Lexicus
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Kinda funny how out of all possible criticisms of Musk you stumble on one that is dogshit
Elon Musk: Force for anthropic advancement or self-serving con-artist?
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Kinda funny how out of all possible criticisms of Musk you stumble on one that is dogshit
Klaus Hergersheimer
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Musk is turning off car buyers
NEW YORK — Elon Musk appears be to turning off potential Tesla buyers with his embrace of far-right politicians around the world, analysts say, and the hit couldn’t come at a worse time. The company was already losing market share to European and Chinese automakers as they catch up in quality to Tesla’s electric vehicles. Now Musk has to contend with a fierce political backlash, too. He has been hung in effigy in Italy, mocked in Britain for selling “swasticars” and faced calls for a boycott in Poland. Tesla sales plunged 45% in Europe in January, after a drop in California. Its stock is falling, too. Since Inauguration Day, Tesla investors have lost $550 billion.
NEW YORK — Elon Musk appears be to turning off potential Tesla buyers with his embrace of far-right politicians around the world, analysts say, and the hit couldn’t come at a worse time. The company was already losing market share to European and Chinese automakers as they catch up in quality to Tesla’s electric vehicles. Now Musk has to contend with a fierce political backlash, too. He has been hung in effigy in Italy, mocked in Britain for selling “swasticars” and faced calls for a boycott in Poland. Tesla sales plunged 45% in Europe in January, after a drop in California. Its stock is falling, too. Since Inauguration Day, Tesla investors have lost $550 billion.
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Let me dig around a bit to find the source.
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From the Albuquerque Journal this morning
NATION & WORLD
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CIA to offer tips at SXSW festival
WASHINGTON — The typically tight-lipped CIA is peeling back the curtain on some of its secrets with an upcoming presentation at South By Southwest festival. America’s preeminent spy agency plans to deliver a talk at this year’s edition of the SXSW music festival and tech conference held in Austin, Texas. According to the CIA, the presentation is called “Mission Possible: The Spies’ Guide to Creative Problem Solving” and will feature lessons about finding innovative solutions to complex problems. Sunday’s presentation from the CIA comes during the first weekend of the event that brings together artists, technology experts, business leaders and entrepreneurs.
Inflation eases to 2.4% in Europe
FRANKFURT, Germany — Inflation in Europe eased to 2.4% in February, supporting the case for another interest rate cut from the European Central Bank but leaving open how far the central bank will go in lowering borrowing costs. The February figure for the 20 countries that use the euro currency was down from 2.5% in January, as energy inflation dwindled and major economy France saw a rate of only 0.9%.
Musk is turning off car buyers
NEW YORK — Elon Musk appears be to turning off potential Tesla buyers with his embrace of far-right politicians around the world, analysts say, and the hit couldn’t come at a worse time. The company was already losing market share to European and Chinese automakers as they catch up in quality to Tesla’s electric vehicles. Now Musk has to contend with a fierce political backlash, too. He has been hung in effigy in Italy, mocked in Britain for selling “swasticars” and faced calls for a boycott in Poland. Tesla sales plunged 45% in Europe in January, after a drop in California. Its stock is falling, too. Since Inauguration Day, Tesla investors have lost $550 billion.
From the Albuquerque Journal this morning
NATION & WORLD
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CIA to offer tips at SXSW festival
WASHINGTON — The typically tight-lipped CIA is peeling back the curtain on some of its secrets with an upcoming presentation at South By Southwest festival. America’s preeminent spy agency plans to deliver a talk at this year’s edition of the SXSW music festival and tech conference held in Austin, Texas. According to the CIA, the presentation is called “Mission Possible: The Spies’ Guide to Creative Problem Solving” and will feature lessons about finding innovative solutions to complex problems. Sunday’s presentation from the CIA comes during the first weekend of the event that brings together artists, technology experts, business leaders and entrepreneurs.
Inflation eases to 2.4% in Europe
FRANKFURT, Germany — Inflation in Europe eased to 2.4% in February, supporting the case for another interest rate cut from the European Central Bank but leaving open how far the central bank will go in lowering borrowing costs. The February figure for the 20 countries that use the euro currency was down from 2.5% in January, as energy inflation dwindled and major economy France saw a rate of only 0.9%.
Musk is turning off car buyers
NEW YORK — Elon Musk appears be to turning off potential Tesla buyers with his embrace of far-right politicians around the world, analysts say, and the hit couldn’t come at a worse time. The company was already losing market share to European and Chinese automakers as they catch up in quality to Tesla’s electric vehicles. Now Musk has to contend with a fierce political backlash, too. He has been hung in effigy in Italy, mocked in Britain for selling “swasticars” and faced calls for a boycott in Poland. Tesla sales plunged 45% in Europe in January, after a drop in California. Its stock is falling, too. Since Inauguration Day, Tesla investors have lost $550 billion.
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"swasticars" is good.
Facebook Cybertruck Owners Group Copes With Relentless Mockery Avoiding paywall
A Facebook group for Cybertruck owners is full of videos and photos of passersby and other drivers flicking them off, leaving notes that say “WHAT’S ELON’S $£& TASTE LIKE?,” and “NAZI CAR,” and people kicking their cars, throwing slices of cheese at it, etc.
This genre of post is being made nearly daily in a group called “Cybertruck Owners Only,” a development that shows two things. The wider protests and backlash against Elon Musk at Tesla dealerships is, at the very least, making it uncomfortable for some people to own a Cybertruck. The protests also highlight that Cybertrucks are outfitted with many cameras that are always recording in “Sentry Mode,” and that a community of Cybertruck owners are sometimes trying to identify people using this footage.
In a video taken from a Cybertruck of a man throwing American cheese slices at the windshield of a Cybertruck, many comments suggest filing a police report and attempting to dox the man by posting a screengrab of his face to social media: “Freeze frame and blow up his face. Go on all the social media platforms and post your video. I would file a police report stating that if he is willing to do this in public, then he obviously has some type of vendetta against me, and therefore, I feel threatened and fearful for my life… the only way these people will learn [is] if they are shamed,” one comment reads. “Can you make an 8 x 11 print out of his face with a QR code that leads to the video so everybody in your city will know who this guy is and what he did?? can’t we just make him famous?”
Another post shows images of words people had drawn on the side of a dirty Cybertruck with their fingers, which included “KYS [Kill Yourself],” “Cyber Chode,” “****,” and two different penises, one of which was hairy and ejaculating. The owner of the Cybertruck posted videos taken by his Cybertruck that showed two snowboarders scrawling the art on the truck. A photo posted by the owner after “two washes” showed that one of the penises faintly remained on the car. Another commenter showed that someone had similarly written “SELL THIS” on the side of his dirty Cybertruck, while another posted a screengrab of a man spraying shaving cream on his Cybertruck.
Others have posted notes that have been left on their Cybertrucks, which include “WHAT’S ELON’S £$* TASTE LIKE,” “NAZI CAR,” and “NAZI” left on three separate Cybertrucks. Other videos posted by Cybertruck owners show pedestrians and people in other vehicles flicking them off, giving them thumbs down gestures, pantomiming kicking motions or blowjobs, etc.
Backlash to Cybertrucks is quite widespread at the moment, as Elon Musk guts the federal government, aligns himself with far-right movements, and awards himself government contracts. “Tesla Takedown” protests have been organized at dealerships and showrooms all over the country. Nine people were arrested at a Manhattan Tesla dealership protest Saturday; a Tesla showroom in Owings Mills, Maryland was graffitied with “NO MUSK” and a swastika with an X through it, and a woman was arrested for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at a Tesla dealership in Colorado. Monday, a Tesla Supercharger in Massachusetts was set on fire; authorities there say they believe the fire was set intentionally.
A Facebook group for Cybertruck owners is full of videos and photos of passersby and other drivers flicking them off, leaving notes that say “WHAT’S ELON’S $£& TASTE LIKE?,” and “NAZI CAR,” and people kicking their cars, throwing slices of cheese at it, etc.
This genre of post is being made nearly daily in a group called “Cybertruck Owners Only,” a development that shows two things. The wider protests and backlash against Elon Musk at Tesla dealerships is, at the very least, making it uncomfortable for some people to own a Cybertruck. The protests also highlight that Cybertrucks are outfitted with many cameras that are always recording in “Sentry Mode,” and that a community of Cybertruck owners are sometimes trying to identify people using this footage.
In a video taken from a Cybertruck of a man throwing American cheese slices at the windshield of a Cybertruck, many comments suggest filing a police report and attempting to dox the man by posting a screengrab of his face to social media: “Freeze frame and blow up his face. Go on all the social media platforms and post your video. I would file a police report stating that if he is willing to do this in public, then he obviously has some type of vendetta against me, and therefore, I feel threatened and fearful for my life… the only way these people will learn [is] if they are shamed,” one comment reads. “Can you make an 8 x 11 print out of his face with a QR code that leads to the video so everybody in your city will know who this guy is and what he did?? can’t we just make him famous?”
Another post shows images of words people had drawn on the side of a dirty Cybertruck with their fingers, which included “KYS [Kill Yourself],” “Cyber Chode,” “****,” and two different penises, one of which was hairy and ejaculating. The owner of the Cybertruck posted videos taken by his Cybertruck that showed two snowboarders scrawling the art on the truck. A photo posted by the owner after “two washes” showed that one of the penises faintly remained on the car. Another commenter showed that someone had similarly written “SELL THIS” on the side of his dirty Cybertruck, while another posted a screengrab of a man spraying shaving cream on his Cybertruck.
Others have posted notes that have been left on their Cybertrucks, which include “WHAT’S ELON’S £$* TASTE LIKE,” “NAZI CAR,” and “NAZI” left on three separate Cybertrucks. Other videos posted by Cybertruck owners show pedestrians and people in other vehicles flicking them off, giving them thumbs down gestures, pantomiming kicking motions or blowjobs, etc.
Backlash to Cybertrucks is quite widespread at the moment, as Elon Musk guts the federal government, aligns himself with far-right movements, and awards himself government contracts. “Tesla Takedown” protests have been organized at dealerships and showrooms all over the country. Nine people were arrested at a Manhattan Tesla dealership protest Saturday; a Tesla showroom in Owings Mills, Maryland was graffitied with “NO MUSK” and a swastika with an X through it, and a woman was arrested for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at a Tesla dealership in Colorado. Monday, a Tesla Supercharger in Massachusetts was set on fire; authorities there say they believe the fire was set intentionally.
Tesla stock is down 26% YTD.
We will start to get a felling of what's what, when the new Model Y hits the dealerships later this month. Right now, analysts can't be sure how much of Tesla's sales going down, is impacted by boycotts and how much is impacted by buyers holding off until the new model arrives.
Ordnael
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I wholeheartedly agree with exposing/doxing vandals!
According to a Danish news article from Berlingske today, Tesla sales in Germany are down 76% for the month of February, compared to February of 2024.
Link (in Danish)
Link (in Danish)
Soon Musk will have more children than Tesla has buyers
Tesla stock down another 6% so far today.
H4run
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I still want a cybertruck but I'd be so embarrassed I'd have to get it painted with some very progressive antifa stylings. So I guess if I strike it rich I'll get a Rivian instead : (
Tesla stock down another 6% so far today.
There's an interview with an 'investment manager' from US media you can watch on YT from 2018, projecting that Tesla stock will be worth $4,000 in 'just a few years'.
In the real world, Tesla stock reached ~$430 at its highest.
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