You've Got to Be Kidding?

The Financial Times reports that Elon Musk personally called the chief executives of companies pulling advertising from Twitter to complain.   Media Matters released a report suggesting Twitter has now lost half of its top 100 advertisers.   Ad sales account for nearly 90% of Twitter's revenue.   In addition, there is also talk that Apple and Google may pull the “Twitter app” from their App Stores.   This inspired Musk to tweet “Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter.   Do they hate free speech in America?”   Musk then followed up by tweeting “What’s going on here @tim_cook?” Wow, it seems Elon is going full “Space-Karen” on Apple, and is “demanding to speak to the manager.”  Now, is it just me, or does it seem like every time some MAGA jerk doesn't get their way or someone disagrees with them, it suddenly becomes a “free speech issue?”   But I can see Elon Musk’s point.  I mean, who could imagine a company that wouldn’t be thrilled...

United Airlines to Buy 15 Ultrafast Airplanes from Start-Up Boom Supersonic:   Its been 18 years since the Concorde supersonic airliner flights were discontinued, but United Airlines is placing a multibillion dollar bet on the return of luxury and business travel by purchasing 15 planes from Denver-based “Boom Supersonic,” jets which the company claims could cut flying time between New York and London to only three-and-a-half hours. Wow, now that’s an awesome achievement!  From this point on, we’ll now be able to spread COVID-19 and other contagions around the globe - in just a little over 3 hours.  That said, I think we can all agree it’s about time someone finally came up with another viable transportation option for the one percenters.  After all, billionaires have been in desperate need of a way to make quickie jaunts over to Paris and back for their lunch dates.  Why, just think about what this means for the future of air travel.  With the help of f...