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  • Christiaan Jacobscejjacobs@mastodon.social
    Oct 16, 2026, 10:12 AM

    @randahl in part a personal feud with Elon off course. Both are trying to gain a share in space transport.

    But still, refreshing to see rich people not blindly supporting Trump

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  • xs4me2xs4me2@mastodon.social
    Oct 16, 2026, 10:53 AM

    @randahl

    We need more people like him in leadership.

    Let us hope the orang menace will be crippled in the midterms such that his removal can take a start… be gone dictators!

    And please confiscate the Russian assets, enough is enough!

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  • JWjwi@aus.social
    Oct 16, 2026, 11:05 AM

    @randahl
    Through his work, my brother came across Musk and Branson, this was over 10 years ago. He described one as egotistical (and some expletives) and the other as a listener work didn't impose his ego.

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  • xenophytexenophyte@c.im
    Oct 16, 2026, 11:32 AM

    @randahl From Branson, not something you would hear from the current tech celebrities:

    Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.

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  • UkeleleEricUkeleleEric@mstdn.social
    Oct 16, 2026, 1:01 PM

    @randahl Then again, I must say, from his record, I wouldn't trust him. And since when has there been a 'Free world', anyway? The US has always been a colonialist, interventionist, fascist-supporting, money above ALL ELSE, state (It learnt well from the UK, and then added some). Freedom to do what the Americans want, I suppose...

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  • Jean-Baptiste Fidéliajeantranscene@mastodon.social
    Oct 16, 2026, 1:08 PM

    @randahl I'm always amused to hear people talking about billionaires as if they were a special sub species of human. A billionaire is only a human turns into given great financial success: an a**hole. It doesn't matter how you get there the perception is always:
    - it was all you
    - you of all people deserved it
    - you're better than the rest for it
    Its a human thing. A lot of them started as decent people. They all turn eventually. It's just a matter of time and circumstances.

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  • cauZationcauZation@mastodon.social
    Oct 16, 2026, 1:20 PM

    @randahl Please be gentle penetrating Virgin's reasoning. It's as precious as a newborn 99% agency.

    Remove the .01% from power.

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  • S★m V★rm★samvarma@fosstodon.org
    Oct 16, 2026, 1:31 PM

    @randahl I would also love it if British people would stop using Americanisms, especially when making a case against the US. "Step up to the plate" is a baseball metaphor.

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  • InfoseepageInfoseepage@mastodon.social
    Oct 16, 2026, 3:46 PM

    @randahl Branson could sell everything and keep a hundred million bucks to live comfortably on for the rest of his life and fund Ukraine building about 50,000 drones.

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  • Charlie Strosscstross@wandering.shop
    Oct 16, 2026, 3:49 PM

    @randahl @briankrebs One critical difference between Branson and the US billionaire oligarchy: Branson doesn’t live there. After Virgin Galactic cratered, his business ventures in the USA are a minority of his activities. So Trump doesn’t have him by the short-and-curlies.

    (There are plenty of things to criticize, as with almost every billionaire, but he seems to despise fascism and religious fundamentalism.)

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  • Don Martidmarti@federate.social
    Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 PM

    @cstross @randahl @briankrebs The real test is how much Virgin Group de-risks its exposure to US-based IT and financial platforms. (The Trump admin basically has root on a lot of EU and UK companies, and CEOs are more complacent about this than makes sense)

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  • Charlie Strosscstross@wandering.shop
    Oct 16, 2026, 6:10 PM

    @fazalmajid @randahl @briankrebs Yep: he invited Epstein to visit and offered him PR advice after his first arrest. It’s unclear how complicit he was, though, as he isn’t known to have visited Epstein island. Epstein, like many abusers, sought out famous people to provide cover for his nefarious activities: I think Branson may have been one such.

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  • Kevin Russellkevinrns@mstdn.social
    Oct 16, 2026, 4:20 PM

    @randahl

    Brandon should do this but with lotsa billboards, multiple websites, donations to political orgs, until he is lower class.

    I mean We fucking are.

    Just making a post is something idiots like I do.

    Great good for you. Its a little cringe. Do more.

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  • LukefromDCLukefromDC@kolektiva.social
    Oct 16, 2026, 7:34 PM

    @randahl We may need European assistance to throw down this regime. The US stepped up to the plate to assist the UK and the Soviet Union in booting Nazi Germany out of power. Now the US and Russia have been taken by the Fascists and the people of both countries are facing difficult fights to get rid of them.

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  • KynxKynx@fosstodon.org
    Oct 16, 2026, 7:35 PM

    @randahl is it possible for a human to work hard enough in one lifetime to _earn_ a billion? No. Billionaires are billionaires because they’ve taken that money. From us.

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  • Mastodon Migrationmastodonmigration@mastodon.online
    Oct 17, 2026, 6:55 AM

    @randahl

    So many comments here how Branson is bad too. Of course he is. He's a billionaire. But, we need to be able to distinguish between bad and totally absolutely evil and dangerous, and support all those, even the bad ones, who will join the struggle against evil. Welcome to the fight Richard.

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  • billy joe bowers 🗽billyjoebowers@mastodon.online
    Oct 17, 2026, 7:50 AM

    @randahl

    I don't know anything about him and don't care. If you going to have purity tests for everyone that fights on your side against evil you're going to have very few allies.

    This is how we die.

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