We talk about the chaos at Twitter as Elon drives the company into the ground, merging classic techniques of a private equity takeover with his patented impulsive incompetence.

Stuff we reference:

••• Musk’s Trump-style management rattles Twitter workers awaiting layoffs https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/03/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-silence-blind/

••• Twitter job cuts begin as Musk warns of ‘massive’ revenue drop https://www.ft.com/content/b9a2a0ec-d3fe-422d-bc62-fa9ddfd3f06c

••• A Layoff Guide for Twitter Workers https://news.techworkerscoalition.org/2022/11/03/issue-16/

••• Exclusive: Tesla faces U.S. criminal probe over self-driving claims https://www.reuters.com/legal/exclusive-tesla-faces-us-criminal-probe-over-self-driving-claims-sources-2022-10-26/

••• American Gentry https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/trump-american-gentry-wyman-elites/620151/

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