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Ele-Lucy

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Byline Times

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‘Trump is Recycling the Kremlin Playbook In Order to Take Over Greenland’

The 'many similarities' between the Trump administration and Putin's autocratic regime

‘Trump is Recycling the Kremlin Playbook In Order to Take Over Greenland’

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April 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM

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Byline Times

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🔴‘Trump is Recycling the Kremlin Playbook In Order to Take Over Greenland’

The ‘many similarities’ between the Trump administration and Putin’s autocratic regime

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'Trump is Recycling the Kremlin Playbook In Order to Take Over Greenland'

bylinetimes.com

April 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM

Ele-Lucy

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This is Bear, she is getting herself ready for her afternoon snooze. X

Brown and black fluffy tabby cat laying o. Her side (tummy up) on a golden brown sofa.

January 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM

Ele-Lucy

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Is it wrong to speculate that America won’t actually have a new government for about 20yrs because of what 🤡 the republicans are doing?

January 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM

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Anonymous

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Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference, a letter from an alleged X whistleblower.

"What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations."

theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...

I'm writing this with a heavy heart and no small amount of fear. As a former X (formerly Twitter) employee on an H1B visa, I can't reveal my identity without risking everything, but I can't stay silent any longer about what I saw and was made to do.

When Elon Musk took over, everything changed. What started as a social media company became something much darker. I was part of a team that was directly ordered to manipulate Twitter's systems to influence the 2024 US presidential election. It wasn't subtle, and it wasn't ethical.

We completely changed how the algorithm worked, pushing pro-Trump and right-wing posts to the top of people's feeds. To make it look balanced, we also boosted some left-wing critics of Democrats, but it was all carefully calculated. These changes didn't just affect Americans - they impacted users worldwide.

One of the most disturbing things we did was create thousands of fake accounts using advanced AI systems called Grok and Eliza. These accounts looked completely real and pushed political messages that spread like wildfire. Havn't you noticed they all disappeared? Like magic.

We also knowingly allowed foreign governments to manipulate the platform. State-backed groups from Israel, Iran, and Russia were running their own influence campaigns, and because their goals aligned with ours, we looked the other way. Even when they clearly broke the rules, we didn't stop them.

Perhaps the most unethical part was how we manufactured news stories. One team would write completely fake articles, while another team would artificially boost their engagement metrics to make them go viral. We specifically targeted certain groups of people, knowing exactly how to manipulate their views and emotions.

The moderation team became a tool for our agenda. We systematically silenced anyone who got in our way, enforcing the rules when it suited us and ignoring them when it didn't. Elon Musk himself was deeply involved in these decisions, often joking about being "Black Hat MAGA."

What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations. The damage we've done is immeasurable, and I don't know if it can ever be fixed. People don't know what's real anymore, and that's exactly what we wanted.

The pilot program for the Eliza AI Agent, was election interference. Eliza was release officially in October of 2024, but we had access to it before then thanks to Marc Andreessen.

I'm terrified to be writing this, but I had to speak up. I just hope that someone with the power to do something about this sees this letter. You'll know what i’m saying is the truth by Elon's actions to the news someone spoke out. For more evidence look at the docs of Eliza AI Agent software. We left bread crumbs.

Yours sincerely,

A former employee who can't sleep at night.

January 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM

Ele-Lucy

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This is Bear. She is enjoying being my work colleague today. She has mainly won the “this is my chair” game. She also won the “that’s my pen” game. #cats #tabby #rescuecat #bengalforesttabbymix

Fluffy cat laying on a chair with feet through vertical chair back slats.

January 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM

Ele-Lucy

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I just want to say. It was. It was deliberate. And yes he is

January 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM

Ele-Lucy

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Reality TV (American TikTok) has now closed.

January 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM

Ele-Lucy

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I know I won’t ever buy a Deckers uGg or any shoe. They seem like arse holes

Since 74 UGG all the way.

January 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM

Ele-Lucy

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Slowly slowly finding all my follows from the 🪡 on here.

January 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM

Ele-Lucy

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Just had to use the block button again.

January 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM

Ele-Lucy

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What ever your day is today. I hope it’s peaceful. X

December 25, 2024 at 8:45 AM

Ele-Lucy

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I’ve done my first block on here. Felt odd

December 23, 2024 at 1:19 PM

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Alan Rew

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Very good, sober, article.

Kate Moore @oscarwoofs.bsky.social · Nov 14

Farmers need help. But from #farmwashing & supermarkets making huge profits while squeezing payments to farmers - the #IHT hue & cry is disingenuous. Dyson & Clarkson have voices & RW media support.
Learn the truth from East Anglia Bylines not Daily Mail
eastangliabylines.co.uk/farming/will...