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Good Luck Getting Elon Musk to Stop Tweeting

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Good Luck Getting Elon Musk to Stop Tweeting

Twitter’s billionaire new owner is seemingly addicted to his own platform, firing off updates that endanger his own turnaround plan.
Elon Musk spewing out tweets
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