Is Bluesky the New Old Twitter?

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Investing, Business

4.3 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This week: Bluesky feels like the Twitter of old. Will that last? Emily Peck, Elizabeth Spiers, and Anna Szymanski discuss the new popularity of the social platform and whether or not it’s becoming a liberal bubble. Then, Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is being charged with fraud by federal prosecutors for bribing Indian officials for solar energy contracts. Also, there’s a rising trend of “anti-work” businesses. The hosts discuss what that means and if there is any real marketing juice behind a political label. In the Slate Plus episode: Should we quit cleaning? Want to hear that discussion and hear more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Slate Money, your guide to the business and finance news of the week.
0:15.3	I'm Emily Peck, and I'm here with Elizabeth Spires of the New York Times.
0:19.7	Hey, Elizabeth.
0:20.6	Hey, morning.
0:22.4	And in for Felix Salmon is the wonderful Anna Schumansky of Reuters.
0:27.3	Hey, Anna.
0:28.1	Hello.
0:29.3	Today on the show, we have an exodus to blue sky.
0:33.9	People have left the platform formerly known as Twitter, now called X, and are
0:39.6	migrating to a new place called Blue Sky. Is this social media app? The new Twitter? Is it
0:46.0	just a liberal bubble? We will discuss then a billionaire very close ties to the leader of a
0:52.8	democratic country is under fire. Am I talking about Elon Musk?
0:56.9	I am not. We are going to talk about what's happening with Gautum Adani, the Indian tycoon accused by
1:02.3	federal prosecutors of fraud. And finally, we are going to talk about the MAGA companies that are
1:09.5	trying to capitalize on Trump's win. Will they be successful?
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