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Thomas Ricker
Happy first year of hell, Elon.

It was one year ago today that news broke of Elon Musk offering to buy Twitter outright. Looking back, two prophecies have proven true with time. Outgoing CEO Parag Agrawal telling staff, “there will be distractions ahead,” and our own Editor-in-Chief Nilay Patel warning Musk of the overpriced world of hurt he just purchased.

Anyway, happy anniversary, Chief Twit.

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