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Elon Musk: Force for anthropic advancement or self-serving con-artist?
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elon appears to be going through his timeline and manually hiding posts from the mother of his child instead of responding to her urgent requests for help?
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Ordnael
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This is below self serving con artist
www.aljazeera.com
Musk vows to ‘fix’ X after polls show high support for Ukraine’s Zelenskyy
Musk vows to ‘fix’ X after polls show high support for Ukraine’s Zelenskyy
Tesla and SpaceX CEO claims his social media platform’s fact-checking tool is being ‘gamed’ by governments and media.
Shouldn't that guy be lumberjacking off-stage and to the office? You can't be productive unless you are in the office.
From WaPo today:
Some Tesla employees and investors have expressed concerns that Musk has tarnished the company’s brand, with some indicating that the company would be better off if Musk resigned, The Post reported earlier this month. Tesla’s stock surged following the election and peaked in mid-December at $479.86 a share. Since then it has declined steadily, dropping below $333 per share Monday afternoon.
Some Tesla employees and investors have expressed concerns that Musk has tarnished the company’s brand, with some indicating that the company would be better off if Musk resigned, The Post reported earlier this month. Tesla’s stock surged following the election and peaked in mid-December at $479.86 a share. Since then it has declined steadily, dropping below $333 per share Monday afternoon.
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Thousands of Canadians sign petition to revoke Musk's citizenship
Hundreds of thousands of people have signed a petition to revoke Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship amid tensions between the Trump administration and Canada.The petition, which opened to signatures five days ago, accuses Musk of acting against Canada's national interest and undermining its sovereignty.
In Canada, citizenship can be revoked only if someone has committed fraud, misrepresented themselves or knowingly hid information on an immigration or citizenship application.
Responding to the petition, Musk, a Canadian citizen through his Saskatchewan-born mother, wrote on X: "Canada is not a real country." The post was later deleted.
The petition claims the billionaire "has used his wealth and power to influence our elections" and "has now become a member of a foreign government that is attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty".
Launched on 20 February, it remains open for signatures until 20 June. More than 250,000 Canadians have signed the petition.
It is mostly symbolic and has no legal force. But petitions with at least 500 signatures and a member of parliament's backing typically receive a government response, this one may not, as a spring election could dissolve parliament.
It was created by a British Columbia author and endorsed by MP Charlie Angus of the New Democratic Party. Angus, a 20-year MP for Timmins–James Bay, has announced he will not seek re-election.
The BBC has contacted his office for comment.
US-Canada tensions have escalated since Trump's return, with the president repeatedly suggesting Canada could become a US state and threatening tariffs on steel, aluminium, and other imports.
Canadian leaders have pushed back, vowing counter-tariffs.
The spat has spilled out beyond government, with Canadians cancelling US trips, boycotting American products, and booing opposing anthems at hockey and basketball games.
Mr Musk, born in South Africa, moved to Canada at 18, and worked odd jobs before studying at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He later emigrated to the US.
The billionaire has backed Trump's hardline immigration policies but now faces scrutiny over claims he worked illegally in the US on a student visa.
In a recent interview, Steve Bannon, a former advisor to President Trump, called Mr Musk a "parasitic illegal immigrant".
The Tesla CEO has denied the accusations, and has said he did not work illegally. He became a naturalised US citizen in 2002, according to a recent biography.
The BBC has contacted Mr Musk via his businesses for comment.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwydeppzggno
I signed it. One of the Canadian moderators over at TrekBBS doesn't like that I signed it, because revoking citizenship "would make us just as bad as them". But screw that. She's not in a province being run by a Trumpette who's been gleefully scampering back and forth to the U.S. during the past several weeks, happily dismantling Alberta's health care system to put in for-profit surgical clinics, firing everyone who says something she doesn't like or who is too close to blowing the whistle on all this corruption, and so on.
Here's what the petition says:
Regardless of what comes of this (nothing, probably, and if Charlie Angus gets a chance to present it in the House, the Reformacons will just laugh and be their usual jackass selves), it did feel good to sign it.
There's another petition, asking that Trump not be allowed into Canada. He's already not allowed, due to his felon status, but we (the people of Alberta) expect that his loyal fan Danielle Smith will exempt him for the G7 coming later this year in Kananaskis.
Ka-na-NAS-kis. All vowels are short.
Kananaskis is a park in the mountains. It's a beautiful area, far too good to waste on Trump. Not to mention holding political meetings here means the public is shut out, both for protesters and people who just want to enjoy the park and don't care about the politics.
Is anyone surprised by the news that somehow Starlink won the contract to upgrade the FAA's computer systems? The WaPo also has an article about how Musk is one of the biggest beneficiaries of government contracts (to the tune of multiple billions of dollars), so if DOGE looking to excise waste, he doesn't need to go far to find a lot.
Anti-DO GE protests at Tesla stores target Musk’s bottom line
BY RODRIQUE NGOWI AND JONATHAN J. COOPER ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON — Demonstrators gathered outside Tesla stores across the U.S. Saturday to protest the automaker’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, and his push to slash government spending on behalf of President Donald Trump.
The demonstrations are part of a growing backlash in North America and Europe to Musk’s disruptive role in Washington.
Critics of Trump and Musk hope to discourage and stigmatize purchases of Tesla, the electric car company that is the world’s most valuable automaker. Liberal groups for weeks have organized anti-Tesla protests in hopes of galvanizing opposition to Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and energizing Democrats still demoralized by Trump’s November victory.
“We can get back at Elon,” said Nathan Phillips, a 58-year-old ecologist from Newton, Massachusetts, who was protesting in Boston on Saturday. “We can impose direct economic damage on Tesla by showing up at showrooms everywhere and boycotting Tesla and telling everyone else to get out, sell your stocks, sell your Teslas.”
Musk is taking direction from Trump to slash federal spending and sharply reduce the workforce, arguing that Trump’s victory gave the president and him a mandate to restructure the U.S. government. DOGE officials have swiftly gained access to sensitive databases, directed thousands of federal job cuts, canceled contracts and shut down sections of the government, including the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Musk’s critics say his actions defy Congress’s power to control the U.S. budget and present a host of ways for him to enrich himself. Musk leads several other companies, notably SpaceX, which conducts launches for NASA and the intelligence community, and the social media platform X. “Protests will not deter President Trump and Elon Musk from delivering on the promise to establish DOGE and make our federal government more efficient and more accountable to the hardworking American taxpayers across the country,” said White House spokesperson Harrison Fields.
Tesla did not respond to an emailed request for comment.
More than 50 demonstrations were listed Saturday on the website Tesla Takedown, with more planned later in March from coast to coast in the United States along with England, Spain and Portugal. News reports showed demonstrations in recent days in U.S. cities including Tucson, Arizona; St. Louis; New York City; Dayton, Ohio; Charlotte; and Palo Alto, California.
Some Tesla owners have also reported their vehicles vandalized with spray painted swastikas amid what Jewish groups and observers fear is a rise in antisemitism.
Demonstrators are arrested by NYPD officers during a protest against Elon Musk and Tesla outside of a Tesla showroom Saturday in New York. ADAM GRAY/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Federal prosecutors charged a woman in connection with a string of vandalism against a Colorado Tesla dealership, which included Molotov cocktails being thrown at vehicles and the words “Nazi cars” spray painted on the building. Saturday’s demonstration in Boston had a festive atmosphere, with a brass band playing music as protesters carried signs and chanted. Several of the signs mocked Musk and DOGE, with one reading: “Stop Elon and his despicable Muskrats.”
“This government led by Trump and Musk, it’s gone completely off the rails and we are here to stop that,” said Carina Campobasso, a retired federal worker. “And I hope they listen.” About 300 demonstrators protested at a Tesla dealership in New York City on Saturday. Police said nine people were taken into custody but did not elaborate on the charges they faced.
Tesla’s share price has fallen by nearly a third since Trump took office, though it’s still higher than it was a year ago. Musk’s current net worth is an estimated $359 billion, according to Forbes, which calculated his 2024 net worth as $195 billion.
BY RODRIQUE NGOWI AND JONATHAN J. COOPER ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON — Demonstrators gathered outside Tesla stores across the U.S. Saturday to protest the automaker’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, and his push to slash government spending on behalf of President Donald Trump.
The demonstrations are part of a growing backlash in North America and Europe to Musk’s disruptive role in Washington.
Critics of Trump and Musk hope to discourage and stigmatize purchases of Tesla, the electric car company that is the world’s most valuable automaker. Liberal groups for weeks have organized anti-Tesla protests in hopes of galvanizing opposition to Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and energizing Democrats still demoralized by Trump’s November victory.
“We can get back at Elon,” said Nathan Phillips, a 58-year-old ecologist from Newton, Massachusetts, who was protesting in Boston on Saturday. “We can impose direct economic damage on Tesla by showing up at showrooms everywhere and boycotting Tesla and telling everyone else to get out, sell your stocks, sell your Teslas.”
Musk is taking direction from Trump to slash federal spending and sharply reduce the workforce, arguing that Trump’s victory gave the president and him a mandate to restructure the U.S. government. DOGE officials have swiftly gained access to sensitive databases, directed thousands of federal job cuts, canceled contracts and shut down sections of the government, including the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Musk’s critics say his actions defy Congress’s power to control the U.S. budget and present a host of ways for him to enrich himself. Musk leads several other companies, notably SpaceX, which conducts launches for NASA and the intelligence community, and the social media platform X. “Protests will not deter President Trump and Elon Musk from delivering on the promise to establish DOGE and make our federal government more efficient and more accountable to the hardworking American taxpayers across the country,” said White House spokesperson Harrison Fields.
Tesla did not respond to an emailed request for comment.
More than 50 demonstrations were listed Saturday on the website Tesla Takedown, with more planned later in March from coast to coast in the United States along with England, Spain and Portugal. News reports showed demonstrations in recent days in U.S. cities including Tucson, Arizona; St. Louis; New York City; Dayton, Ohio; Charlotte; and Palo Alto, California.
Some Tesla owners have also reported their vehicles vandalized with spray painted swastikas amid what Jewish groups and observers fear is a rise in antisemitism.
Demonstrators are arrested by NYPD officers during a protest against Elon Musk and Tesla outside of a Tesla showroom Saturday in New York. ADAM GRAY/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Federal prosecutors charged a woman in connection with a string of vandalism against a Colorado Tesla dealership, which included Molotov cocktails being thrown at vehicles and the words “Nazi cars” spray painted on the building. Saturday’s demonstration in Boston had a festive atmosphere, with a brass band playing music as protesters carried signs and chanted. Several of the signs mocked Musk and DOGE, with one reading: “Stop Elon and his despicable Muskrats.”
“This government led by Trump and Musk, it’s gone completely off the rails and we are here to stop that,” said Carina Campobasso, a retired federal worker. “And I hope they listen.” About 300 demonstrators protested at a Tesla dealership in New York City on Saturday. Police said nine people were taken into custody but did not elaborate on the charges they faced.
Tesla’s share price has fallen by nearly a third since Trump took office, though it’s still higher than it was a year ago. Musk’s current net worth is an estimated $359 billion, according to Forbes, which calculated his 2024 net worth as $195 billion.
Klaus Hergersheimer
Emperor
I saw a video of that. He looked like a total dork. No grown man goes "raaaawww!" like some 6-year-old pretending to be dinosaur, I guess unless you're Elon Musk.
If there will come a time when this guy crashes and burns--maybe when Trump decides to throw him to the wolves--I do believe people will immediately recognize that this precise moment was the apex of that success. You (Musk), simultaneously both the coolest and the richest guy on planet earth, with the US president's ear, ownership of one of the primary means of global communication, onstage, going "raaaaaw I am the king-or-whatever aaaaah!" like some cartoon. Surely Caligula and Commodus felt the same.
Tesla stock is down $13.66 today or 4.6% to $279.33
The tariffs on Mexico and Canada sent the whole market down.
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Throaty chuckle or excited grunting all the way.
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