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.
Pope criticizes Musk’s $1Tr pay proposal Proposal
In his first interview since assuming the role, Pope Leo XIV criticizes Musk’s proposed $1 trillion pay package from Tesla, calling it a symbol of societal inequality, expresses concern over the growing wealth gap and its potential to incite unrest.
The value of human life, of the family, and the value of society. If we lose the sense of those values, what matters anymore? Add on top of that a couple of other factors, one which I think is very significant is the continuously wider gap between the income levels of the working class and the money that the wealthiest receive. For example, CEOs that 60 years ago might have been making four to six times more than what the workers are receiving, the last figure I saw, it’s 600 times more than what average workers are receiving. Yesterday the news that Elon Musk is going to be the first trillionaire in the world. What does that mean and what’s that about? If that is the only thing that has value anymore, then we’re in big trouble…
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
Bezos: Musk’s ‘sell Tesla, SpaceX’ claim ‘100% not true’
In response to Musk’s claim that Bezos said Trump would win and that people should sell Tesla and SpaceX stock:
Just learned tonight at Mar-a-Lago that Jeff Bezos was telling everyone that @realDonaldTrump would lose for sure, so they should sell all their Tesla and SpaceX stock
Bezos responds, saying it is not true:
Nope. 100% not true.
Musk then says he stands corrected:
Well, then, I stand corrected
Well, then, I stand corrected 😂
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 21, 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
Milei praises Trump and Musk
At the America First Gala at at Mar-A-Lago, Milei praises Trump:
The world is a much better place, and the winds of freedom are blowing much stronger. [The election was] the greatest political comeback in all of history, defying the political establishment even at the risk to his own life.
And Musk:
I would like to thank the great Elon Musk for the wonderful job he has been doing to save humanity.
Milei also criticised unfair tax systems that caused “the redistribution of wealth at gunpoint”.
Trump says it is an “honour” to welcome him to Mar-a-Lago – and calls Milei “a MAGA person”.
The job you’ve done is incredible. Make Argentina Great Again… he’s doing that.
Stallone: Trump ‘second George Washington’
At an America First Policy Conference at Mar-a-Lago, Stallone introduces Trump by describing the opening scene of the first Rocky film where the camera pans down from a mural of Jesus inside an old church converted into a boxing gym as the character gets punched by his opponent, with the word “Resurrection AC Club” shown in the background.
At that moment, he was a chosen person and that’s how I began the journey. Something’s gonna happen, this man is gonna go through a metamorphosis and change lives. Just like President Trump.
When George Washington defended his country, he had no idea that he was gonna change the world. Because without him, you could imagine what the world would look like. Guess what? We got the second George Washington.
Sylvester Stallone (@theslystallone) introduces President-elect Trump at the @A1Policy Gala. pic.twitter.com/mZQNXrSxm8
— CSPAN (@cspan) November 15, 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
Essex Police: Post was ‘likely or intended to cause racial hatred’
In relation to Pearson’s case, Essex Police say that officers had opened an investigation under section 17 of the Public Order Act 1986 relating to material allegedly “likely or intended to cause racial hatred”. Spokesperson:
We’re investigating a report passed to us by another force. The report relates to a social media post which was subsequently removed. An investigation is now being carried out under section 17 of the Public Order Act. As part of that investigation, officers attended an address on Sunday November 10 to invite a woman to attend a voluntary interview on the matter.
Accused of non-crime hate incident
As Pearsons is getting ready to attend a Remembrance Sunday event, two police constables from Essex Police come to her door. The police inform her that she had been accused of a non-crime hate incident (NCHI) related to ‘stirring up hatred’ in a post on X a year before. When she asks which post, the constable says he is not allowed to say. When she asks who made the complaint, she is told she is not allowed to know that either.
Pearson: You can’t give me my accuser’s name?”
Police: It’s not ‘the accuser, they’re called ‘the victim’.
Pearson responds:
Today, we are commemorating hundreds of thousands of British men, most of them roughly the age you two are now, who gave their lives so that we could live in a free country, not under the jackboot of tyranny. And you, YOU come here on this sacred day… You know, those soldiers, they could never have imagined that their country, our country, the country they died for, would ever become a place where the police would turn up at the door of a person who has done nothing wrong…
Pearson accuses the police of wasting time and asks them why it has taken a year to come forward, with no response. One of the constables asks for her phone number and email address in case they needed to call her in for an interview; She gives him her email only.