Elon Musk And The Department Of Government Efficiency Is All Sorts Of Suspect To Say The Least
In case you missed it, Elon Musk is heavily involved in the incoming Trump Administration. The key thing that he will be doing is running the Department of Government Efficiency with Vivek Ramaswamy. The first thing that you will note is that Department of Government Efficiencyspells DOGE which is Elon’s favourite cryptocurrency. This is right up there with “S3XY” which is made up of almost all of the Tesla cars that are currently on sale put together (Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y) and the Tesla self driving feature Actual Smart Summon or “ASS”. So based on that, if you concluded that it is highly likely that Elon came up with the name for this department, you get to move to the front of the class.
But if you think that’s suspect, it gets worse. This is the official Twitter feed for the department:
You will note that it has a grey checkmark next to the name. That means that it’s an official government account. But there’s a problem with that:
According to X’s rules on checkmarks, organizations eligible for the gray checkmark are generally reserved for executive office accounts, government agency accounts, and embassy and state-level accounts, as well as accounts held by government officials and heads of state.
As DOGE is not an official government department, having the gray checkmark may violate X’s rules.
Well, that’s kind of bad. But not surprising as Elon is known for breaking the rules that he creates. Never mind other people’s rules. But there’s worse yet to come. Have a look at this:
So beyond the bizarre requirements for someone to be considered for a job with this not quite a government department, there’s the fact that resumes have to be DM’ed, which are solely open to verified Twitter users who pay Elon Musk. Which means that Elon effectively is going to make $8 a month from any job applicant to this not quite a government department. Then there’s the fact that the Twitter users who pay Elon $8 a month are Elon fanboys by and large. That to me borders on corruption and cronyism. But maybe I’m looking at this wrong.
Honestly, I am not surprised by any of this. But at the same time I am surprised. Mainly due to how fast this is happening. And I suspect that it’s only going to get worse from here.
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Elon Musk And The Department Of Government Efficiency Is All Sorts Of Suspect To Say The Least
In case you missed it, Elon Musk is heavily involved in the incoming Trump Administration. The key thing that he will be doing is running the Department of Government Efficiency with Vivek Ramaswamy. The first thing that you will note is that Department of Government Efficiency spells DOGE which is Elon’s favourite cryptocurrency. This is right up there with “S3XY” which is made up of almost all of the Tesla cars that are currently on sale put together (Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y) and the Tesla self driving feature Actual Smart Summon or “ASS”. So based on that, if you concluded that it is highly likely that Elon came up with the name for this department, you get to move to the front of the class.
But if you think that’s suspect, it gets worse. This is the official Twitter feed for the department:
You will note that it has a grey checkmark next to the name. That means that it’s an official government account. But there’s a problem with that:
According to X’s rules on checkmarks, organizations eligible for the gray checkmark are generally reserved for executive office accounts, government agency accounts, and embassy and state-level accounts, as well as accounts held by government officials and heads of state.
As DOGE is not an official government department, having the gray checkmark may violate X’s rules.
Well, that’s kind of bad. But not surprising as Elon is known for breaking the rules that he creates. Never mind other people’s rules. But there’s worse yet to come. Have a look at this:
So beyond the bizarre requirements for someone to be considered for a job with this not quite a government department, there’s the fact that resumes have to be DM’ed, which are solely open to verified Twitter users who pay Elon Musk. Which means that Elon effectively is going to make $8 a month from any job applicant to this not quite a government department. Then there’s the fact that the Twitter users who pay Elon $8 a month are Elon fanboys by and large. That to me borders on corruption and cronyism. But maybe I’m looking at this wrong.
Honestly, I am not surprised by any of this. But at the same time I am surprised. Mainly due to how fast this is happening. And I suspect that it’s only going to get worse from here.
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This entry was posted on November 14, 2024 at 3:49 pm and is filed under Commentary with tags Twitter. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.