Elon Musk bought Twitter.

[Yeeb]

Lolz, I am so shit, have never heard of those platforms and only heard about mastodon the band.

I’ve long since run out of exes to laugh at weight and age gain so not that fussed about moving to any new social media. Anything worthwhile eventually gets tagged on Facebook anyways, like those wipe wipe wipe it down wipe videos, or the ones where the skateboarder crashes his bollocks into a post

[Hellraiser]

Unfortunate but apt picture.

[Uncle fester]

Unfortunate but apt picture.

Content of his speech is something else.
"Stop feeling guilty for the past"

And a hint as to what he's really really looking for in a rant about the EU.

[Biffer]

OpenAI complaining / alleging that DeepSeek used their model to train its own AI is delicious.

[dpedin]

OpenAI complaining / alleging that DeepSeek used their model to train its own AI is delicious.

I heard that on the radio and burst out laughing! does that mean I can sue any big tech company that is using my personal data, without my expressed authority, to train their AI?

[Raggs]

No idea of it's truth, but there's suggestions that deepseek actually has a lot better hardware than reported, it's just they can't say they have it as they're not supposed to, due to sanctions or something.

[Sandstorm]

OpenAI complaining / alleging that DeepSeek used their model to train its own AI is delicious.

I heard that on the radio and burst out laughing! does that mean I can sue any big tech company that is using my personal data, without my expressed authority, to train their AI?

The next USA Tech bubble is about to burst and lots of shares are going to worthless. Sux to be them.

[I like neeps]

OpenAI complaining / alleging that DeepSeek used their model to train its own AI is delicious.

I heard that on the radio and burst out laughing! does that mean I can sue any big tech company that is using my personal data, without my expressed authority, to train their AI?

They likely do have your expressed authority as you'll be bound by their T&Cs which will cover this...

[fishfoodie]

No idea of it's truth, but there's suggestions that deepseek actually has a lot better hardware than reported, it's just they can't say they have it as they're not supposed to, due to sanctions or something.

After working for 20+ years in a tech multinational I can tell you that any break through announcement, or performance claim should be taken with enough salt to kill an entire village !

Deepseek's claims are just too good to be true.

They do appear to have done some clever things to optimize, but stuff like claiming it only cost $6M, are just risible; I mean sure, if you use slave labour, & older GPUs that used to part of one of the crypto server farms that various PLAN Generals have, & you don't pay for electricity, then sure, you too can develop for buttons

This was a calculated slap in the face for the Orange traitor, wiping billions off the NASDAQ, to show him the consequences of messing with TikTok

[Guy Smiley]

https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/05/el ... les-tesla/

As Elon Musk descends further into the swamp of the far right and plays a prominent role in dismantling the US government, Australians, Europeans and Americans are turning their backs on Tesla. And as political distaste becomes a rising factor in car selling, that will only accelerate this year.

Last year saw Tesla’s often-extraordinary growth in global sales — from fewer than 50,000 vehicles a decade ago to 1.7 million in 2023 — come to a juddering halt: sales fell 1% globally despite an 8.8% rise in sales in China. Sales in the US fell and Tesla had to cut production by 4%.

Last year also saw Chinese giant BYD, whose vehicles start at a fraction of the cost of Teslas and deliver comparable performance, move well past Tesla globally in electric vehicle (EV) production, even though it is being kept out of the US market and parts of Europe. And one of China’s major automobile manufacturers, Changan — which has an extensive range of EVs from a tiny two-seat budget model to a luxury SUV complete with a built-in massage system — is aiming to sell 100,000 EVs outside China this year (it is currently setting up in Australia).

However, 2025 is shaping up to be an even weaker year for Musk thanks to the Trump administration’s plans to kill off the US$7,500 consumer tax credit for EV purchases. US car dealers say that decision saw a rush for hybrid-powered vehicles (both regenerative like Toyota’s and plug-ins), but Tesla doesn’t make and sell hybrids of any type.

Data this week from the Federated Chamber of Automotive Industries and the Electric Vehicle Council showed that while Tesla remained the top-selling EV brand in Australia last year, sales fell 16.9% to 38,347, which in turn saw market share drop from 53% in 2023 to 42%. That continued in January with the EVC saying Tesla sales fell 33% last month to 739 compared to 1,107 in January 2024, with the company’s popular Model 3 seeing a slump of 62% year on year.

Chinese-made EVs, led by BYD, are booming — despite the hysteria from Sinophobes in the media. In fact, BYD has ambitions to become a major Australian vehicle supplier, competing with the likes of Toyota.

It was a similar story in Europe, with sharp falls in Tesla sales reported for January for its two most advanced EV markets: Norway and Sweden. Reuters reported that “a total of 405 new Teslas were registered in Sweden last month, down 44% from January of 2024, while registrations in Norway fell to 689, a decline of 38% over the same period, despite soaring overall demand for cars in the two countries”. In fact, Norway is now classed as the first fully adapted car market in the world, with EVs accounting for 90% of sales in 2024 and forecast to go close to 100% this year.

The UK saw a similar slide in January, with Tesla sales falling 12% despite it being the best month on record for the EV market in the UK. A total of 1,416 Teslas were registered in January, a drop of 188 compared to the same time last year. Sales of battery electric vehicles in the UK rose overall by 35% to 27,677.

But the biggest shock in 2024 was the way Californians went off Musk and Tesla. California was where Tesla first started making vehicles (and batteries) and has long been the biggest market for Musk, but sales of Tesla’s Model 3 slumped by more than 30% in California last year, with the company notching up its fifth consecutive quarterly registration decline.

According to one analyst, “Tesla’s registrations fell 7.8% in Q4 2024, contributing to an overall 11.6% decline in 2024. The company’s market share also dropped by 7.6 points in 2024, now holding 52.5% of the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) market for the year.” That saw Tesla’s share of California’s new car market last year fall to 11.6% from 13% the year before.

Musk and Tesla fled California in late 2024 (after years of threatening to do so) for Texas, a move that mirrors his political lurch to the extreme right of American politics. And the biggest beneficiary of Musk’s embrace of Trump, fascism and antisemitism is China.

[tabascoboy]

[Hellraiser]

Musk just lost a massively significant court case in Germany. Twitter has to hand over social media data to be examined for potential election interference ahead of the federal election at the end of the month.

[Hellraiser]

[Niegs]

I saw on my local reddit feed that people are planning to picket the Tesla dealership in town and, in classic Canadian form, are inviting Tesla owners - not as the enemy - but to affix a sticker like above (if not that actual sticker) and it seems the message is more "Fire Musk!" than focus on the dealer owner.

With sales tanking, and presumably there's a Board, could they kick him out?

[PornDog]

With sales tanking, and presumably there's a Board, could they kick him out?

I think the problem with that is that a huge amount of their stock price is over inflated because of The Cult of Elon. I think they're damned if they do and damned if they don't - at least in the short to medium term. Long term it is absolutely the right thing to do, but long term thinking isn't in any way a concern for most institutional investers.

[fishfoodie]

With sales tanking, and presumably there's a Board, could they kick him out?

The board is composed of relatives & friends !

They're the dipshits who nodded thru the pay deal that got blocked by the Delaware Judge because of how absurd it was, & their failure to do their duty to the shareholders.

Tesla shareholders are an odd bunch; for most tech companies, or indeed multinationals, they majority of shares would be held by institutions, so how they vote is pretty predictable; but as the pointless 2nd vote on Karen's remuneration demonstrated, the majority of Tesla shares are held by individuals, & they're generally full on cult members !

Karen & Tesla shareholders got yet more bad news yesterday, as BYD announced that their version of FSD ..... and it's FREE !!!

So you can buy a low-end 10k BYD car, & get FSD for free !

Shame Karen wasted years building a fuck ugly not-truck truck, that cost >100k & no-one wants, instead of the 25k car that would have sold like hot cakes

[tabascoboy]

A few days old but think it was missed here

[Raggs]

Xitter now running pro Hitler ads...

https://meidasnews.com/news/pro-hitler- ... s-to-trump

[Uncle fester]

Picture is from Dark Knight Rises

https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/s/nPin1jA6CM

[Yeeb]

Only just found out he had so many kids , guess he just never really interested me before to find out much about him . Thats a lot of turkey basting according to wiki , his jizz can’t be all that if it needed so much help

[dpedin]

Only just found out he had so many kids , guess he just never really interested me before to find out much about him . Thats a lot of turkey basting according to wiki , his jizz can’t be all that if it needed so much help

Who the fuck is going to let him shag them!!!! However the promise of $$$$ for a quick turkey baster and then carrying his child will probably turn a few heads, that is until they become a mother and realize the $$$$ mean feck all compared to your Childs well being!

[inactionman]

On that note, and interesting of sorts - a Marie Claire interview with Elon Musk's first wife.

https://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/a5 ... rter-wife/

[Yeeb]

Only just found out he had so many kids , guess he just never really interested me before to find out much about him . Thats a lot of turkey basting according to wiki , his jizz can’t be all that if it needed so much help

Who the fuck is going to let him shag them!!!! However the promise of $$$$ for a quick turkey baster and then carrying his child will probably turn a few heads, that is until they become a mother and realize the $$$$ mean feck all compared to your Childs well being!

Plenty of chicks find power and money and aphrodisiac so I have no doubt he hasn’t had to try hard for poon since he got his first million

[Rhubarb & Custard]

Shame Karen wasted years building a fuck ugly not-truck truck, that cost >100k & no-one wants, instead of the 25k car that would have sold like hot cakes

Is that a bigger problem than having already sold customers the full FSD package? In what increasingly looks like it'll turn out a Ponzi scheme!

A good job at least such bodies as the FTC and SEC will remain independent of President Musk, else his customers and shareholders might struggle for redress

[I like neeps]

Only just found out he had so many kids , guess he just never really interested me before to find out much about him . Thats a lot of turkey basting according to wiki , his jizz can’t be all that if it needed so much help

Who the fuck is going to let him shag them!!!! However the promise of $$$$ for a quick turkey baster and then carrying his child will probably turn a few heads, that is until they become a mother and realize the $$$$ mean feck all compared to your Childs well being!

Plenty of chicks find power and money and aphrodisiac so I have no doubt he hasn’t had to try hard for poon since he got his first million

Yes indeed what exactly would women like about the richest man on the planet with huge influence. We'll never know...

[Yeeb]

Who the fuck is going to let him shag them!!!! However the promise of $$$$ for a quick turkey baster and then carrying his child will probably turn a few heads, that is until they become a mother and realize the $$$$ mean feck all compared to your Childs well being!

Plenty of chicks find power and money and aphrodisiac so I have no doubt he hasn’t had to try hard for poon since he got his first million

Yes indeed what exactly would women like about the richest man on the planet with huge influence. We'll never know...

Peter crouch was once asked what he’d be if he wasn’t a footballer - he replied ‘a virgin’

[sockwithaticket]

Who the fuck is going to let him shag them!!!! However the promise of $$$$ for a quick turkey baster and then carrying his child will probably turn a few heads, that is until they become a mother and realize the $$$$ mean feck all compared to your Childs well being!

Plenty of chicks find power and money and aphrodisiac so I have no doubt he hasn’t had to try hard for poon since he got his first million

Yes indeed what exactly would women like about the richest man on the planet with huge influence. We'll never know...

He has also attracted fellow weirdos. I've occasionally come across some of the things Grimes said about their time together and it seems like she was hoping to become princess of Mars or something.

[Slick]

Plenty of chicks find power and money and aphrodisiac so I have no doubt he hasn’t had to try hard for poon since he got his first million

Yes indeed what exactly would women like about the richest man on the planet with huge influence. We'll never know...

He has also attracted fellow weirdos. I've occasionally come across some of the things Grimes said about their time together and it seems like she was hoping to become princess of Mars or something.

She'd have to get past me first

[Simian]

The whole situation around these child rape gangs is absolutely awful and we need to be clear headed to deal with it. It’s no surprise, given the population, that there are more white gangs but as far as I’m aware (and I fully accept I may be wrong), there isn’t a systematic issue with these white gangs being investigated and prosecuted. By contrast there seems to be plenty of issues, around race, culture etc, regarding investigation of some Asian gangs. This has been extremely well documented as we know.

But there are loads of examples of police being extremely reluctant to pursue organised groups of child sex offenders where the groups were predominantly white (church, scouts, football clubs, boarding schools,...). The problem is police having long been reluctant to take these sorts of allegations seriously. For me, that's the issue that needs examined.

[Dogbert]

So anyone who has owned an old Landrover defender know about the 'Landy wave' ( similar to the Alfa wave ) where when passing another Defender you raise an open palm to the driver coming in the opposite direction. I believe that this originated as a symbol of an open ( and empty ) wallet.

We have decided to extend this to every Tesla we pass, but using the roman salute.

Incredibly puerile I know, but at the same time quite satisfying

[Biffer]

The whole situation around these child rape gangs is absolutely awful and we need to be clear headed to deal with it. It’s no surprise, given the population, that there are more white gangs but as far as I’m aware (and I fully accept I may be wrong), there isn’t a systematic issue with these white gangs being investigated and prosecuted. By contrast there seems to be plenty of issues, around race, culture etc, regarding investigation of some Asian gangs. This has been extremely well documented as we know.

But there are loads of examples of police being extremely reluctant to pursue organised groups of child sex offenders where the groups were predominantly white (church, scouts, football clubs, boarding schools,...). The problem is police having long been reluctant to take these sorts of allegations seriously. For me, that's the issue that needs examined.

Yeah, it’s pushing hard against the boundaries of reality to say the police went after the church full bore.

[Niegs]

[dpedin]

The whole situation around these child rape gangs is absolutely awful and we need to be clear headed to deal with it. It’s no surprise, given the population, that there are more white gangs but as far as I’m aware (and I fully accept I may be wrong), there isn’t a systematic issue with these white gangs being investigated and prosecuted. By contrast there seems to be plenty of issues, around race, culture etc, regarding investigation of some Asian gangs. This has been extremely well documented as we know.

But there are loads of examples of police being extremely reluctant to pursue organised groups of child sex offenders where the groups were predominantly white (church, scouts, football clubs, boarding schools,...). The problem is police having long been reluctant to take these sorts of allegations seriously. For me, that's the issue that needs examined.

Yeah, it’s pushing hard against the boundaries of reality to say the police went after the church full bore.

This! The police have always been reticent about pursuing most of the 'gang rape' crimes for a whole range of reasons both internal and external to the police themselves. The Church, whichever one takes your fancy, is probably the single largest organised child abuse 'gang' in the world but has very rarely been held to account. It extends to the highest levels in the church but because of the position they hold in society and they were religious clothing etc then nothing happens. Boarding schools come next, just ask Nicky Campbell from BBC R5. A mate of mine was a day attender at Fettes, one of the schools involved, and is clear that everyone knew, including other teachers, which teachers to avoid who were well known abusers. Child gang rape crime has been around for years and has always been predominately a white male crime.

A true story, I promise you - some years ago I went into a local Oddbins Off Licence in Edinburgh and picked up 4 bottles of Bishops Fingers beer and went to the counter to pay. The young girl behind the counter, probably a student doing their Saturday job, looked at the beers and then me and said in a broad Irish accent - 'Ah shite that brings back memories!' She wasn't being funny and didn't smile! I didn't know what to say nor do so exited asap.

[Yeeb]

But there are loads of examples of police being extremely reluctant to pursue organised groups of child sex offenders where the groups were predominantly white (church, scouts, football clubs, boarding schools,...). The problem is police having long been reluctant to take these sorts of allegations seriously. For me, that's the issue that needs examined.

Yeah, it’s pushing hard against the boundaries of reality to say the police went after the church full bore.

This! The police have always been reticent about pursuing most of the 'gang rape' crimes for a whole range of reasons both internal and external to the police themselves. The Church, whichever one takes your fancy, is probably the single largest organised child abuse 'gang' in the world but has very rarely been held to account. It extends to the highest levels in the church but because of the position they hold in society and they were religious clothing etc then nothing happens. Boarding schools come next, just ask Nicky Campbell from BBC R5. A mate of mine was a day attender at Fettes, one of the schools involved, and is clear that everyone knew, including other teachers, which teachers to avoid who were well known abusers. Child gang rape crime has been around for years and has always been predominately a white male crime.

A true story, I promise you - some years ago I went into a local Oddbins Off Licence in Edinburgh and picked up 4 bottles of Bishops Fingers beer and went to the counter to pay. The young girl behind the counter, probably a student doing their Saturday job, looked at the beers and then me and said in a broad Irish accent - 'Ah shite that brings back memories!' She wasn't being funny and didn't smile! I didn't know what to say nor do so exited asap.

Lolz
At least it wasn’t four bottles of Youngs Dirty Dicks ale

[Simian]

Classy

[sockwithaticket]

The bellend's picking fights with decorated astronauts now.

[Blackmac]

The whole situation around these child rape gangs is absolutely awful and we need to be clear headed to deal with it. It’s no surprise, given the population, that there are more white gangs but as far as I’m aware (and I fully accept I may be wrong), there isn’t a systematic issue with these white gangs being investigated and prosecuted. By contrast there seems to be plenty of issues, around race, culture etc, regarding investigation of some Asian gangs. This has been extremely well documented as we know.

But there are loads of examples of police being extremely reluctant to pursue organised groups of child sex offenders where the groups were predominantly white (church, scouts, football clubs, boarding schools,...). The problem is police having long been reluctant to take these sorts of allegations seriously. For me, that's the issue that needs examined.

I'm not going to get into this because your opinions will be very entrenched, but you are talking absolute nonsense if any of that refers to the last 30 or so years. I would also challenge the suggestion of "organised" groups of child sex offenders within the groups you are quoting.

[dpedin]

The whole situation around these child rape gangs is absolutely awful and we need to be clear headed to deal with it. It’s no surprise, given the population, that there are more white gangs but as far as I’m aware (and I fully accept I may be wrong), there isn’t a systematic issue with these white gangs being investigated and prosecuted. By contrast there seems to be plenty of issues, around race, culture etc, regarding investigation of some Asian gangs. This has been extremely well documented as we know.

But there are loads of examples of police being extremely reluctant to pursue organised groups of child sex offenders where the groups were predominantly white (church, scouts, football clubs, boarding schools,...). The problem is police having long been reluctant to take these sorts of allegations seriously. For me, that's the issue that needs examined.

I'm not going to get into this because your opinions will be very entrenched, but you are talking absolute nonsense if any of that refers to the last 30 or so years. I would also challenge the suggestion of "organised" groups of child sex offenders within the groups you are quoting.

I would agree - in the past they weren't organised groups a la what we are seeing now but more focal points where small groups of abusers knew they could gain access to vulnerable children and do what they wanted with relative impunity. They also had small and informal networks with similar offenders and a pattern of abusive behavior would begin in that place. These small groupings of abusers knew the organizations they worked for/with - the Church, the fee paying School, the Children's Home, the local football team, the popular radio station - would pull strings to avoid any public relations damage and, with a quite word with senior police officers, agree a course of action to avoid a damaging prosecution. Everyone would agree that listening and trusting what young children were telling them was just to difficult to believe and to build a case around. So the individual offenders would be moved to a different role or parish, given a decent CV and told to get another job, put on admin duties and avoid having any contact with children, etc. The organisation and the police would be happy to avoid a difficult and damaging prosecution.

[tabascoboy]

[Yeeb]

Lots of Tesla Swaztika lolz in the Reddit and insta right now (dunno how to paste this, sorry)