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  1. screen time
    Why Bing Is Being CreepyIt’s doing what it was trained to do by reading our stories and absorbing our anxieties. (Not that Microsoft is happy about it.)
    By John Herrman
  2. big tech
    The Silicon Valley LoopHow the dot-com crash created Palo Alto’s clueless investor class.
    By Malcolm Harris
  3. 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
  4. boring news
    Elon Musk Is Building a NeighborhoodProject Amazing is the company town reimagined!
    By Alissa Walker
  5. health updates
    Jay Leno Broke Several Bones in a Motorcycle AccidentHis CNBC show Jay Leno’s Garage will end so he can recuperate.
    By Jason P. Frank
  6. screen time
    How Much Does Unbanning Trump Really Matter?On the internet, you can never really go back home.
    By John Herrman
  7. 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
  8. screen time
    Elon Musk and the Sad Mod Theory of Social-Media CEOsYou may technically run the place, but most of your users just see you as a glorified moderator.
    By John Herrman
  9. on with kara swisher
    Ian Bremmer on How Putin, Xi, and Elon Musk Are AlikeIn this episode of On With Kara Swisher, Kara talks to the Eurasia Group president about global risks and strongman weaknesses.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  10. twitter
    Inside Elon’s ‘Extremely Hardcore’ TwitterTwitter’s staff spent years trying to protect the platform against impulsive, ranting billionaires — then one made himself the CEO.
    By Zoë Schiffer, Casey Newton, and Alex Heath
  11. the system
    A Cosmologist’s Case for Staying Put on EarthThe many heterodoxies of Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  12. elon musk
    Tesla’s Terrible Year Has Gotten Even WorseAs Elon Musk devotes his time to boosting conspiracy theories on Twitter, the electric-car company’s stock continues to plummet.
    By Benjamin Hart
  13. on with kara swisher
    Piers Morgan on Free Speech, Elon Musk, and the Meaning of MeatIn the latest episode of On With Kara Swisher, she grills the tabloid veteran about his long, tumultuous career and whether his outrage is all an act.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  14. bye twitter
    Every Celebrity Who Has Left the Bird App“This place is a mess.”
    By Wolfgang Ruth
  15. bird brain
    The Unhinged Debate Over Twitter and ‘Free Speech’Whatever one makes of Twitter’s policies, a wider array of people and perspectives influence elite discourse today than ever before.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. what we know
    Twitter Users Vote for Elon Musk to Step Down. Will He?57.5 percent of respondents said “yes” he should. What happens next is anybody’s guess.
    By Chas Danner
  17. twitter
    Elon Musk Tried to Ban Leaving TwitterFollowing a backlash, Musk canned the new policy, which barred users from mentioning their other accounts at numerous Twitter competitors.
    By Chas Danner
  18. feuds
    What It’s Like to Be Banned by Elon MuskTwitter’s Thursday-night massacre, by those who lived it.
    By Matt Stieb
  19. the money game
    Is Elon Musk Setting Himself Up to Lose Tesla?The hidden danger of trying to fund Twitter by selling off the true source of his wealth and power.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  20. private jets
    The Twitter Account Tracking Elon Musk’s Private Jet Is Suspended — AgainMusk suspended the account on Wednesday, implying it violated “doxxing policy.”
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  21. first they came for the pjs
    Stalking Celebrity Jets Became the Internet’s Pastime Thanks to @CelebJetsKylie Jenner and Elon Musk have become main characters in the PJ universe.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  22. bird brain
    Elon Musk’s Politics Are About As Complicated As Trump’sBoth Musk and Trump sought subsidies from the Democrats, and then adoration from consumers of conservative media.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. screen time
    This Was Always the Problem With TwitterThe company has been exactly what the owners needed it to be — and nothing more.
    By John Herrman
  24. auctions
    Elon Musk Is Selling Off Twitter’s CafeteriaAnd some Eames chairs too. But the office beds are staying put.
    By Brock Keeling
  25. politics
    Twitter’s Former Safety Head Forced From Home After Being Smeared by Elon MuskFormer Twitter executive Yoel Roth and his family have reportedly faced a torrent of harassment and threats after Elon Musk’s false claims.
    By Chas Danner
  26. yell-no
    Mustard, Anyone?Twitter’s new check mark for brands isn’t exactly “gold.”
    By Wolfgang Ruth
  27. the national interest
    Red-Pilled Elon Musk Still Loves the Chinese Communist PartyThe Twitter owner may hate the left, but he does admire Leninism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. elon musk
    Elon Musk Gets Loudly Booed at Chappelle Comedy Show“It sounds like some of the people you fired are in the audience.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  29. the media
    The ‘Twitter Files’ Is What It Claims to ExposeThe purported exposé of Twitter’s political bias is itself an attempt to weaponize control of Twitter for political purposes.
    By Eric Levitz
  30. elon musk
    What Is Going on With Twitter’s Horrible Headquarters?The company’s San Francisco landlord is struggling to refinance. And workers are being invited to sleep in conference rooms.
    By Clio Chang
  31. getting around
    Where Is the Tesla Bus?Elon Musk announced it alongside the Tesla Semi all those years ago. So what gives?
    By Alissa Walker
  32. the group portrait
    Elon Musk’s Former Employees Pour One Out for TwitterIn New York, they gathered at a favorite post-work bar. They commiserated, gossiped, swapped numbers, and promised to keep in touch.
    By James D. Walsh
  33. into it
    The Lesson From Elon Musk’s Thud? Always Be Skeptical of Him.Twitter’s new owner cheekily introduced his short-lived satire project in 2018 as an “intergalactic media empire.” Then he bailed.
    By Sam Sanders
  34. screen time
    Why Elon Musk Is Picking a Fight With AppleHe speaks of a civilizational battle. But he probably sees a potential business advantage.
    By John Herrman
  35. early and often
    Republicans: Leave the World’s Richest Man Alone!Ron DeSantis and Kevin McCarthy want everyone to “stop picking on Elon Musk.” They’ve barely said anything about Trump dining with antisemites.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. chaos
    Elon Musk’s Bedside Table Is Even More Terrifying Than You’d ExpectWhich is more concerning: the multiple guns or the cans of caffeine-free Coke?
    By Tariro Mzezewa
  37. screen time
    Twitter Is Just a Guy NowAt the company — and on the platform — there’s no escaping Elon.
    By John Herrman
  38. getting around
    GM Is Fixing Busted Teslas NowAbout 11,000 of them so far, according to GM’s president.
    By Alissa Walker
  39. a most volatile year
    Tesla Is Down Bad Right NowThe company has lost more than $500 billion off its market cap since Elon Musk announced his Twitter purchase.
    By Matt Stieb
  40. tremendous content
    Trump Is Pretending He’s Too Good for TwitterWhich is, weirdly, also good for Elon Musk.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  41. rip twitter
    Oh Good, Kanye West Is Back on Twitter“Testing Testing Seeing if my Twitter is unblocked”
    By Bethy Squires
  42. screen time
    Making Sense of Mastodon and Other Twitter AlternativesThe Elon Musk-led era is off to an alarming start. But if not Twitter, where? Is there a better place to tweet?
    By John Herrman
  43. end of an era?
    Twitter Is Living for These Dying-Twitter MemesStaff resignations had users scrambling to crack some final jokes in case the bird app died overnight.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  44. twitter
    Did Elon Musk Just Kill Twitter With a Google Form? Apparently, Twitter employees did not want to be “hard core.”
    By Danielle Cohen
  45. last night on late night
    After #RIPJimmyFallon, Jimmy Fallon Is Back From the DeadRIP Twitter, though.
    By Bethy Squires
  46. on with kara swisher
    Why Elon Musk and Kara Swisher Are No Longer SpeakingIn this episode of On With Kara Swisher, Kara reflects on her decades of interactions with the billionaire who called her “an asshole.”
    By Intelligencer Staff
  47. screen time
    Welcome to $8chanThe first days of Musk’s Twitter have been a mess. But they also demonstrate a desire and a will to actually gut renovate.
    By John Herrman
  48. the money game
    The Rise of Influencer CapitalHow social media, celebrity promoters, and banks looking for a quick buck transformed the markets.
    By Malcolm Harris
  49. stop the presses
    Politico’s German Owner Mathias Döpfner Is Part Murdoch and Also Part Musk.Axel Springer’s CEO wants to be an old-school press baron for the digital age.
    By Shawn McCreesh
  50. the money game
    What We’ve Learned About Elon MuskThe drama at Twitter is absurd — and instructive.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
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