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You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. - Genesis 50:20). He saved a wretch like me. Thank you @charliekirk11

What a joke that was from Samoa … tino should of headbutted to’o

946 is absolutely beast mode. Love it!

This is all @Jason ‘s fault

Can someone explain to me if we blast data centres into deep space how does that help us here on earth? There seems to be a bit of a distance between us and them

Day 1 of trying to get attention 
Looking for an angel investor for Australia’s first full AI asset finance brokerage @Jason

The Mindset Shift: Why Legacy Brands Are Losing the EV Story to Tesla (Even If Their Cars Aren’t “Shit”) Volkswagen just reported a brutal quarter: an operating loss of about €5.9 billion ($6.5+ billion) in Q3 2026, one of its worst results in years. Special items, Porsche writedowns, China weakness, tariffs, and the ongoing cost of the EV ramp all piled on. The company is talking about massive restructuring, including plans involving up to 100,000 job cuts. This isn’t just a VW problem. It’s a symptom of a bigger shift in how people think about cars. For decades, the default mental model was simple. Ford, GM, VW, Toyota, etc. made combustion cars. Some were great, some were average, some had reliability issues depending on the era and model. But the brand identity was tied to engines, exhaust notes, gas stations, and the familiar rhythm of ownership. People didn’t suddenly decide “Ford makes shit cars.” They just got used to those brands meaning combustion. When the industry started pivoting hard to electric, those same brands often looked like they were late, reluctant, or doing the minimum to meet regulations and chase the new market. Tesla took the opposite path. It spent roughly 20 years scraping, nearly dying multiple times, and grinding through the hard parts of making electric vehicles actually work as daily drivers. Near-bankruptcy moments, the “Tesla Death Watch” era, production hell on the Model 3, years of losses after the IPO (first full profitable year only in 2020), supplier nightmares, and constant skepticism. The people who watched that whole period — the early adopters, the skeptics who converted, the ones who followed the cash burn and the technical fights — saw a company that treated electric as the product, not a compliance side quest. That’s the authenticity gap. When a legacy brand finally shows up with a decent EV, a lot of buyers who lived through Tesla’s struggle don’t automatically give them the same credit. It can feel like jumping on the bandwagon once the technology was proven viable and the market was demanding it. The car might be competent (or even good), the badge might still carry decades of heritage, and the dealer network might be convenient. But the emotional and cultural association is still “this company made its name on combustion.” Tesla’s association is “this company made electric viable and kept refining it while everyone else watched or delayed.” Brand loyalty data has fluctuated — Tesla has had periods of extremely high repeat-buyer rates and also seen some erosion as more options appeared and other factors intervened — but the broader point remains. Once someone has driven a well-executed modern EV and experienced the torque, the software updates, the charging simplicity (where it works), and the absence of engine maintenance, going back to the old mental model is harder. The brands that defined the previous era are fighting an uphill battle against a changed default expectation. None of this means every legacy EV is bad, or that every Tesla is perfect, or that combustion will disappear overnight. Plenty of people still prefer gas or hybrid for legitimate reasons (range anxiety in certain use cases, charging access, cost, preference). It also doesn’t erase the real engineering and manufacturing scale that the big traditional automakers bring. But the mindset has shifted. Buyers who watched the long, messy, capital-intensive work of making electric practical aren’t just shopping “an EV.” A lot of them are shopping the company that treated it as the main event for two decades instead of a later adaptation. Volkswagen’s painful quarter is one data point in a longer story about who is seen as native to the new technology and who is still transitioning from the old one.

THE GREAT

Hard agree

This is categorically incorrect and @elonmusk should sue. Shame news.com.au shame

When will @Apple let my @bot use my phone

I often wonder if there is a lot more evil in the world than we know @elonmusk what’s do you see up there with your people?

Grok @bot is the greatest AI use to date

A car flew through the air and landed successfully before GTA6 launched.

Err @9NewsAUS did you watch the demo? … wtf you mean “he claims” … the car is literally flying underneath the headline 😂

Given the massive advancements in @neuralink and @SpaceXSI is this now possible ? Or will be possible in future ? Anyone know? @elonmusk