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Fans of Jelly Roll, don’t go looking for the musician on X. He’s done with Elon Musk’s social media platform.
It’s no secret that ever since Elon Musk reluctantly purchased Twitter and changed the name to X, it has become a one-stop for toxicity, racism, MAGA nonsense, and all the Cheech and Chong gummies ads you can muster.
There was a time when it was still called Twitter, and it was a place where you could show off your wit and engage with your favorite musicians. One of those musicians, Jelly Roll, officially threw up his hands and quit the app.
The 39-year-old artist slammed the social media platform over the weekend, calling it “toxic.”
Per The Huff Post:
“This is for sure the most toxic negative app to exist ever — PERIOD. lol,” Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, posted on Sunday.
He added, “This place is different man, I always heard it was the Wild West on here but man it’s insane. It’s a safe place for everyone to say mean shit to each other with no consequences.”
He wrapped up his post with, “I’m out lol.”
The account, which he activated in 2009, has amassed over 300,000 followers and is still active. He has dropped two posts, his most recent one two hours ago.
Maybe he means he won’t be as active as he once was on X. Jelly Roll has been very open about his issues with social media, speaking with Variety about his break from it after he cyberbullied about his weight.
His wife, podcaster Bunnie XO, discussed her husband’s break from social media in an episode of her podcast.
Take all the time you need Jelly Roll. Protect your mental health.
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Elon Musk is currently out here stumping for Trump and giving money to those who sign up for his Super PAC. Due to a new lawsuit, he may have to dig even deeper into his pockets.
Spotted on The Verge, one of the production companies behind the 2017 film Blade Runner 2049, feels Elon Musk, who is honestly just the Donald Trump of tech, ripped off the movie for his robotaxi event.
On Monday, October 21, LA-based production company Alcon Entertainment slapped Phony Stark, his company Tesla, and Warner Bros. Discovery, alleging the use of an AI image generator to create promotional art for the We, Robot event that resembles stills from Blade Runner 2049.
According to Alcon, who also owns the copyright to Blade Runner 2049, WBD and Tesla decided to slide them a request to use imagery from the film just hours ahead of the We, Robot event on October 10 that conveniently took place on the Warner Bros. lot in California.
The website notes that because this event was live-streamed internationally, Alcon directly had to provide clearance for the images, even though Warner Bros. owns some licensing rights to Blade Runner 2049.
Per The Verge:
“Any prudent brand considering any Tesla partnership has to take Musk’s massively amplified, highly politicized, capricious and arbitrary behavior, which sometimes veers into hate speech, into account,” Alcon’s suit explains. “Alcon did not want BR2049 to be affiliated with Musk, Tesla, or any Musk company, for all of these reasons.”
Despite Alcon’s refusal, however, Tesla allegedly decided to feed shots from Blade Runner 2049 into an AI image generator to create “a lightly stylized fake screen still screen” which was displayed prominently during the We, Robot presentation.
The Verge also reports that Musk mentioned Blade Runner while describing sci-fi interpretations of the future. The live stream cut to a photo of a man wearing a trench coat standing in front of a dusty apocalyptic cityscape, basically the entire look of Blade Runner 2049.
This is not the first time Elon Musk and his company have been accused of copying someone else’s style. During the same event, the director of I Robot, Alex Proyas, accused Musk of swagger-jacking his designs, a claim many people on X, formerly Twitter, quickly made.
So, these latest accusations don’t shock us at all.
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Elon Musk gets plenty of praise for his “technical prowess,” but one person, Alex Proyas, doesn’t share those sentiments.
Last week in Burbank, California, the Tesla Chief and terrible owner of X, formerly Twitter, unveiled his company’s new Optimus robots and self-driving vehicles at an event interestingly titled “We Robot.”
Like many on X, Aley Proyas, the director of the 2004 blockbuster film I Robot, believed Musk jacked the designs from his movie.
“Hey Elon,” Proyas wrote on X, “Can I have my designs back, please?” The message was accompanied by a series of stills from the film, side-by-side with photos of Musk’s latest designs.
Musk, who doesn’t hesitate to respond when he’s called on his platform, has yet to respond to Proyas’ claims, but that didn’t stop his delusional fans from putting on their capes to defend the billionaire.
“Be honored. What you did with CGI and a green screen, @elonmusk did in reality,” one person wrote in response to Proyas’ claims.
Another glazer wrote, “you feel you inspired the future yet you’re trying to dunk on the person who made it a reality.”
This was not the first time Musk had shown off the Optimus robot; it debuted in 2022, the same year he reluctantly bought Twitter for $44 billion before stupidly renaming it to X.
Musk’s reputation as the real-life Tony Stark has since taken a well-deserved hit, and now he has become “Dark MAGA,” whatever that means.
Word on the tech streets is that humans partly controlled the robots at “We Work.” Following the event, Tesla stock took a hit, dropping by nearly 9%.
Welp.
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4. Do you really?
5. Yes, he’s definitely watched it.
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Donald Trump’s presidential campaign staff reportedly asked Elon Musk to block links to the JD Vance dossier on the X platform before the action took place.
According to reports, members of Donald Trump’s campaign staff reached out to Elon Musk to request that links to a dossier on his running mate JD Vance be blocked on X, formerly Twitter. The request apparently came before X made the move to suspend Ken Klippenstein, the independent journalist, from the platform. Klippenstein had published a link to the dossier in his newsletter. The security account for the platform stated that their reason for the suspension was due to its “rules on posting unredacted private personal information.” Klippenstein had publicly queried why other press outlets hadn’t released the document after obtaining it. The Trump campaign claimed that it was leaked after an alleged hack by Iran.
Klippenstein would be reinstated quietly over the weekend just as the report from the New York Times broke. He wasn’t named in the article, but he would subsequently point out in posts on X, formerly Twitter, that Musk’s actions were contrary to his previous posturing as a “free speech absolutist” who had deemed actions by the platform in 2020 concerning the ban of stories about Hunter Biden and his laptop as “incredibly inappropriate” after acquiring the company in 2022. After backlash, former CEO Jack Dorsey changed the hacked materials policy to prevent the “straight blocking of URLs.”
The news comes as Musk has been more and more expressive in his support of the Republican presidential nominee, being described as “obsessive, almost manic, about the stakes of the election,” even appearing on stage with Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last week. He’s also expressed that fervor in a recent interview with former Fox News journalist Tucker Carlson, where he stated that if Trump didn’t win in November he’d be “screwed.” It has not gone unnoticed by many on the X platform, who have noted how much pro-Trump propaganda has been allowed to be published there. Trump has recently said that he’d consider making Musk a part of his administration, remarking over the weekend at a campaign rally that he was looking to make him “Secretary of Cost-Cutting.”
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An interview between Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk took a dark turn as the two joked about the hypothetical assassination of Kamala Harris.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk sat down for a recent interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, and it would be aired on X, formerly Twitter. Musk has owned the platform since late 2023. The conversation, which lasted two hours, took a dark turn as Musk revisited a comment made earlier. “I made a joke, which I realised – I deleted – which is like: nobody’s even bothering to try to kill Kamala because it’s pointless. What do you achieve?”, he said, laughing.
Musk was referring to a post he made on X in the wake of an apparent second assassination attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump last month. “It’s deep and true though,” Carlson replied, joining him in laughter. “Just buy another puppet,” Musk continued, before adding: “Nobody’s tried to kill Joe Biden. It’d be pointless.”
Elon & Tucker having a good laugh in new interview: “Nobody has even bothered to kill Kamala because it’s pointless. Ha, ha, ha. What do you achieve? Nothing, you just bought another puppet Nobody is trying to kill Biden, it would be pointless.” pic.twitter.com/9evhzElxai
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 8, 2024
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Carlson agreed, then asked Musk to speak further on his point. “Some people interpreted it as though I was calling for people to assassinate her, but I was like … Does it seem strange that no one’s even bothered? Nobody tries to assassinate a puppet … She’s safe,” Musk said, to which Carlson replied in a deadpan manner, “That’s hilarious.” The two would also talk about other topics including Musk’s potential role in a Trump presidential administration. “If he [Trump] loses man … you’re f—d, dude,” Carlson joked. Musk bantered back: “I’m fucked. If he loses, I’m f—d.” Both laughed, with crew members joining in as Musk continued: “How long do you think my prison sentence is going to be. Will I see my children, I don’t know.”
The Tesla founder received a huge swarm of backlash after that initial post, and this time around he wound up getting praise from conservatives and fans of his on X, with one stating that “Elon Musk is the Democrats’ worst nightmare.” Others online expressed their disgust, with some writing that Musk shouldn’t be a government contractor and privy to classified documents. In a post on X, political strategist Simon Rosenberg wrote, “The owner of this platform is a deeply unwell person.”
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Elon Musk continues to make a complete fool out of himself.
The billionaire tech exec who desperately wants to be like Tony Stark has made it no secret where he stands politically, but on Saturday, he made it very clear that he is MAGA, or as he put it, “Dark MAGA,” whatever the hell that means.
Phony Stark, aka Elon Musk, happily jumped his way onto the stage during Trump’s latest rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, yup, the same place of the first assassination attempt on former disgraced president Donald Trump back in July.
The Tesla and SpaceX Chief got on the stage and, in front of the microphone, spewed the same ridiculous rhetoric that Trump does daily, whether it’s on his bootleg social media platform where his loyal deplorable followers feel safe.
Elon Musk Is Proudly “Dark MAGA”
Musk said, “This will be the last election” if the orange menace doesn’t win while wearing an official new Klan Hood, a “Make America Great Again” cap.
“As you can see, I am not just MAGA — I am Dark MAGA,” he continued.
He also spewed the lies that Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz are coming “to take away your freedom of speech, they want to take away your right to bear arms, they want to take away your right to vote, effectively.”
Musk also criticized California for its effort to ban voter ID requirements, one of the many voter suppression ideas that would primarily affect voters of color.
Musk’s appearance yesterday at Trump’s rally marked the first time he has appeared alongside Trump during one of his rallies.
He already has formed a super political action committee, which is spending a lot of money to help get out the vote efforts to get the divider-in-chief back in office.
He also held a Spaces event for him on X, during which Donald Trump did a lot of meandering and talking about nothing, which is basically what he does best.
Trump has said that if he does win, he will appoint Musk to lead a government efficiency agency because he loves to “hire the best people” for jobs.
Phony Stark Is Getting Clowned On His Own Sh*t
Musk’s glazing of the man who once called him a phony and failure is getting him clowned on his platform, and deservingly so.
Lol.
We are always here for Phony Stark getting dunked on.
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1. TEARSSSSSS
2. Never forget
3. Looking absolutely stupid
6. Champion of misinformation
12. Again, never forget
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Elon Musk might want to learn to shut his mouth when discussing particular subjects.
Spotted on Page Six per The Daily Mail’s reporting, Phony Stark, aka Elon Musk, reportedly used to brag about his friendship with Sean Diddy Combs, according to a new book.
These developments come after the Tesla chief asked who knew about the disgraced music mogul allegedly sexually abusing a 9-year-old after more allegations arrived.
“I don’t know if you know this, but Puff is an investor in Twitter,” Musk proudly boasted to current Revolt CEO Detavio Samuels, reporters Ryan Mac and Kate Conger write in their new book, “Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter.” The Daily Mail reports.
“You know, he’s a good friend of mine. We text a lot,” he allegedly added.
The New York Post’s gossip section also points out photographic evidence of Musk and Diddy attending a Dave Chappelle Netflix Is A Joke comedy special in 2022.
In a repost of a Daily Mail headline reporting, “Diddy accused of abusing nine-year-old d boy and spiking drinks with horse tranquilizer with shocking claims,” Musk wrote in the caption, “How many people in music & entertainment knew about this?”
Who Else Knew?
Since Diddy’s downfall, many people wondered if any of the mogul’s famous friends knew about his shenanigans. Many of those same celebrities have quickly disassociated themselves from The Diddler after people found all the photos featuring the Bad Boy general and his celeb friends.
Then, of course, you got people like Jaguar Wright out here on a mission to link JAY-Z to Diddy’s alleged crimes.
Again, Musk needs to ensure he has all his ducks in a row before he gets on the “crazy if true” train since he’s allegedly boasting about being homies with Diddy.
Just saying.
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Bootleg Tony Stark, aka Elon Musk, pockets could take a hit thanks to a new lawsuit.
The Tesla chief, SpaceX boss, and now reluctant owner of X, formerly Twitter, is the subject of a lawsuit by game company Cards Against Humanity.
According to the lawsuit, Musk’s company, SpaceX, is destroying South Texas land owned by Cards Against Humanity when it illegally launches its rockets into space from Texas.
Cards of Humanity is seeking $15 million from Musk’s company.
Per Raw Story:
The lawsuit, filed in Cameron County, was posted on a website the company is using to call attention to the civil battle. The suit claims that SpaceX has used Cards Against Humanity’s once “pristine” property filled with wild grass and cacti and changed the entire dynamic of the area by using the land as a construction staging site. SpaceX acquired vacant lots along the same road as the property and has constructed buildings around the area. According to pictures included in the lawsuit, the property now looks like an unfinished worksite filled with machinery and piles of materials.
Cards Against Humanity Made Donald Trump’s Life Miserable
Cards Against Humanity was out here doing the Lord’s work by making the disgraced former president, Donald Trump’s life, miserable by starting a crowd-funding campaign called CAH Saves America with the sole purpose of buying land to block the building of Trump’s stupid wall along the Texas/Mexico border.
In the campaign, 150,000 people paid $15 to protect land along the U.S.-Mexico border three miles from SpaceX’s launch facility.
Cards Against Humanity also owns the land, and if they win the lawsuit, they will compensate all 150,000 people involved with $100.
“150,000 people gave us their hard-earned money, and in exchange we vowed to protect this land from racist billionaires and their dumb vanity projects.”
Do know we are rooting for Cards Against Humanity.
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