https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/21/let-that-sink-in-the-13-tweets-that-tell-the-story-of-elon-musks-turbulent-first-year-at-twitter-or-x

The billionaire’s posts began with a laboured gag and ended with a dangerous intervention into the reporting of the conflict in Gaza

A year ago this week, when he completed the purchase of Twitter for $44bn, Elon Musk tweeted “the bird is freed”. Billionaires like nothing more than casting themselves as popular liberators, but the acquisition fitted the pattern of his ever-expanding empire.