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   Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:29 JST Jonathan

   Elon Musk, thread 2

   (First is https://mastodon.social/@jmcrookston/110687620064016032)

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:24 JST Jonathan

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     (2021 article)

     https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/22/22740703/twitter-algorithm-right-wing-amplification-study

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:24 JST Jonathan

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     "Judge skeptical of lawsuit brought by Elon Musk's X over hate speech research"

     https://www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234901186/judge-skeptical-of-lawsuit-brought-by-elon-musks-x-over-hate-speech-research

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:25 JST Jonathan

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     Hah he's whining already

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:25 JST Jonathan

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     This is how stupid he is

     "Musk had “extensive ties with the persons tasked with negotiating on Tesla’s behalf,” including management members “who were beholden to Musk,: among them General Counsel Todd Maron, who was his “former divorce attorney.”"

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:25 JST Jonathan

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     AI bot swarms on Twitter

     https://mastodon.social/@jsrailton/111869872361186177

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:25 JST Jonathan

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     https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/06/spacex-accused-sexual-harassment-discrimination

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:26 JST Jonathan

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     All the lies. In one place.

     https://elonmusk.today/

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:26 JST Jonathan

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     https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-twitter-antisemitic-report-1234953165/

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:26 JST Jonathan

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     "Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective"

     https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-musk-steering-suspension/

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:26 JST Jonathan

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     Haha

     "Judge voids Elon Musk’s $56 billion Tesla compensation, shares slide"

     https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/30/tesla-shares-slide-after-judge-voids-elon-musks-56-billion-compensation.html

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:27 JST Jonathan

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     "Buy Twitter and fix the woke-ism" said one of his ex-wives (one of I don't recall how many).

     https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/2635432/elon-musk-talulah-riley-twitter-deal/

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:27 JST Jonathan

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     Chinese electric cars hitting the market at half the price of Teslas.

     Let's see what Musk can do selling his $100,000 cybertruck in an era of high interest so that nobody can afford it.

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:27 JST Jonathan

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     https://www.wsj.com/business/elon-musk-illegal-drugs-e826a9e1

     Uh guys, that's not the problem with him that you need to be worried about 🤣

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:28 JST Jonathan

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     ""I want to temper expectations for Cybertruck," Musk said, while making the absurd claim that "there have not been new car [brands] that have been successful for 100 years, apart from Tesla.""

     https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-deliveries-begin-november-elon-musk/

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:28 JST Jonathan

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     And he promised a future of abundance because of robots. Sure. We still don't have a self-driving car 🤡

     "Musk's defense of the Optimus robots will come as no surprise as he has high hopes for them. When he unveiled them last year, he said the economy could become "quasi-infinite" if the Optimus robots were capable of manual labor.

     "This means a future of abundance. A future where there is no poverty, where you could have whatever you want in terms of products and services," Musk said then."

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:28 JST Jonathan

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     But was upset when media reported on his robot arms grabbing and crushing an employee because they used a picture of the humanoid ones and he loves his humanoid robots 🤡

     "Musk slammed recent media reports of a robot "attack" in a Tesla factory in Austin.

     "Truly shameful of the media to dredge up an injury from two years ago due to a simple industrial Kuka robot arm (found in all factories) and imply that it is due to Optimus now," Musk wrote in an X post on Wednesday."

     https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-rips-media-reports-of-robot-attack-in-tesla-s-texas-factory/ar-AA1m8gGm?cvid=d47d8a63cb594fdc88ad634cd3328ffd&ei=17

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:28 JST Jonathan

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     Q3 call,

     in which Musk talks down the Cybertruck [entire beginning]

     - says Boston Dynamics robots are impressive but lack a brain, and warns of a future in which robots might take over, "Terminator Style" [18:40]

     - says Tesla AI is baby AGI [20:50]

     - says his Optimus robots "can do yoga" and "in a few years will be able to do ballet" [22:30]

     - "We dug our own grave with Cybertruck" is at [27:47]

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdtwsm2MoRM

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:29 JST Jonathan

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     Starlink doing much more poorly than Musk projected (which we might as well just call a lie because he doesn't project anything except his feelings)

     Starlink Earns $1.4 Billion After Elon Musk Projected $12 Billion
     Starlink is lagging behind Musk's vision, securing only one million active subscribers by 2022's end versus the billionaire's projected 20 million.

     https://gizmodo.com/starlink-2022-earnings-elon-musk-projections-investors-1850835816

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     Jonathan (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:18:29 JST Jonathan

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     Summary of terrible year

     https://gizmodo.com/sorry-elon-chinese-company-overtakes-tesla-as-most-pop-1851126305

     More ridiculous emotionally stunted behavior:

     "Musk ridiculed the Chinese company in a recently surfaced TV interview, but today it’s clear that BYD is a legitimate threat to his empire."

     "and the CEO seemed to nearly break out in tears on a disastrous earnings call, during which he said: “we dug our own grave with the Cybertruck.”"