CommunityNews

Twitter adopts poison pill defense to block Elon Musk takeover

Twitter’s board of directors announced in a press release that the company is adopting a limited duration shareholder rights plan — a “poison pill” in merger and acquisition lingo. While the company doesn’t name Elon Musk directly, Twitter is clearly trying to prevent the billionaire from buying the social network. Elon Musk currently owns 9.2% […]

Read in full here:

This thread was posted by one of our members via one of our news source trackers.

6 comments

#twitter #musk

17 758 6

2022-04-29 11:40:42 UTC

Most Liked

OvermindDL1

Here’s one of the original reddit’s CEO’s take on it, well worth a read of this thread:

https://twitter.com/yishan/status/1514938507407421440?fbclid=IwAR1f97bn8NenhN0MgYQynnNylj1pvRTd1qwOghsIfnaWxKblRon9Lb9MwiA

Post #4

brennan

What would be the consequences if Elon Musk takes over Twitter? Will it be bad for everyone?

Post #3

mindriot

That is probably the most insightful thing I’ve read on the topic, thanks for sharing.

Post #6

Where Next?

View thread on forum

twitter

musk

Home General Dev>In The News

#twitter #musk

17 758 6

Last post

Popular General Dev topics

General Dev>In The News

I wired my tree with 500 LED lights and calculated their 3D coordinates

I wired my tree with 500 LED lights and calculated their 3D coordinates… If you support me on Patreon at any point in December 2020 I wi...

youtube.com

1 1468 2

2022-11-15 15:35:32 UTC

New

General Dev>In The News

F# Is The Best Programming Language Today

F# Is The Best Coding Language Today. If you want to personally pick up a programming language in order to become a better coder in what...

danielbmarkham.com

#f-sharp #programming

41 1642 14

2022-02-27 23:57:32 UTC

New

General Dev>In The News

SPWN – A programming language that compiles to Geometry Dash levels

SPWN is a programming language that compiles to Geometry Dash levels. What that means is that you can create levels by using not only the...

github.com

#programming

0 1731 0

2021-08-31 16:10:33 UTC

New

General Dev>In The News

Kyria Build, Part 1: A wireless ergonomic keyboard

It has some interesting features: It’s entirely wireless (the left half speaks Bluetooth to the right half, and the right half speaks B...

ianthehenry.com

#ergonomic #keyboard

0 1423 0

2022-01-21 02:06:58 UTC

New

General Dev>In The News

22 years of Emacs

How a piece of advice became a lifestyle TABLE OF CONTENTS WHERE TO BEGIN… FIRST CONTACT PICKING EMACS FOR LIFE CHEATING ON EMACS SERE...

arjenwiersma.nl

/emacs

0 1320 0

2022-03-14 15:21:49 UTC

New

General Dev>In The News

Helix, a Kakoune inspired Vim-model text editor (written in Rust)

Yet another rust-made text editor, though I’m really liking the looks of how this one works!

/rust

5 2358 1

2022-03-30 14:44:03 UTC

New

General Dev>In The News

The overengineered Solution to my Pigeon Problem

The overengineered Solution to my Pigeon Problem. TL;DR: I built a wifi-equipped water gun to shoot the pigeons on my balcony, controlle...

maxnagy.com

0 4494 0

2022-05-15 23:35:45 UTC

New

General Dev>In The News

Whatever happened to Elm, anyway?

Whatever happened to Elm, anyway?. I see this question pop up quite frequently in lots of different arenas - folks are curious as to wha...

derw.substack.com

/elm

17 1124 12

2025-04-21 03:57:49 UTC

New

General Dev>In The News

A reason why Mac speakers sound better and louder than most

Hector Martin (@marcan@treehouse.systems). Attached: 1 image For those wondering why the hell we need all this safety system stuff for...

social.treehouse.systems

0 1326 0

2023-02-26 14:48:41 UTC

New

General Dev>In The News

Yoke is really cool

Infrastructure as code, but actually

xeiaso.net

2 325 1

2025-03-11 21:17:39 UTC

New

Other popular topics

Game Dev>Learning Resources

Apple Game Frameworks and Technologies

Design and develop sophisticated 2D games that are as much fun to make as they are to play. From particle effects and pathfinding to soci...

pragprog.com

#pragprog #ios #game-dev #macos /swift #published-book #apple /book-apple-game-frameworks-and-technologies

30 5407 10

2021-04-22 16:51:02 UTC

New

Community>Journals

Programming Erlang Book Club

My first contact with Erlang was about 2 years ago when I used RabbitMQ, which is written in Erlang, for my job. This made me curious and...

/erlang /book-programming-erlang-2nd-edition #book-club

195 6599 95

2025-02-16 20:22:17 UTC

New

General Dev>Hardware

Poll: Which keyboard layout do you use?

poll poll Be sure to check out @Dusty’s article posted here: An Introduction to Alternative Keyboard Layouts It’s one of the best write-...

colemakmods.github.io

#polls /keyboards

10 5633 11

2020-10-31 23:12:33 UTC

New

General Dev>Code Editors

Onivim 2 Code Editor

Thanks to @foxtrottwist’s and @Tomas’s posts in this thread: Poll: Which code editor do you use? I bought Onivim! :nerd_face: https://on...

#code-editors /onivim /revery

88 5756 32

2023-05-15 07:32:26 UTC

New

General Dev>Dev Chat

PragProg’s Medium Posts

Hello everyone! This thread is to tell you about what authors from The Pragmatic Bookshelf are writing on Medium.

#pragprog #blog-post

1145 27688 760

2025-07-10 13:36:16 UTC

New

Backend>Learning Resources

Agile Web Development with Rails 7

Rails 7 completely redefines what it means to produce fantastic user experiences and provides a way to achieve all the benefits of single...

pragprog.com

#pragprog #web-development /ruby /rails #published-book /book-agile-web-development-with-rails-7

32 5100 9

2022-01-26 18:28:44 UTC

New

Community>In The Spotlight

Spotlight: Dmitry Zinoviev (Author) Interview and AMA!

Author Spotlight Dmitry Zinoviev @aqsaqal Today we’re putting our spotlight on Dmitry Zinoviev, author of Data Science Essentials in ...

#author-spotlight /python /book-complex-network-analysis-in-python /book-data-science-essentials-in-python /book-resourceful-code-reuse /book-pythonic-programming

33 5000 14

2022-10-11 20:07:10 UTC

New

Community>In The Spotlight

Spotlight: Jamis Buck (Author) Interview and AMA!

Author Spotlight Jamis Buck @jamis This month, we have the pleasure of spotlighting author Jamis Buck, who has written Mazes for Prog...

#author-spotlight /ruby /book-the-ray-tracer-challenge /book-mazes-for-programmers

21 5785 9

2022-09-28 18:21:15 UTC

New

Android>Questions

Clipboard readtext not working in android webview

Inside our android webview app, we are trying to paste the copied content from another app eg (notes) using navigator.clipboard.readtext ...

#android #clipboard

1 4037 0

2022-09-27 18:52:03 UTC

New

General Dev>Questions

Do you prefer regular mechanical keyboards or low profile mechanical keyboards and why?

I have always used antique keyboards like Cherry MX 1800 or Cherry MX 8100 and almost always have modified the switches in some way, like...

/keyboards #mechanical-keyboards

27 3246 9

2023-02-06 21:10:15 UTC

New

Twitter adopts poison pill defense to block Elon Musk takeover

CommunityNews

Twitter adopts poison pill defense to block Elon Musk takeover

Most Liked

OvermindDL1

brennan

mindriot

Where Next?

Popular General Dev topics

I wired my tree with 500 LED lights and calculated their 3D coordinates

F# Is The Best Programming Language Today

SPWN – A programming language that compiles to Geometry Dash levels

Kyria Build, Part 1: A wireless ergonomic keyboard

22 years of Emacs

Helix, a Kakoune inspired Vim-model text editor (written in Rust)

The overengineered Solution to my Pigeon Problem

Whatever happened to Elm, anyway?

A reason why Mac speakers sound better and louder than most

Yoke is really cool

Other popular topics

Apple Game Frameworks and Technologies

Programming Erlang Book Club

Poll: Which keyboard layout do you use?

Onivim 2 Code Editor

PragProg’s Medium Posts

Agile Web Development with Rails 7

Spotlight: Dmitry Zinoviev (Author) Interview and AMA!

Spotlight: Jamis Buck (Author) Interview and AMA!

Clipboard readtext not working in android webview

Do you prefer regular mechanical keyboards or low profile mechanical keyboards and why?

General Dev>In The News

Latest on Devtalk

We ❤️ helpful members!

Categories:

Sub Categories:

Popular Portals

We're in Beta

Twitter adopts poison pill defense to block Elon Musk takeover

CommunityNews

Twitter adopts poison pill defense to block Elon Musk takeover

Most Liked

OvermindDL1

brennan

mindriot

Where Next?

Popular General Dev topics

I wired my tree with 500 LED lights and calculated their 3D coordinates

F# Is The Best Programming Language Today

SPWN – A programming language that compiles to Geometry Dash levels

Kyria Build, Part 1: A wireless ergonomic keyboard

22 years of Emacs

Helix, a Kakoune inspired Vim-model text editor (written in Rust)

The overengineered Solution to my Pigeon Problem

Whatever happened to Elm, anyway?

A reason why Mac speakers sound better and louder than most

Yoke is really cool

Other popular topics

Apple Game Frameworks and Technologies

Programming Erlang Book Club

Poll: Which keyboard layout do you use?

Onivim 2 Code Editor

PragProg’s Medium Posts

Agile Web Development with Rails 7

Spotlight: Dmitry Zinoviev (Author) Interview and AMA!

Spotlight: Jamis Buck (Author) Interview and AMA!

Clipboard readtext not working in android webview

Do you prefer regular mechanical keyboards or low profile mechanical keyboards and why?

Sponsor Spotlight

General Dev>In The News

Latest on Devtalk

We ❤️ helpful members!

Devtalk Sponsors

Categories:

Sub Categories:

Popular Portals

Devtalk Sponsors

We're in Beta