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@planet4589 : "When I was a kid 🧒, it was #LEO. Now, the frontier is out near the #asteroid belt, and the #Moon and #Mars are becoming part of where humanity just hangs out, maybe not yet as people, but with #robots. Meanwhile, #LEO is so normalized that it doesn’t take a #SpaceAgency to deal with it. You just call #SpaceX. Thousand years from now, perhaps more people live off Earth 🌌 than on it" cearkadia.edu.pl/jonathan-mcdo

#SpaceExploration #SpaceHistory

Apr 15, 2025, 13:42 · · 2 · 0
Nonilex

The #whistleblower believes that the suspicious activity warrants further investigation by agencies w/more resources, like #CISA or the #FBI.

#Labor #law experts…fear that if the data gets out, it could be abused, including by private companies w/cases before the agency that might get insights into damaging testimony, #union leadership, #legal strategies & internal data on competitors — #Musk's #SpaceX among them….

#criminal #law #Trump #InfoSec #NationalSecurity

Apr 15, 2025, 12:51 · · 6 · 0
DoomsdaysCW

The #TeslaTakedown Shows How We Can Make #Oligarchs Feel the Pain

The “#Tesla #Takedown” #protests reveal a major vulnerability of the #TrumpRegime.

Sunjeev Bery
April 13 2025, 6:00 a.m.

"On April 5, vast crowds of people took to the streets across America to oppose the policies of the Trump regime. The nationwide Hands Off protests felt like a collective decision to stop doomscrolling and start coming together against our country’s lurch toward authoritarianism. The next step is to turn the crowds, speeches, and witty signs into a powerful force with a clear and systematic plan for breaking Trump’s dark vision for our future.

"While Trump possesses the formal authority of the federal government, history is full of examples in which an angry public can bring all of that crashing down by moving from passive acceptance to active opposition. At present, the path to that decisive future may seem hard to discern. But there are already networks of resistance that have shown early signs of success, and the 'Tesla Takedown' movement stands at the top of that list.

"By protesting Tesla dealerships across the U.S., the grassroots campaign has ripped a hole in the wealth of Trump’s most supportive oligarch: Elon Musk. In doing so, the movement has demonstrated that America’s financial and corporate elites are far more vulnerable than they would have us believe. Tesla Takedown organizers have described a powerful surge of activism that combines deep opposition to both Musk and Trump with a sense of community and even joy. 'There’s this bond of being with people who share your love of democracy, decency, and the rule of law,' said retired Colby College history professor Elizabeth Leonard, who organizes Tesla Takedown protests in #WatervilleME.

"Thanks to the Tesla Takedown movement and the broad anti-Musk revulsion that activists have channeled, Musk’s political and commercial fortunes appear to be in decline. He is still the world’s wealthiest man, but he has lost his air of invincibility and increasingly looks like a stumbling buffoon. His political intervention in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race backfired spectacularly, with a state that previously voted for Trump in 2024 by a 1 percent margin electing the Democratic Supreme Court candidate by a whopping 10 percentage points. Tesla stock has dropped some 40 percent since the start of the year, erasing $135 billion in Musk’s wealth. And following Musk’s toxic interventions in U.S. politics, Trump has reportedly said that Musk will be stepping back from his public White House role.

"Through its victories, the Tesla Takedown community has revealed a major vulnerability of the Trump regime. Many of the oligarchic elites who back Trump’s agenda get their wealth from the very public whose broad interests Trump is now attacking. Tesla, #Amazon, #Meta, and other companies depend on the American populace for their profits, even as their owners have lent their support to Trump’s unpopular right-wing agenda, which is squeezing the material wealth and rights of the American people. When activists connect these dots through compelling campaigns, they can hold Trump’s oligarchic enablers directly accountable by draining their wealth.
Tesla itself is now in a downward slide that could mark the early stages of an death spiral — or at least a significant reassessment by investors who have treated Tesla as something far bigger than simply a car company. Sales continue to decline across the U.S. and Europe, with 2025 first quarter numbers showing a 13 percent drop. Meanwhile, major Chinese electric vehicle competitor BYD reported a 60 percent increase in sales during the same period.
In response to the anti-Tesla backlash, Musk embarked on a dubious right-wing outreach strategy that will only further alienate his original climate-conscious customer base. First, he had Trump turn the White House into a Tesla dealership. Then came the public support of #RightWing voices, including #MAGA supporters, #WhiteSupremacist #Proud Boys, and militia groups. It seems '#Swasticar' is no longer just a meme.

"The success of the Tesla Takedown movement opens the door to the question of what comes next. Can the movement take on more of Musk’s wealth — including #SpaceX? Can protesters leverage their momentum to go after a wider range of targets, including the other oligarchs who have backed Trump? Will the anti-Musk community translate its ability to capture headlines into direct pressure on the political system itself? By broadening the attack on Musk’s interests and targeting more Trump-supporting oligarchs, the Tesla Takedown movement can help bring an end to Trump’s authoritarian policies."

cc: @teslatakedown

Read more:
theintercept.com/2025/04/13/el

Archived version:
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#USPol #BadDOGE #Oligarchy #ElonMusk #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Coporatocracy #Kleptocracy #Resistance #FundLibrariesNotSpaceX

The Tesla Takedown Shows How We Can Make Oligarchs Feel the Pain

The “Tesla Takedown” protests reveal a major vulnerability…

The Intercept
Apr 15, 2025, 03:17 · · 5 · 0
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸

So I accidentally walked by the #spacex building in Hawthorne near #losangeles on the way to the DMV. Didn't even know it was there.

I felt compelled to hold my middle finger out the entire time at the building, and had several employees coming and going gawking at me occasionally.

It was funny.

#humor #adventure #random #lol

Apr 14, 2025, 21:48 · · · 1 · 0
RedwoodSec

Blue Origin & SpaceX emit 50–100x more CO₂ per passenger than commercial flights—plus black carbon that worsens warming & harms the ozone layer. Amanda Nguyen, Kerianne Flynn, Aisha Bowe, Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez & Gayle King just took ultra-polluting joyrides to space—for entertainment, not science. The climate pays. #space #blueorigin #spacex #pollution #spacetourism

Apr 14, 2025, 13:54 · · 1 · 0
threelonmusketeers

Starlink Group 6-73 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida is currently scheduled for 2025-04-14 04:00 UTC, or 2025-04-14 00:00 local time (EDT). Booster B1067-27 to land on Just Read the Instructions.

SpaceX mission page
NextSpaceflight page

B1067 will become the first booster to launch for its 27th time.

Webcasts:

Space Affairs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jTCURM2ybc
Spaceflight Now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u4cmabpcpo
NASASpaceflight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uk4xzCqaoQ
The Launch Pad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GeH3sCunk4
SpaceX:
The Space Devs: www.youtube.com/@thespacedevs/videos

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Apr 14, 2025, 02:31 · · 1 · 0
Tristan Louis

Since #ElonMusk and #JackDorsey want to delete all IP law, I challenge them to put their money where their mouth is by releasing all the code their companies have as #OpenSource code

#Tesla #Block #SpaceX your move.

Apr 14, 2025, 02:20 · · · 5 · 1
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴

Musk calls Trump’s looming NASA cuts ‘troubling’

Well, I guess...

His company, #SpaceX, would be nothing without #NASA - i.e., government funding & #taxpayer $.

And clearly, Musk doesn't think SpaceX is ready to cut the umbilical cord.

It's always all about what serves him.

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Apr 13, 2025, 23:32 · · · 0 · 0
R. Scott Pert

#ICUMI April 12, 2025
SpaceX doubleheader: Spy satellites launched in California, then Starlink ones in Florida

> #SpaceX on Saturday launched Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office from California then 12 hours later 21 Starlink satellites from Florida.

> The Falcon 9 lifted off at 5:25 a.m. PDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base's pad 4E.

> At 8:53 p.m. EDT, another Falcon 9 lifted off from Kennedy #Space upi.com/Science_News/2025/04/1

SpaceX launches spy satellites in California for National Reconnaissance Office - UPI.com

SpaceX on Saturday launched Starshield satellites for…

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Apr 13, 2025, 10:46 · · 1 · 0

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