"Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars"

It's great to see someone FINALLY mention the magnetosphere issue, in the very first sentence no less, but this article rips into the idea so much more thoroughly than that, and with admirable gusto.

#skeptic #musk #mars

https://defector.com/neither-elon-musk-nor-anybody-else-will-ever-colonize-mars

Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector

Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a low-cost plan for, uh, creating a gigantic active dynamo at Mars’s dead core? No? Well.

^defector.com

#WompWomp

“A Brazilian Supreme Court panel has upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon #Musk’s social media platform #X nationwide, according to the court’s website.

The broader support among justices deals a blow to Musk and his supporters…” #Brazil https://apnews.com/article/6942614705a4e85064f1d98628b49295

Brazil Supreme Court upholds judge's decision to block X

A Brazilian Supreme Court panel has unanimously upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X nationwide. That's according to the court’s website.

^{DAVID BILLER (AP News)}

#WompWomp

“World Bank has ceased all paid advertising on #Musk's X, formerly #Twitter, after CBS News investigation found promoted ads from the org showing up under a racist post from an account that prolifically posts pro-Nazi & white nationalist content.

..a verified account w 115,000+ followers that had posted a racist image alongside a post praising Europe's colonization of Africa. CBS News is not publicly identifying the accounts spreading racist content on X”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-bank-advertising-elon-musk-x-racism-pro-nazi-accounts/

World Bank halts paid advertising on X after CBS News finds its promoted ad under racist content

The World Bank has halted all paid advertising on X after CBS News found its promoted ads under racist posts.

^{Emmet Lyons (CBS News)}

#Trump und #Musk sind gefährlich naiv:

Musk: „Hiroshima und Nagasaki wurden bombardiert, aber jetzt sind sie wieder lebendige Städte.“
Trump: „ Das ist toll.“
Musk: „Ja, es ist also nicht so beängstigend, wie die Leute denken.“

Via Emptywheel:

I guess it's not surprising that Artificial "Intelligence" sold by the guy whose autopilot keeps crashing offers up far right disinformation rather than facts.

Jenna Johnson:

Top election officials are urging Elon #Musk to fix the AI chatbot on X that spread false election information, suggesting Kamala #Harris missed the ballot the deadline in nine states. (She hasn't.)