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Elon Musk trolls critics with new ‘stay at work’ merchandise, following ‘woke’ discovery

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Elon Musk took to Twitter on Wednesday to troll critics and former workers of his firm in a brand new Twitter merchandise reveal. 

The day after Musk discovered and revealed a closet stuffed with “keep woke” t-shirts at Twitter headquarters — a catchphrase usually utilized by these on the ideological Left — the brand new Twitter boss retconned the design and reveal a brand new “Keep at work” shirt.

“Superior new Twitter merch!” he captioned the photograph.

A break up photograph of Tesla CEO Elon Musk on the Offshore Northern Seas 2022 (ONS) assembly in Stavanger, Norway on August 29, 2022 and a t-shirt he posted to Twitter that reads “Keep at work” on Nov. 24, 2022. 
(Twitter/@elonmusk /CARINA JOHANSEN/NTB/AFP by way of Getty Photos)

The brand new design, which could possibly be only a meme, is a reference to Musk’s altering or work coverage at Twitter. After he took over the platform, Musk ended distant work for workers, a comfort that was made broadly obtainable below the coronavirus pandemic.

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ELON MUSK EXPOSES ‘SECRET CLOSET’ FULL OF ‘STAY WOKE’ T-SHIRTS AT TWITTER HQ

In a mass e-mail on Nov. 9, Musk stated there was “no strategy to sugarcoat the message” and that workers ought to anticipate adjustments regarding workplace coverage.  

The e-mail allegedly stated Musk will discontinue distant work and will likely be requiring workers to be within the workplace for at the very least 40 hours per week. Any exceptions would wish his private approval, Bloomberg reported.

Elon Musk spent $44 billion to accumulate the social media firm Twitter.
(Rafael Henrique/SOPA Photos/LightRocket by way of Getty Photos)

He echoed these necessities in an all-hands assembly with Twitter workers, Platformer Managing Editor Zoe Schiffer reported in a tweet. 

“Should you can bodily make it to an workplace and also you don’t present up, resignation accepted,” he stated on Nov. 10.

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The adjustments had been carried out inside two weeks of Musk finishing his $44 billion acquisition of the corporate.

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On Tuesday, Musk posted a video of him and one other particular person discovering a complete “secret closet” stuffed with shirts that learn: #StayWoke.

“Right here we’re on the [merchandise] factor and there’s a complete closet stuffed with hashtag woke,” Musk stated. An unidentified particular person off-camera added: “A secret closet.”

A break up picture of the “woke” t-shirts present in a closet at Twitter headquarters.
(Twitter/@elonmusk)

Within the aftermath of the acquisition, critics have vocalized issues Musk’s push to allow “free speech” on the platform would permit discrimination, insults, and faux information to flourish.

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Musk has since highlighted that “hate speech impressions” are down by a 3rd, an accolade he credited to the remaining Twitter workers.

Others criticized Musk’s resolution to reinstate beforehand banned customers like former President Donald Trump and the satirical web site Babylon Bee.

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