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Elon Musk is a South-African born Canadian-American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, born in 1971. He was a co-founder of PayPal, which was sold to Ebay for $1.5 billion. He then founded Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Tesla Motors. He is chief executive and chief designer at SpaceX and CEO and head of product design at Tesla and chairman of Solar City. Musk purchased Twitter in September 2022.

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18 Aug, 2023

Musk live-streams Grimes ‘Sonicmania’ set in Japan

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Visiting Japan for the first time since 2014, Musk shares a poster of the all-night “Sonicmania” music festival and then live-streams it on his X account. (The poster features his ex-girlfriend, Grimes.) Stars like American DJ and rapper Flying Lotus, UK singer and rappers James Blake, Shygirl and Slowthai, The Stickmen Project, Thundercat, and Zutomayo are expected to perform at Sonicmania.

17 Aug, 2023

Musk: Ramaswamy is a ‘promising candidate’

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In response to a video of Tucker Carlson interviewing Ramaswamy, Musk says he is a “promising candidate.”

SpaceX profitable: first quarter 2023

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Documents reveal that SpaceX turned a small profit during the first quarter of 2023. After two annual losses, the company generated $55 million in profit on $1.5 billion in revenue. (First-quarter results are preliminary, though, while annual results are final.) SpaceX is also valued at roughly $150 billion at an employee stock sale, putting its valuation near those of Intel and Disney.

14 Aug, 2023

Musk: ‘fight is on’ at Zuckerberg’s house

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Musk says he is going to Zuckerberg’s house “tonight” to fight him in an unscheduled bout.

For the Tesla FSD test drive in Palo Alto tonight, I will ask the car to drive to @finkd’s house. Will also test latest X livestream video, so you can monitor our adventure in real-time! If we get lucky and Zuck my actually answers the door, the fight is on!

13 Aug, 2023

Zuckerberg: Musk ‘isn’t serious’ about fight

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On threads, Zuckerberg says Musk isn’t serious about the proposed cage fight:

I offered a real date. Dana White (UFC boss) offered to make this a legit competition for charity. Elon won’t confirm a date, then says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a practice round in my backyard instead. If Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me. Otherwise, time to move on. I’m going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously.

Musk: ‘Zuck is a chicken’

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Musk calls Zuckerberg a “chicken” after the Meta founder says it is time to forget about their caged fight. In another post, he says Zuckerberg “can’t eat at chic fil a because that would be cannibalism.”

Zuck is a chicken

9 Aug, 2023

Musk: ABC prefers ‘censorship-friendly’ social media

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Musk says ABC prefers “censorship-friendly” social media after the company announces it is shutting down all but four of its X (formerly Twitter) accounts. ABC will now operate just four accounts on X: ABC News, ABC Sport, ABC Chinese and ABC Australia. While still posting to its main @abcnews X account, ABC’s media team will be trying to grow its TikTok audience. ABC’s managing director David Anderson says “toxic interactions” on X led to the move.

[C]losing individual program accounts helps limit the exposure of team members to the toxic interactions that unfortunately are becoming more prevalent on X. Concerningly, X has reduced its trust and safety teams. Additionally, it is introducing charges which make the platform increasingly costly to use.

Musk writes:

Well of course they prefer censorship-friendly social media. The Australian public does not.

Musk lashed out at the ABC after it announced it would be removing all but four accounts on X

8 Aug, 2023

Grimes takes credit for Musk’s ‘dick measuring’ tweet

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Grimes takes credit for Musk’s “dick measuring” challenge to Zuckerberg. In July 2023, after calling Zuckerberg a “cuck” in a Twitter post, Musk challenged him to “a literal dick measuring contest.” Grimes says that while she did not exactly tell Musk to write the tweet, she gave him the idea for it, but she “didn’t think he was going to tweet it.”

I’m going to take credit for that one…I was like, why don’t you cut to the chase and get out a ruler. I didn’t think he was going to tweet it.

7 Aug, 2023

Musk says he may need back surgery

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In response to a post about Zuckerberg saying he has been waiting for a confirmation of the date for their fight (Zuckerberg says he suggested Aug 26th, but did not hear back), Musk says:

Exact date is still in flux. I’m getting an MRI of my neck & upper back tomorrow. May require surgery before the fight can happen. Will know this week,

Zuckerberg ‘ready’ to fight Musk

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Zuckerberg says he is “ready today” for his cage fight with Musk. He says he even proposed a date for it on Threads (August 26th), but Musk has not responded. Musk has said that he might need surgery for a neck and back problem and has to undergo an MRI scan. He says the exact date of the fight is “in flux.” Zuckerberg reportedly has been eating 4,000 calories a day and has built an octagon in his backyard.

I’m ready today… but [Musk] hasn’t confirmed.

6 Aug, 2023

Musk: Fight with ‘Zuck’ to be streamed on X

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Musk says that his fight with Zuckerberg will be streamed on X. He tweets:

Zuck v Musk fight will be live-streamed on 𝕏. All proceeds will go to charity for veterans.

Musk: X will never launch crypto coin

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Musk says that Twitter/X will never launch a crypto coin. In a tweet, user @DogeDesigner stated:

Elon Musk and 𝕏 never launched a crypto token

to which Musk replied:

And we never will.

5 Aug, 2023

Musk: X will pay ‘unfairly’ treated users’ legal bills

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Musk says that if any X (formerly Twitter) users are treated unfairly by their employers for posting or liking something on the platform, X will pay their legal bills and even sue on their behalf. Financial assistance from X will have no limit, he says, and asks that users “let us know” if they have experienced unfair treatment for their activity on the site.

1 Aug, 2023

X sign removed from headquarter’s roof

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The X sign on the former Twitter headquarters building’s roof is removed, after complaints were made to San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection. One complaint described the sign as displaying “extremely intense white stroboscopic light” that was “causing distress and nausea,” while others said it could topple in an earthquake. After earlier attempts to inspect the sign had been rebuffed by X staff, inspectors once again returned to the site, only to see the sign being dismanted. Inspector:

By the time I left the entire structure had been removed.

The city says that X would be assessed fees for the unpermitted installation of the illuminated structure, without mentioning an estimate.

Musk accuses South African party of pushing for white genocide

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In response to footage of a football stadium of Economic Freedom Fighters Party loyalists singing “Kill the Boer,” Musk accuses the party of pushing for genocide of white people, tagging President Ramaphosa for a response:

They are openly pushing for genocide of white people in South Africa. @CyrilRamaphosa, why do you say nothing?

31 Jul, 2023

Biographer: Musk considers father ‘evil’

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Musk biographer Walter Isaacson says Musk told him “vivid and psychologically brutal tales” about his past, calling his father “evil” and a “terrible human being,” while Errol gave his side “forcefully.” (Musk previously described his father as “evil” in a 2018 interview with Rolling Stone.) Isaacson’s biography describes Musk being beaten regularly by bullies as a boy, but says the physical scars from that trauma were “minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father – an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist.” Isaacson says Musk inherited many of his most distinctive traits from his father Errol, who “instilled his drive but also his demons, beginning at an early age.” Crying, Musk said this about his father:

He was such a terrible human being, you have no idea. My dad will have a carefully thought-out plan of evil. He will plan evil. Almost every crime you can possibly think of, he has done. Almost every evil thing you could possibly think of, he has done. It’s so terrible, you can’t believe it.

30 Jul, 2023

Musk lifts West’s X block after anti-semitic assurances

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After assurances that he will not post anti-semitic or harmful content, Musk reinstates West’s account on X (formerly Twitter), almost eight months after Musk banned him from Twitter after West posted an image of a swastika blended with a star of David to Twitter.

29 Jul, 2023

San Francisco investigates non-permitted X roof sign

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The city of San Francisco Departement of Building Inspection opens an investigation into X headquarters, after it receives a complain about a giant flashing X that has been installed on the roof of the building without a permit. This comes after issues with the removal of the Twitter sign on the front of the building. The complaint noted that a city inspector was denied access to the building’s roof, where the X had been installed, with the company saying that the structure was a “temporary lighted sign for an event.” City spokesperson:

A building permit is required to make sure the sign is structurally sound and installed safely. Planning review and approval is also necessary for the installation of this sign. The city is opening a complaint and initiating an investigation.