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Elon Musk tells Twitter followers to vote for Republicans in US midterms
Triggering a political debate, Elon Musk told independent-minded voters that shared power curbs the worst excesses of both parties. "Therefore, I recommend voting for a Republican Congress, given that the Presidency is Democratic," the Twitter CEO posted to his nearly 115 million followers.
Tale of two of the most powerful star-crossed men
Both appear to be under the cosh, President Biden has two high powered support acts - ex Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton with their star power - who are trying desperately to prop up his sagging fortunes as they criss crossing America for the tumultuous and bitterly contested midterms.
US midterms: Republican candidates mostly tweeted on immigration, reveals study
Conversely, so far in 2022, Democratic candidates produced almost three-quarters of the tweets mentioning LGBTQ+ issues and identity and two-thirds or more of those mentioning environmental issues or abortion, the study of more than 8,000 candidate Twitter accounts nationwide, said.
UN rights chief urges Elon Musk to ensure human rights in Twitter management
The letter followed reports of Twitter's massive layoff of staff on Friday, including its human rights team and ethical AI team, Xinhua news agency reported. "Respect for our shared human rights should set the guardrails for the platform's use and evolution," Volker Turk said in the letter.
Twitter spews 'lies all across the world', Biden slams Elon Musk
Joe Biden made these comments during a fundraising event for Illinois Democratic Representatives Lauren Underwood and Sean Casten, reports Fox Business.
SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy for the first time since 2019
According to CNET, on November 1 at 9.43 a.m. ET (7.13 p.m. IST), the Falcon Heavy mission, known as USSF 44, lifted off from pad 39-A at Florida's Kennedy Space Center with a military micro-satellite prototype named TETRA-1 and a larger, unconfirmed satellite. The rocket's side boosters returned for a successful, nearly simultaneous landing not far from the launch pad less than 10 minutes after liftoff. After launching a classified payload into orbit for the US Space Force, the central core booster was disposed of in the ocean.
Users will soon be able to pick a Twitter version they like better: Elon Musk
"Being able to select which version of Twitter you want is probably better, much as it would be for a movie maturity rating," he tweeted. Elon Musk added: "The rating of the tweet itself could be self-selected, then modified by user feedback". The world's richest man also said that "comedy is now legal on Twitter".
SpaceX is all set for its 30th Starlink launch of 2022
According to Teslarati, no earlier than (NET) 10:50 am EDT (14:50 UTC) on Thursday, a Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from SpaceX's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) LC-40 launch pad with 54 internet satellites in tow. Weighing in at 16.75 tonnes (36,900 lb), the batch of Starlink V1.5 satellites is one of just a few left for SpaceX to complete the second of five 'shells' that make up its first constellation.
Will Elon Mus make Vaibhav Balghare next Twitter celebrity from India?
Elon Musk recently responded to Balghare, a 22-year-old computer engineering student, who is into coding and cloud computing. A student of Suman Ramesh Tulsiani Technical Campus -- Faculty of Engineering, Balghare told IANS that he never thought Musk would reply to him.
Musk denies talking to Putin recently about Ukraine war
According to CNBC, Bremmer's note went out earlier this week to clients. Investor Sven Henrich asked Musk, via his Twitter account "@northmantrader," if the report was accurate. "No, it is not. I have spoken to Putin only once and that was about 18 months ago. The subject matter was space," the Tesla and SpaceX CEO tweeted. Later on Tuesday, Bremmer doubled down, writing that Musk had told him that he spoke directly with Putin and the Kremlin about Ukraine.
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