Trump are doing exactly what one would if they were Russian assets, bent on destroying western alliances... You don't have to believe all the evidence that they are... Just imagine that these 2 billionaires are compromised. What would they do at this exact moment in history...?

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can't fucking stand that douche. I wish Luigi would visit that cocksucker. Man, that feels good to say. Fuck Reddit too!

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[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 44 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Twitters UI confuses me. Where do I start? What's the next one? And where's the end?

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[–] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's so many places where strategically important resources have been delegated wholesale to the US. Now, concerning mankind, it's theoretically better, of course, to not overdo it with wasteful redundancies. But, unfortunately, we're not talking about some kind of UN-controlled infrastructure, which is maintained and used internationally. Unfortunately, it's controlled by people like this, and that is now coming home to roost.

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[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Rubio shouted at Musk, so poor Elon took it out on a foreign country's government official and called him "little man"

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[–] MordercaSkurwysyn@lemm.ee 39 points 1 week ago (8 children)

This post was the final straw for me. I deleted all my accounts on non crucial US based services yesterday when I first saw it. I was already angry with what is going on but it was a shallow meme boycott consisting of only drinking kofola now instead of coca cola. It got serious yesterday. Unfortunately I still need to think about the strategy to quit Google since pretty much everything I do is connected to my Gmail.

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Hubris. This is hubris.

Nemesis will follow, motherfucker, the Moires don't fuck around.

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[–] alxmg@slrpnk.net 34 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Are we really allowing this American man belittle our institutions for his own profit?

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 week ago (3 children)

No, we're apparently letting a South African man, who is/was an illegal immigrant in the US, and who's maternal side of the family fled from Canada because his grandfather was a Nazi and was trying to drum up support to make Canada a Techno-feudalistic oligarchy, do those things.

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[–] Marty_Man_X@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago

Scheduled to arrived by 2030, but the EU is developing one and it's sounding pretty sweet: https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-space/iris2-secure-connectivity_en

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pride goeth before the fall, they say. The hellish part is the wait.

[–] xye@lemm.ee 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah, the full Hitler, a bold move let’s see how it plays out.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

Hey, rest of the Democratic world, there are a whole bunch of ex feds right now needing funds and direction for their anger. Maybe you should tap into them if you need someone to rid you of this meddlesome Chancellor.

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