Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pitched President Donald Trump and other American officials on helping Ukraine win permission from tech titan Elon Musk to use his Starlink satellite communications system to guide strikes inside Russia.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-ukraine-zelenskyy-starlink-musk-778ba3f2917298cd3b1af169d1427efc
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pitched President Donald Trump and other American officials on helping Ukraine win permission from tech titan Elon Musk to use his Starlink satellite communications system to guide strikes inside Russia.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-ukraine-zelenskyy-starlink-musk-778ba3f2917298cd3b1af169d1427efc
RE: https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/117014908742783821
For the average American, 0.01% of their net worth is $106.
For the median American, it's $19.
A lot of us spend more than 0.01% of our net worth on candidates in critical elections.
The difference is that Musk has 940,115 times the net worth of the average American and
5,184,033 times the net worth of the median American.
⬆️ @cdarwin
>> #ElonMusk Plans to Spend at Least $100 Million to Help #Republicans in the Midterms… Assume #Musk's net worth is 1 trillion. $100 million is 0.01% of 1 trillion.
If he has $100 million to meddle in elections, he is not paying enough taxes.
"Musk Plans to Spend at Least $100 Million to Help Republicans in the Midterms."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/us/politics/elon-musk-midterms-republicans.html
PS: Assume Musk's net worth is 1 trillion. $100 million is 0.01% of 1 trillion.
The net worth of the average American is $1,063,700, and the net worth of the median American $192,900. (These numbers are from the Federal Reserve's 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances.)
https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/scfindex.htm
For the average American, 0.01% of their net worth is $106. For the median American, it's $19.
A lot of us spend more than 0.01% of our net worth on candidates in critical elections. The difference is that Musk has 940,115x the net worth of the average American and 5,184,033x the net worth of the median American.
“Elon #Musk xAI Company Sues Minnesota Over Law Banning Use Of AI To Create Nude Deepfakes.
“Using #AI to generate nude images of people against their will is appalling,” #Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-xai-nude-deepfakes-lawsuit_n_6a6959e9e4b0fddbd712304f
What an own goal looks like in 2026:
Elon Musk's popularity has declined significantly, making it difficult for Elon to influence US politics (1).
To counter that, accounts on X are flooding the medium with posts about Elon being a good guy, including this account (2) which tries to prove that Elon is a good dad by sharing a video of him with his children (3).
Elon Musk's own AI then points out, that this rare video of Elon acting normal around children is AI generated (4).
Whoops.
“Elon #Musk xAI Company Sues Minnesota Over Law Banning Use Of AI To Create Nude Deepfakes.
“Using #AI to generate nude images of people against their will is appalling,” #Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-xai-nude-deepfakes-lawsuit_n_6a6959e9e4b0fddbd712304f
“X (formerly #Twitter) has officially launched X Money, which includes Apple Wallet support, moving the service beyond its invite-only beta and beginning a rollout today.
The #Musk company says X Money is rolling out to Premium and Premium+ subscribers in the US.
X Money combines a deposit account, peer-to-peer payments, and a Visa debit card inside X.
Users can instantly send, receive, or request money from others on the platform without fees or limits.”
“X (formerly #Twitter) has officially launched X Money, which includes Apple Wallet support, moving the service beyond its invite-only beta and beginning a rollout today.
The #Musk company says X Money is rolling out to Premium and Premium+ subscribers in the US.
X Money combines a deposit account, peer-to-peer payments, and a Visa debit card inside X.
Users can instantly send, receive, or request money from others on the platform without fees or limits.”