12wonderY
John Oliver just did a show on Elon Musk a week or so ago. I’ll try to find the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo3zORUGCbM
But then this just popped up in my feed:
ETA this is a new publication story, but the incident happened in 2021.
The story is about un-reported or under-reported injuries.
“Tesla robot ATTACKS an engineer at company's Texas factory during violent malfunction - leaving 'trail of blood' and forcing workers to hit emergency shutdown button”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12869629/Tesla-robot-ATTACKS-eng...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo3zORUGCbM
But then this just popped up in my feed:
ETA this is a new publication story, but the incident happened in 2021.
The story is about un-reported or under-reported injuries.
“Tesla robot ATTACKS an engineer at company's Texas factory during violent malfunction - leaving 'trail of blood' and forcing workers to hit emergency shutdown button”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12869629/Tesla-robot-ATTACKS-eng...
32wonderY
This story makes me smile. After Musk gave a big “F you!” to advertisers in a television interview, his company thinks the advertisers have harmed him in a litagatable manner:
Musk’s X sues Unilever, Mars and CVS over ‘massive advertiser boycott’
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/06/elon-musk-x-advertisi...
“We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war,” Musk tweeted on Tuesday.
The lawsuit said advertisers, acting through a World Federation of Advertisers initiative called Global Alliance for Responsible Media, collectively and maliciously withheld “billions of dollars in advertising revenue” from X. The company said they acted against their own economic self-interests in a conspiracy against the platform that violated US antitrust law.
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It’s an odd interpretation of anti-trust.
Musk’s X sues Unilever, Mars and CVS over ‘massive advertiser boycott’
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/06/elon-musk-x-advertisi...
“We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war,” Musk tweeted on Tuesday.
The lawsuit said advertisers, acting through a World Federation of Advertisers initiative called Global Alliance for Responsible Media, collectively and maliciously withheld “billions of dollars in advertising revenue” from X. The company said they acted against their own economic self-interests in a conspiracy against the platform that violated US antitrust law.
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It’s an odd interpretation of anti-trust.
4bnielsen
>3 2wonderY: Yes, that lawsuit makes zero sense. Trying to sue customers to make them buy your stuff. Que?
5librorumamans
Just my quirk, I know, but it doesn't seem that different from Costco requiring customers to pay in order to shop in their store.
6margd
About 500,000 trees cut down at site of Tesla gigafactory near Berlin
Damian Carrington and Ajit Niranjan | 22 Aug 2024
The development of a Tesla gigafactory near Berlin ... has been highly controversial and attracted significant protests, as well as prompting a debate about the trade-offs involved in developing a green economy.
Elon Musk, Tesla’s owner, has criticised local police for letting off “leftwing protesters”.
Satellite images show 329 hectares (813 acres) of forest were cut down at the site between March 2020 and May 2023, ... equivalent to approximately 500,000 trees.
...climate activists ... occupying tree houses in a nearby camp and attempting to storm the site. One group set fire to an electricity pylon ...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/22/trees-cut-down-site-t...
Damian Carrington and Ajit Niranjan | 22 Aug 2024
The development of a Tesla gigafactory near Berlin ... has been highly controversial and attracted significant protests, as well as prompting a debate about the trade-offs involved in developing a green economy.
Elon Musk, Tesla’s owner, has criticised local police for letting off “leftwing protesters”.
Satellite images show 329 hectares (813 acres) of forest were cut down at the site between March 2020 and May 2023, ... equivalent to approximately 500,000 trees.
...climate activists ... occupying tree houses in a nearby camp and attempting to storm the site. One group set fire to an electricity pylon ...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/22/trees-cut-down-site-t...
72wonderY
Russian Oligarch-Linked Fund Tied to Elon Musk’s Twitter Purchase
https://eutoday.net/russian-oligarch-behind-musks-twitter-purchase/
Among the investors identified in 2024 through court-mandated disclosures, the venture capital firm 8VC stands out as one of the 100 largest backers of the acquisition. 8VC, a U.S.-based fund, includes among its personnel the sons of Russian oligarchs Aven and Moshkovich, both of whom have been the subject of Western sanctions due to their associations with Russia’s political elite. According to Forbes 8VC invests in companies that fulfil contracts for the U.S. Department of Defence and NATO.
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The involvement of 8VC, with its Russian-linked personnel, in Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter has sparked interest due to the increasing scrutiny of Russian influence in global markets. In light of Western sanctions, which aim to isolate Russian elites and limit their access to Western financial networks, the presence of Aven’s and Moshkovich’s sons in a major American investment firm raises ethical and geopolitical questions.
https://eutoday.net/russian-oligarch-behind-musks-twitter-purchase/
Among the investors identified in 2024 through court-mandated disclosures, the venture capital firm 8VC stands out as one of the 100 largest backers of the acquisition. 8VC, a U.S.-based fund, includes among its personnel the sons of Russian oligarchs Aven and Moshkovich, both of whom have been the subject of Western sanctions due to their associations with Russia’s political elite. According to Forbes 8VC invests in companies that fulfil contracts for the U.S. Department of Defence and NATO.
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The involvement of 8VC, with its Russian-linked personnel, in Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter has sparked interest due to the increasing scrutiny of Russian influence in global markets. In light of Western sanctions, which aim to isolate Russian elites and limit their access to Western financial networks, the presence of Aven’s and Moshkovich’s sons in a major American investment firm raises ethical and geopolitical questions.
9margd
Elon Musk’s “Free” Internet for Hurricane Victims Has a Major Catch
Edith Olmsted | October 10, 2024
Elon Musk has managed to turn Hurricane Helene relief into a scam.
...Last week, Starlink posted a link on X to a website explaining its offer to those seeking Hurricane Helene relief. “For those impacted by Hurricane Helene, or looking to support response and recovery efforts in affected areas, Starlink is now free for 30 days,” the post read.
Musk reshared the post, adding, “Starlink terminals will now work automatically without need for payment in the areas affected by Hurricane Helene.”
...“Please note: A Starlink kit is required to access this free service. If you do not already have a Starlink kit, you will need to purchase one,” the site explains.
So how much exactly does a Starlink kit cost? New customers will still have to pay close to $400 for a Starlink kit, including shipping and tax, according to Gizmodo. Starlink has also warned of significant delays that may prevent orders from arriving for weeks, and encouraged those seeking its services to buy a kit from retailers such as Best Buy or Home Depot. There, the kit will cost more like $350 not including tax.
But that’s not all users will have to pay. “After 30 days, we will move you to a paid Residential subscription,” the SpaceX site reads. A paid residential subscription costs $120 per month, a significant upcharge from a typical internet service, which could cost around $40 per month...
https://newrepublic.com/post/187020/elon-musk-internet-hurricane-helene-victims-...
Edith Olmsted | October 10, 2024
Elon Musk has managed to turn Hurricane Helene relief into a scam.
...Last week, Starlink posted a link on X to a website explaining its offer to those seeking Hurricane Helene relief. “For those impacted by Hurricane Helene, or looking to support response and recovery efforts in affected areas, Starlink is now free for 30 days,” the post read.
Musk reshared the post, adding, “Starlink terminals will now work automatically without need for payment in the areas affected by Hurricane Helene.”
...“Please note: A Starlink kit is required to access this free service. If you do not already have a Starlink kit, you will need to purchase one,” the site explains.
So how much exactly does a Starlink kit cost? New customers will still have to pay close to $400 for a Starlink kit, including shipping and tax, according to Gizmodo. Starlink has also warned of significant delays that may prevent orders from arriving for weeks, and encouraged those seeking its services to buy a kit from retailers such as Best Buy or Home Depot. There, the kit will cost more like $350 not including tax.
But that’s not all users will have to pay. “After 30 days, we will move you to a paid Residential subscription,” the SpaceX site reads. A paid residential subscription costs $120 per month, a significant upcharge from a typical internet service, which could cost around $40 per month...
https://newrepublic.com/post/187020/elon-musk-internet-hurricane-helene-victims-...
10margd
How can Secret Service not investigate Elon Musk?
How can he have security clearance and multiple government contracts?
How can this church be untaxed?
Elon Musk ‘Jokes’ in a Church About Someone Killing Kamala Harris
“Assassinating a puppet is pointless,” the Trump-backing billionaire said in a Saturday church appearance
Tim Dickinson | October 21, 2024
Paywall ... https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-harris-trump-assas...
Photo (https://x.com/cooltxchick/status/1848567395209613466/photo/1)
How can he have security clearance and multiple government contracts?
How can this church be untaxed?
Elon Musk ‘Jokes’ in a Church About Someone Killing Kamala Harris
“Assassinating a puppet is pointless,” the Trump-backing billionaire said in a Saturday church appearance
Tim Dickinson | October 21, 2024
Paywall ... https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-harris-trump-assas...
Photo (https://x.com/cooltxchick/status/1848567395209613466/photo/1)
11margd
Lordy, there must be tapes?
Musk has been in secret contact with Putin since 2022, says bombshell new report
Csongor Körömi | October 25, 2024
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.*
... Musk and Putin continued to have talks into this year, even as Musk began to ramp up his criticism of U.S. military support for Ukraine and became actively involved in the election campaign of Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump.
Putin once asked the entrepreneur to avoid activating his Starlink satellite internet service over Taiwan as a favor to Chinese President Xi Jinping ...
The bombshell claims land at a critical time in the U.S. election campaign, but the businessman's influence extends far beyond politics, via his social network platform X and his tech company SpaceX, through which he has megabucks government contracts and high-level security clearance to classified U.S. information...
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-in-secret-contact-vladimir-putin-since...
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*Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin
Thomas Grove, Warren P. Strobel, Aruna Viswanatha, Gordon Lubold, and Sam Schechner | Oct. 24, 2024
Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns; topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters ...
{paywall?}
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversations-37e1c187
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Karen Piper @PiperK | 10:30 PM · Oct 24, 2024 {X}:
Elon has also been talking to Sergei Kiriyenko, Putin’s first deputy chief of staff, who "the U.S. Justice Department said in an affidavit.... had created some 30 internet domains to spread Russian disinformation, including on Musk’s X, where it was meant to erode support for Ukraine and manipulate American voters ahead of the presidential election."
https://wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversations-37e1c187?st=TBnBpd&...
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Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson | 12:43 AM · Oct 25, 2024 {X}:
Show me another defense contractor where the CEO could have casual chats with Vladimir Putin and face zero consequences.
Musk has been in secret contact with Putin since 2022, says bombshell new report
Csongor Körömi | October 25, 2024
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.*
... Musk and Putin continued to have talks into this year, even as Musk began to ramp up his criticism of U.S. military support for Ukraine and became actively involved in the election campaign of Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump.
Putin once asked the entrepreneur to avoid activating his Starlink satellite internet service over Taiwan as a favor to Chinese President Xi Jinping ...
The bombshell claims land at a critical time in the U.S. election campaign, but the businessman's influence extends far beyond politics, via his social network platform X and his tech company SpaceX, through which he has megabucks government contracts and high-level security clearance to classified U.S. information...
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-in-secret-contact-vladimir-putin-since...
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*Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin
Thomas Grove, Warren P. Strobel, Aruna Viswanatha, Gordon Lubold, and Sam Schechner | Oct. 24, 2024
Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns; topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters ...
{paywall?}
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversations-37e1c187
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Karen Piper @PiperK | 10:30 PM · Oct 24, 2024 {X}:
Elon has also been talking to Sergei Kiriyenko, Putin’s first deputy chief of staff, who "the U.S. Justice Department said in an affidavit.... had created some 30 internet domains to spread Russian disinformation, including on Musk’s X, where it was meant to erode support for Ukraine and manipulate American voters ahead of the presidential election."
https://wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversations-37e1c187?st=TBnBpd&...
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Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson | 12:43 AM · Oct 25, 2024 {X}:
Show me another defense contractor where the CEO could have casual chats with Vladimir Putin and face zero consequences.
12kiparsky
>11 margd: Sergei Kiriyenko, Putin’s first deputy chief of staff, who "the U.S. Justice Department said in an affidavit.... had created some 30 internet domains to spread Russian disinformation, including on Musk’s X,
I'm not sure what this is meant to mean. The term "domain", when it relates to the internet, refers to something like "librarything.com". So I can imagine that Kiriyenko would have created 30 web sites, each of which would be identified with a domain name - in fact, that number seems sort of low, if that's the sort of thing that comes under Kiriyenko's remit - but I'm a bit at sea about the part about domains "on Musk's X". What could that possibly refer to?
As for the rest of it, it's not surprising to me that Musk has been talking to people in Russia's government, including Putin himself. For all that he's an idiot, the guy does have at least four companies that would want to do business with Russia, and that would seem to require contacts in the Russian government. And they would probably be "secret" in the same way that most business negotiations are not done in public. So let's not go haring off after this one without having a little more to go on. There's plenty to despise about Musk, but so far I'm not seeing a lot of meat in this particular story.
I'm not sure what this is meant to mean. The term "domain", when it relates to the internet, refers to something like "librarything.com". So I can imagine that Kiriyenko would have created 30 web sites, each of which would be identified with a domain name - in fact, that number seems sort of low, if that's the sort of thing that comes under Kiriyenko's remit - but I'm a bit at sea about the part about domains "on Musk's X". What could that possibly refer to?
As for the rest of it, it's not surprising to me that Musk has been talking to people in Russia's government, including Putin himself. For all that he's an idiot, the guy does have at least four companies that would want to do business with Russia, and that would seem to require contacts in the Russian government. And they would probably be "secret" in the same way that most business negotiations are not done in public. So let's not go haring off after this one without having a little more to go on. There's plenty to despise about Musk, but so far I'm not seeing a lot of meat in this particular story.
