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lonely bird

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45. Agreed...

Reply to former9thward (Reply #40)

Thu Jun 9, 2022, 09:48 PM

Jun 2022

Iirc, Musk was going to use OPM. If that was the case you can bet those sources would damn well want a good return as opposed to just watching Musk use Twitter as a plaything.

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THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 LenaBaby61 Jun 2022 #42

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n/s JustAnotherGen Jun 2022 #11

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