Now I Am Become Musk, Destroyer of Platforms

Elon's naked colonialism and the erasure of everything

In an announcement of brain-strafing, Silicon Valley pitch-speak—insulting to the intelligence and experience of anyone who has been using the platform for more than a minute—the new CEO of Twitter, Linda Yaccarino, announced the death of Twitter and the (still) birth of X, its unformed replacement.

Whatever Twitter—X—becomes remains to be seen, and it w…