Yay! Nobody Cares about Tickle Me Elmo Musk

[Essence Lumin]

I'll certainly never claim to be smarter than you are.

I just started reading the Illuminatus Trilogy. I have no idea where in the book the reference is but found this quote

Atlanta Hope is a minor character in The Illuminatus! Trilogy and the author of Militarism: The Unknown Ideal for the New Heracleitean and Telemachus Sneezed. She was a feminist before turning to Objectivism, the Religious Right, and the Ku Klux Klan as the leader of God's Lightning. Hope is a parody of the Ayn Rand and her novel Telemachus Sneezed is a parody of Atlas Shrugged, with it's catch phrase "Who is John Galt?" replaced with "What is John Guilt?" Unlike Rand, Hope is fixated on Heraclitus instead of Aristotle.

 

[Casey Pelous]

I just started reading the Illuminatus Trilogy. I have no idea where in the book the reference is but found this quote

Remember; the only good fnord is a dead fnord!

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Ooops

Saudi adverts for Mecca pilgrimage appear next to anti-Islamic figures on X

An i investigation reveals ads on X appear beside tweets from far-right members who spread minsinformation on the Southport killings

inews.co.uk

Evernote Link

Richard Wilson, director of Stop Funding Hate, told i: “With anti-Muslim hate on social media fuelling real-world violence on our streets, it’s shocking that X would allow such extreme Islamophobic content to be posted on their platform at all – let alone with these ads running alongside it.

“This example highlights yet again that the only way to keep your brand safe is to steer well clear of advertising on X.”

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Isabeau]

Musky Prostate Sack has found Jesus, but with an Old Testament twist.

Fuck him, fuck the papers that publish stuff like this, and fuck all his ballsack suckers.

No I do not have a gift link, nor have I read the article.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-religion-christianity-4545dd8b

 

[Soen Eber]

I've been ignoring this thread because I don't give a d*** about Musk so this might be redundant, but Legal Eagle posted a vid on Musk suing advertiser for - get this - not advertising. The harassment has caused one advertiser advisory group to shut down, and cost Media Matters for America a ton of money causing job losses.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

I just saw someone point out that the Cybertruck looks like just a bigger version of that little car that Dynamo drives around in The Running Man and now I can't unsee it

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

The eventual collision with German labour law will be interesting.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Beebo Brink]

More on that here:
Court orders X to reveal investors, links to Putin's allies found (essanews.com)

The Federal Court in California ordered X to disclose the list of investors. This list contains over a hundred entries, including individuals from the world of finance and show business and a Saudi Arabian royal family member. However, one particular fund drew significant attention: it involves the sons of Russian oligarchs closely associated with Vladimir Putin.

 

[Free]

Court orders X to reveal investors, links to Putin's allies found (essanews.com)

OOPSIE.

 

[Free]

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

In Star Trek, Musk would be a Ferengi. And not one of the nicer ones.

 

[Free]

In Star Trek, Musk would be a Ferengi. And not one of the nicer ones.

And he'd buy his own moon.

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

And he'd buy his own moon.

That'd be great. Better yet if he could be convinced to let Boeing transport him there.

 

[Free]

Hopefully no one is surprised by this.

Elon Musk has voted by mail despite attacking the option ‘insane,’ records show

The tech billionaire voted by mail twice in California, years before he began attacking the option for others.

www.nbcnews.com

Elon Musk has attacked voting by mail as an “insane” idea that encourages election fraud, but he voted by mail twice when he lived in California, according to records of his voting history obtained by NBC News.

Musk voted by mail in November 2016, the year Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton, and in the November 2018 midterm election, the records show. Musk’s primary residence was in Los Angeles at the time.

The state records show that Musk had a sparse history of voting in California. During the 18 years he was eligible to vote there, he cast ballots in only those two elections. He became eligible to vote when he became a U.S. citizen in 2002 and cast his first ballot 14 years later, at age 45. He was actively registered to vote by August 2006, the records show.

 

[detrius]

In Star Trek, Musk would be a Ferengi. And not one of the nicer ones.

Dunno. The Ferengi were largely redeemed by Armin Shimerman, Max Grodénchik and the late Aron Eisenberg.

They actually have a moral code and their form of "capitalism" is more of a religion with spiritual concepts - like the "Great River" Nog was was talking about in "Treachery, Faith and the Great River" (DS9, 7x06).

Musk has none of that. I don't think he has any sincerely held beliefs, he's just too self-absorbed for that. Even his vile hatred for transgender people is just a consequence of him doubting the quality of his sperm because one of his children turned out to be one.

His understanding of science fiction doesn't extend beyond "Kirk punch lizard" and appreciating ideas for technological gadgetry that he can scavenge.

If I had to map him onto any of the Star Trek races, I'd say he's a particularly malicious Pakled.

 

[detrius]