ok but this could be STRAIGHT UP chatGPT:
Mediaite misreading "@joinmastodon" as John Mastodon and claiming that's the eponymous founder? I cannot.
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/hypocrisy-and-fear-all-the-way-down-at-twitter/
There are many legitimate reasons to track Elon Musk's flight coordinates, for example to offer him ads more relevant to his interests
Just set up this Pleroma server. Hopefully it manages to join the Federation ok 👀