Elon Musk

[brewer]

Is it his fault when he has assburgers? A narcissist with assburgers has got to be rare.

I don't care what his diagnoses are. Take his meds and stop trying to shut up his critics.

I'm confident that he has enough ketamine, maybe given enough time..............

[Pat Mustard]

A case brought by Elon Musk, the owner of X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, against a hate-speech watchdog group was dismissed by a federal court in San Francisco on Monday.  

In his case against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), Musk alleged that CCDH illegally scraped data from the platform while assembling reports about the spread of hate speech and misinformation online. Musk filed the lawsuit amid pressure from civil society groups over his decision to loosen Twitter’s content moderation rules.  

Judge Charles Breyer, in a 52-page decision dismissing the case, argued the lawsuit was based around “punishing” CCDH for their speech.

“Sometimes it is unclear what is driving a litigation, and only by reading between the
lines of a complaint can one attempt to surmise a plaintiff’s true purpose. Other times, a complaint is so unabashedly and vociferously about one thing that there can be no mistaking that purpose. This case represents the latter circumstance. This case is about punishing the Defendants for their speech,” Breyer wrote.

Imran Ahmed, founder and CEO of CCDH, said in a post on X, “This ruling sends a strong message to those who aim at intimidating and silencing independent research.”

The “X News” account posted that the company “disagrees with the court’s decision and plans to appeal.”  

DEVELOPING  

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/45...-in-court/

But -- but -- he's a free speech absolutist!

As reported in the Grauniad, when a judge writes something like that in their ruling, it's a clear statement of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

[Pat Mustard]

Is it his fault when he has assburgers? A narcissist with assburgers has got to be rare.

I don't care what his diagnoses are. Take his meds and stop trying to shut up his critics.

It's self-diagnosis. He's calling himself an aspie to excuse that he's an absolute shit of a man with no redeeming qualities.

[Silver]

I have my moments of no filter, but at least I own that shit.

[Thumpalumpacus]

SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) - The ranks of would-be Tesla buyers in the United States are shrinking, according to a survey by market intelligence firm Caliber, which attributed the drop in part to CEO Elon Musk's polarizing persona.

While Tesla continued to post strong sales growth last year, helped by aggressive price cuts, the electric-vehicle maker is expected to report weak quarterly sales, opens new tab as early as Tuesday.

Caliber's "consideration score" for Tesla, opens new tab, provided exclusively to Reuters, fell to 31% in February, less than half its high of 70% in November 2021 when it started tracking consumer interest in the brand.

Tesla's consideration score fell 8 percentage points from January alone even as Caliber's scores for Mercedes (MBGn.DE), opens new tab, BMW (BMWG.DE), opens new tab and Audi, which produce gas as well as EV models, inched up during that same period, reaching 44-47%.

Tesla did not respond to a request for comment. Musk in the past has blamed high-interest rates for curbing consumer demand for big ticket items like cars.

Caliber cited strong associations between Tesla's reputation and that of Musk for the scores.

"It's very likely that Musk himself is contributing to the reputational downfall," Caliber CEO Shahar Silbershatz told Reuters, saying his company's survey shows 83% of Americans connect Musk with Tesla.

Reuters spoke to five marketing, polling and car experts who said controversies surrounding Musk's increasingly right-wing politics and public statements are weighing on Tesla's brand and demand.

"It is hard enough to win sales without getting into politics," said Tim Calkins, a marketing professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-t...024-04-01/

[Nanny]

I will not give space karen one thin dime voluntarily.

[Fake Messiah]

Turns out people don't want cars sold by a far right white supremacist.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

And Musk says that high interest rates are the problem, while Audi, Mercedes, and BMW are on the upswing.

I think problem might be a leetle closer to home, Elon.

Boru

[Fake Messiah]

https://defector.com/cybertruck-deliveri...oesnt-work

[Thumpalumpacus]

https://defector.com/cybertruck-deliveri...oesnt-work

Further to this:

Now there's a major problem with Tesla's newest vehicle, the Cybertruck, which has apparently forced the company to halt production, sales, and deliveries.

While Tesla has yet to confirm the problem, some Tesla Cybertruck owners have reported on social media that they have experienced a major safety issue in which the accelerator pedal gets stuck when it's being pressed down.

[...]

One Cybertruck owner uploaded a video on TikTok to demonstrate what's going on with the accelerator. It appears a pedal cover is coming loose and sliding up the pedal. It can then reportedly get wedged in an indent on the floor of the Cybertruck. This issue happens when the accelerator is pushed all the way down causing the vehicle to go "full throttle," as the Cybertruck owner in the video puts it. The individual says he was able to stop the vehicle by holding down the brake pedal, which overrides the acceleration pedal, but the Cybertruck would immediately accelerate again if he took his foot off the brake.

https://mashable.com/article/tesla-cyber...al-problem

My sympathy meter is baselined.