Yay! Nobody Cares about Tickle Me Elmo Musk

[Free]

I was going to post this in the Food section, but decided that might make someone sick to their stomach,

Searching for Humanity’s Last Hope—and a Taste of the Future—at the Tesla Diner

Renuka Veerasingam believes Elon Musk is humanity’s last hope. “I want to go to Mars, and he is going to take us,” she says. “Space is the final frontier. It’s in our DNA to find the final frontier—to keep going until we get to the edge.”

Though Veerasingam is 140 million miles from Mars, she is currently on the edge of Santa Monica Boulevard and North Orange Drive, in the heart of Hollywood, for the opening of the new Tesla Diner, modeled in the likeness of the same kind of retro-futuristic space station she one day dreams of inhabiting on the Red Planet.

Musk first announced his plans for the diner in 2018 on Twitter—before he bought the company and rebranded it as X—saying that he wanted to “put an old school drive-in, roller skates & rock restaurant at one of the new Tesla Supercharger locations in LA.” So far this is the only location, but he has plans to expand to other cities if it’s successful.

That vision came to life at exactly 4:20 pm Monday, a cherished stoner reference of Musk’s and one that probably peaked when he was still in college. WIRED’s photographer, Ethan Noah Roy, was there when the doors opened, meeting a man who had dedicated the last 13 years of his life to work at Tesla with the sole purpose of meeting Musk. “That has yet to happen,” he said.

Despite being advised to get the burger and apple pie, I opt for a hotdog, fries, a salad, and the creamsicle “charged soda” instead, totaling $40.61—and am directed to the pickup counter, where even more people are waiting for their number to be called.

The aesthetic inside the diner is “very modern, very Jetsons,” says local Joseph Macken, referring to the 1962 cartoon about a family living in a futuristic utopia with flying cars and a robot maid. (Veerasingam loves the bathrooms “because it’s really like you are in a capsule,” on a spaceship, “looking at earth looking down at you.”) But much of it is very typical of an American diner: curved white booths and a long countertop that peers into the kitchen.

It continues on. Sounds very much like a place for the Eloniterati and various libertarian-lite to hang out and pay dearly for some diner food.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Ukraine says Starlink's global outage hit its military communications

KYIV, July 25 (Reuters) - Starlink systems used by Ukrainian military units were down for two and a half hours overnight, a senior commander said, part of a global issue that disrupted the satellite internet provider.

Ukraine's forces are heavily reliant on thousands of SpaceX's Starlink terminals for battlefield communications and some drone operations, as they have proved resistant to espionage and signal jamming throughout the three and a half years of fighting Russia's invasion.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

I was going to post this in the Food section, but decided that might make someone sick to their stomach,

Searching for Humanity’s Last Hope—and a Taste of the Future—at the Tesla Diner

Just saying, my Caproni Ca60 diner would be way better than this

 

[Free]

Just saying, my Caproni Ca60 diner would be way better than this

If you go charging $12 for 4 bacon slices, I'm out.

 

[Free]

Hearing about issues at the Tesla Diner a lot sooner than I expected. Not food poisoning, either.

Woman Injured by Falling Patio Furniture at Tesla Diner in Hollywood

A lunch outing turned into a terrifying ordeal for a family at the Tesla Diner in Los Angeles -- and now, they’re planning legal action.

www.tmz.com

George tells TMZ his wife, Valentina, was struck by outdoor patio furniture Monday afternoon as they dined on the rooftop patio of the Tesla Diner, which has been open for just one week.

The couple had just received their food and were seated when an outdoor patio covering came loose and "brutally" struck her in the forehead.

"It barely missed our baby’s head by inches," George says, adding Valentina appeared confused and briefly lost consciousness following the impact.

 

[Free]

Someone seems to be dragging his feet on this new political party thing.

Musk’s America Party can’t get off the ground and was just to ‘blow off steam’

Despite claiming he would form a new rival party after Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill passed, no official filings have been made

www.the-independent.com

 

[Essence Lumin]

Someone seems to be dragging his feet on this new political party thing.

Musk’s America Party can’t get off the ground and was just to ‘blow off steam’

Despite claiming he would form a new rival party after Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill passed, no official filings have been made

www.the-independent.com

Yes, he's worried about how Trump can fuck him up and he should be if he cares about his money.

 

[Free]

Yes, he's worried about how Trump can fuck him up and he should be if he cares about his money.

You don't seem to see the angle.

He made a Twitter...err, X poll for his fans, which is a totally serious and legitimate way to manage our political system in America, asking them if it was time to start a new political party that represents the "80% in the middle" (80% in the middle of what?). Their response was an overwhelming YES, ELON OUR FATHER WHO ART ON MARS (SOON). He agreed. He christened it. He was serious.

A month in and there's been no word of this party. No known filings. No noticeable efforts to bring in staff to organize or candidates to run. There's not even a website (well...the domain was first registered in 2006, so I suspect a bit of a flim-flam going on here). There is, perhaps, an X account (News America Party?). And a Facebook page (same pseudo-connection as the website).

The political cycle in the U.S. moves at an extremely rapid pace. You stop working in it for a day - or a month! - even to take care of other deeply important business, or in this case businesses, and you can find yourself under 100 feet of water and your campaign as good as drowned. You'd expect a serious person would do whatever it takes to avoid that from happening.

So this couldn't have been just another bluff from Musk, now could it?

(That last question is rhetorical.)

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

It's hard to tell really. Maybe he was bluffing or trolling, but I personally have no trouble believing that he was 100% earnest at the time and then quickly became dissuaded as he found out that making it happen would be a long, expensive, and complicated process that he couldn't direct or influence, especially now that Trump is no longer available to grease any wheels for him.

I guess it's also possible that he was on a cope-drug binge when making all these plans and claims and mellowed out when he came down?

 

[Essence Lumin]

You don't seem to see the angle.

Tesla is done for. Trump will likely destroy SpaceX, at least the Starlink part. As for twitter, I don't know it's a relatively small part of elon's revenue at this point, a place for right wingers to spout. Of course, the political thing from elon is a bluff but he has no cards any more.

 

[Free]

I guess it's also possible that he was on a cope-drug binge when making all these plans and claims and mellowed out when he came down?

Musk is a very serious person. </sarcasm>

 

[detrius]

I was going to post this in the Food section, but decided that might make someone sick to their stomach,

Searching for Humanity’s Last Hope—and a Taste of the Future—at the Tesla Diner

The aesthetic inside the diner is “very modern, very Jetsons,” says local Joseph Macken, referring to the 1962 cartoon about a family living in a futuristic utopia with flying cars and a robot maid.[...]

It continues on. Sounds very much like a place for the Eloniterati and various libertarian-lite to hang out and pay dearly for some diner food.

Oh, the irony of equating "modernity" with a cartoon that's over 60 years old, was a rip-off of "The Flintstones" and was produced by an animation company that no longer exists because they failed to come up with new ideas.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

SpaceX is going for '50s style.

 

[Free]

Oh, the irony of equating "modernity" with a cartoon that's over 60 years old, was a rip-off of "The Flintstones" and was produced by an animation company that no longer exists because they failed to come up with new ideas.

New ideas are hard. Look at Disney. They've been rummaging through their vaults for the past 3 decades to find animations to turn into live action remakes. Maybe Hanna-Barbera should have done that? Oh, wait...

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

Oh, the irony of equating "modernity" with a cartoon that's over 60 years old,

Googie aesthetic still gives people subconscious futuristic space-age vibes

was a rip-off of "The Flintstones"

Not really a rip-off in the way that the Flinstones ripped off the Honeymooners. The Jetsons was more "Hazel".

and was produced by an animation company that no longer exists because they failed to come up with new ideas.

Still a part of Warner Bros. Animation and Warner still uses the HB name on some marketing/productions

SpaceX is going for '50s style.

Googie:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googie_architecture

New ideas are hard. Look at Disney. They've been rummaging through their vaults for the past 3 decades to find animations to turn into live action remakes. Maybe Hanna-Barbera should have done that? Oh, wait...

Don't forget the Live action Scooby and Josie & the Pussycats

 

[Free]

Don't forget the Live action Scooby and Josie & the Pussycats

Who can forget them?!

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

CNN investigated that during his race for glory Elon Musk with Tesla hired many small business for all types of work.

Many of the contractors claim they have not been paid, and at least two say they were forced into bankruptcy.

Tesla has not paid millions of dollars to these people.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/31/us/elon-musk-company-unpaid-liens-invs?Date=20250801&Profile=CNN,CNN+International&utm_content=1754061515&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

 

[Isabeau]

That’s how one becomes rich - by lying, cheating, and stealing.


the =

 

[Free]

The Cardinals have not lost faith with their Pope.

Tesla awards CEO Musk millions of shares valued at about $29 billion

Tesla gave Elon Musk a stock grant of $29 billion on Monday as a reward for years of “transformative and unprecedented” growth despite a recent foray into right-wing politics that has hurt its sales, profits and its stock price.

apnews.com

 

[Khamon]

The Cardinals have not lost faith with their Pope.

I believe they have. They know it's a smoke and mirror side show at this point. He wanted cash, but they've given him stock so that he'll stick around and drum up the price, at which point they'll sell and vacate the tent leaving him holding the bag.