The Royal Society to debate Musk’s status
Responding to concerns from fellows about Musk’s political views, Sir Smith says in an email that the leadership of The Royal Society, which inducted Musk as a fellow in 2018, will meet to discuss his status on October 1.
You will all be aware that political polarisation and its accompanying rhetoric are increasing in Western democracie. I am sure that many of you will share my concern at the events of the last week and the growing tendency to resort to the language of violence in pursuit of political programmes that are founded upon narratives of division and simplistic stereotypes of political opponents – including, unfortunately, an address to the recent London rally from a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Tesla chair defends Musk pay package
Our view is the opportunity ahead is far greater with Elon at the helm than without. You can’t say ‘I want Elon but I don’t want this bit,’ or ‘Can you dial up this bit?’ I lean into tough discussions…Sometimes he listens, sometimes he doesn’t, and that’s his prerogative…I’ve never, never been worried that he hasn’t devoted enough time to Tesla, even while he was in Washington…It’s not time that I measure, it’s output.
Musk at ‘Unite The Kindom’ rally: ‘Fight back or die’
Appearing via video link, Musk talks with Robinson, urging the “Unite The Kingdom” rally in London to “fight back” or “die” as well as to change the government of the UK. The event had an estimated 110,000 attendees.
I really think that there’s got to be a change of government in Britain. You can’t – we don’t have another four years, or whenever the next election is, it’s too long…Something’s got to be done. There’s got to be a dissolution of parliament and a new vote held…My appeal is to British common sense, which is to look carefully around you and say: ‘If this continues, what world will you be living in?
This is a message to the reasonable centre, the people who ordinarily wouldn’t get involved in politics, who just want to live their lives. They don’t want that, they’re quiet, they just go about their business. My message is to them: if this continues, that violence is going to come to you, you will have no choice. You’re in a fundamental situation here. Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die, that’s the truth, I think.
A lot of the woke stuff is actually super-racist, it’s super-sexist and often it’s anti-religion, but only anti-Christian, like why anti-Christian? That’s unfair … that should be all that matters, the woke mind virus, that I call it, is against all that.
Musk criticises F-35 builders against drone swarms
Referencing a viral video of a large-scale, coordinated, drone swarms, Musk says:
Meanwhile, some idiots are still building manned fighter jets like the F-35
Followed with a series of replies to X comments :
It’s a shit design…The F-35 design was broken at the requirements level, because it was required to be too many things to too many people. This made it an expensive & complex jack of all trades, master of none. Success was never in the set of possible outcomes. And manned fighter jets are obsolete in the age of drones anyway. Will just get pilots killed.
Crewed fighter jets are an inefficient way to extend the range of missiles or drop bombs. A reusable drone can do so without all the overhead of a human pilot. And fighter jets will be shot down very quickly if the opposing force has sophisticated SAM or drones, as shown by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Fighter jets do have the advantage of helping Air Force officers get laid. Drones are much less effective in this regard .
Some US weapons systems are good, albeit overpriced, but please, in the name of all that is holy, let us stop the worst military value for money in history that is the F-35 program!
Meanwhile, some idiots are still building manned fighter jets like the F-35 🗑️ 🫠
pic.twitter.com/4JX27qcxz1— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2024
Musk confirms X link post deprioritization
After Graham complains that the deprioritization of links in X posts:
The deprioritization of tweets with links in them is Twitter’s biggest flaw. It bothers me more than all the new right-wing trolls. Trolls I’m used to, but what draws me to Twitter is to find out what’s going on, and you can’t do that without links.
Musk responds:
Just write a description in the main post and put the link in the reply. This just stops lazy linking.
Just write a description in the main post and put the link in the reply. This just stops lazy linking.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2024
Musk: UK is ‘tyrannical police state’
In response to a post about an online petition that is circulation in the UK, asking for a new General Election to out Labour, Musk says:
The people of Britain have had enough of a tyrannical police state.
The people of Britain have had enough of a tyrannical police state https://t.co/0PtR5qQOKw
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2024
Musk, Trump Jr discuss buying MSNBC
Quoting a post from an account that claims MSNBC has been put up for sale by Comcast, because “lying non-stop to your audience is a lousy business model,” Donald Trump Jr tags Musk, saying:
Hey Elon Musk I have the funniest idea ever!!!
In response, Musk writes:
How much does it cost?…The most entertaining outcome, especially if ironic, is most likely.
How much does it cost?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 22, 2024
Musk to Jaguar: Do you even sell cars?
Musk responds to Jaguar’s new branding advert:
Do you even sell cars?
To which the company replies:
Yes. We’d love to show you. Join us for a cuppa in Miami on 2nd December? Warmest regards, Jaguar
Musk:
I look forward to seeing your new vehicle lineup.
Do you sell cars?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 19, 2024
Musk: ‘Britain is going full Stalin’
Musk says the UK Government of going “full Stalin” by increasing inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1 million. Sharing a Guardian article on the plan, he says:
Britain is going full Stalin
Asked for a response to Mr Musk’s criticisms, a government spokesperson says:
[We will not] get into a back and forth on individual comments. We will continue to engage with the industry and explain how the process works, and it remains the case that we expect the vast majority to be unaffected by the changes.
Britain is going full Stalin https://t.co/GYtwBMu11S
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2024
Jones thanks Musk for helping restore Infowars
Jones says Musk is helping him to stop Infowars being sold to The Onion, after Musk’s lawyers filed a notice of appearance at the bankruptcy court.
The only individual that’s done more to expose tyranny, promote liberty and team humanity, in my lifetime, who even begins to rival Donald Trump, is Elon Musk. Everything he’s done has been devastating to tyrants and corrupt institutions and has fabulously positive for freedom for the average person. So I wanted to take a moment out to thank Elon Musk. And to specifically point out that he send his lawyers to Houston in my corporate bankruptcy case.
Exclusive! Alex Jones Thanks Elon Musk For X Corp Entering Infowars Bankruptcy Case And Provides Key Update On Fake Auction.
Livestream With Massive News Breaking On Russia and WW3 Tune In Now!https://t.co/f2rZbC3IlN pic.twitter.com/LK7ZHUvdDO
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) November 17, 2024
Janja to Musk: F–ck you!
Speaking at an event ahead of the Rio de Janeiro summit of the G20 group of largest nations, Brazil’s First Lady Janja Lula da Silva speaks about the importance of regulating social media to curb misinformation. As a ship’s horn sounded, she says:
I think it’s Elon Musk. I’m not afraid of you, f*** you, Elon Musk.
Musk responds with laughing emojis:
They will lose the next election
🤣🤣
They will lose the next election
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 16, 2024
Yousaf: Musk has a ‘whole team trying to besmirch my reputation’
After Musk suggested he had been “racist” in his private communications, Yousaf says he checked his private messages:
It was more out of complete and utter confusion of what the heck he was talking about. A very pointed accusation that he’s trying to make, and most people who commented underneath are saying the same thing, you know, ‘Go on Elon, release his Twitter DMs’…I’m thinking, I’ve been on Twitter for a long time, have I made an off-colour joke? Have I said something in a private communication? So, I thought I better do the belt and braces thing, and as I say there was nothing there, and unsurprisingly so
And accuses Musk of targeting him:
But here is somebody who is basically saying to me by the way ‘you better watch out; I’m going to release stuff on you and it’s going to make your life hell…I am certain he has a whole team of people who are looking at any information they can gather on me and try to use it to besmirch my reputation.
Yousaf repeats his claim that Musk is a racist, with “far-right, white supremacist tendencies”.
Elon Musk could have trillions let alone billions and he wouldn’t have enough to shut me up.
Trump jokes he ‘can’t get rid of’ Musk
At a Washington DC meeting of House Republicans, Trump jokes about Musk’s presence after the election win:
Elon won’t go home. I can’t get rid of him. Until I don’t like him.
Musk has spent most days after the election with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago Florida estate, joined in Trump’s game of golf with his granddaughter, and sat in with callswith world leaders.
Musk supports journalist investigated for X post
Musk responds to reports that the UK police visited the home a journalist for the Telegraph, to investigate her for a ‘Non Crime Hate Incident’ related to a year-old post she had posted on X.
This needs to stop.
This needs to stop https://t.co/wvwxkHvVMT
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2024
Musk reponds to Carvey SNL impression
In response to Carvey’s Musk impression on SNL, in which Carvey says:
Check it out – dark MAGA – but seriously, I run the country now. America’s gonna be like one of my rockets: You know, they’re super cool and super fun, but there’s a slight chance it could blow up and everybody dies.
Musk responds:
SNL has been dying slowly for years, as they become increasingly out of touch with reality.Their last-ditch effort to cheat the equal airtime requirements and prop up Kamala before the election only helped sink her campaign further…They are so mad that @realDonaldTrump won….Dana Carvey just sounds like Dana Carvey.
SNL has been dying slowly for years, as they become increasingly out of touch with reality.
Their last-ditch effort to cheat the equal airtime requirements and prop up Kamala before the election only helped sink her campaign further. @nbcsnl
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 10, 2024
Musk to King: ‘Why do you hate America?’
In response to a joke King posts to X:
Joke making the rounds in Europe: Q: What borders on complete stupidity? A: Canada and Mexico.
Musk responds:
Why do you hate America? That’s messed up.
Why do you hate America? That’s messed up.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 9, 2024
Navarro: Musk is ‘First Lady’
Speaking on a panel, Navarro references a picture of the Trump family following the president-elect’s victory that did not include Melania Trump, but added Musk.
I think it’s a little weird, right? I mean, Elon Musk seems to be everywhere at all times. He’s like Secretary of Everything, and at the same time, he’s like the First Lady. The other day, I saw this picture of him. It was a picture of Trump with his entire family, except Melania, but Elon Musk was there…I find that a little weird, but as Scott [Jennings] said, they won. He gets to do whatever he wants. And if he wants Elon everywhere all the time, that’s what’s going to happen.
CNN’s Anna Navarro goes on bizarre rant about @elonmusk, calls him Trump’s “First Lady."
Severe cases of EDS are raging across vast swaths of legacy media:
"I mean, Elon Musk seems to be everywhere at all times. He's like secretary of everything. And at the same time he's like… pic.twitter.com/dfhHv0AoFW
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) November 9, 2024
Musk: Scholz is a ‘fool’
Responding to a post referring to Scholz’s three-party coalition failing, Musk says, in German:
Olaf ist ein Narr. (Olaf is a fool).
Cardi B to Musk: ‘I am not a puppet’
Cardi B responds to Musk calling her a ‘puppet’:
I’m not a puppet Elon.. I’m a daughter of two immigrant parents that had to work their ass off to provide for me! I’m a product of welfare, I’m a product of section 8, I’m a product of poverty and I’m a product of what happens when the system is set up against you….But you don’t know nothing about that. You don’t know not one thing about the American struggle…. PS fix my algorithm
I’m not a puppet Elon.. I’m a daughter of two immigrant parents that had to work their ass off to provide for me! I’m a product of welfare, I’m a product of section 8, I’m a product of poverty and I’m a product of what happens when the system is set up against you….But you don’t… https://t.co/BBYQ2O0KYJ
— Cardi B (@iamcardib) November 2, 2024
Musk: Cardi B ‘puppet’ for teleprompter fail
Musk criticizes Cardi B after she had to awkwardly wait for one minute after her teleprompter failed at a Democrat rally.
Another puppet who can’t even talk without being fed the words. The Kamala campaign has no authenticity or true empathy.
Another puppet who can’t even talk without being fed the words.
The Kamala campaign has no authenticity or true empathy. https://t.co/gwbZBKIAk8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2024