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[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

are you telling me you don't BELIVE trump!
“No, I won’t be going back on Twitter,” Trump told CNBC’s Joe Kernen.

[Starsky]

I guess plotting to overthrow government and using Twitter to do so while US President isn’t enough to get banned….

Elon Musk is such a kook

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Musk could care less...all about the Benjamin's

did you read this from this morning...these are his intentions and he can get more people interested by talking about trump, he will
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/09/elon-musks-goals-twitter-beyond-ambitious

Why it matters: The documents show that Musk imagines himself as able to produce financial growth unlike any the company has seen in its history.

By the numbers: Here are Musk's targets, per the Times:

Boost annual revenue to $26.4 billion by 2028, compared to $5 billion last year.
Get to nearly 1 billion users. Musk's goal is 600 million users by 2025, up from 217 million last year, and 931 million by 2028.
Cut the percentage of revenue from ads to 50%. (Ads were about 90% of revenue in 2020, the Times notes.)
Boost paid subscriptions, including growing Twitter Blue (currently $3 per month) to 69 million paying users by 2025 and 159 million by 2028.

this last one is absurd, he is not going to get 69mil users to pay $3 a month
never going to happen

[Starsky]

There is always an attempt to ascribe a rationale to his actions because he must be a genius but often he does crazy things for which there is little possible rationale.

At least that’s the way I see it…

And if he needs soon to be 76 year old Trump tweeting for Twitter to meet his targets he is crazier than even I thought.

[sweetcell]

Christian Borys
@ItsBorys

Someone actually made a David Attenborough style voiceover for this video of a destroyed Russian tank.

7:00 AM · May 9, 2022 · Twitter Web App

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Excellent thread on the home affordability over the decades 
https://twitter.com/cheeseforevery1/status/1522644737806815232?s=21&t=rJGSHJHtjQAwnlw9DXMLgA

[Starsky]

Musk puts on hold Twitter purchase

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

odd reasoning...but that tracks (that he does odd things)

on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

also, what's going on with Steve Schmidt and the Lincoln Project.   I guess we kinda knew we were letting wolves in the hen house

[Space Freely]

Excellent thread on the home affordability over the decades 
https://twitter.com/cheeseforevery1/status/1522644737806815232?s=21&t=rJGSHJHtjQAwnlw9DXMLgA

I know someone who would say that the cause of the rise in housing affordability is due to women being more available in the workforce...thus more worker supply, enabling employers to pay less than the amount necessary to keep up with the housing markets. What would the experts say to that?

[Starsky]

Where are these experts?



Some people say the housing market will crash next


People say a lot of things

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Excellent thread on the home affordability over the decades 
https://twitter.com/cheeseforevery1/status/1522644737806815232?s=21&t=rJGSHJHtjQAwnlw9DXMLgA

I know someone who would say that the cause of the rise in housing affordability is due to women being more available in the workforce...thus more worker supply, enabling employers to pay less than the amount necessary to keep up with the housing markets. What would the experts say to that?

You clearly didn't REALLY read this thread

all the houses are the fictional houses of TV shows like the sopranos, the brady bunch etc...

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

Where are these experts?



Some people say the housing market will crash next


People say a lot of things

I'm going to freely admit I don't know the answer to this, but can people point me to a time when housing prices legitimately crashed? Not, went down 5% and rebounded in a 18 months, but crashed.

[Space Freely]

Excellent thread on the home affordability over the decades 
https://twitter.com/cheeseforevery1/status/1522644737806815232?s=21&t=rJGSHJHtjQAwnlw9DXMLgA

I know someone who would say that the cause of the rise in housing affordability is due to women being more available in the workforce...thus more worker supply, enabling employers to pay less than the amount necessary to keep up with the housing markets. What would the experts say to that?

You clearly didn't REALLY read this thread

all the houses are the fictional houses of TV shows like the sopranos, the brady bunch etc...

You're right, I didn't. When I click on a Twitter link on my work laptop, I get a popup saying I need to login to Twitter to continue after about five seconds. And I don't remember my login information.

But is the sentiment really that far off? My blue collar father in law who had three kids paid for a single family home in suburban Chicago in the 70's and 80's on one salary.

[Space Freely]

Where are these experts?



Some people say the housing market will crash next


People say a lot of things

I'm going to freely admit I don't know the answer to this, but can people point me to a time when housing prices legitimately crashed? Not, went down 5% and rebounded in a 18 months, but crashed.

2008