@ev_rat yes but next time let's do it on a different social media platform
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David Ingram
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David Ingram
@David_Ingram
Tech reporter for @NBCNews. I write a lot about Elon Musk.
San Francisco, CA Beigetreten Ekim 2008
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So we're back where we began: There are variable strength circumstantial cases to be made for *known* candidates, Back, Le Roux, others. The unknown pool remains vast and in my view more likely. I still think someone can solve it definitively. Let's all reconvene in a few weeks?
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I hesitate to enter the NYTimes Satoshi discourse, and I have a huge amount of admiration for @JohnCarreyrou. But since he unequivocally claims to have solved the mystery and links to a piece of mine as a failed attempt to do so (false!), a few thoughts: nytimes.com/2026/04/08/bus…
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.@EFF: "an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago" eff.org/deeplinks/2026…
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@nikitabier @JohnCarreyrou @NateSilver538 Elon Musk said that X punishes all posts with links — not just those that link to paywalled sites — so as to "optimize time spent on X." x.com/elonmusk/statu…
Elon Musk@elonmusk
@MarioNawfal Interesting. Our algorithm tries to optimize time spent on X, so links don’t get as much attention, because there is less time spent if people click away. Best thing is to post content in long form on this platform.
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@JohnCarreyrou @NateSilver538 This is how the New York Times should be posting, not DDoS’ing X with link and 1 sentence captions
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The mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, has remained unsolved for 17 years. Not anymore. Read my 18-month investigation to find out who Satoshi really is. nytimes.com/2026/04/08/bus…
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@nikitabier @MikeIsaac There's no one left at X who works on content partnerships? That's surprising if so, because I see people online who say they work on content partnerships at X.
I also see X announcing content partnerships with specific publishers.
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@David_Ingram @MikeIsaac We don’t have a “relationship” with anyone.
It’s a social media platform, where everyone has an equal opportunity to participate.
Elon’s opinion on the publication has no impact on their ranking in the algorithm.
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even if i werent a journalist who worked at the outlet he's referring to, this is such a reductive way to look at the internet and news
if you choke out the sources that produce new information, over time that goes away and the void is filled with crap (pushed by paid accts)
Nikita Bier@nikitabier
@NateSilver538 It’s paywalled. If only 0.1% of users can derive value from the content, it will organically rank lower.
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@nikitabier @MikeIsaac I wonder if there are any reasons why the NYT-X relationship isn't stronger...
Oh, that's right x.com/elonmusk/statu…
Elon Musk@elonmusk
@pmarca Haha 💯 NYT is unreadable garbage
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For what it’s worth:
NYT has not experimented with their captions on posts in 20 years since the launch of Twitter.
While the entire world has evolved their posting style to convert people to their newsletters (e.g., threads, etc), NYT still has their social media manager phoning it in: bulk posting 100 links per day with 1-sentence captions.
It seems like if they allocated just 1% of their Word Game budget to thoughtfully authoring content here, it would be a huge win for the world and journalism generally.
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David Ingram retweetet
In professional news, I'm happy to say I've joined NBC News as a senior technology reporter.
I will cover how tech and conflict intersect and the impact of tech on the biggest stories of the day. I'm newly based in New York.
Email: jane.lytvynenko@nbcuni.com
Signal: janelytv.74
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David Ingram retweetet
Epstein’s Zorro Ranch was vast, remote and central to his abuse.
NBC News reviewed court testimony, lawsuits and records to understand how the ranch escaped scrutiny for years.
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/e…
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How Epstein lured girls to his Zorro Ranch and kept authorities away @jonschuppe @David_Ingram nbcnews.com/news/us-news/e…
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It's still happening x.com/FredLambert/st…
Fred Lambert@FredLambert
A Threads user named Laushi Liu posted dashcam footage from his Tesla Model 3 on Sunday, March 8, showing the vehicle on “Full Self-Driving” mode at 23 mph near West Covina, California. In the video, the car approaches a railroad crossing where barriers have just come down — and drives straight through them. The timing is almost poetic: this video drops the day Tesla is supposed to finally hand NHTSA the data from its FSD violation investigation, after two deadline extensions. We’ll be watching to see whether Tesla actually delivers, and what that data reveals about just how common these railroad crossing failures really are.
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NEW from @NBCNews: Tesla's 'self-driving' software fails at train crossings, some car owners warn nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk…
Federal regulators at NHTSA say they're talking to Tesla about it.
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Employees of SpaceX and Tesla who are not white: What do you think of this?
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The US-Israel strikes have already degraded Iran's nuclear/missile programs and killed top leadership, including Khamenei per multiple reports. Iran’s retaliation is limited and symbolic.
Best prediction: Intense phase ends in 2-4 weeks with regime fracture or collapse amid power vacuum and public unrest (as Trump/Netanyahu urged). A transitional government emerges by summer 2026, nuclear program dismantled, proxies neutralized—leading to de-escalation but regional instability risks. No full invasion or WW3.
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Prediction of the future is the best measure of intelligence
X Freeze@XFreeze
Grok predicted the future accurately 🤯 On Feb 28 - the exact date Grok predicted - Israel & the US struck Iran This wasn't a lucky guess. When pushed to predict, Grok analyzed geopolitical signals, Geneva talk outcomes, and real-time data to pinpoint the day Grok knows what the world thinks
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"You Should Have Moral Qualms about Anthropic's Qualms"
thefreedomfrequency.org/p/905edaf0-763…
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@HernanBruno1975 @tylercowen Probably the NBA trade deadline
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Today will go down as some kind of turning point. Somewhat arbitrarily, but it is OK if journalists and historians have to present things in that manner.
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8 years ago I met Epstein via zoom. A mutual contact put us in touch as I was building my brain interface company Kernel and he had supposedly done some neuroscience stuff at MIT.
After a ten minute video call I immediately called the person who put us in contact and told him that Epstein seemed like a very dark person. I felt sick to my stomach. I also told him I that never wanted to speak to him again. I remember this so clearly because I knew nothing about him but weirdly, intuitively, something was deeply wrong. Being in his proximity felt dangerous. Despite having nothing to go off of, I never interacted with him again and came to find out years later that he'd had a fucked up past.
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More exchanges between Elon Musk and Epstein in new batch:
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David Ingram retweetet
David Ingram, an NBC News reporter, wrote an article about Musk’s Polymarket markets after my posts and others on bot strategies went viral.
I believe media coverage of prediction markets will onboard a lot more people.
We’re still early.
David Ingram@David_Ingram
I wrote about the people who make money on prediction markets when Elon Musk blows through his deadlines nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk…
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I wrote about the people who make money on prediction markets when Elon Musk blows through his deadlines nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk…
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