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  1. celebrity real estate
    Elon Musk Wants a Big Love CompoundThe billionaire has so far bought three neighboring mansions in Austin to house his 11 children and at least some of their moms.
    By Clio Chang
  2. screen time
    Hurricane Milton Shows How Elon Musk’s X Is Now Useless in a CrisisLive events and news belong to the streamers now.
    By John Herrman
  3. encounter
    He’s Huge in HospitalsWill Flanary is your doctor’s favorite TikToker.
    By Juno DeMelo
  4. bad ideas
    Elon Musk’s Image Generator Will Do Anything for a LaughMaybe it’s a bad thing.
    By Matt Stieb
  5. screen time
    A photo illustration of a screenshot from X
    The American Right Is Terminally OnlineDonald Trump and Elon Musk have joined forces. Or are they stuck together?
    By John Herrman
  6. screen time
    Elon Musk Finally Has His Everything AppTo the outside world, the former Twitter (now X) might look like it’s in decline. To its owner, it looks perfect.
    By John Herrman
  7. screen time
    The Internet’s Biggest MysteryHow many regular users do the likes of Facebook, Youtube, and Netflix even have anymore?
    By John Herrman
  8. the discourse
    Who Is Will Stancil? And Why Is He In Your Feed?The Minnesota policy wonk posting his way to power and influence.
    By David Klion
  9. screen time
    X’s New Video Strategy Is a Pivot to NowhereThe social-media platform is going video-first by posting every other platform’s videos last.
    By John Herrman
  10. pivot
    Pre-GRAMMY Gala - Arrivals
    Don Lemon on How Elon Musk Whacked His X ContractThe former CNN host tells Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway that Musk didn’t like being confronted with facts.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  11. games
    Elon Musk at the World Cup final in Qatar
    The Slow, Painful Death of Sports TwitterWhat was once an essential and joyous gathering place has become a wasteland under Elon Musk.
    By Will Leitch
  12. screen time
    What the Hell Is Elon Musk Doing at X? 5 Theories of the CaseNot only are things not going according to plan — it can seem as though there was never much of a plan at all.
    By John Herrman
  13. addicted to posting
    Advertisers Are Running From X and Elon Musk’s AntisemitismApple, IBM, and several entertainment conglomerates have pulled ads from the platform. Musk is tweeting through it.
    By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner
  14. on with kara swisher
    Ben Mezrich on the Musk and Zuck Messiah ComplexesKara Swisher talks all things Elon with the author of the new book, Breaking Twitter.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  15. business 101
    Visionary Musk Boosts X Value by Negative $25 Billion in Just One YearIt takes work to lose this much money.
    By Matt Stieb
  16. on with kara swisher
    Navigating the Digital Fog of the Israel-Hamas WarKara Swisher talks with three veterans of the disinformation war about how to tell what’s real and who is behind the viral content that isn’t.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  17. screen time
    Is X (Formerly Twitter) Worth $1?Elon Musk has a big new idea to make all active users pay a small fee.
    By John Herrman
  18. screen time
    Why Wartime Social Media Is Hellish and DisorientingThe Israel-Hamas war shows how platforms like Twitter are moving further downstream from reality.
    By John Herrman
  19. screen time
    Would Anyone Really Want to Pay for TikTok?Social-media companies are suddenly interested in subscriptions, but they may be misunderstanding their audience.
    By John Herrman
  20. what we know
    What X CEO Linda Yaccarino Claimed at the Code ConferenceIn a tense interview, the head of Elon Musk’s social-media platform insisted everything was going great — and that she really was the CEO.
    By Chas Danner
  21. on with kara swisher
    Walter Isaacson on Almost All the Criticism of His Elon Musk BookKara Swisher grills the author on his new biography and tries to get him to admit whether or not he actually likes Musk.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  22. screen time
    Social Media Drops the ‘Digital Town Square’ RoutineEvery platform used to be for everyone, but those days are gone.
    By John Herrman
  23. screen time
    Lies, Damned Lies, and Social-Media MetricsThose view counts on Twitter, TikTok, and Netflix? Be very skeptical.
    By John Herrman
  24. twitter
    Twitter’s New X Is Officially a Bad SignNeighbors and city building inspectors were not thrilled about Elon Musk’s giant new strobe light atop X-Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters.
    By Chas Danner
  25. technology
    All the Ways Elon Musk’s X Is Different From TwitterThe branding is wildly inconsistent, but for now the biggest changes are happening only in Musk’s dreams.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. the left
    Will There Be Bananas Under Socialism?The most important question facing the American left today.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. sports
    Threads Has Woj Bombs Now, So the Site Has Really ArrivedA-list scoop machines like Adrian Wojnarowski and Adam Schefter are giving Mark Zuckerberg’s “Twitter killer” some sports credibility.
    By Eve Peyser
  28. screen time
    Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads Is an Early Success — Thanks to Elon MuskA hundred million users later, Meta’s timing with its Twitter knockoff looks both savvy and lucky.
    By John Herrman
  29. fiascos
    Elon Musk Tries Forcing Twitter Users to Use Less TwitterMusk announced reading limits for all Twitter accounts over the weekend, blaming AI but punishing humans who still use Twitter.
    By Chas Danner
  30. small pleasures
    Bluesky Reminds Me of When Social Media Wasn’t TerribleIt’s refreshing to share inane thoughts in an extremely low-stakes atmosphere.
    By Eve Peyser
  31. screen time
    Why Mark Zuckerberg Can’t Quit TwitterHe once tried to buy it. Now he’s creating a knockoff — and talking about a cage fight with Elon Musk.
    By John Herrman
  32. the money game
    Jim Cramer and the Art of Being WrongFinancial Twitter’s favorite joke is that the CNBC host is an inverse indicator. Is anyone making money betting against him?
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  33. under new management
    Elon Musk Is Almost Done Wreaking Havoc As Twitter’s CEOThe billionaire has hired NBCUniversal ad chief Linda Yaccarino to take the reins.
    By Matt Stieb
  34. screen time
    Can Bluesky Be Twitter Without Twitter?The buzz over the all-too-familiar new platform is as much about getting out as in.
    By John Herrman
  35. screen time
    Twitter Frees Its HostagesMusk, who is trying to extort verified users to pay to keep their blue check, is actually giving them a precious gift: a chance at a clean exit.
    By John Herrman
  36. media
    Elon Musk Drives NPR Off Twitter in Latest Genius MoveThe outlet said it would stop posting on the site after being labeled “state-sponsored media.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  37. screen time
    Twitter Builds a WallElon Musk’s platform will take its cut or die trying.
    By John Herrman
  38. screen time
    Why Every App Now Feels Like TikTok, But WorseAlgorithmic videos are killing social media.
    By John Herrman
  39. twitter
    Who Leaked Twitter’s Source Code?The company reportedly thinks the leak, posted to GitHub under the name “FreeSpeechEnthusiast,” came from one of its many former employees.
    By Chas Danner
  40. on with kara swisher
    Walter Isaacson on Whether Elon Musk’s Ends Justify Being MeanKara Swisher talks to the Musk biographer about what he observed shadowing the billionaire, how Musk compares with Steve Jobs, and much more.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  41. twitter
    Twitter Continues to Deteriorate SlowlyAnother malfunction on Monday is the latest sign of the site’s unreliability under Elon Musk.
    By Benjamin Hart
  42. screen time
    A TikTok Ban Would Make for an Incredibly Strange Day on the InternetWhile it might not be the most probable course of events, it definitely could happen.
    By John Herrman
  43. on with kara swisher
    Marc Benioff Regrets Not Buying TwitterKara Swisher has a long talk with the embattled Salesforce CEO about activist investors, Elon Musk, drunk tweeting, and much more.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  44. twitter blues
    The Brutal Layoffs at Twitter Just Keep ComingAs Elon Musk tweets in defense of the “Dilbert” guy, the company’s head count continues to shrink, and not even loyalists are safe.
    By Matt Stieb
  45. media
    Elon Musk Backs Dilbert Guy, Says the Media Is ‘Racist Against Whites’The Twitter owner came to Scott Adams’s defense after the cartoonist’s racist rant led hundreds of newspapers to drop his long-running comic strip.
    By Chas Danner
  46. tremendous content
    Elon Musk Rigged Twitter to Force Us to Read His TweetsThe CEO forced Twitter’s engineers to frantically come up with a way to boost his tweets because we ignored his boring Super Bowl post.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. old beef
    Trump White House Asked Twitter to Take Down Chrissy Teigen BurnMore proof that the former president can dish out insults but can’t take them.
    By Matt Stieb
  48. screen time
    How Much Does Unbanning Trump Really Matter?On the internet, you can never really go back home.
    By John Herrman
  49. tremendous content
    Trump and Truth Social Should Just Break Up AlreadyHe reportedly wants out of his contract with Truth Social, but instead of making a clean break, he’s asking for an open relationship with other sites.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. twitter
    Elon Musk Says Plan to Take Tesla Private at $420 a Share Totally Wasn’t a JokeOn trial, he says he had real reasons to use a weed joke as the premium for Tesla going private, not just because his girlfriend thought it was funny.
    By Matt Stieb
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