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Re:Elon Musk recommends that the International Space Station... by alabastervlog on Thursday February 20, 2025 @04:30PM (#43120471)
He had a toddler's reaction to being fact-checked by an astronaut on Twitter, and because he's him that has policy and spending implications for our government. While he's "just an advisor with no direct power" (to one audience—a court) but "in charge" to another and to all appearances very much is running some important operations.

This shouldn't be ignored, it's one of a thousand things that have happened lately that, very much in living memory, would (any one of them!) have for-sure and for excellent reasons been the end of someone's influence on public life. All of those matter.

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Re:Elon Musk recommends that the International Space Station... by jeffjobs4000 on Thursday February 20, 2025 @04:40PM (#43120597)
That's certainly a point of disagreement. I think this absolutely should be ignored.

Him saying the ISS should be deorbited after 27 years rather than 30 years isn't a disqualifying opinion.

Freaking out at perfectly valid opinions or actions is a bad thing to do. If you are constantly screaming over nothing, you'll be tuned out, and that's bad for when there are real things to scream about.

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Re:Elon Musk recommends that the International Space Station... by alabastervlog on Thursday February 20, 2025 @04:42PM (#43120646)
Leaders of our government (apparently he is one, now) proposing policy changes because they're throwing little-baby tantrums on social media is definitely something worth worrying about.
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