To think that if everyone who thinks Elon Musk is a menace boycotted X he would have less power

[Sunshineandoranges]

I think I am stating the obvious but someone will soon be explaining why my simple logic is flawed.

That top one is an example of why Twitter is a cesspit.

"Dr. Maalouf"'s claim is misleading. It came several days after the German election, which was won by the CSU/CDU block, who have promised to suspend Germany's Afghan Refugee program (and seem set to implement that shortly).

What happened, here, was that one plane of Afghan refugees landed the day after the election, and angry anti-immigration folk spread disinformation that the new government has reneged on its promise (despite the new government not yet having actually been formed). This false claim spread rapidly on X, as is the fashion.

Of those newly-arriving Afghans, more than half were admitted under the program for particularly vulnerable persons (unaccompanied minors, elderly refugees, people with severe physical or mental disabilities, and those who have experienced trauma or persecution based on gender or sexual identity). From the other refugees (those not in the "particularly vulnerable" class), it is true that males are over-represtned, around 30% are females. The male cohort also includes children.

So that response, to the original tweet, which seems to suggest that every single one of the refugees are men that have abandoned their families, is just anti-immigrant rhetoric and not anchored in facts.

I would also add that both storiesides (Afghan refugees in Germany) and Michelle Russell's story have been reported in the press so there's no particular need to get your news from an unreliable source like X, you just choose to.

Not been on it, or bluesky

But I have heard enough about its lack of responsibility, and pushing of views to never use X. The problem is it's now an echo chamber and, probably so is Bluesky.

But that's what happens when you aren't committed to balance

This is a good point. I see X as a flag that random news agency has posted something, and then I go to the source. So yes, X is a gateway. FWIW I don’t click on links, I go directly to the news app. But yes, X acts as a shop window. For now, anyway.

Are you fact checking anything you see on there or assuming it must be true because it said so in a tweet?

Also how does Berrell know they “abadoned”
them? They may have done or they maybe making the journey first to send for wives and children once settled.