🇺🇸 JASON CALACANIS: THE FACTORY IS THE REAL TESLA PRODUCT "People forget how good Elon is at factories and real world things. What he did standing up Colossus impressed even Jensen. Elon has said the factory is the product of Tesla, not just the cars or batteries. If he keeps solving the energy problem with solar and batteries, he'll have a massive advantage." Source: @theallinpod @Tesla

JUST IN: The third suspect in the m*rder of DC congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym is also linked to another k*lling just five days later Tarpinian, 21, who was an innocent bystander, was shot four times on June 30 The three suspects had exited a stolen vehicle and fired at two men Five others were also injured in the sh**ting Kelvin Thomas Jr., 17, and Jailen Lucas, 17, were arrested Sept. 5 and charged as adults with first-degree m*rder while armed Naqwan Lucas, 18, was also charged in a second indictment for the July 4 m*rder of his girlfriend Zoey Kelley, 17, was found dead of a gunsh*t wound to the head inside of a storage container wrapped in bedding in the bedroom closet

NEURALINK MADE HIM THE FIRST PATIENT - NOW HE’S UNSTOPPABLE 21 months after becoming the first human to receive a Neuralink implant, Nolan Arbaugh isn’t just typing with his mind, he’s taking pre-calc, studying neuroscience, and launching a speaking career. Paralyzed from the neck down after a diving accident, Nolan says the chip, nicknamed “Eve”, made the impossible not only possible, but normal. He’s gone from hospital bed to tech conference keynote, with Fortune already cutting the check. Neuralink doesn’t call him much anymore, he jokes it’s “once in a blue moon”, because now, others are joining the trial. And as for Nolan? He’s building a brand, getting straight As, and teasing “big news” for 2026. Not bad for a guy running on brainwaves. Source: Teslarati, @ModdedQuad

🚨#BREAKING: It has been revealed that one of the suspects arrested for beating an 18-year-old employee of a Food Lion in Charlotte NC has been arrested a STUNNING 11 previous times. Yes, you read that right. His previous arrests including violently assaulting a woman.

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This is a real photo, not AI, of the Moon rising behind Starship. Let’s go to the Moon again. Let’s go and stay. Let’s go build Moon Base Alpha! Starship will do so 🚀

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My firm, @atreidesmgmt, will be voting in favor of Elon Musk’s performance-based compensation package. And I would prefer that *every* company I invest in have a comparable plan. I believe shareholders should generally support thoughtfully structured performance-based CEO compensation packages because they incentivize CEOs to create transformational growth and value. The basic logic of these plans is the CEO gets 10% of the incremental value creation if they 10x the stock with a 2x hurdle. So shareholders get a 900% stock increase and the CEO gets an incremental 10%. The first Tesla plan incented Elon to >10x the value of Tesla. He achieved all of the milestones and may never be paid for this. The Axon plan incented Rick Smith to >5x the value of Axon and he did. And when milestones aren’t met (such as Farfetch), then the CEOs don’t receive the payouts. The new Tesla plan is arguably better than the first as it also includes financial and technological milestones in addition to market cap-based incentives. Tesla was founded to fight climate change and decarbonize the world. They have succeeded: because of Tesla the world is now on a glide path to significantly lower per capita emissions as EVs of all types replace combustion engines. The world is going to run on sunlight. And while Optimus has the potential to be a great product that will bring about sustainable abundance, Elon absolutely wants to make sure that it is also a safe product. We have all seen "Terminator" and ensuring the safety of Optimus is why he needs a greater voting stake in Tesla. Elon's involvement is integral to maintaining Tesla’s current course and trajectory. Without proper alignment and incentivization, I think it is possible that he will focus more on his other goals: (i) helping humanity become a multiplanetary civilization, (ii) creating a BCI to improve the lives of paralyzed and soon blind humans that also paves the way for humans to continue to add value to the world post ASI, (iii) helping to create a multipolar AI world that is safer for humans, and (iv) ensuring that at least one of these AIs is dedicated to the truth. All of these are worthy goals, but so is sustainable abundance here on earth and so is having at least one public company that benefits from his efforts and is accessible to all Americans. If this vote fails, Robyn Denholm, the chair of Tesla’s board, noted that Elon might leave. Elon is mission critical for Optimus and if he leaves, it seems possible that Optimus might be made by a company other than Tesla – whether xAI or SpaceX or some JV - with Tesla receiving some sort of revenue share in return for their contributions to date in the spirit of fairness that Elon has always followed with his investors. I believe it is highly likely that Tesla’s stock would decline significantly should Elon leave and even more should the Optimus team leave with him. If this compensation package is approved, I will be rooting for him as a shareholder as he works super hard to achieve the value-creating milestones that would benefit both him and shareholders. I do not know how other shareholders feel, but I would certainly like another 10x in Tesla and simply do not believe this is possible without Elon. Every vote matters because from my perspective many proxy voting firms are no longer primarily focused on shareholder value creation and the corporate governance departments at many investment firms feel bound to follow their decisions. The silliness of their concerns about dilution are self-evident in that the dilution would only occur after substantial share price appreciation for Tesla. I want my 10x. I should note that @atreidesmgmt is an investor in many of Elon Musk’s companies. @atreidesmgmt invests in these companies because I regard Elon as an exceptional founder who has repeatedly created significant value in different industries.

🇺🇸 SPACEX LAUNCHES ITS 100TH STARLINK MISSION OF 2025 TODAY SpaceX is launching its 100th Starlink mission of the year today at 4:06 p.m. ET from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Falcon 9 rocket will carry 28 Starlink satellites to join the largest satellite constellation ever built. SpaceX has launched over 10,000 Starlink spacecraft, with nearly 8,800 currently active beaming internet across the globe. SpaceX has flown 138 Falcon 9 missions in 2025 so far, and 99 have been Starlink launches. The rocket's first stage will land on a drone ship in the Pacific about 8.5 minutes after launch. This particular booster is on its 29th flight, approaching the reuse record of 31. Meanwhile, competitors are still trying to figure out how to land one rocket. Source: @SPACEdotcom

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