Thanasis Kinias
tkinias@mstdn.social
<p>Assistant professor of history & <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histodon</span></a>. Research race and whiteness in the British Empire (especially Queensland & British Columbia). Teach European & world history with a focus on colonialism & empire.</p><p>Previous careers include teaching English as a foreign language and a variety of IT jobs (from Web dev to pulling cables).</p><p>Linux geek & SF nerd.</p><p>Views my own and probably ill-informed.</p><p>He/him.</p>
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This has circulated without what I think is important context: Musk’s tweet is a reply to Massimo (who AFAIK has never shown Nazi tendencies), who was musing about how lemurs diverged from other lemurs 88M yr ago. There is, therefore, a plausible innocent context for his tweet. It seems that his Nazi fans, though, saw this as a shout-out. And that’s how these things work: Musk can claim innocence—and we can never know his motive—but Nazis saw something they liked.
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@staringatclouds yes, “14” and “88” are definitely both Nazi/white supremacist codes