I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

so is he abjectly self-loathing or entirely delusional

I need to dig into the precise wording of the package, but without profitability requirements for those robots, robotaxis, and even FSD subscriptions, Musk could just pump the stock, hit those goals in totally unprofitable ways, cash out, and leave the burning bag of shit in shareholders hands.

For example, if Tesla simply holds its car business around the 2m unit/year mark without major gains or losses it will hit that 20m unit cumulative delivery mark in a few years on Autopilot. There are also lots of tricky ways to claim 1 million robots/robotaxis without creating real value.

It's important to note that the main goal of increasing Tesla's market capitalization is one that Musk is already fundamentally incentivized to achieve, given that he's the largest shareholder.

Some of these operational goals are going to be almost impossible to hit, but others much less so.

The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.

They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.

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FBI Informant Who Lied About Bidens Quietly Released From Jail Sparking Trump Pardon Fears Alexander Smirnov was quietly furloughed from prison months ago.

SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment.

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Yes. This. Say it louder.

Read this thread. This is what @katmabu.bsky.social was protesting, and why she repeatedly says getting beaten up by ICE outside is nothing compared to the torture and crimes being committed inside Broadview. These thugs must be held to account.

might be one of the funniest videos i’ve ever seen

For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting

> @gettyimages.com

“My fundamental concern with regard to how much voting control I have at Tesla is, if I go ahead and build this enormous robot army, can I just be ousted at some point in the future?... I don't feel comfortable building that robot army unless I have a strong influence.” – Musk, arguing for $1T

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Viral video of crying Ukrainian soldier sent to front lines is fake Videos of a crying Ukrainian "conscript" have flooded European social media networks, particularly in Germany and Hungary, this week. The clip, however, appears to be created with help from Sora, OpenAI's new tool.

Videos of a crying Ukrainian "conscript" have flooded European social media networks, particularly in Germany and Hungary, this week. The clip, however, appears to be created with help from Sora, OpenAI's new tool.

the deaths Musk has caused have had no bearing on his personal standing. It is ghastly to contemplate that no one in the press interrupts his latest announcement about some new waifu robot to ask “what about the children you took food and medicine away from?”

Musk may have lit the match for USAID being destroyed but, so far as know, there has been nor material effort by Congress to restore funding.

Blaming Musk and Trump doesn’t absolve America for the horror

A tweet from Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) reads: “If at least 26 billionaires can waste at least $27 million trying to defeat Zohran Mamdani, then those same billionaires can afford to pay an extra 2% on their income over $1 million to make New York a better, thriving city for everyone — including themselves.” Below is a screenshot of a Forbes article titled “Billionaire Winners And Losers In Tuesday’s Elections,” listing names like Michael Bloomberg, Bill Ackman, Steve Wynn, and others with dollar amounts next to their contributions.

Hear, hear!

Comic. PERSON 1 with white hat: How tall are you? PERSON 2: 5ft 24cm [caption] When switching to metric, make the process easier by doing it in steps.

Metric Tip

xkcd.com/3164/

RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible

Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.

This is not fake. 😭

HEINEKEN is brewing beer with a massive 100 MWh heat battery Rondo Energy and energy producer EDP are installing a massive 100 MWh renewable-powered heat battery at HEINEKEN’s brewery in Lisbon, Portugal. The project will deliver round-the-clock renewable steam and reduce emissions without altering the facility’s beer brewing process. more…

HEINEKEN is brewing beer with a massive 100 MWh heat battery

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The Tesla shareholder proposing an investment in XAI frames the matter in terms of Tesla's leadership in "automonous" (sic) technology, asserts that "the singularity" is night, and thanks "Tesla Boomer Mama" for her support, in case you were wondering how the Tesla shareholder meeting is going

Optimus robots will just kinda follow criminals around and make sure they don't commit crimes again, so we can eliminate prisons.

These are all things Elon Musk is literally saying.

LITERALLY

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Most of the Tesla shareholder proposals are like "Tesla is an incredible company, but maybe we should make sure we have some basic accountability or make sure we aren't exploiting child labor" and the board recommends against all of them