ELON Musk has gone radio silent on fans and followers.
Musk has been suspiciously quiet on Twitter during a week loaded with topics he’d normally be expected to chime in on.
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Musk was showered with happy birthday posts from family members and fans on Tuesday.
The billionaire, newly 51 years old, left no reply.
Musk is known for being vocal on Twitter – he has sent almost 19,000 tweets and recently surpassed 100million followers on the platform.
But it has been over a week since he tweeted or even liked another post – Futurism called Musk’s disappearing act “convenient”.
Musk fans and journalists are now speculating the reasons behind his supposed disappearance.
The billionaire famously smoked weed live on air with Joe Rogan but biographer Ashlee Vance confirmed that Musk is not a big drinker.
So, a birthday binge-drinking getaway may not the explanation for Musk’s disappearance – don’t let Robert Downey Jr’s hard-partying depiction of Iron Man fool you, even if it was supposedly inspired by Musk.
There may be tension in Musk’s personal life as his daughter declared she “no longer lives with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form” in court documents that granted her a name and gender change.
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Meanwhile, Musk has been silent on the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade despite serving as CEO of a company headquartered in Texas, where abortion bans will be some of the most restrictive.
Musk has a fixation on declining birth rates in the US – his only subtle commentary on the Roe case is his pinned tweet which warns that “USA birth rate has been below min sustainable levels for ~50 years.”
An automated Twitter account tracking Musk’s jet says that he last touched down in Austin, Texas on June 24.
Musk’s companies and assets are in unsteady positions as he wards off competition from new electric vehicle start-ups, plugs holes in the sinking Twitter deal, and lobbies the government to protect Starlink clients from interference.
Musk was also recently named in two eye-catching lawsuits: former Tesla employees have accused him of violating federal labor laws and a New York man has accused him of pumping a cryptocurrency scam.
But his break from Twitter has not been reduced to a complete media lid – he reportedly taped an interview with Getting Stoned: A Podcast about Rocks and Minerals on Saturday.
A clause in the acquisition deal barred Musk from tweeting negative comments about Twitter or its administration – he defied it in less than two days.
His break from Twitter is most likely self-imposed and sure to be short-lived if he takes over the company.
