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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Gerber Kawasaki surprised me. I would never have expected the baby food -> risk-taking adult ride connection!

spoiler/s I know it's an investment company name.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why I thought the left-most was netanyahu?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don't see what's interesting about this information. we all knew that he put investors together to raise the money. it's a normal thing to do I think. I don't know anything about business.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

It’s interesting to know who

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It does confirm the long-standing rumors that the Saudi royal family is now invested in Twitter.

And the fact that P. Diddy is part of this mess is surprising and slightly amusing.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Elon Musk calling himself trustee of his own trust is mildly amusing too.

Elon Musk as Trustee of the Elon Musk Revocable Trust dated July 22, 2003

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's a tax dodge, right?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I tried to find some info on how it might work, but it probably has foreign companies in the mix or something.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 months ago

Previously, high-profile investors like Fidelity have been connected with X, most notably because the investment vehicle's filings implied a 72% drop in the company's value since Musk took it over.

Let it fucking burn.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 months ago

Puff Daddy?!?!? Ew GROSS! One more piece of bile for the cesspool that is twitter

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago

Who owns it? Tax payers! We own it in our retirement plans.

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