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30 Aug, 2023

Musk booed by gamers chanting ‘Bring back Twitter’

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When Musk is briefly shown on camera during the broadcast of the Valorant World Championship Final, the crowd of gamers boos, prompting a surprised reaction from the event’s announcers, who did not address Musk’s roughly four-second appearance on camera. The crowd then shouts “Bring back Twitter!. Organiusers:

Where is that from? That can’t be from in here, surely?

Musk later laughed off the incident, describing the booing crowd members as “unhinged leftists.”

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.

27 May, 2023

SpaceX releases Starship launch video

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SpaceX releases a video of the first Starship launch, which flew for four minutes on April 20, 2023.

Another step closer to Mars — the first flight test of a fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket

Starship | First Integrated Flight Test

22 May, 2023

Musk ‘robot kiss’ images emerge

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AI-generated pictures of Musk kissing female robots come to the media’s attention. The posts, which were originally released on May 16, show Musk kissing and dancing with four female humanoid robots.

Elon Musk announces the future wife, who is she? It is the first robot that has been manufactured specifically designed with artificial intelligence, with the personality and the characteristics of the female that he dreams of…which is not found in any normal person, because of course, there is no normal person that has all the required specifications.

The poster says the images were made to ‘clarify’ AI’s dangers:

This post is to clarify the dangers of AI (artificial intelligence) in the coming period, especially after Tesla Company released the first integrated robot “Optimus”.

21 May, 2023

Reynolds, Musk trade deepfake ad likes

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In response to a deepfake ad of Reynolds promoting Tesla:

How much do you think it would cost to own a car that’s this f–kng awesome?!…Whose balls do I have to fondle to get a Tesla instead of a s–t Corolla?”

Musk says:

Nice

Reynolds, in turn, responds to a deepfake ad featuring Musk promoting his Aviator Gin brand.

Nice

6 May, 2023

Musk meets Red Bull team with son at Miami GP

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Musk takes his three-year-old son, X Æ A-12, to the Miami Grand Prix, touring the Red Bull garage and talking to team boss Christian Horner and drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez. Horner said Larry Ellison invited Musk to the race (Oracle sponsors the Red Bull team):

We were talking about batteries, regeneration and so on. Great to have them here this weekend. I proposed a pure EV vs gas/hybrid F1 race.

Musk also spoke with F1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali at the event.

16 Apr, 2023

Musk: US Government had access to Twitter DMs

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In a trailer for his interview with Carlson, Musk says the US authorities had full access to everything that happened on Twitter, including users’ private messages . Everything that happened on the social network was monitored by “various government departments.”

Musk: The degree to which various government agencies had effectively full access to everything that was going on at Twitter blew my mind. I was not aware of that.
Carlson: Would that include people’s DMs?
Musk: Yes

8 Feb, 2023

Musk announces Master Plan 3, says ‘the future is bright’

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Musk announces the the third version of Tesla’s “master plan” on March 1. At the upcoming investor day to be held at its gigafactory in Texas, Tesla said it will share details about its next-generation vehicle platforms, which Musk has said would produce a vehicle about half the cost of Tesla’s current vehicle underpinings. Tesla also said it will discuss long-term expansion plans, capital allocation and other subjects. Master Plan, Part Deux was released in 2016 and Part 1 in 2006.

Master Plan 3, the path to a fully sustainable energy future for Earth will be presented on March 1. The future is bright!

11 Dec, 2022

Musk booed at Chappelle show

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At the San Francisco stop on his joint tour with Chris Rock, Chappelle brings Musk on to the stage as a special guest…

Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for the richest man in the world!

…to loud boos and cheers from the 18,000 people in the audience. Chappelle:

It sounds like some of the people you fired are in the audience…You shut the f*ck up with your boos.

During the few minutes that he was on stage, Musk deferred to Chappelle for instruction on how to handle the negative reactions, asking: “What should I say?” to which Chappelle said: “Don’t say nothing, it’ll only spoil the moment. You hear that sound, Elon? That’s the sound of pending civil unrest.” In an attempt to cut through the awkwardness, Musk borrowed a line from Chappelle’s Show, yelling, “I’m rich, bitch!”

Musk, in a deleted tweet, later claimed that the cheering to booing ratio was 90% cheers to 10% boos.

But, still, that’s a lot of boos, which is a first for me in real life. It’s almost as if I’ve offended SF’s unhinged leftists … but nahhh.

9 Nov, 2022

Crypto company builds 30ft ‘Musk goat rocket’

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A cryptocurrency company creates a 30-foot long monument to Musk, showing him as a goat riding on a rocket. The art took 700 hours to build and is worth an estimated $600k. The 5’9″ tall aluminium head of the statue was built by Canadian metal sculptors Kevin and Michelle Stone. The cryptocurrency firm Elon GOAT Token ($EGT) plan to present the monument to Musk in Austin, TX, on Nov 26. Company spokesperson:

We built Elon Musk a $600,000 monument on the back of a semi trailer in honour of his many accomplishments and commitment to Cryptocurrency. Most people thought we would never do it, but after one year of building the time has come to bring it home to Elon. Really we just want to meet the guy and give it to him. After all, he is the most innovative human alive, hence the GOAT – Greatest Of All Time.

 

26 Oct, 2022

‘Elon Musk kidnapped’ deepfake

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In an attempt to gain Musk’s attention, reAlpha Tech Corp, a real estate tech startup, releases a deepfake hostage video of Musk tied to a chair.

Hey, remember us? Yep, we are the ones that posted that INSANE video of Elon Musk taking a bubble bath… & we are back for more. This time, we took matters into our own hands & may or may not have kidnapped ol’ Elon’s twin. In case you forgot, we are reAlpha, a startup tech-company democratizing investment in the short term rental market and we are on a mission to enable anyone to invest in the $1.2 Trillion short-term rental real estate industry. The whole purpose of this video is to have you help us get Elon Musk to join our Board.

Musk has not responded.

Elon Musk Held Hostage In Warehouse (Will He Comply?)

19 Jun, 2019

World News Media Congress panel

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Mark participates in a panel on news innovation at the World News Media Congress in Glasgow. The other participants included Frédéric Sitterlé, Director of Development at Groupe Challenges, which is creating news products for use in Renault cars, Kourtney Bitterly, R&D Lead at the New York Times, who talked about the company’s research into Smart Speakers, and Robyn Spector, Director of Corporate Strategy and Development at the Associated Press (AP), who talked about giving AI tools to journalists.

Mark talks about using blockchain to price news data:

At the moment, there’s so much discussion about subscription models, and how much can we get people to pay for news. But nobody really knows the real cost of a piece of news.

And the challenges facing startups:

It seems companies really want to pick the winner. News organisations would rather wait and see if something succeeds. But how can something succeed if they haven’t been funded from beginning?

16 Mar, 2019

Gives team talk to Boston Bruins

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McGregor attends the National Hockey League match, at the TD Garden, between the Boston Bruins and the Columbus Blue Jackets, and gives a rousing team talk to the Boston hosts:

Remember, nothing heroic gets done without support, without unity. We must back each other, we must support each other. Before you go out, look left, look right. Know that these people that are with you are your brothers… Boys, I wish you the best…Let’s go Boston Bruins.

The Bruins won a 2-1 in overtime, thanks to a winner from Brad Marchand. Marchand paid tribute to McGregor:

He’s an incredible guy, very energetic. He was humble. He was happy to be here…It was an honor to meet him…It’s something we’ll remember.

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6 Mar, 2019

News Rewired talk

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Mark presents NewsBlocks at News Rewired, a conference at Thomson Reuters HQ in London, that promotes trends in journalism technology. Mark discusses the use of blockchain technology to create a verified, permanent and priced “store of news value” for all the world’s news.

5 Mar, 2019

Celebrates mum’s 60th birthday in the Versace Mansion

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McGregor’s whole family travel to America to help celebrate his mum Margaret’s 60th birthday. Dad Tony and sisters Erin and Aoife partied along with Margaret, Conor, Dee Devlin and their two kids Conor Jr. and Croia in the plush Versace Mansion in Miami, Florida. McGregor posts a series of photographs and a message:

My mother’s 60th birthday party at the Versace Mansion. My mother has long been a fan of this fine Italian silk. In fact we are fans of all the Italian fabrics, my current August McGregor line is Italian wool. Cosy. Thank you for gifting me this life my mother! I love you with all my soul.

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4 Mar, 2019

McGregor float at Malta Carnival

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A large float is dedicated to McGregor at a carnival in Malta. The huge lookalike figure passes through the busy streets during the Karnival ta Malta or Maltese Carnival. It is one of the oldest historical festivals in the country, having being first introduced in 1535. McGregor posts a video of the float, commenting:

Having a great time with my fellow Maltese’s at La Karnival Ta Malta. See you guys soon.

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3 Feb, 2019

Wear matching purple suits at Super Bowl

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McGregor and Conor Jr. arrive at the Super Bowl LIII in matching purple suits and are allowed onto the field to throw a ball around before the game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. 

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18 Sep, 2018

Manchester Food & Drink Festival acoustic set announcement

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The band announces they will be performing their new EP in full on the City Life Manchester stage at the Manchester Food & Drink Festival on 4th Oct, Albert Square, 8pm.