to try and win favor by flattering someone or trying to please them (perhaps even giving a gift).
justicetoall.bsky.social
@justicetoall.bsky.social
Per Bob Krause:
"Did you know? Musk gets to take a $14B tax loss for driving his own company, #TwitterX, into the ground. It was a purposeful act that weaponized Twitter to ingratiate himself to Trump in return for more wealth an influence. Kind of like a house remodel."
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/elon-musk-says-xai-has-acquired-x-in-deal-that-values-social-media-site-at-33-billion.html?__source=androidappshare
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paige 🦇🥀
@ghoulvalentines.bsky.social
I have been informed that Emily/Lia Liore is again attempting to ingratiate herself in the RP community as @/garleanemperor, and hide herself in-game as Ljrn Feywood on Marilith.
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Yezid Sayigh
@yezidsayigh.bsky.social
Reading about this latest purge at Harvard University, I realize it's time to reread Thomas Mann's Mephisto, about how self-declared liberals abandon their consciences to ingratiate themselves with new regimes, and keep their jobs & social position
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/29/harvard-cmes-director-departure/
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