“We cross our fingers and hope to make it through another day.” Twitter hasn’t spoken publicly since Elon Musk bought the company a week ago. But inside, employees describe a mood of fear, chaos, stress and bizarre requests to print out code.

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• Members of Elon Musk’s inner circle, including the podcast hosts David Sacks, Jason Calacanis and Sriram Krishnan, are advising Mr. Musk on changes at Twitter • . • Engineers at Twitter were told to print out their most recent software code • to show to Mr. Musk. • Under pressure to increase revenue, Mr. Musk considered making Twitter users pay • to keep their verification badges. The acclaimed horror author Stephen King was not thrilled • by the idea. • Twitter’s chief customer officer, Sarah Personette, and several other executives have left the company • in recent days. • Mr. Musk faces financial challenges • in owning Twitter.

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