Haraldur Thorleifsson, who has muscular dystrophy, FTW over Elon Musk

[highplainsdem]

DU threads to see if you don't know the background to this:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217707591
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217707184
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217707719

Link to tweet

Halli
@iamharaldur

Oh! I forgot to mention that I read you can't go to the toilet on your own either @elonmusk

I'm sorry to hear about that. I know the feeling.

The only difference is I can't do it because of a physical disability and you're afraid someone you hurt will attack you while you poop.

[highplainsdem]

1. Kick

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Musk is backing down with respect to this man

I am surprised to see that musk can feel some shame

Link to tweet

[highplainsdem]

3. Not sure it's shame. I think he finally realized how much trouble

he was creating for himself.

Notice he's blaming other people for the "misunderstanding."

[Emrys]

5. I think it was sheer unadulterated panic when he was told how much firing Thorleifsson would cost

Thorleifsson joined Twitter in 2021 after selling his design agency Ueno to the social media company. The sale was presented as an “acqui-hire,” or when a company is bought for its talent, rather than other parts of its business operations.
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Other Twitter acquisitions have fared poorly after Musk bought the company. Twitter laid off Martijn de Kuijper, the founder of Revue, a newsletter service that Twitter acquired in 2021, as part of its job cuts on Feb. 26.

“Looks like I’m let go. Now my Revue journey is really over,” de Kujiper tweeted. Twitter shut down Revue last year.

Both Thorleifsson and de Kujiper were on a “do not fire” list, due to the expenses of laying them off, reported Platformer, a newsletter run by technology journalists Zoë Schiffer and Casey Newton. (On Monday, Thorleifsson asked on Twitter whether the company “will pay me what they owe me per my contract.”)

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-posts-clip-office-083637941.html

More on that "Do not fire" list and the extremely punitive terms of dismissal for four key managers:

Haraldur Thorleifsson, Martijn de Kuijper, Leah Culver, and Esther Crawford had previously been on a “do not fire” list, because it was going to be so expensive to pay them out: as part of their compensation packages, the founders had accelerated stock vesting. All four were cut over the weekend.

https://www.platformer.news/p/in-latest-round-of-twitter-cuts-some

The backfiring public humiliation of Musk the would-be bully is just the cherry on top. *chef's kiss*

[highplainsdem]

6. That was the main part of the trouble.

[Emrys]

7. I've seen estimates that it would have cost a sum in the 7-8 figure bracket! n/t

[peggysue2]

4. There's no apologizing for this sort of cruelty and crassness

Once it's out there, people realize what they're dealing with--a total douchebag! And if they don't know, then they're worthless douchebags, too.

Musk has completely destroyed himself along with twitter.