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Matt Novak

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    There's a reason Elon Musk rarely does interviews with real news outlets.

    Elon Musk Melts Down Over Perfectly Normal Questions in Wild New Interview
    "Maybe some people do loathe me. And that's probably true. I don't care," said Musk.
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    Jul 23, 2026
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    Presumably including a historically accurate cyclops

    Elon Musk: Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer
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    Jul 22, 2026
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    Marsha Blackburn's new ad is so racist that it makes me wonder if mainstream Republicans could have gotten away with something like this back in the 1980s or 90s.

    Marsha Blackburn ad about "communist China" featuring her crushing fortune cookies ▶
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    Jul 9, 2026
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    Reply to @paleofuture.bsky.social

    At one point she notes that AfD, the German political party that Musk supports, has "real neo-Nazis."

    Musk literally just shrugs.

    Elon Musk shrugs in his interview with The Economist ▶
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    Jul 23, 2026
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    Reply to @paleofuture.bsky.social

    My favorite part is when Musk says more Europeans die from heat than Americans die from guns.

    Musk asks why The Economist doesn't write about air conditioning. She explains they do.

    "Pro-air conditioning?” asks Musk.

    “Very pro-air conditioning,” she responds. “You should read us sometime.”

    Elon Musk talking with The Economist's editor in chief Zanny Minton Beddoes about air conditioning. ▶
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    Jul 23, 2026
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    Reply to @paleofuture.bsky.social

    My favorite part is when you see the rowers in the back

    Rowers who are rowing in a way that makes no sense ▶
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    Jul 22, 2026
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    Reply to @paleofuture.bsky.social

    Historically accurate orange foam earplugs

    A bearded man wearing an orange foam earplug
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    Jul 22, 2026
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    Reply to @paleofuture.bsky.social

    By the end of the interview Musk insists that more people like him than hate him.

    "They hate YOU," Musk tells the interviewer. "They hate YOU far more than they hate me."

    Elon Musk stammering through an interview with The Economist ▶
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    Jul 23, 2026
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    This is going to be a disaster

    Fireworks on Mall likely to cause hazardous air pollution, documents show
    Internal modeling shows the July 4th fireworks display will cause hazardous pollution around the Mall and “very unhealthy conditions across central D.C.”
    1,569 391
    Jul 1, 2026
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    don't drink any water either, mister president, i hear it's turning people woke

    Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com
    Trump: "On July 7, it's going to be approximately 107 degrees out. And I'm gonna go and I'm gonna make a really long speech, just to show I can do anything."
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    Jul 1, 2026
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    It’s so cool that the U.S. government posts like fucking psychos

    U.S. department of Energy tweet with a creepy image of Trump where he looks like a character from They Live. His eyes are illuminated red and the words read: NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE ACTIVATED.
    1,271 227
    Jul 24, 2026
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    I don't think I've ever seen this guy break before. He's trying so hard not to laugh.

    www.tiktok.com/@huskistaken...

    The TikTok creator Husk in a video where he has an AI try to beatbox and another rap over it. It's terrible. ▶
    1,155 183
    Jul 21, 2026
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    “The motorist killed by ICE officers in a Maine shooting Monday was not the target of the warrant the officers were executing, Sen. Angus King said Homeland Security Secretary Mullin told him.”

    Man shot and killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Sen. Angus King says
    The motorist killed by ICE officers in a Maine shooting Monday was not the target of the warrant the officers were executing, Sen.
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    Jul 13, 2026
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    Reply to @paleofuture.bsky.social

    I'm also imagining what the production team must've told the owners of that restaurant.

    'We'd like to shoot an ad here...'

    'Oh, neat, what's it about?'

    'Well..."

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    Jul 9, 2026
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    Reply to @paleofuture.bsky.social

    Another odd moment occurred when Musk insisted that work in the future would be "optional" because robots would do everything.

    Musk said people might still work in the future but compared it to people who grow their own backyard tomatoes. He said they could just go to the store for better tomatoes.

    Elon Musk talking with The Economist's editor in chief Zanny Minton Beddoes about backyard tomatoes, which he insisted isn't as good as store-bought tomatoes ▶
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    Jul 23, 2026
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    Reply to @paleofuture.bsky.social

    This is the video Musk is quote-tweeting when he says he'll deliver a feature length version of The Odyssey, just in case you were curious how dogshit it is

    An absolutely dogshit AI video depicting scenes from The Odyssey ▶
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    Jul 22, 2026
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    ICE says agent shot and killed Houston driver, FBI investigating

    ICE says agent shot and killed Houston driver, FBI investigating
    The man refused multiple commands and tried running over an ICE officer, according to the agency.
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    Jul 7, 2026
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    Reply to @paleofuture.bsky.social

    It is new. Trump is trying to break the world record for most fireworks. So they're setting off 850,000 fireworks in the span of 40 minutes.

    Apparently in a normal year it's like 17,000-20,000 fireworks for this show.

    Nayne @meaboyer.bsky.social
    Is this new? Not the normal for the 4th?
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    Jul 1, 2026
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    “Finland's president and Norway's prime minister started workshopping their text messages to Trump, talking about which words they should render in capital letters.”

    When texting Trump, Rutte would echo the president's own syntax and hyperbole, keeping his messages congratulatory, with staccato sentences. He immersed himself in the role so thoroughly some heads of government who worked with him began describing him as an actor who never broke character. Soon, European leaders were following his lead. Finland's president and Norway's prime minister started workshopping their text messages to Trump, talking about which words they should render in capital letters. Sometimes, the Norwegian leader preferred his Finnish counterpart to send a message. Nordic officials worried that the mere mention of Norway, home of the Nobel Peace Prize, could reopen a sore wound.
    Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social
    “Authorities from France to the Netherlands are quietly removing American tech from their systems, adopting European open-source software and urging civil servants to no longer use Microsoft Teams or Office.” www.wsj.com/world/europe...
    ‘There Is No Going Back’: The Inside Story of Europe’s Rupture With America
    Trump’s tariffs, threats against Greenland spurred a rebellion by top leaders; the limits of “flattery diplomacy.”
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    Jul 7, 2026
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    Reply to @paleofuture.bsky.social

    This would very easy for him to do. But we’ll see if he actually does it.

    John Carter • @martianwyrdlord • 10h X I want Elon Musk to give Mel Gibson $100 million to film an Odyssey adaptation with painstakingly historically accurate ships, armour, weapons, and casting, with all dialogue taken straight from the original poem and delivered in Homeric Greek. 885 C72.1K 37K | 709K 企 Elon Musk • X @elonmusk X.com I'm down 7:31 PM • 7/21/26 • 425K Views
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    Jul 22, 2026
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    These videos are going to be everywhere soon. They're horrific.

    Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social
    Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.
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    Jul 22, 2026
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    Scott Jennings says he spoke to Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes this morning.

    Scott Jennings: I spoke to my old friend Mitch McConnell this morning, the senior Senator from Kentucky. He's still recovering in the hospital. We talked for just shy of 20 minutes ... about IRAN, UKRAINE, the unfolding situation in MAINE, my visit to the TR Presidential Library, and even a little bit of Senate history. I told him we want to see him back at work as soon as possible. 9:52 AM • 7/7/26 • 1.5M Views
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    Jul 7, 2026
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    Some guy on CNBC just said "bad actors" like Iran and the Houthis just "don't like our way of life" so they're driving up gas prices.

    I don't think I've heard "they hate our way of life" since the George W. Bush era.

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    Jul 23, 2026
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    He still thinks this is a winning argument

    Trump: Afghanistan War: 20 years, 2,000 DEAD. Iraq War: 9 years, 4,600 DEAD. Vietnam War: 19 years and 5 months, 58,220 DEAD. Korean War: 3 years and 1 month, 36,574 DEAD. Venezuela War: 1 day, O DEAD. Iran Military Conflict: 4 months, 18 DEAD. 62 ReTruths 155 Likes 7/21/26, 12:51 PM
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    Jul 21, 2026
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    thanks don

    Trump with a photo of a tacky gold eagle strung up near the White House: A Golden Gift to the White House for its 250th Birthday Year!
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    Jun 30, 2026