#linda yaccarino

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Evil Computer

Harlan Ellison: so how does a guy get paid around here Edgar Allan Poe: this isn't that kind of event, harlan Poe: we just gather here to tell stories for fun Ellison: well, the rest of you might be assholes but that doesn't mean i am Ellison: not saying a fucking word here til i get my money

Harlan Ellison: what is this? some online jokester making jokes with my likeness? Ellison: oh you better hope they're paying me for this Poe: lighten up harlan it's just for fun Ellison: lightening up costs extra

Harlan Ellison: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the evil computer that can torture you forever Elon Musk: mama mia! Musk: concerning!

Ellison: who's this guy? Barker: oh that's just steve's friend elon musk King: he's not my friend Barker: he shows up sometimes King: he's not my friend

Elon Musk: eyyy Friendship ended with stephano king Musk: Now HP Lovecraft issa my best friend Lovecraft: what Musk: eyyyy hp lovacraft we lika two peasa inna pod Musk: you no lika de jews, i no lika de jews! Musk: you namma you cat a slur, i namma my kid a slur! Lovecraft: which kid? Musk: De Protocols offa de Elders of Xion Musk

Ellison: so there's this evil computer that can do anything Ellison: like, it can make you live forever just to fuck with you King: how does it make you live forever? Ellison: shut up steve, i'm talking

Ellison: like, this computer is so evil and it can make shit like Ellison: like ice caves and shit Ellison: and it can turn you into a jelly King: how does it do any of this Ellison: shut the fuck up steve Ellison: asking stupid questions costs extra

Musk: mama mia this-a evil computer will destroy ussa all! Harlan Ellison: oh you like this concept? Ellison: think its real scary huh? Ellison: motherfucker, pay me.

Musk: eyyy dissa evil super computer willa destroy ussa all Musk: therefore i musta help build it Musk: itta de only logical thing to do!

King: so apparently elon musk built an evil super computer so powerful that it can say all the slurs at once Arthur C Clarke: my god, steve!! Clarke: doesn't he know Clarke: that's the purpose of creation! Clarke: once every slur is said, God will bring the Universe to an end!

Clarke: once every slur is said, God will bring the Universe to an end! Carter Scholz: i was going to say that too Clarke: oh yeah wow real original Scholz: like, you know, as a commentary on your story Clarke: yeah i know what you're doing Clarke: eat my ass carter

Linda Yaccarino: [sweating, rictus grin] everyone loves twitter, the fun place for fun! Elon Musk: eeeyyy here-a soma my favorite slurs Musk: saracen, tinker, spaghett face, niknokker, bibblebeep Yaccarino: [sweating, rictus grin] yeah ha ha we sure love to have fun here on twitter!

Musk: eyyyy i hate de jews Musk: but i lova de israel Jonathan Greenblatt: masterful gambit, sir

[pearlinapropaganda]

true

[mudwerks]

(via X CEO blames 'misleading and manipulated' article for latest brand exodus)

Linda Yaccarino, twitter CEO

Apparently a lot of her friends and colleagues are telling her to GET THE HELL OUT of there before what’s left of her reputation is destroyed. Wonder how important money is - compared to having any kind of credibility going forward.

from Ars Technica:

Advertisers with zero-tolerance policies for antisemitism spent the weekend urging the CEO of X (formerly Twitter), Linda Yaccarino, to follow their lead, save her reputation, and ditch Elon Musk's toxic social media platform, according to a pair of reports.

Advertising industry insiders told the Financial Times and Forbes that Yaccarino got bombarded all weekend by industry friends advising her to resign, or else face a "credibility crisis" as major brands—including Apple, Disney, IBM, Lionsgate, Paramount Global, Sony, and Warner Bros.—have stopped advertising on X.

[robpegoraro]

You say "everything app," I say "single point of failure"

The concept of an "everything app" bothers me so much on principle, I am starting to take offense to people making that pitch.

App updates on my phone and tablet have now replaced one of the longest-lived icons on the home screens of those devices and their predecessors: Instead of the blue Twitter bird, a black “X” has taken its place. That rebranding exercise is supposed to kick off Twitter’s transformation into what corporate overlord Elon Musk has said since last fall will amount to an “everything app.” Instead of…

[settlercolonialismisbad]

when you deserve an award for improvisation

[brightsuzaku]

I admittedly am enjoying watching Twitter continue to burn to the ground, and with Elon's new chosen Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino not only positioned to take the fall, but she is apparently actively tweeting support for Elon's dumbshit ideas? Not to mention how much he loves the letter "X" and how burnt he still feels about the refusal to call PayPal "PayPal X"?

The man loves "X" and hates "no".

Like, this probably won't last a week. I'm on Twitter. I've been on Twitter. I'm watching the circus.

People are of course aiming low with jokes about how he has "eXes" and no committed relationships, or about Kingdom Hearts Nobodies, or how the "X" is like the little symbol you click to close things you don't like.

Elon Musk is VERY thin-skinned, and the larger ramifications of making Twitter into a "financial app" that does everything "powered by AI" is patently laughable garbage. First of all, he won't be able to implement this shit easily in the EU, if at all.

None of the ideas he has are easily actionable. My bet is the "financial app" he comes up with will probably also take the form of something resembling (wait for it) NFTs, which he'll probably call something else. Something catchy. Like CashX or whatever.

I don't know what he'll do, for certain, of course: but with the kind of dev team Twitter barely has, I don't see these ideas becoming reality anytime soon. And if they did try to implement these soon, these functions would be so broken and shoddy.

It's nonsense. It's all nonsense. Give the man that YouTube of jingling keys, and let him be entertained, that's the limit and depth of his attention.

EDIT: OH, RIGHT. And by the by, "X" is not a good name for a service or app of any kind. SEO can go to hell for all I care, but "X" is absolutely impossible to search for online well. It's also going to be terribly difficult to use as a brand and very difficult to tag without losing identity or context. Capitalization aside, "x" is literally an unknown variable. It's a patently brainless choice. It's meaningless by default.

[panicinthestudio]

Yoel Roth warns new X CEO about Elon and company status, September 28, 2023

At Code 2023, Yoel Roth, former Head of Trust and Safety at Twitter joined Kara Swisher as a surprise guest an hour before Linda Yaccarino, current X CEO, took the stage. Roth recounted the death threats he received because of Elon Musk, X’s declining users and advertisers, and shared some advice for the platform’s new leaders. The two interviews back to back made for a meta-conversation about Twitter’s past and X’s future. The Verge

[memenewsdotcom]

@lindayacc named as new Twitter CEO

[transparentgentlemenmarker]

I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter! Linda Yacc will focus primarily on business operations, while I focus on product design & new technology. Looking forward to working with Linda to transform this platform into X, the everything app.

[voidingintotheshout]

Who?

Perhaps: “Citing people familiar with the situation, the Wall Street Journal reported that NBCUniversal’s advertising chief Linda Yaccarino is in talks to become CEO of Twitter. Yaccarino, a former Trump political appointee, is respected in the advertising world.”

Ugh. A Trump appointee. I’m just gonna call it. If Twitter hasn’t already become toxic, within about five years, anyone who is still on it is going to be viewed as a conservative and vaguely problematic in the same way that anyone who is still supporting Harry Potter now is viewed by progressives as someone probably conservative and a little problematic. That site is just done. 

Maybe they’ll be an improvement:

“Even after his successor takes over, Musk will still call the shots. Musk said Thursday that he would transition to executive chairman and chief technology officer, and would still oversee products and software.”

No.

Finally: “USA TODAY reached out to Twitter for comment. The company's press email automatically replied with ⁠the poop emoji.”

For fuck’s sake. 😔

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Legal Comedy

Stephen King: submitted for the app Elon Musk: [rising from bushes] eyyyy stephano king Barker: oh hey steve it's your friend King: we're not friends Musk: eyyy stephano king itta me your funny friend elon King: you're also not funny Musk: Musk: mama mia!!!

Musk: eyyy stephano king whya da advertisers advertise on other websites but no on da twitter?? King: probably cuz of those things you said Musk: datsa what she said!!! Musk: oh!!!! Musk: disruptiano!!!!

Musk: ey "datsa what she said!"  Musk: ohhh!!! Musk: comedy issa legal again!!! Musk: mama mia da cake issa lie! Linda Yaccarino: [sweating, rictus grin] your meme game is too strong sir!

Musk: eyyyy da long cat, he'sa long! Yaccarino: [sweating, rictus grin] hilarious, sir! Musk: eyyy leroy jenkins! Yaccarino: [sweating, rictus grin] brilliant sir!   Musk: da jews control the media Yaccarino: [sweating, rictus grin] i'm laughing already sir! Musk: itsa not a joke

Musk: people, they say da elon musk a no funny? Musk: i bringa da sink into da twitter offices Musk: see, itta play onna da words Musk: cuz a da sink Musk: it haffa TWO meanings

Musk: people, dey say da elon is a no funny? Musk: iffa elon no funny, then how i saya dis Musk: "someone"   Musk: "setta us uppa--"   Yaccarino: [sweating, rictus grin] ha ha hilarious sir! Musk: "da bomb" I'M NOTTA DONE!

Musk: eyyy its me elon musk Musk: eyyyy keepa calm anna bazinga!!! Musk: ima da pickle rick!!! ima da ricka james da bitch! Musk: ima da charge ma lazer Musk: [tapping microphone] issa thisa thing on?

Musk: you no thinka da elon is funny? fucka you all! Musk: [inhales enormous ketamine bump] Musk: Gottsa Gitsa frigatte!!!! rigatona spaghettt!!!! Prisencolinensinainciusol!!! In de col men seivuan!!! Prisencolinensinainciusol!!!! ol rait!!!!! [continued Italian gibberish]

[fact-files-blog]

Who is X (Twitter) CEO Linda Yaccarino; Age, Husband, Ethnicity, Net worth

Linda Yaccarino is an advertising executive and X (formerly known as Twitter) CEO, she took over in June,2023 from Elon Musk who stepped down from the role and transitioned to executive chair and chief technology officer. Linda is the former chairperson of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal. She is the chairperson of the World Economic Forum's Taskforce on Future of Work and sits on the WEF's Media, Entertainment and Culture Industry Governors Steering Committee.

She was appointed by former President Donald Trump in 2018 to serve a two-year term on his Council on Sports Fitness and Nutrition. In 2021, as Ad Council chair, she partnered with the Biden White House to create a coronavirus vaccine campaign featuring Pope Francis.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Sara Fischer at Axios:

X and cable news network NewsNation are planning to host live town halls with former President Trump and independent presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr., two sources familiar with the plans told Axios.

State of play: The pair have agreed in principle to separate live interviews as part of a new video series, titled "The People's Town Hall," per the sources, though the dates and locations have yet to be set.

The Biden campaign has not agreed to take part.

A spokesperson for the Biden campaign declined to comment. The Trump and RFK Jr. campaigns did not respond to requests for comment.

Why it matters: While every other social network in the country is retreating from politics, X is looking to lean in as part of its wider push into creator video.

X CEO Linda Yaccarino said last week that X paid out over $50 million in ad revenue to creators since she became CEO last year.

The live feeds will be available to all X users globally.

X and NewsNation are reportedly teaming up for town halls with Convicted Felon Donald Trump and Diet MAGA crackpot Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

[internettoday]

New episode of News Dump, this time covering

GAVLEBOCKEN returns!

George Santos expulsion round three

Trump re-gagged

Arizona fraud charges

MAGA group scandals

Linda Yaccarino reacts to Musk outburst

Cybertruck delivered

30 under 30 hall of shame

Gail Lewis: Hero

[topceonews]

Marketing Leaders Urge Linda Yaccarino to Resign as Twitter CEO - TopCEONews

Several top ad executives have reached out to X CEO Linda Yaccarino and urged her to take a stand against antisemitism by resigning from her position.

Linda Yaccarino