Tag: SpaceX

Don’t Expect The US Government To Actually Stop Elon From Buying Twitter

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Honestly, the only thing one can say about the whole Elon Musk buying Twitter situation is that you should expect the unexpected to happen. Nothing about this deal has been normal, even though some moves (like Musk coming up with laughably ridiculous pretextual excuses to try to get out of the deal) were telegraphed way in advance. The Delaware Court of Chancery has said that the deal needs to be completed by Friday October 28th or there will be hell to pay (if you’re Elon Musk), and in all likelihood that’s exactly what’s going to happen. I know a lot of people insist he doesn’t intend to close the deal, or that he doesn’t have the money, or that something else will happen to stop it, and I find all of those claims to be unlikely at best. The most likely scenario is that in a week, Twitter will be owned by Elon Musk.

Don’t Expect The US Government To Actually Stop Elon From Buying Twitter

Previously:

Biden Admin Weighs Blocking Twitter Deal On “National Security” Grounds… Just As Musk Wanted

Biden Admin Weighs Blocking Twitter Deal On “National Security” Grounds… Just As Musk Wanted

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

One month ago we joked that should the Delaware judge force Musk to buy Twitter, then none other than the US government would step in and prevent the South African from gaining control over the blue-checkmark echo chamber of record, the one social media network which congressional testimony after congressional testimony has argued it can manipulate the outcome of elections.

Biden Admin Weighs Blocking Twitter Deal On “National Security” Grounds… Just As Musk Wanted

H/T: Alex Christoforou

Related:

Twitter Shares Tumble After US Weighs Reviews for Musk Deals

Starlink, Ukraine and Musk’s Payment Request

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Starlink, Ukraine and Musk’s Payment Request

The Ukrainians are now asking SpaceX for an additional 6,200 terminals and around 500 new terminals every month to replace those which on average the Russians manage to destroy in that time.

Related:

Elon Musk Says Starlink, SpaceX Faced ‘Relentless Jamming, Cyberwar,’ Courtesy Russia

Musk also confirmed that some Starlink terminals were active in Iran — a country rocked by protests in recent days.

Pentagon considers funding Musk’s Starlink network for Ukraine – Politico

The Pentagon is considering paying for Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite network in war-torn Ukraine, Politico reported on Monday, citing two U.S. officials involved in the discussions.

EU weighs paying for Musk’s donated Starlink internet service in Ukraine

But the EU is evaluating whether to negotiate a formal contract with SpaceX and set up a joint fund to pay for the Starlink terminals the company donated. EU officials will also explore alternative satellite options, they said.

Proponents of a fund say that it would allow them to take Musk to court if he suspended the service, rather than relying simply on his personal decision to keep providing it.

Unconfirmed: Starlink internet services widely used in Ukraine to visit pornographic websites

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

A recent study has discovered that Starlink satellite internet services in war-torn Ukraine have been widely used to surf pornographic websites and disseminate sexually explicit visual material, as Elon Musk said his company SpaceX will continue to fund the network in the Eastern European country.

Starlink internet services widely used in Ukraine to visit pornographic websites: Study

Chuckled at this, yet our tax dollars are paying for Starlink!

Elon Musk says Starlink will keep funding Ukraine’s government ‘for free’ despite losing money

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reversed his decision to stop funding the Starlink terminals sent to Ukraine, saying on Twitter that the company will continue to provide “free” satellite internet service to the government even if it means the company loses money.

Elon Musk says Starlink will keep funding Ukraine’s government ‘for free’ despite losing money

Musk’s SpaceX says it can no longer pay for critical satellite services in Ukraine, asks Pentagon to pick up the tab

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Musk’s SpaceX says it can no longer pay for critical satellite services in Ukraine, asks Pentagon to pick up the tab

Musk on Friday said that in asking the Pentagon to pick up the bill for Starlink in Ukraine, he was following the advice of a Ukrainian diplomat who responded to Musk’s Ukraine peace plan earlier this month, before the letter was sent to the Pentagon, with: “F*** off.”

Related:

Ukrainian forces report Starlink outages during push against Russia (archived, as original is behind paywall)

Ukraine Targets Elon Musk, US Aid Dwindles, Ukraine’s Offensive Increasingly Depleted

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Oct 15, 2022 Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for October 15, 2022

  • Elon Musk placed temporarily on notorious Ukrainian kill list;
  • US aid to Ukraine continues to dwindle;
  • NATO air defense project spans years and unlikely to help Ukraine in short-term;
  • Ukraine’s offensives are increasingly depleted quickening arrival at inflection point when irreversible Russian advances begin;
Ukraine Targets Elon Musk, US Aid Dwindles, Ukraine’s Offensive Increasingly Depleted via The New Atlas (Odysee)

If Musk Completes His Twitter Takeover, His Fans Might Want To Start Supporting Section 230

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

At this point, it seems exceptionally likely that Elon Musk will own Twitter within a few weeks. Because nothing is predictable in this saga, you never know, but the odds are that by Halloween Twitter will be Muskville. We’ll have plenty of time to talk about what that means, but in our post about Musk’s abrupt about-face, we joked that the takeover might come just in time for the Supreme Court to hold Twitter liable for any terrorist organizations who use the site and then go kill people in terrorist attacks.

If Musk Completes His Twitter Takeover, His Fans Might Want To Start Supporting Section 230

Ukraine SitRep – Recent Incidents Of Concern For All Sides

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

SATURDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2022 — MOON OF ALABAMA

Yesterday saw two significant developments or incidents with regard to the conflict in Ukraine.

Ukraine SitRep – Recent Incidents Of Concern For All Sides (18+)
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Related:

Ukrainian forces report Starlink outages during push against Russia (archived, as original is behind paywall)

18+: Daily pictures : the final moments of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine:

Several distinct characters appear in the pictures. Some were displaying foreign badges, US, British, German or Polish ones. Bezsonov reports that foreign mercenaries [or also special operations forces (SOF) from the West, possibly decommissioned in the context ?] were involved in this Ukrainian recce formation. During fighting, they were bearing the blue armband of the Ukrainian national guard, not the yellow one of the regular army