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[Huntn]

SpaceX’s Starship explodes in second failure for Musk’s Mars program

Back-to-back mishaps indicate big setbacks for program to launch satellites and send humans to the moon and Mars

www.theguardian.com

The failure comes just more than a month after the company’s seventh Starship flight also ended in an explosive failure. The back-to-back mishaps occurred in early mission phases that SpaceX has easily surpassed previously, indicating serious setbacks for a program Musk has sought to speed up this year.

 

[superchuck500]

Tesla Charging Network: All the Upcoming Compatible EVs​

These EVs will soon gain access to Tesla's Supercharger network, and other charging networks will also adopt the NACS plug.

These EVs Are about to Be Compatible with Tesla's Charging Network

These EVs will soon gain access to Tesla's Supercharger network, and other charging networks will also adopt the NACS plug.

www.caranddriver.com

Trump has ordered the halting of spending money already allocated to the build out of the charging network - and he has ordered states to stop as well. There's so much conflict between the Trump administration and the entire EV ecosystem - it's such a weird relationship.

 

[UriUT]

Nola!!

 

[Eeyore]

Now that Vice president Trump has declared it to be illegal to not buy a Tesla, can they produce enough?

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Seeing Trump trying to get his big arse out of the Tesla was funny as hell.

 

[MT15]

Well, isn’t this just swell? The richest man in the world is being bullied by some big meanies.

Seriously - other than graffiti, and some chanting and signs - what have the demonstrations entailed? I haven’t heard about any real violence. Maybe some eggs?

 

[efil4]

The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) is a European voluntary car safety performance assessment programme (i.e. a New Car Assessment Program) based in Leuven, Belgium. Formed in 1996, the first results were released in February 1997.[1] It was originally started by the Transport Research Laboratory for the UK Department for Transport but later backed by several European governments, as well as by the European Union (EU).[2][3] Their slogan is "For Safer Cars".

Not a car magazine

 

[MT15]

So freaking stupid. The wealthiest man in the world is such a victim that they all have to hold benefits for him. I cannot tell you how much this makes me despise him more.

 

[bird]

So freaking stupid. The wealthiest man in the world is such a victim that they all have to hold benefits for him. I cannot tell you how much this makes me despise him more.

Launch his azz to Mars now. He can take Hannity with him. Give them food and water and a gun with one bullet.

 

[Dragon]

All cars in Denmark must undergo a safety inspection every two years. Minor defects require a follow-up inspection within a month, while major defects result in the immediate removal of the license plates. This legislation ensures road safety.
The inspection covers key components, including steering, brakes, lights, wheels, and tires. It also checks the cabin to ensure doors, windows, and safety features function correctly and remain uncompromised. Additionally, the undercarriage is examined for rust that could weaken essential structural components.

 

[Eeyore]

 

[longtime lurker]

 

[superchuck500]

 

[Optimus Prime]

Ayo Edebiri, the actor best known for her Emmy-award winning work on The Bear, has said she received “insane death threats” after Elon Muskshared a fake news report about her being cast in a film.

On her Instagram, Edebiri recalled the furore that met Musk’s reposting of a story by “Unlimited L’s”, a rightwing account with no apparent Hollywood connection or insight, that she was to replace Johnny Depp in a reboot of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

“Disney sucks,” commented Musk at the time.

“Just remembering when I got some of the most insane death threats and racial slurs of my life (idk if it’s the #1 moment, but for sure top 3) for a fake reboot of a movie I had never even heard of because of this man,” Edebiri wrote while sharing Musk’s original post. “LMAO. So not only is he double s**g h**l-ing [sieg heil-ing] fascist, he’s an idiot but anyway.”

Responding to Edebiri’s post on Wednesday, the owner of the original account said: “I clearly stated ‘reportedly’ because it was the latest information coming from credible Hollywood sources. And yes, I am a HUGE fan and supporter of Mr Musk. He has my loyalty for LIFE, and I don’t say that lightly.”……

Ayo Edebiri ‘got insane death threats’ after Elon Musk shared fake report about Pirates of the Caribbean casting

The Bear actor called Musk a fascist and an idiot after his reaction to a post from a rightwing account that claimed she was replacing Johnny Depp

www.theguardian.com

 

[MT15]

The big baby needs his video games, in his office. On our dime, most likely.

 

[nolaspe]

Now that Vice president Trump has declared it to be illegal to not buy a Tesla, can they produce enough?

Maybe not, lol...

 

[longtime lurker]

Tesla Reported Zero Federal Income Tax on $2 Billion of U.S. Income in 2024

Tesla reported $2.3 billion of U.S. income in 2024 but paid zero federal income tax. Over the past three years, the Elon Musk-led company reports $10.8 billion of U.S. income on which its current federal tax was just $48 million.

itep.org

 

[Optimus Prime]

Workers blasted DOGE hatchet man Elon Musk Thursday after he reposted a startling message on X declaring that “Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Public sector employees did.”

Lee Saunders, union president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees of the AFL-CIO, fired off a furious response saying: “America’s public service workers — our nurses, teachers, firefighters, librarians — chose making our communities safe, healthy and strong over getting rich. They are not, as the world’s richest man implies, genocidal murderers.”

He added: “Elon Musk and the billionaires in this administration have no idea what real people go through every day. That’s why he’s so willing to take a chainsaw to people’s jobs, Medicaid, Social Security and Medicare.”

It was only the latest of Musk’s disturbing instances of sidling up to Hitler as he appeared to excuse the actions of the architect of the Holocaust that murdered 6 million Jews and others to pick on public employees, whose jobs he has cut by the thousands since Donald Trump took office.…….

Musk shares post that Hitler didn’t kill millions, public workers did. Union rages

‘Our nurses, teachers, firefighters, librarians ... are not, as the world’s richest man implies, genocidal murderers,’ fires back angry union president

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Optimus Prime]

On Saturday morning, I woke up to a nightmare of notifications. On Sunday, it got worse. Elon Musk had tweeted and amplified inflammatory lies about me and Tesla Takedown, a growing national grassroots movement peacefully protesting at Tesla showrooms that I’m proudly a part of. Musk tweeted: “Costa is committing crimes.”

As a longtime local activist and organizer in Seattle, I’m accustomed to some conflict with powerful forces. The intention of the Tesla Takedown movement is to make a strong public stand against the tech oligarchy behind the Trump administration’s cruel and illegal actions, and to encourage Americans to sell their Teslas and dump the company’s stock.

Protests like these – peaceful, locally organized, and spreading across the world – are at the heart of free speech in a democracy and a cornerstone of US political traditions.

So it’s telling that the response from so-called “free speech absolutist” Musk has been to single out individuals – and spread lies about us and our movement. The harassment that has followed his post has been frightening.

It’s also proof that the Tesla Takedown campaign is working.

I’d like to address the lies spread about me by the world’s richest man and X users. I have not committed any crimes. I have not been funded by ActBlue, or by George Soros – that name is simply a tired antisemitic dog whistle.

I’m not inspired by Luigi Mangione nor have I ever said that I am. I am not encouraging any vandalism. Nobody is getting paid to come to these protests. I am not the leader of Tesla Takedown. In fact, no one is.

Here is the truth: Tesla Takedown is a completely decentralized movement with hundreds of protests taking place around the globe, drawing many thousands of people out of their homes and on to the public sidewalks to stand up for programs that support poor people, older people, veterans, the sick.

Out of care and concern for others – a foreign concept to those currently in power – people are offering what they can to help. I’ve offered to schlep supplies, and helped someone find a bullhorn.

The environmentally focused Seattle organization I’m a part of, Troublemakers, hosts a map where other people and groups can post the locations of forthcoming demonstrations. Troublemakers has about $3,500 in its bank accounts.

All of this is a bare-bones, low-budget, people-powered movement – which is exactly why Musk is afraid of it, and casting about to find a villain.………

Elon Musk targeted me over Tesla protests. That proves our movement is working

I’ve always believed the people are powerful. Now we know the world’s richest man does too

www.theguardian.com