Elmo disabled Starlink services to deny communications near Russian-occupied Crimea last year to frustrate an attack on Russian warships thus allowing the Russian fleet to attack Ukrainian cities.

Is he his own sovereign state?

#Starlink #Musk #Ukraine
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/10/2192582/-lock-him-up

I've read a couple of Walter Isaacson's books - "Benjamin Franklin" and "Einstein". There's no way I'm wasting my time and money on his latest book. Musk represents everything that's wrong with corporate America and Silicon Valley.

When I read a biography, I'm trying to understand the life and times of that person. I know more than I need to know about Musk. None of it is good.

The latest Starlink information, apparently from Isaacson's book, is further proof that there is nothing good about Musk.

#Musk #Isaacson #Starlink #Ukraine #Biography

US Secretary of State #Blinken responded to the #Starlink outage incident in #Crimea

Recall that Elon #Musk secretly refused to give Kyiv access to his Starlink communications network over Crimea to prevent #Ukrainian drones from attacking Russian warships.

Antony Blinken expressed hope that this technology will remain fully accessible to Ukrainians. However, he could not say whether Elon Musk should be held accountable for his actions.

so i did two #memes for the dilemma* presented

#joinmstodon #mastodon #twitter #musk #elonmusk #starlink #tsarlink #x #fella #fellas #rashism #russia #mamema #meme

what ever way you pick #fella, i salute all #nafo

#slavaukraini, slava ukraina svoboda

*https://det.social/@mastomememakers/111042270553324983

first of all, i am truly grateful to what #nafo does.
so while the main dedication of this account has always been the promotion of #mastodon, in this case i find my self presented with a dilemma;

#fellas #twitter #elonmusk #musk #x #starlink #tsarlink

as in such cases usual, salute to all #nafo and
#slavaukraini

More broadly, Elon personally screwing over a #Starlink customer ≈ personally canceling a blogger’s #Tesla order because he didn’t like their post, personally throwing Tesla reporters off #Twitter. Petty dictator :D

‘I reported six months ago… that #Starlink was not only geofenced but also programmed to stop working at the… speeds drones work at. Ie it was active blocking’ https://x.com/olliecarroll/status/1700748836992389628?s=12

‘ I reached out to a source close to the Ukrainian drone programme… They confirmed Starlink had been previously enabled in the area… - which is why #Ukraine had used USVs that relied on #Starlink… - and that Musk had "turned it off" https://x.com/jimmysecuk/status/1700845764644098197?s=46

#elonmusk #musk #starlink #putin #russia #twitter #meme #mamema #memes
now that #tsarlink, unfortunately i dont know who is originally to credit for; but cudos

#slavaukraini i gerom slava
salute to all #nafo

@SteveThompson
🥥 As the principal owner of #Starlink -- who meddled in foreign policy in #Ukraine by foiling a #drone attack on the #Russian fleet, is #ElonMusk;

#Musk would have had a completely different narrative if DoD would have acquired the #Starlink for #Ukraine as he originally hoped. The involvement in a major war would have been no problem. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/world/europe/elon-musk-ukraine-starlink-drones.html #SpaceX

Excellent little summary of the #Musk #Starlink issue here. #neoliberalism #PrivatisationOfPublicInfrastructure „My point is to illustrate the fact that it’s not just that Elon Musk sucks, which he does. The whole situation sucks. You simply can’t have critical national security infrastructure in the hands of a Twitter troll who’s a soft touch for whichever foreign autocrat blows some smoke up his behind. But that’s what we have here.“ #RussiasWarOfAggression #Ukraine

Jeet Heer: Elon Musk is a state within a state. He's wealthy enough to have his own foreign policy. That's a problem.

#ElonMusk #Starlink #Ukraine #ForeignPolicy #NationalSecurity #RogueBillionaire

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/elon-musk-threat-democracy/

Brian Klaas: We might want to reconsider having a system in which a single conspiracist billionaire who gets his information from Catturd2 and Ian Miles Cheong can sway wars in favor of murderous despots that invade sovereign countries. Just a thought. #Musk #Starlink #Ukraine #Catturd #Putin

#Starlink: #Musk soll #Ukraine-Angriff verhindert haben https://orf.at/stories/3330516/

🔴 News of the #Starlink Affair came out ~6 weeks ago to a quiet public reception

So who's driving this news story now, and why?

I have a suspicion it's indirectly #Reichsführer #Putin - it's exactly his style to drive a wedge between neighbours and friends

🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/elon-musk-ukraine-starlink-intervention-could-be-worrying-sign-of-things-to-come-12957345

Musk stops Ukraine from using Starlink which allows Russia launch missiles that kill Ukrainians. because he doesn’t want to be involved in the war?
By not allowing Ukrainian drones to destroy part of the Russian military (!) fleet via #Starlink interference, @elonmusk allowed this fleet to fire Kalibr missiles at Ukrainian cities,” he added. “#UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/elon-musk-ukraine-starlink-twitter-b2408081.html

No one person should have this much power over nations. Petty #dictators and #industrialists are cut from the same autocratic cloth. And if there ever were an argument for #nationalization, working with a declared enemy would be it. #Musk #Starlink https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/world/europe/elon-musk-starlink-ukraine.html

" Elon Musk sabotaged Ukrainian attack on Russian fleet in Crimea by turning off Starlink, new book says

Top Russian official praises #Musk’s move to shut down #Starlink during Ukraine’s strike attempt."

#EU #Pentagon #Military #War #Ukraine #NATO #Putin #Russia #Weapons #US #Zelensky #News #CounterOffensive #NAFO #Nuclear

https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-ukraine-starlink-russia-crimea-war-drone-submarine-attack-sabotage/

Der milliardenschwere Unternehmer Elon #Musk stellt der #Ukraine das #Starlink-Satellitensystem für den flächendeckenden Zugang zum Internet bereit. Dieses wird auch vom #Militär des von #Russland überfallenen Landes genutzt – offenbar zum Missfallen Musks. Laut einem Auszug aus einer neuen Biografie über den #Tesla-Gründer, kolportiert via CNN, soll dieser einen Angriff auf die russische Kriegsmarine unterbunden haben – angeblich aus Sorge vor möglichen (…) https://orf.at/stories/3330407/