Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Things Are So Tense At Twitter That Elon Musk Has Bodyguards Accompany Him To Bathroom

Elon Musk
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The Twitter CEO reportedly has 'at least two' guards who accompany him everywhere he goes.

Elon Musk's reign as Twitter CEO has not gone well by pretty much any objective measure, from hemorrhaging money to unreliable functionality.

Yesterday, a fault in the platform's API rendered half the site's functionality useless, prompting Musk to issue another one of his embarrassing responses to Twitter's seemingly crumbling underpinnings.


And of course, probably the most infamous decline Twitter has seen since Musk's takeover last year is in the company's staffing relationships--the platform has become a revolving door as employees routinely quit or are fired--and in some cases rehired only to be re-fired or to quit again.

But it seems things are far worse than any of us knew--new reports say that Musk's relations with Twitter's staff have deteriorated so badly that Musk is now accompanied by round-the-clock security--that even accompanies him to the bathroom.

And you thought you and your coworkers didn't like your boss...

According to a new report by the BBC, things within the walls of Twitter HQ are profoundly worse than any of us realized.

As their source put it:

“For someone on the inside, it’s like a building where all the pieces are on fire."
"When you look at it from the outside the facade looks fine, but I can see that nothing is working. All the plumbing is broken, all the faucets, everything."

Musk's paranoia has resulted in his bringing in loyal Tesla engineers to handle things at Twitter--where they have no experience and have no idea what they're doing since electric cars and a social media app are two different things.

Perhaps that's why so much of the site crashed yesterday.

But even surrounded by loyalists, Musk seems to be paranoid beyond measure.

As the BBC's source reported:

“Wherever he goes in the office, there are at least two bodyguards – very bulky, tall, Hollywood movie-[style] bodyguards. Even when [he goes] to the restroom."

The source went on to say that they think Musk's paranoia ultimately comes down to money--the company has bled out so much value that Musk has fired the entire cleaning and catering staff and has even tried to sell office plants to employees for a quick buck.

For his part, Musk took to Twitter to do his usual song-and-dance, completely ignoring the allegations about bodyguards, but instead responding to the BBC's report that the app has also lost all functionality to protect users from trolls, disinformation, and the victimization of children.

This went over about as well as you'd expect among Twitter's users.



And the whole bodyguard situation just underlined for many people how unfit Musk is to run Twitter.






Anyway, with a presidential election getting underway and Twitter being one of the world's main news platforms, this is all probably totally fine. What could go wrong?

More from People

Jesse Watters
Fox News

Jesse Watters Dragged After Adding Another Mind-Boggling Rule For 'Real Men'

Fox News host Jesse Watters, who is apparently an authority of what it means to be a manly man, gave jazz hands to make a point about how "real men" should or shouldn't wave.

The target of his ridicule was Tim Walz, the enthusiastic Democratic Minnesota governor and vice presidential candidate who often greets the public by raising both hands in the air to wave.

Keep ReadingShow less
Screenshots of crowd at town hall and Rep. Mike Flood
@MorePerfectUS/X; KETV NewsWatch 7

GOP Rep. Goes Viral For His Response To Crowd Chanting 'Tax The Rich' At Town Hall

Nebraska Republican Representative Mike Flood was criticized following his incredulous response to a crowd that chanted "Tax the rich!" during a town hall meeting.

The Columbus High School auditorium hosted the town hall on Tuesday evening, drawing "nearly 380" attendees, according to local network KETV Omaha. The event was lively, with Flood facing both sharp criticism over Trump administration policies and some appreciation for showing up in person.

Keep ReadingShow less
Elon Musk
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Awkward Typo In Elon Musk's Bizarre 'Education Department' Trump Meme Is A Total Self-Own

Billionaire Elon Musk was widely mocked after he celebrated President Donald Trump's executive order to begin to dismantle the Department of Education (DOE) by posting a meme of Trump at the department's grave, only for an awkward misspelling to get all the attention.

Polling indicates that eliminating the Education Department is largely unpopular, with 60% of registered voters opposing the move, according to a Quinnipiac University survey conducted March 6-10. Support stands at 33%, with opposition particularly strong among Democrats—98% oppose it, while just 1% support it.

Keep ReadingShow less
JB Pritzker; Donald Trump
Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Dem Governor Reveals Trump's Bonkers Demand In Exchange For Equipment During COVID

Illinois Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker revealed during a speech this week that he clashed with President Donald Trump during the first Trump administration after Trump promised necessary medical equipment during the COVID pandemic on the condition that Pritzker praise him publicly.

Five years ago, the United States was grappling with the initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The country had entered shutdowns that had severe economic consequences, leaving businesses and industries on the brink of collapse.

Keep ReadingShow less
Scrabble tiles spelling the word scam
Scam spelled with scrabbles on a wooden table

People Break Down How They Realized An Entire Industry Was A Total Scam

We unfortunately live in a world where scams are on the rise.

Thankfully, some of them are pretty easy to detect, such as an automated call from the IRS telling you a warrant is out for your arrest, or an email claiming to be from Amazon or the USPS asking for your credit card information, only to look closer and see the email address is a yahoo account.

Keep ReadingShow less