Elon Musk Boosts a Bogus Bomb Claim and Election Baloney in Wild X Blitz

Elon Musk amplified a flurry of false claims and misinformation Wednesday in a period of online activity which, even by his own standards, was fairly unhinged.

The billionaire edgelord is no stranger to a reckless post, already attracting the ire of the White House this week over a tweet in which he wrote “no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala.” Musk deleted that post— which came just hours after the second apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump—while passing it off as a joke, though the Secret Service apparently didn’t see the funny side.

Some people might decide to be more cautious online after such a snafu.

Read more at The Daily Beast.