May Starship have the Mandate of Heaven

2017: Austin spent $35 million on homelessness. 2,036 homeless counted. 2025: $118 million. 3,238 homeless. Spending more than tripled and homelessness went up 59%. If you service the homeless lifestyle, you will get more of it. The NGOs that run this system get paid by the problem of homelessness, so they have no reason to end it -- in fact, their only incentive is to make sure the problem grows.

Tesla Semi Pre-Reveal Revealed! Excited to share this segment of the drone flight one day prior to the Tesla Semi Reveal event. They have added branding to several Tesla new generation semis. Including: Pepsico US Foods Einride LTS Nevoya OK Produce ABF Freight DHL WattEV IMC Logistics HMD Some of these we knew about and some are previously unknown. @tesla_semi @danWpriestley

Roll the Calls came out this week. I’ve had great conversations with incredible people along the way. And we’re just getting started. More calls. More conversations. More to come.

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Motortrend after driving the new Tesla Semi: "Driving the Semi was surprisingly familiar, shockingly easy, and dare I say, several tons of fun. Lane centering wasn’t a problem, thanks to fantastic visibility straight ahead and out of the tall side windows. Tesla claims Semi needs only a little more room to make a U-turn than a Model Y, and it certainly felt that way after I turned around on a two-lane road about the width of a residential street. It takes around five complete turns of the steering wheel to go lock-to-lock, and the feeling is light yet precise, thanks to the EPS." motortrend.com/reviews/2027-…

SpaceX has introduced a new website for its AI training clusters in Tennessee/Mississippi. New info: • Tesla Megapacks will provide 3.3 GWh to Colossus 2, enough to power Memphis for two hours, making it America’s largest grid-connected battery pack. • SpaceX has invested millions of dollars in sound walls, silencers, and next-gen turbines with advanced quieting technologies. • Since joining the community in 2024, SpaceXAI is investing more than $90 billion in the region. Estimated 2026 tax revenue will be $60M+ • 7,500 local jobs supported • SpaceXAI is investing $360 million, at no cost to the city, in a clean water recycling plant. It is designed to process up to 10 million gallons of wastewater a day and would offset ~3.64 billion gallons a year from the Memphis Aquifer. • In Memphis, SpaceXAI is investing $35 million in a 150 MW substation to support MLGW and another $20 million in a second substation. Both come online at no cost to MLGW or homeowners. • Temporary power is coming off. Under an agreed order with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, all remaining temporary turbines must be removed by July 2027. SpaceXAI is already taking units offline and expects to complete removal well ahead of that deadline. Website: spacex.com/Mid-South

The European Union has delayed a vote on Tesla’s FSD (Supervised) to December at the earliest (from October 6th), according to an agenda published on the EU’s website. Agenda for the October meeting:

Built on Earth....designed for a future beyond it Every Starship flight brings humanity one step closer to becoming a multiplanetary civilization The most powerful rocket humanity has ever built.....made to carry us beyond Earth

We’re sending TPUs to space (yes, really). After years of research, we’re launching a satellite to evaluate if and how Google Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) hold up in orbit. The test mission, as part of our latest moonshot — Project Suncatcher — is designed to gather data exploring how we can one day host machine learning infrastructure in space.

Dragon arrives at pad 40 ahead of the upcoming Crew-13 launch to the @Space_Station → spacex.com/launches/crew13

Tesla Semi Factory

Behind the scenes at the @WhiteHouse #StateDinner with President @realDonaldTrump, First Lady @MelaniaTrump, President Xi, and Madame Peng—With guests in the beautiful East Room…

UPDATE: AIs have achieved the highest *possible* score on the Mensa Norway IQ test - 151 3 years ago: cognitively impaired human (64 IQ) 2 years ago: average human 1 year ago: genius human Today: literally off the charts Next year?

Stainless Steel Starship

Launch rehearsal complete ahead of Starship Flight 14

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The NGOs end up increasing the number of homeless people they manage, because that’s the only way to increase their revenue! Incentives drive outcomes. “Homeless” is a propaganda word used to describe people on the street who are mentally ill or severely addicted to drugs. The word implies that this is someone who fell a little behind on their mortgage payment and they’re one job offer away from getting back on their feet, which is obviously false if you’ve ever tried talking to a “homeless” person in SF, LA, NY, Austin or anywhere else. The honest reality is that we need to bring back asylums for extreme mental illness or drug addiction for those who are a serious danger to themselves or others.