No one like Elon Musk should ever have the power to do this.

Hah, Elon got a bit butthurt when his bots were taken down....

So this is what Putin wanted in exchange for diesel....

I got annoyed by all the still existent butwhataboutistanists and haveyetnotseenanyrealtruthbutbelieveinbbcofallsources bros on lemmy, so I analyzed twitter posts of the big talking head himself:

Note the log scale. Now let's ponder the ramifications of the coincidence of big talking head losing fame in the exact same day as missiles strike random data center.

Edit: more info: https://lemmy.world/post/53119699

Elon is probably upset; when Ukraine destroyed that bot center they killed all his friends.

SpaceX employees seduced by Mars missions are now supporting authoritarianism, speech suppression, electoral rigging, violent invasions, and petrocracy.

Billionaires have too much power. They need to be cut down to size.

We all know for which side of this war they are playing

How much are the Russians paying Musk? Like seriously this is just insane.

If Ukraine had any sense they would try to be as little as possible dependent on the Trumps ilk and I think they have. Message was clear from the start.

He did this before, in 2022. The state department and intelligence community freaked out. I guess that was just advertising and the opposition has all been turned over.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war

Sounds a lot like treason

While Musk is behaving badly again this site is almost impossible to read due to ads, pious and the like.

If its Starshield it was probably ordered by Trump. The DoD controls that, and its unlikely SpaceX would alter it without their request.

Imagine how the DoD would feel if SpaceX unilaterally altered DoD service. The DoD needs to believe, even if its not true, that they have operational control.

Edit: Musk has now chimed in saying the government is in control of starshield not SpaceX as expected.

Edit: lol and Trump of course now denying doing anything. Can't wait to hear from someone else what happened. Germany is demanding answers now too.

Putin pulled out new compromat and/or offered little kids to Trump and Musk again.

If I was Ukraine I would be doing a deal with Australia to to use the spaceport being set up under the second pillar of AUKUS, sharing with the Australians how to make launch vehicles (which are essentially what short range ballistic missiles are ie Tochka. Satalites coupled with the Australian nuemann drive would be a huge benefit for both countries, especially Ukraine who could deploy their own spaced based communication network.

That's sad they still trusted elmo and should have known that he would try to benefit putin. It's wrong how it is, but he is known untrustworthy.