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Elon Musk Just Suspended Him From Twitter. Here’s Why He's Not Going Anywhere.

There's a certain satisfaction in being a small, annoying thorn in the side of the world’s wealthiest toddler who has apparently been driven insane after purchasing the platform.

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Jan 11, 2024
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Today’s newsletter is a guest post by Steven Monacelli.

I woke up on Tuesday morning to my phone buzzing. It was a call from Mikael Thalen, a journalist at the Daily Dot. Still recovering from a bout of COVID, I rejected the call. It was before 9 a.m., and I hadn’t yet had my coffee, so I decided it could wait. Then I looked at the messages Thalen sent m…

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