The Art Of War And Peace

  The data on race and murder that Elon Musk gave a ‘!’ deserved a ‘?’ The owner of X (formerly Twitter) expressed amazement at a false claim about violence committed by Black people. June 18, 2024 More than  1 year ago 5 min Summary 368 Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in September. (Elizabeth Frantz for The Washington Post) Analysis by  Philip Bump Elon Musk has an idiosyncratic way of engaging with X, the once-known-as-Twitter social media platform that he now owns. He does his share of corporate posting, offering up videos of Tesla cars and SpaceX rockets. But he also spends a lot of time amplifying right-wing propaganda, both directly in his feed and by replying to posts made by other people. When you or I reply to a post on X, a few people might see it. When the owner of the site — a guy with more than 187 million followers — does it, it vastly boosts the visibility of that post. That holds true even when the poster is offering misin...

 

  Josh Dotts (23) killed a homeless lady by pushing her into a river while she slept Filed Under:  Murderer Published: May 30, 2007 @ 12:00 PM Josh Dotts (23) Date:  Aug 11, 2006 Murder by:  Drowning Location:  Nashville, Tennessee URL:   view their profile Metro police have arrested two men in connection with the Aug. 11 murder of Tara Cole, a homeless woman who was pushed into the Cumberland while she slept on a dock in Riverfront Park. Timothy S. Webber, 21, of Lebanon and Josh S. Dotts, 22, of Lafayette are both in custody, and each has been charged with criminal homicide. The two had come to Nashville that night with specific intent to assault and harass homeless people, police spokesman Don Aaron said in a press release. "The actions of these two men are sickening," Chief Ronal Serpas said. "I am greatly disturbed that they chose to travel into our downtown area from other counties to bully the homeless." "Detective Ricky Winfrey and his fellow invest...