Why not both?
Tesla has been shedding executives ahead of its Robotaxi event, with four of Elon Muskâs direct reports saying theyâd left the company over the past week.
Translation: We donât want to be subpoenaed over the fraud this is.
Or: We know weâre going to end up being subpoenaed over this, and weâd rather be subpoenaed as âWitness number 7â than as âDefendant number 12â.
and require speed limiters on vehicles that weigh more than 3.5 tonnes when full.
Never mind speed limiters: this weight means that it needs a commercial truck driving license to be driven!
On Monday, former Fox News host and right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson released an interview with billionaire and X owner Elon Musk. At the 19-minute mark of the 108-minute-long interview, Carlson takes a break to talk about one of the showâs paid partners, the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation. Carlson then goes on to describe something that sounds suspiciously like Project 2025, the Foundationâs highly controversial road map for a second Donald Trump presidency.
Knowledge Fight has a subseries called âTucker, The Man and His Twitterâ, and I really hope they do an episode on this interview.
Elon Muskâs âhelpâ comes in two flavors: magnanimously inviting people to buy his products, and talk about vaporware made up for the occasion. As easy as it would be for him, he still will not give a penny to actually help anyone.
Since last year, X has shared ad revenue with creators based on how many verified users see ads in replies to their posts. But the company announced today that creators are instead going to be paid based on âengagement with your content from Premium users.â
Put another way: the more people that subscribe to X Premium and engage with content from other Premium subscribers, the more money they all make. In theory.
Based on past Tesla events, donât expect Musk to follow through on all his promises.
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