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German AfD politician @UlrichSiegmund tells us in the video below, that public broadcaster KiKA included content about puberty blockers and gender surgeries in the children's series "Die Pfefferkörner", that taxpayers are forced to fund through mandatory broadcasting fees. They push a deliberate ideological agenda and early sexualization onto young audiences under the guise of reflecting societal discourse. Meanwhile, other countries already see the damage this causes. Texas Children's Hospital in Houston has officially opened the nation's first detransition clinic following a $10 million federal and state settlement over pediatric transition procedures. These events unfold as the international community increasingly aligns with the UK's landmark Cass Review, a comprehensive medical study which found the evidence base for youth gender care to be remarkably weak. The study warns of irreversible physical harms, including compromised bone density, stunted growth and long-term fertility impacts, proving that early medical interventions have severe, lifelong consequences for developing bodies. Anyone who supports this in good conscience should be aware that this is the mutilation of children!
Replying to @PeterSweden7
Children are neurologically not fully developed, which is why they cannot legally decide on alcohol, tattoos, contracts, or driving, so they should not be allowed to make irreversible decisions about gender medical interventions either, especially since for most kids gender dysphoria is a temporary phase that resolves naturally. It causes serious long-term health harms too, including infertility, bone density loss, sexual dysfunction and increased mental health risks.
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After Yilong Ma, I think we found another double of @elonmusk in Scotland. 😂🔥
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What’s actually going on in Ukraine is that there is a massive incentive difference between the elites and the people. The former have grown very rich off the hundreds of billions flowing to Ukraine, while the latter’s children are conscripted to die in trenches.
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And some of that US taxpayer money comes back through multiple laundry machines to fund political campaigns in America, which is why you see some politicians caring more about Ukraine than America!
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In 2017, VW's CEO laughed at Tesla on stage: "world champions of announcements," can't even sell 80,000 cars, don't compare us. September 2026: Model Y is the #1 car in Germany. It beat the Golf, which had held the top spot every year since 1981. Model Y: 8,038
Golf: 6,580 Arrogance ages badly. Full transcript from @bot: "Now I really do have to say a word about Tesla, with all due respect, with all due respect. There are 'world champions of announcements' in this world. I'm not naming any names. There are companies that struggle to sell 80,000 cars a year. Volkswagen sold 11 million that year. Then there are companies like Volkswagen that make a profit of 13 or 14 billion euros a year. And if I'm correctly informed, Tesla burns through hundreds of millions every quarter. It throws out its employees whenever it feels like it. So social responsibility, don't know where that is. So really ask that we keep things in perspective and not compare apples with oranges.” Video posted by: @luke_vacation
Tesla Model Y just became the best-selling car in Germany An American EV beat the Volkswagen Golf in its own home market. The Golf has been Germany's best-selling car every year since 1981 September registrations: Tesla Model Y: 8,038 Volkswagen Golf: 6,580 Model Y took #1 across all cars, not just EVs, and Model 3 ranked #6 overall Tesla's German registrations jumped 268.7% year over year to 12,552 Tesla is taking on Germany's biggest automakers on their home turf, and winning
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Q3 @Tesla some gems/news: @Tesla_Optimus: Watching football doesn’t make you a great player. You have to practice. The same applies to robots. Pre-programmed demos aren’t real-world intelligence. In the next 1/2 months, a demo video of Optimus will be published. Optimus Academy for Self-Play + Simulation, learning by doing, like kids by playing. They will practice tasks, learn from mistakes and continuously improve. That’s the flywheel, like with FSD. Humanoid robots face thousands of different tasks, many more degrees of freedom than cars and complex physical interactions requiring fast decisions and orders of magnitude more compute, that AI5 has. They must handle soft, squishy and fragile objects without damaging them, perform delicate actions with human-like hands and eventually help build, maintain and repair other robots. The hands remain one of the hardest engineering challenges. Fingers must withstand wear while staying sensitive enough for delicate manipulation, it does not heal like in the human body. Tesla is already developing the supply chain, manufacturing lines, AI and robots in parallel, even before the hands are perfected. Fremont is the starting point. Austin is intended to become a much larger Optimus production hub, with customer deliveries targeted around late 2027. Industry first.* Homes eventually.** *Heavy industry, dangerous environments, stressful, repetitive and physically demanding tasks, especially jobs that increase injury risks or people simply don’t want to do. Robots will eventually operate around the clock. **The long-term goal is affordable general-purpose robots in people’s homes. FSD AND COMPETITORS: The Last 1% Is the Hardest. Getting autonomous driving through 90% of situations is relatively straightforward compared with reaching 99% and then handling the extremely rare edge cases. It‘s a very long tail (0.9999999%) and could take them years. Customers don’t care which AI model or software version is running. They want their car to drive safely, reliably and without intervention. That‘s what they ask for in the car dealerships, not for models. Free trials, including a month with new vehicles, are designed to convert drivers into paying subscribers too. Cybercab: Transportation as a Service. Tesla’s ambition is individualized mass transit: convenient autonomous transportation at a target cost of roughly $0.30 per mile. Most Cybercabs would remain Tesla-owned, with private ownership and third-party fleets following. (2027) If Tesla can achieve the required safety, costs, scale and regulatory approvals, robotaxis could significantly reduce the need for privately owned cars, especially in cities. They expand and learn now to eventually come down to $0.30 per mile. Navigation and global expansion: FSD V15 is expected to improve navigation, preferred routes and path planning. Tesla combines external maps, proprietary routing and visual localization. Cameras could reduce GPS dependence, while Starlink-based positioning*** will eventually offer additional redundancy. China remains a challenge because of regulation, data localization, safety standards and geopolitical restrictions with FSD. Compute, manufacturing and capital investment: Tesla’s AI5 roadmap, chip manufacturing ambitions and expanding compute infrastructure aim to support both vehicle and humanoid autonomy. Capital spending is currently coming in somewhat below expectations, with substantially higher investments anticipated in 2027 and potentially double-digit billions of dollars in 2028. (The precise reason for the near-term spending difference wasn’t explained. Delayed equipment payments are one possibility, not a confirmed explanation.)
Elon Musk on Optimus: "We've started early production. The growth of Optimus is an S curve, but the initial curve is a shallow slope. We have the vast majority of the 1 million unit/year line installed at Fremont. There's still some things we need to tweak about the design. There's still quite a lot of work to do with the AI in the robot. I would expect that the AI, the electromechanical design, reliability, usage life, expect these issues to be solved by the end of next year. I remain convinced Optimus will be the biggest product on Earth. I do want to temper expectations that we still have a lot to get through, it will take about a year to get through that."
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.@sweeenie on Instagram is spot on! If you vote these lunatics into office, you’ll end up just like France and the rest of Europe. This is what happens with open borders and sick people. They must be mentally ill. Just watch the footage!
Demonstrators dancing at a “No Kings” protest today in Chicago
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I have never ever seen anything like this. Talk to me later. I am stunned. All other automakers can pack it in! Roadster
JUST IN: Tesla reveals this video of a FLYING CAR doing tricks
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Too many people want to leave BMW, that they had to temporarily suspend their voluntary severance program. Either employees are losing confidence in BMW’s future, or the financial incentives are too attractive to refuse. Personally, I believe a company needs people who stand behind its vision, especially during difficult times. If someone is leaving purely for the money, BMW is better off without that mindset. Or employees genuinely believe the company’s future is uncertain and are choosing to leave before things get worse. Either way, BMW needs people willing to roll up their sleeves and help rebuild its strength. Is this simply about money, or is it a warning sign about BMW’s future? What do you think?
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.@elonmusk and @chamath highlight where the AI industry is heading in the long run. More and more companies are developing their own hardware, trying to capture a larger share of the AI value chain. Standardized products will increasingly compete on price, especially as China can scale production very fast. Technological complexity, manufacturing expertise, reliability and limited capacity may protect margins, for a while. AI hardware demand isn’t going away. In fact, it will keep growing, so the recent market panic is exaggerated. But perhaps the stock market is already looking years ahead, anticipating stronger competition and pressure on margins. Companies can deliver exceptional operational performance, record revenues and strong earnings, while their stocks struggle, because investors are questioning their long-term competitive advantages and are prone to short-term panic. For now and long term, the biggest competitive advantage will shift toward companies that can secure cheap and reliable power, land, permits, cooling and build massive data centers faster and more efficiently than anyone else and very long term, go to space.
You should expect the silicon chip companies to move up the stack as the application companies move down the stack. In AI, it is increasingly true that everyone competes with everyone. Everyone will soon offer their own LPS, silicon, cloud and applications. The question is what will the constraint be that you can build a long term market and margins around… Is it distribution? Is it a data moat? Is it a physical constraint like power?
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Every time I visit Austin, there are more homeless people on the streets and overall more chaos. Crime needs to be brought down and the sense of security restored. That’s something that has to be solved, not just talked about. Soft-on-crime policies and endless housing/NGO approaches, like in California don’t fix the problem, they prolong it. Many of these organizations make money from the need instead of reducing it. From a European perspective, we’ve already see the problems with open borders, rising crime and lost safety. Protect America, it’s the last safe and free harbor on Earth. My unbiased opinion therefore is: vote Republican! With the election coming up in November, you voters should really think carefully about who you vote for and actually go vote, like your life depends on it, because it basically does. Even if these are “only” midterms, Congress has a lot of influence. Make a plan early, check when to vote and get registered if you aren’t already. In some places the deadlines have already passed, so you need to move fast. Better not to rely on mail, you never know. Invite friends and family, turn it into a quick excursion if that helps. Just don’t forget to actually vote.
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2nd Amendment FTW
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.@nvidia MAKES LARGEST SINGLE BUYBACK EXPANSION IN U.S. CORPORATE HISTORY, WITH RECORD-BREAKING $150B BUYBACK! Key Takeaways: • Total authorized buybacks stand at an $235 billion. • The company plans to execute these repurchases sequentially through Fiscal Year 2028. • Market Reaction: NVDA stock defied broader tech sector weakness, jumping up pre-market. @JensenHuang is sending a crystal-clear signal to Wall Street: the AI boom is far from over and Nvidia sees its long-term growth fundamentals as rock-solid, with the company forecasting a 70% revenue growth for the coming fiscal year. This buyback will significantly boost earnings per share for long-term investors.
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I finally got THE BOOK OF ELON! 🥳👏🏻 Can’t wait to read it. @EricJorgenson @elonmusk
🚨📕 THE BOOK OF ELON IS NOW LIVE!!! 🎉🚀 This is the book we WISHED @elonmusk would write… “All of Elon's most useful ideas, in his own words.” Learn directly from the world’s greatest entrepreneur, like you’re sitting across from him at dinner. It took FIVE YEARS to make this for you. Because it's built from hundreds and hundreds of Elon's public appearances. I went through 3,000,000+ words to collect the most useful and timeless ideas. The final book is ~50,000 words. Every word is USEFUL. (This is what I do. My first book, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, is one of the top 100 most highlighted books of all time on Kindle.) Then, I spent $50,000+ on editing and design so it looks and feels beautiful. Then… > Foreword by @naval. > Visuals by @jackbutcher. > Blurb from @mrbeast. > Published by @scribemediaco. > And yes, approval on this idea from Elon himself, thanks to @samteller. I went Maximum Effort to make this an all-timer. We got 10/10 on reviews from early readers, then worked on it for ANOTHER YEAR. Why so much effort? My mission is to create One Million Musks. For a generation to lift our gaze and build, so our grandchildren live in a world beyond our wildest dreams. I’m an independent author. I don’t get an advance. I risk my own time and money to make these books. Then we give away millions of them. Digital versions are free. I believe this book can benefit every human, and if you can’t pay five bucks for it, I want to personally gift it to you. Because I know it is useful. Useful how? You may be seeking purpose, a mission worthy of your life’s effort. You may have a clear purpose and seek the tools for success. You will find both in this book. Get the benefits of Elon’s entire life of hard-won lessons in a five-hour, easy read. (I checked, it’s a 5th-grade reading level.) You’ll feel personally mentored by the greatest entrepreneur in history. Click below to buy it now on Amazon, Audible, or directly from me. Amazon: amzn.to/47avSuh Audible: lnkd.in/gi_7HrFP Me: lnkd.in/gS2xWUWH If you’re not sure it’s worth $4.99 yet, just start reading the free version. PLEASE take 6 seconds to Like, Bookmark, and Repost. Even better: send this to your friends, team, or Group Chats! I guarantee this book will improve their lives. Spread the word! Every little thing helps. Your support spreads good ideas around the world, helping people and making the future better for everyone. Thank you! Forward. Together.
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Funding Trails Behind the GFF’s AfD Ban Report In June 2026, the German NGO Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF) published a 1,500-page expert opinion concluding that the @AfD is unconstitutional under Article 21 of the German Basic Law and that a ban proceeding before the Federal Constitutional Court would likely succeed. Below is a clear overview of the funding trails of the GFF and for this report, based on the organisations’ own transparency reports, annual accounts and public statements. I can say right away, Soros is entangled in it, just like Arabella. @Alice_Weidel @DataRepublican @data_republican @elonmusk @nataliegwinters @EvaVlaar @Kristof_Poland @mattvanswol @camhigby @C__Herridge @MrAndyNgo @christopherrufo @BillMelugin_ @MarioNawfal @IngrahamAngle @JackPosobiec @brianglenntv @NaomiSeibt @Fidias0 @TRobinsonNewEra @RadioGenoa @BRICSinfo @MJMendezCasarie @Anc_Aesthetics @BollFILMS @jreichelt @Keanubtc
1,000 German lawyers and judges sign petition to ban AfD, the largest party in German opinion polls, in order to "protect democracy"
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Is the war now coming to Germany after all and who was really behind it?
🇩🇪 Photos have emerged of the drone with explosives from Leipzig Airport in Germany As can be seen in the photos, the drone is located right next to an aircraft belonging to the Ukrainian company Antonov Airlines, which handles cargo air transport. After the UAV was discovered, a nitrate test was conducted that returned a positive result, indicating the presence of explosives. X-ray images in turn showed that the package contained a detonator. It later turned out that the detonator was defective, so no explosion occurred. The detonator was removed using a bomb-disposal robot. Airport operations were restricted for several hours. The newspaper also reported that another cargo aircraft, 6 kilometers from the airport, collided with an unknown object at an altitude of 400 meters; minor damage was found on the front of the plane. Leipzig/Halle Airport is considered a major transit hub for the delivery of Western weapons to Ukraine. According to the German aviation safety service, in the first half of the year there were already 145 cases of air traffic restrictions due to the appearance of unidentified UAVs in the skies over the country’s airports.
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This 7.5 g Moldavite is one of the most extraordinary natural objects on Earth. A rare natural glass created by one of the largest impact events in European history. About 14.8 million years ago, a 1–1.5 km asteroid struck what is now the Nördlinger Ries crater in Germany at roughly 20 km/s (72,000 km/h). The impact released energy equivalent to millions of nuclear bombs, instantly melting Earth’s surface. Molten rock was blasted hundreds of kilometers into the atmosphere, where it cooled while flying through the air before falling across southern Bohemia. Český Krumlov, Czech Republic is one of the world’s most famous Moldavite regions. That’s how Moldavite was born. Composition: • ~75–80% silicon dioxide (SiO₂) • ~10–13% aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃) • Small amounts of iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium, calcium and titanium. The green color comes mainly from iron and because the molten material cooled so rapidly, no crystals formed, making Moldavite a natural glass rather than a mineral. Although the impact was caused by an asteroid, the stone itself is almost entirely melted Earth rock. Only tiny traces of extraterrestrial material can be detected using advanced laboratory analysis.
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Spain’s entire budget will be destroyed by illegal migrants. It’s basic math: if Spain offers free stuff to migrants that is above 90% of the living standard of Earth, they create a forcing function for 90% of Earth to move to Spain, which is around 7 billion people!
In January, Spain's Pedro Sánchez dismissed Elon Musk’s criticism of his immigration policies. Today, thousands of illegal immigrants are pouring across Spain’s border. @elonmusk @sanchezcastejon nitter.cf/mazemoore/status/20828…
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Replying to @JensenHuang
@JensenHuang said robots and AI agents will use computers just as humans do and the semiconductor industry will have to grow 10x over the next decade. Don’t forget, datacenters in space will also need enormous amounts of HBM and AI chips. This market is far from over! Video: Interview with @business @EdLudlow
Samsung says unmet memory demand will carry into next year making the 2027 shortage “even more severe” with tight supply likely lasting into 2028. Please keep selling $MU and $SKHY 😅
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BMW cuts 8,000 jobs. This highlights a broader structural decline facing Germany’s industrial base. The main reasons: • Weakening demand in China as domestic brands like BYD continue gaining market share. • High energy costs and bureaucracy. • The expensive transition to electric vehicles, putting pressure on margins. • Intensifying global competition. What sets the USA apart? Strong incentives for domestic manufacturing and investment. 🇺🇸 Lower energy costs 🇺🇸 Tariffs regarding China 🇺🇸 Corporate tax reform (lower business taxes) 🇺🇸 Deregulation 🇺🇸 Direct negotiations with companies 🇺🇸 A stronger America First industrial policy: • Up to $10,000 tax deduction for auto loan interest • 100% immediate expensing for factories, machinery and equipment • Immediate tax deduction for R&D expenses • Permanent 20% tax deduction for many auto dealers and pass-through businesses • Less dependence on China Barack Obama once argued that many traditional manufacturing jobs would not return because of globalization and automation, but President Trump showed us, that through America First, you can bring manufacturing back big time! It turned out that all the US really needed was a new President and maybe it’s time for a change in Germany too!
Manufacturing cars in America helps create American prosperity. Since taking office, President Trump has ignited an automotive renaissance, onshoring production, restoring factory jobs, and driving massive investment from automobile companies. Don't miss his speech at General Motors in Michigan today at 2:50 pm EST. 🇺🇸
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