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Good explanation of why some people find “wealth” inexplicable
This is because the anti-capitalist left is not actually against people being crazy rich. They're against certain types of people being crazy rich.
Artists and athletes make sense to them because they've played music and sports and because their success can be explained by "luck" and "talent". Messi's wealth is not offensive to them because they understand Messi is much better at football than they are.
But when it comes to business, the anti-capitalist leftist has no framework for understanding why Jeff Bezos might be super rich since 99% of them have never ever created a product, business or service that was of value to other people. They've never taken entrepreneurial risk. They've never employed people and felt the burden of responsibility that comes with that. They've never pick up a business and given it a play in the way they've picked up a ball or a guitar.
They *literally* don't understand wealth creation. They think there is a fixed amount of money and the only thing a business does is split it unfairly.
It's why they rage at Elon and other successful business leaders. Because they genuinely don't understand why they're wealthy.
Also, and this is just as important, athletes and artists are disproportionately young, attractive, "diverse", left wing etc. Business leaders are "evil" middle aged white men whose success offends the average anti-capitalist leftist because they don't understand a) what it is they do and b) that Elon Musk has the same talent advantage on them as Messi does, it's just harder to measure.
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BREAKING: Tesla Model Y was the best-selling vehicle overall in New Zealand for the month of June.
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Turbo America. 🇺🇸🚀
.@POTUS: "There’s no reason we should stop at 4%. We should be at 12% and 13% GDP... That’s how we built the country."
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Another major Grok Build update just landed, packed with new features, extensive bug fixes, and meaningful performance improvements
Release Notes: v0.2.84 — 2026-07-03
Features:
• Announcements now update live during active sessions without restart or /new.
• Hiding an announcement no longer suppresses later criticals; new ones reappear automatically.
• run_terminal_cmd now requires a one-sentence description rationale in every invocation.
• ask_user_question timeout policy is now configurable in config.toml and /settings.
• Ask-Question timeout can now be toggled from /settings (Agent & Approval).
• Thinking/reasoning blocks are now shown by default while the model is working.
• Critical announcements now show a red title with a clickable [hide] button and aligned message.
• Added remote_fetch option under [features] in config.toml to disable all backend catalog and settings fetches for air-gapped environments.
Bug Fixes:
• Images pasted or read from GIF, BMP or TIFF files are now automatically converted so they work with image generation.
• Queue panel now shows action buttons on hover and the status bar displays a compact done/total task count.
• Hook matchers now correctly see the real MCP tool name instead of the internal dispatcher name.
• Copy now succeeds when running inside containers even when the terminal brand cannot be detected.
• Tool result previews no longer paint opaque panels in grok --minimal.
• grok wrap now correctly handles quoted strings and shell aliases.
• Text selection settings now correctly honor explicit keep_text_selection values even when legacy keys remain.
• Fixed a freeze that could occur when editing and sending the last message in the queue.
• Fixed a startup crash on minimal Linux systems lacking system CA certificates.
Performance:
• Grep now stops early on broad searches, returning faster results with far less memory use.
• Idle CPU and memory usage after long sessions or resume is now dramatically lower.
Another Grok Build update is here, it brings new usability improvements to make everyday workflows even smoother.
Release Notes: v0.2.83 — 2026-07-02
Features:
• Critical announcements now appear in a top banner during active sessions with a hide command.
• Pasting the same text again next to a paste chip now expands the chip into editable text instead of duplicating it.
• Paste preview now shows a hint explaining how to expand the chip.
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Q2 2026
Production: 451,758
Deliveries: 480,126
Energy storage deployments: 13.5 GWh
Our Q2 Company Update will be streamed live on X on July 22 at 4:30pm CT
→ ir.tesla.com/press-release/t…
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Finally, Grok’s Speech-to-Text is now live in Grok Build
You can now just dictate prompts directly to your coding agents using /voice or Ctrl + Space, powered by Grok Voice
Just talk naturally for like 15 minutes straight. Grok transcribes everything in real-time and gets to work instead of stopping to type every instruction
This makes it so much easier to:
• Brainstorm ideas while coding
• Describe complex changes conversationally
• Stay in flow without switching between keyboard and voice
• Interact with coding agents more naturally
As AI coding assistants get more capable, voice is becoming a first-class workflow in Grok Build
Huge unlock for anyone who thinks out loud or hates context switching
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Model Y long wheelbase now available to order in the US
Introducing Model Y Long Wheelbase – now available in the US & Puerto Rico
A 3-row, 6-seat configuration that brings exceptional interior space with ample headroom & legroom for all passengers
0-60 in 4.4 seconds
325 miles of range
– Front row: Heated/ventilated seats w/ powered thigh cushion
– Second row: Heated/ventilated captain seats w/ powered armrests & one‑touch fold
– Third row: Heated seats w/ power recline, one‑touch fold & child seat anchors
– Improved airflow, increased efficiency & more range
– 89 cu ft of trunk space: with 6 passengers, trunk still fits a 28" and 20" suitcase each, plus frunk holds an additional 20" suitcase. Oversized items like snowboards and bikes also fit easily
– Engineered for safety w/ seat belts & side air bag optimized for second & third row
– Upgraded acoustic glass & suspension to minimize road noise
– Adaptive damping for a smooth, stable ride
– Staggered tires for enhanced grip
– Larger tailgate for better rear visibility & bigger windows overall to deliver great views from every seat
– 16" first row & 8” second row touchscreens + 19-speaker immersive Tesla Audio
– Upgraded 50W wireless charging pads w/ active cooling & charging ports for all other seats
– FSD Supervised & integrated Grok AI
tesla.com/modely/design#over…
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I ran the same prompt through @imagine Agent mode and the results were pretty amazing!
🤖 Made with AI
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The future of the firm is a learning loop in which human capital and token capital compound.
With our new Frontier Co., our ambition is to help every enterprise build its own AI capability, and to help create a frontier ecosystem where every organization can turn its knowledge, workflows, and judgment into its own AI systems that continuously improve. blogs.microsoft.com/blog/202…
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Paraguay is entering a new era of connectivity 🇵🇾
Paraguay is working with Starlink through MITIC and COPACO to bring high-speed internet to more than 1,600 schools in isolated areas
This will connect 50,000+ students and teachers to online learning, digital libraries, collaboration tools, and new opportunities
A satellite in orbit can now change the future of a classroom full of students on the ground
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In 1825, a rich Welsh industrialist bought an entire American town to prove that socialism could work.
He had the money, the buildings, the theory, and hundreds of eager followers waiting to move in.
Two years later, it was over. 🧵
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True
Warren identified the deeper problem almost a century before Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek made it famous in academic economics.
When everyone owns everything, no one owns anything. When labor earns the same reward regardless of effort, effort disappears. When prices vanish, no one knows what anything is worth.
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BREAKING: Japan is testing Starlink-powered fire hydrant signs as emergency communication hubs.
• Japan has approximately 120,000 fire hydrant signs installed nationwide.
• The technical demonstration was conducted by Shokasen Hyoshiki Co., Ltd., a company that manages fire hydrant signs across Japan.
• The test explored mounting Starlink equipment on a fire hydrant sign to provide satellite internet connectivity.
• The goal is to transform existing fire hydrant signs into temporary Wi-Fi and emergency communication hubs during disasters.
• Residents could use them to access emergency information and stay connected if cellular and terrestrial internet networks go down.
• The project is currently an early-stage technical verification and has not yet been deployed commercially or nationwide.
This demonstration shows how @elonmusk's Starlink could help keep communities connected when traditional networks are unavailable.
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Teams recently completed build and acceptance testing of our 1,000th Merlin 1D engine for Falcon’s first stage! With Falcon’s reusability, recovering these engines has enabled continued reliability enhancements, making Merlin one of the most reliable rocket engines ever manufactured
