Starship transiting the Sun this morning during Flight 14 — prior to this morning's mission, this has never been captured before with the world's largest and most powerful rocket.
I’ve ached over this shot for years, mainly for two reasons: what does methane exhaust look like silhouetted against the Sun, and how violent are the acoustic energy waves from 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy booster?
Well...now we have an answer.
📸 - @NASASpaceflight
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SpaceX's Starship rocket just performed a flip maneuver and splashed down on target in the Pacific Ocean. Seems like tower catch could be a go for flight 15.
The NGOs end up increasing the number of homeless people they manage, because that’s the only way to increase their revenue! Incentives drive outcomes.
“Homeless” is a propaganda word used to describe people on the street who are mentally ill or severely addicted to drugs. The word implies that this is someone who fell a little behind on their mortgage payment and they’re one job offer away from getting back on their feet, which is obviously false if you’ve ever tried talking to a “homeless” person in SF, LA, NY, Austin or anywhere else.
The honest reality is that we need to bring back asylums for extreme mental illness or drug addiction for those who are a serious danger to themselves or others.
Incentives determine outcomes
If you give an NGO a certain number of dollars per homeless person, they will never solve homelessness
SF spends more than $1b/yr (up 5x) and the homeless population has only grown
NGO fraud is so insane, man.
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2017: Austin spent $35 million on homelessness. 2,036 homeless counted.
2025: $118 million. 3,238 homeless.
Spending more than tripled and homelessness went up 59%.
If you service the homeless lifestyle, you will get more of it.
The NGOs that run this system get paid by the problem of homelessness, so they have no reason to end it -- in fact, their only incentive is to make sure the problem grows.
The NGOs end up increasing the number of homeless people they manage, because that’s the only way to increase their revenue! Incentives drive outcomes.
“Homeless” is a propaganda word used to describe people on the street who are mentally ill or severely addicted to drugs. The word implies that this is someone who fell a little behind on their mortgage payment and they’re one job offer away from getting back on their feet, which is obviously false if you’ve ever tried talking to a “homeless” person in SF, LA, NY, Austin or anywhere else.
The honest reality is that we need to bring back asylums for extreme mental illness or drug addiction for those who are a serious danger to themselves or others.
Legalize personalized education
Many schools today hold smart kids back.
They’ve eliminated gifted classes to address “historical inequity.”
“This is so misguided,” says @MichaelPetrilli, of @educationgadfly.
We show how that hurts ALL kids:
Gifted Kids Are Being Held Back in the Name of Equity
Many schools are ending gifted and talented classes in the name of “equity.” But holding smart kids back hurts everyone.
“Far right” is a propaganda term that became especially popular in recent years
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“The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in the cradle forever.” — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
The unique character of AI in Tesla and SpaceX is that same spirit of exploration: the true frontier not confined by benchmarks, but lifting humanity out of its cradle so we can see with our own eyes how far the laws of physics and the universe will let us go—from Earth to Mars.
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There is a 0.0% chance that Tesla buyers Uber for $300 billion, or even for a pack of gum and some skittles.
Replying to @amitisinvesting
There will be significant M&A activity in the autonomy space.
Don't be surprised if Tesla, Amazon, or Google buys Uber for $300 billion in order to win the deployment of AVs.
Also don't be surprised if Waymo buys a car company.
Finally don't be surprised if DoorDash, Uber, and/or Lyft merge and then buy a car company (@LucidMotors @Rivian @VW) and an AV company (@Arvada @euro) in order to compete against tesla and waymo
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Tesla’s next software update, likely 2026.32, is expected to start appearing any time now.
It may include a highly anticipated feature spotted in the latest Tesla App v4.60.5:
✅ The 3D vehicle visualizer will allow owners to toggle Aero wheel covers on or off
The wide rollout is expected by the end of September.
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🚨 European media are SHOCKED:
They said the AfD party and RN party had reached their maximum support.
Today, BOTH broke their national polling records. Marine Le Pen hit 38% (+2), with AfD hitting 29% (+1)… 🇫🇷🇩🇪
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Elon Musk and @xAI
“Never been done before – xAI did in 19 days what everyone else needs one year to accomplish. That is superhuman – There's only one person in the world who could do that – Elon Musk is singular in his understanding of engineering.”
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Tesla has just announced that it will be officially sharing the launch details for the @Tesla Semi in Europe in mid September at IAA Transportation in Germany.
The Tesla Semi is coming to Europe 😎
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BREAKING: Tesla Model Y alone captured 42% of all new U.S. EV registrations in June, more than every non-Tesla brand combined.
Model Y captured nearly half of America’s entire new-EV market, and beat every competing EV brand combined.
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Tesla Cybercab FSD computer vs. Waymo’s new Gen 6 computer.
Waymo’s computer takes up the entire trunk, while Tesla’s sits in the passenger-side footwell.
Waymo’s entire compute hardware (including cameras) reportedly costs around $20-25K, more than the entire cost of the Cybercab.
This is how Tesla will scale further than any other company.
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It will be very obvious in the future:
• People won't need a license to own a car anymore.
• Kids, elderly parents, and people with disabilities will all have independent mobility for the first time.
• The time that's usually wasted driving, can now be used for work, sleep, entertainment, etc.
• Parking lots will mostly disappear. Commercial, and personal Robotaxis will drop you off and leave.
• Insurance costs will plummet because human error is removed.
• No more drunk driving, texting while driving, or fatigue-related crashes.
Ultimately, I think car ownership becomes optional for a lot of people. You’ll just summon one when you need it.
There’s nobody more geared towards this future than @Tesla.
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Wireless charging for EVs is really exciting.
Imagine just falling asleep on a road trip, and your self-driving car can stop to charge and get back on the road entirely on its own.
Imagine never having to remember to plug in.
In fact, people in apartments who don’t have a place to park won’t even have to worry about charging. The car can just go charge itself and be ready the next time the owner needs it.
This technology will accelerate EV adoption once it’s available at a reasonable price. And it’s already an SAE standard, which should in theory make all brands of wireless charger and wireless charging EV compatible with each other.
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People are so hung-up on FSD Unsupervised that they're ignorning the fact that we have self-driving cars today.
Tesla FSD is not perfect - but it is incredibly good, and when you put it up against every other ADAS here in North America it is undeniably how far ahead Tesla is at the moment.
I think it's fair to talk about the issues that exist today with FSD - but I also think there are some people who cannot take the time to appreciate what FSD is actually capable of... When I got my car two years ago I had no idea that the technology existed for a car to be able to stop itself at a stop sign - that is how unaware the general public is of FSD.
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Fuck you if you hate on Elon Musk.
I’ve got nothing but two middle fingers for all of you who spend your whole day rooting for him to fail.
Bc when real life hits, a lot of the same people laughing today will end up hoping the technology he built actually works.
When someone you love is in a serious car accident, you’re going to wish cars were smart enough to prevent crashes in the first place. That’s the direction Tesla is pushing with FSD.
When someone loses the ability to move, you’re going to hope companies like Neuralink keep making progress toward helping the brain communicate with computers and potentially restoring lost function.
When powerful people want more control over what can be said on the internet and even censor it, you’re going to understand why having a platform like 𝕏 that fights for open conversation matters.
When a disaster knocks out your internet and cell service, you’re going to be thankful satellites are already above us and Starlink can bring connectivity to places traditional networks can’t reach.
And if humanity ever faces a threat big enough that Earth alone isn’t enough, you’re going to be glad somebody spent decades thinking about rockets, reusable launch systems, Starship, and making life multiplanetary.
Bro… this doesn’t mean Elon is perfect. No one is.
He says crazy shit.
He does crazy shit.
Sometimes he’s early.
Sometimes he’s wrong.
Sometimes he pisses everybody off.
But look at what he chooses to spend his life building… safer transportation, brain-computer interfaces, global internet, free speech infrastructure, energy, robotics, AI, and a path toward another planet.
You don’t have to like the man.
But spending your life hoping he fails is a fool’s game.
I’d rather bet on the person crazy enough to keep trying to solve problems most people are too afraid to even touch.
From everything I’ve seen, his heart is in the right place and his intentions are bigger than himself.
He cares.
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Wow is the Giga Texas outbound lot full today and its every vehicle product in production at the factory! 100’s of Model Y’s & crucially, a lot of Model YLs too … backing up the mid-September start of delivery many reservation holders a re hearing!
Lots of @Cybertruck in the lot and driving out from the factory to the W EOL for processing. This is great to see and also backs up stories of many people taking deliveries. What is a bit odd is that those with reservations from the $59K event and previously told to expect delivery in 2027 are taking delivery now. Not sure, but it seems that the reservation # doesn’t necessarily mean it is in sequential order.
And not to be outdone, many more Cybercabs int eh outbound toot today too, some with “Cybercab” logos. I did not see any of these with the Starlink modifications, so not sure what to make of this, but great to see production happening ahead of the big Cybercab Launch Event coming up soon!