Newly minted Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Monday posted to his social media platform a picture of a World War II Wehrmacht soldier carrying three carrier pigeons in a cage during the Nazi invasion of France.
The photo’s original caption reads, “3 UNREAD MESSAGES,” and “How times have changed” has been added to the post.
How times have changed pic.twitter.com/gCxUkZ4kZC
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 7, 2022
In follow-up tweets, Musk added, “Back when birds were real,” and then, “But if Twitter is bird, that’s means ... [exploding head emoji, connotating mind blown, shocked]”
Back when birds were real
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 7, 2022
But if Twitter is bird, that’s means … 🤯
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 7, 2022
No additional explanation for the posts was forthcoming.
Musk recently completed his oftentimes tumultuous purchase of Twitter for $44 billion.
The Anti-Defamation League has called on advertisers to suspend their relationships with Twitter over fears the platform is becoming increasingly replete with anti-Semitic content.
