It's been a heavy two weeks. Why not light our brains on fire with Elon Musk's media diet?
Not up for that? Well, my brave colleague Tim Murphy took it upon himself to study the billionaire's behavior, reading everything Musk had to say on X for an entire week—and he survived to tell us about it. As you can see here, this endeavor is not for the fainthearted. It meant weathering through right-wing emoji storms, dozens of attacks against the CEO of NPR, self-delusions of fighting a civilizational war, math jokes, and so much more.
It's a journey that makes for a deeply amusing read—the line about Howard Hughes cracked me up—but it also revealed some surprising elements. In fact, Tim's analysis stirred a small level of sympathy in me. As Tim put it, "If your media diet looked like this, you'd be red-pilled too."
So, heading into the weekend, let this be the permission you need to ditch the phone—and go touch some grass.
—Inae Oh
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