Twitter HQ Neighbor Speaks on Elon: 'Dennis the Menace Moved Into the Neighborhood'

The journalist who documented how the illegal structure shone blinding light into his apartment says the episode reveals how the ultra-wealthy play by different rules Christopher Beale never expected to be at the center of the latest drama to arise from Elon Musk‘s takeover of Twitter. True, he’s lived close to the company’s Market Square headquarters in San Francisco since 2020, and regularly uses the app — as an independent journalist it’s a convenient way for him to make connections and promote his work. But then Musk tried to rebrand Twitter as “X,” and Beale was thrust into the spotlight. Literally. That’s because, while staff attempted the no doubt tedious task of removing each bird logo and mention of “tweets” or “Twitter” from the app interface, Musk on Friday had a giant metal “X” erected atop the main office. As if it weren’t garish enough in daylight, in the evening it pulsed and strobed blinding white light — directly into Beale’s living room. As critics of the design wondered how the eyesore would affect neighborhood residents, Beale tweeted, “Imagine no more. This is my life now,” sharing videos of his view directly into the incandescent illumination. The first clip now
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