You're talking about the wrong "this". I think you're right, and that's why he went through with the purchase instead of fighting the lawsuit, but he was only facing that lawsuit because he moved to buy it in the first place. He didn't accidentally sign a bunch of paperwork to buy a company for $40bn, he at some point made a bunch of deliberate decisions.

Would you kindly expand briefly on what you are alluding to? I’m unaware of the court case. TIA.

The court case that was forcing him to buy Twitter as he was contractually obligated to do?

It was starting discovery, and he changed his mind about stalling more right fast.

In any case, time to spin up on Mastadon.

You want to fire up a Mastodon server because I presume you're concerned with the loss of free speech on that platform? Do you think it was free prior to Elon's acquisition? Or are you only concerned about one particular type of speech when it comes to free speech?

Twitter failing to live up to tech utopian ideals in the face of their platform being used as the medium for a real life attempted coup is one thing.

Leaving free speech in the hands of Musk is another thing entirely.

I'm half expecting a freenode style implosion.

do you have recommendations on Mastadon servers to start with?

I'm not the one you asked, but it depends on your interests. It could also depend on what you're not willing to tolerate as defederation plays some role in what you will see.

What is "discovery" in this context?

The part of the lawsuit where each side gets to request specific information in support of their case?