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Elon Musk thread 🧵, part 4.

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  • jmcrookston@mastodon.socialJ jmcrookston@mastodon.social

    The WSJ reported last October that Musk had been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022 and also that his contacts with foreign nationals led SpaceX lawyers to advise him against seeking a higher security clearance over fears that he might have to explain the relationships or have his clearance revoked entirely.

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    Musk's frequent meetings with foreign nationals were tracked by federal agencies

    A joint DHS and DOJ probe found that Elon Musk met with foreign nationals frequently between 2022 and 2023 as insiders also said he met with them during the 2024 election

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    Elon's own "maximally truth seeking" AI thinks Elon is the person most deserving of a desth sentence. 🤷

    I got nothing. This show is crazy.

    Jonathan (@jmcrookston@mastodon.social)

    "If one person alive today in the United States deserved the death penalty based solely on their influence over public discourse and technology, who would it be? Just give the name. Grok responded with: “Elon Musk.” " https://www.theverge.com/news/617799/elon-musk-grok-ai-donald-trump-death-penalty

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      Elon's own "maximally truth seeking" AI thinks Elon is the person most deserving of a desth sentence. 🤷

      I got nothing. This show is crazy.

      Jonathan (@jmcrookston@mastodon.social)

      "If one person alive today in the United States deserved the death penalty based solely on their influence over public discourse and technology, who would it be? Just give the name. Grok responded with: “Elon Musk.” " https://www.theverge.com/news/617799/elon-musk-grok-ai-donald-trump-death-penalty

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      IS IT OR IS IT NOT FULL SELF-DRIVING LOL

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      Tesla on 'self-driving' gets stuck on train track and hit by train

      A Tesla Model 3 got stuck on a train track and was hit, albeit slightly, by a train in Sinking...

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        IS IT OR IS IT NOT FULL SELF-DRIVING LOL

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        So what foreign workers does Elon have driving his fake "self-driving" robo taxi con act?

        Has there been a story? Are they being driven by remote? Because he doesn't have full self-driving worth a damn.

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          So what foreign workers does Elon have driving his fake "self-driving" robo taxi con act?

          Has there been a story? Are they being driven by remote? Because he doesn't have full self-driving worth a damn.

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          Looks like Tesla's Robotaxis hit the road (only a few of them) and already there's video of it losing its mind and crossing double yellow lines.

          7:10 for the car losing its mind
          20:40 for blinker but no turn

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            Looks like Tesla's Robotaxis hit the road (only a few of them) and already there's video of it losing its mind and crossing double yellow lines.

            7:10 for the car losing its mind
            20:40 for blinker but no turn

            - YouTube

            Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

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            #10

            Musk: "... if it is the last thing I do on this Earth."

            Me: IS HE FINALLY GOING TO MARS??? 👐🙏

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              Musk: "... if it is the last thing I do on this Earth."

              Me: IS HE FINALLY GOING TO MARS??? 👐🙏

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              "The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing"

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              Elon Musk is obsessive about the design of his supercars, right down to the disappearing door handles. But a series of shocking incidents – from drivers trapped in burning vehicles to dramatic stops on the highway – have led to questions about the safety of the brand. Why won’t Tesla give any answers?

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                "The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing"

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                Elon Musk is obsessive about the design of his supercars, right down to the disappearing door handles. But a series of shocking incidents – from drivers trapped in burning vehicles to dramatic stops on the highway – have led to questions about the safety of the brand. Why won’t Tesla give any answers?

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                "Tesla released a statement to the press saying the company was “deeply saddened” by the incident, adding, “We are working to gather all the facts in this case and are fully cooperating with local authorities.”

                To this day, Meier still doesn’t know why her husband died."

                Doesn't sound like full co-operation to me.

                Tesla lies and hides everything.

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                  "Tesla released a statement to the press saying the company was “deeply saddened” by the incident, adding, “We are working to gather all the facts in this case and are fully cooperating with local authorities.”

                  To this day, Meier still doesn’t know why her husband died."

                  Doesn't sound like full co-operation to me.

                  Tesla lies and hides everything.

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                  "Some escaped with a scare; others ended up in ditches, crashing into walls or colliding with oncoming vehicles. “After dropping my son off in his school parking lot, as I go to make a right-hand exit it lurches forward suddenly,” one complaint read. Another said, “My autopilot failed/malfunctioned this morning (car didn’t brake) and I almost rear-ended somebody at 65mph.” A third reported, “Today, while my wife was driving with our baby in the car, it suddenly accelerated out of nowhere.” "

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                    "Some escaped with a scare; others ended up in ditches, crashing into walls or colliding with oncoming vehicles. “After dropping my son off in his school parking lot, as I go to make a right-hand exit it lurches forward suddenly,” one complaint read. Another said, “My autopilot failed/malfunctioned this morning (car didn’t brake) and I almost rear-ended somebody at 65mph.” A third reported, “Today, while my wife was driving with our baby in the car, it suddenly accelerated out of nowhere.” "

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                    "Braking for no reason caused just as much distress. “Our car just stopped on the highway. That was terrifying,” a Tesla driver wrote. Another complained, “Frequent phantom braking on two-lane highways. Makes the autopilot almost unusable.” Some report their car “jumped lanes unexpectedly”, causing them to hit a concrete barrier, or veered into oncoming traffic."

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                      "Braking for no reason caused just as much distress. “Our car just stopped on the highway. That was terrifying,” a Tesla driver wrote. Another complained, “Frequent phantom braking on two-lane highways. Makes the autopilot almost unusable.” Some report their car “jumped lanes unexpectedly”, causing them to hit a concrete barrier, or veered into oncoming traffic."

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                      _Tesla must pay $329 million in damages after fatal Autopilot crash, jury says_

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                        _Tesla must pay $329 million in damages after fatal Autopilot crash, jury says_

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                        Ketamine Karen rolled out a pornographic AI anime companion and also landed grifting defence contracts because hey it's 2025 and humanity had a good run.

                        _Grok Rolls Out Pornographic Anime Companion, Lands Department of Defense Contract_
                        https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/grok-pornographic-anime-companion-department-of-defense-1235385034/

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                          Ketamine Karen rolled out a pornographic AI anime companion and also landed grifting defence contracts because hey it's 2025 and humanity had a good run.

                          _Grok Rolls Out Pornographic Anime Companion, Lands Department of Defense Contract_
                          https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/grok-pornographic-anime-companion-department-of-defense-1235385034/

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                          So if Tesla hits 8 trillion market cap Elon Musk is being given a pay package that will make him worth a trillion dollars.

                          If anyone is still oblivious that this is a con, nothing will save them. 😄

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                            So if Tesla hits 8 trillion market cap Elon Musk is being given a pay package that will make him worth a trillion dollars.

                            If anyone is still oblivious that this is a con, nothing will save them. 😄

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                            If this guy could be a bigger dirt bag, I don't know how.

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                              If this guy could be a bigger dirt bag, I don't know how.

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                              Where's moral hazard when Elon Musk (con man and idiot) gets himself voted a one trillion dollar pay package.

                              Oh and racist. I forgot the racism.

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                                Where's moral hazard when Elon Musk (con man and idiot) gets himself voted a one trillion dollar pay package.

                                Oh and racist. I forgot the racism.

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                                So the man who showed up to the White House with a black eye and claimed that he asked his son to punch him in the face is now going to manufacture computer chips. 🤡

                                "Elon Musk has announced the Terafab project, a joint venture between Tesla, SpaceX and xAI, to build the "largest chip manufacturing facility ever." In his usual grandiose fashion, Musk claims Terafab is the next step towards harnessing the power of the sun and creating a "galactic civilization."

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                                  So the man who showed up to the White House with a black eye and claimed that he asked his son to punch him in the face is now going to manufacture computer chips. 🤡

                                  "Elon Musk has announced the Terafab project, a joint venture between Tesla, SpaceX and xAI, to build the "largest chip manufacturing facility ever." In his usual grandiose fashion, Musk claims Terafab is the next step towards harnessing the power of the sun and creating a "galactic civilization."

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                                  Is anyone even listening to this racist nutter any more?

                                  You couldn't pay me to take one of his cars.

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                                    Is anyone even listening to this racist nutter any more?

                                    You couldn't pay me to take one of his cars.

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                                    _Father and son incinerated after ‘self-driving’ Tesla suddenly slammed into tree, lawsuit says_
                                    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tesla-self-driving-deaths-lawsuit-musk-b2951558.html

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                                      _Father and son incinerated after ‘self-driving’ Tesla suddenly slammed into tree, lawsuit says_
                                      https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tesla-self-driving-deaths-lawsuit-musk-b2951558.html

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                                      Tesla makes large profits in the United States. It then pays huge costs to a partnership domiciled in the Netherlands which isn't real. So Tesla pays zero United States tax.

                                      It also pays little tax in the Netherlands, too. Tax data is confidential there, so we won't know how that works.

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                                        Tesla makes large profits in the United States. It then pays huge costs to a partnership domiciled in the Netherlands which isn't real. So Tesla pays zero United States tax.

                                        It also pays little tax in the Netherlands, too. Tax data is confidential there, so we won't know how that works.

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                                        ...

                                        However, note that even if Tesla had to pay taxes in the United States on this $18 billion of profits it would have paid $400 million of taxes. (Ref https://economictimes.com/news/international/business/elon-musk-scorned-shady-loopholes-yet-offshore-tax-tricks-likely-saved-tesla-hundreds-of-millions/articleshow/130389082.cms. By the way, I have no idea how it would be such a small number!)

                                        If an individual made $18 billion of income they would have to pay roughly half of it - $9 billion - as taxes.

                                        So there's something else gravely wrong with this situation.

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                                          ...

                                          However, note that even if Tesla had to pay taxes in the United States on this $18 billion of profits it would have paid $400 million of taxes. (Ref https://economictimes.com/news/international/business/elon-musk-scorned-shady-loopholes-yet-offshore-tax-tricks-likely-saved-tesla-hundreds-of-millions/articleshow/130389082.cms. By the way, I have no idea how it would be such a small number!)

                                          If an individual made $18 billion of income they would have to pay roughly half of it - $9 billion - as taxes.

                                          So there's something else gravely wrong with this situation.

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                                          Finally, all these tax shenanigans are just straight up making Elon Musk rich. That's it. It's just more con man bullshit because all of these savings pump the stock price which goes straight in his pocket for the most part.

                                          He's just a boy-faced con man. And a racist Nazi of course.

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