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Claudia – "From the Rain to the Stars" 🌧️🚀✨ From a rainy street to a Falcon launch… and beyond the stars. AI video made with Grok made with claudia.gallery for the $CLAUDIA video contest

From Archimedes to Mars 🚀 | Episode 1 Syracuse, Sicily, around 250 BC. Archimedes draws circles in the sand and calculates pi better than anyone before him. In the bath he understands buoyancy: "Eureka!" 🛁 His geometry and his laws of levers and floating bodies are the roots of the math that sends rockets to space today. From a Sicilian beach to Mars. Science is a relay race 🔴 Every week a new scientist. Who should be next? 👇 🎬 AI video made with Grok Imagine"Every week a new scientist. Who should be next? 👇 @elonmusk"

A debate on FREE SPEECH… and the answer to a different opinion is shouting and labels 🤔 As a psychologist, in my opinion this is a classic pattern: when people can't answer an argument, they attack the person. "Extremist", "Putin supporter". You can disagree with him. But a free speech panel should be the one place where every voice is heard. Elon is right: free speech is the foundation of everything 🚀 Do you think Europe is losing the ability to debate?

Why is Elon keeping the Cybertruck alive a little longer? 🤔 Nov 7: the backlog was "far more than we can make" before the line is dismantled for Cybercab around June/July 2027, so Tesla added an extra shift. Nov 9: Elon said many deposits will have to be returned. Today: production extended through the end of summer 2027. Only the Cyberbeast trim is left ($109,990). And then Elon added: "This is not the smartest move from a profit-maximizing standpoint btw, but there must be some room in this world for sentimentality or what's the point?" Why it matters: Cybercab is the future, but the truck that broke every design rule gets a proper goodbye. A CEO who admits he's choosing with his heart. That's why we love him ❤️ Would you buy one of the last Cybertrucks?

What does a tunnel built for kids with disabilities look like? 🤔 The Boring Company just started one in San Antonio. - Nov 10: Prufrock-5 began digging Morgan's Inclusion Tunnel - About 0.8 miles long, 30–40 ft underground - A 900,000-lb machine, 13.5 ft tunnel - It links Morgan's Wonderland, the world's first ultra-accessible theme park, with its new hotel - Only 29 days after finishing the Bastrop dig Why it matters: families can move around the campus sheltered from heat, cold and rain. Tunnels aren't only for traffic. Sometimes they're for kindness 💙 Should more cities build tunnels like this?

Why could Cybercab become bigger than the entire rideshare market? Elon just replied "Yup" to this idea 👇 🔹 In 1865, economist William Stanley Jevons noticed that using coal more efficiently led to MORE coal use, not less 🔹 Cheaper computing did the same: we didn't spend less, we put computers everywhere 🔹 Tesla's Cybercab line at Giga Texas has an installed capacity of 125,000+ vehicles a year 🔹 300+ Cybercabs already operate in Austin, with Dallas expected this month Why it matters: when a ride gets much cheaper, people don't just switch apps. They travel more. Cheaper miles, bigger world. 🚗⚡ Would you use a Cybercab every day if it were cheap enough?

Throwback: November 2018 🚀 Nov 7, 2018: Elon said Falcon 9's second stage would be upgraded "to be like a mini-BFR Ship." 10 days later: "SpaceX is no longer planning to upgrade Falcon 9 second stage for reusability. Accelerating BFR instead." Days after that: "Renaming BFR to Starship" Where it stands now: Flight 15 is set for Nov 13 (window opens 4:45 p.m. CT) Super Heavy V3 catch planned at about 6.5 minutes Ship catch planned after about 22.5 hours and roughly 14 orbits If both work, it's the first orbital rocket ever fully recovered Why it matters: he dropped a smaller fix to bet everything on full reuse. 8 years later, that bet faces its biggest test. What a journey 🇮🇹❤️ Will they catch both stages? (AI image made with Grok)

As a psychologist, in my opinion this doesn't come from nowhere 🧠 When young people are taught to see opponents as enemies, anger replaces debate. You can disagree with TPUSA. You can't destroy a flag and attack people with a stick. Too many students are learning what to think, not how to think. @elonmusk is right to call it the woke mind virus 🚀

Elon on Masa: instead of putting $12B into Tesla for 1/4 of the company, he invested it in WeWork. "That was dumb." As a psychologist, this is the most human story in finance. Why do missed chances hurt more than mistakes? - Gilovich & Medvec (Psychological Review, 1995): in the short run we regret what we DID; in the long run we regret what we DIDN'T do. - Inaction regrets grow because the "road not taken" looks better every year. - Two newer replications (2022, 2023) confirmed the time pattern, with weaker effects. - SoftBank put about $16B into WeWork before its Nov 2023 bankruptcy. Son in 2019: "I made a mistake." Why it matters: fear of a wrong move often costs more than the move itself. Bet on vision, not on hype. 🚀 What's a chance you're glad you DIDN'T miss?

As a psychologist, I find this fascinating 🧠 People don't decide to travel by looking at market size. They decide based on friction: cost, effort, stress. When something becomes cheap and effortless, we use it far more. It happened with smartphones, with streaming, with Uber. Cybercab won't just take a slice of ridesharing. It will unlock all the trips people skip today 🚗🚀

What does it take to build a "sentient sun"? ☀️ Elon: "SpaceX has ordered 100 GW/year of HJT solar manufacturing equipment from Singulus in Germany. This is for Starmind to create a sentient sun." - The first turnkey production line is worth over €60M and arrives in the first half of 2027 - It goes to SpaceX's satellite factory in Bastrop, Texas - Each AI1 Starmind satellite has a 75 m wingspan and powers up to 250 kW of compute - SpaceX has filed with the FCC for up to 1 million of them Why it matters: in space the sun never sets, so AI can run on almost limitless solar power. Elon isn't just building rockets, he's building a power plant in the sky 🚀 Would you trust AI running in orbit?

I've been using Grok Bot every day. Here's how it became my knight 🛡️🚀 Thank you @elonmusk for building tools that let ordinary people create extraordinary things. What would you create with your own AI knight?

What can a Starlink do with no plug at all? 🛰️ SpaceX just unveiled Starlink Mini 2: 🔋 Quick-swap 71 Wh battery, up to 4.5 hours per charge ⚡ Or plug in with 60W USB-C 📶 Wi-Fi 6, IP67 rated, 1.6 kg with battery and kickstand 🌍 Online in about 60 seconds with a clear view of the sky Why it matters: real internet in the middle of nowhere, with nothing to plug in. Elon reposted it tonight, and I already want one for the mountains 😍 Where would you take it first?

My Claudia music video "From the Rain to the Stars" is in the $CLAUDIA video contest! 🎬✨ From a rainy night to a Falcon launch and beyond the stars. 🚀 If you enjoyed it, I'd love your vote 🙏 👉 sxsi.com Sign in with X or Google, it takes 10 seconds. Thank you all, you're the best! 💙

A planet was hiding in 2-year-old Webb data 🪐 Scientists built a "digital twin" of JWST's camera. Physics + machine learning modeled the star's glare… then erased it. ✨ Up to 15x better sensitivity 🔭 Giant planet 51 Eridani b emerged from the glow 🧠 Same telescope, smarter software This is why AI + physics is the future of discovery. xAI wants Grok to understand the universe. 🌌 What else is hiding in old data? 👇 phys.org/news/2026-11-giant-…

Is the EU's Digital Services Act really about protecting democracy — or about controlling speech far beyond Europe? Today, ADF International wrote that the DSA "threatens freedom of speech GLOBALLY." Elon just reposted it. The facts: - The DSA entered into force on 16 November 2022, and its strictest rules have applied to very large platforms, including X, since 25 August 2023. - Under the law, "trusted flaggers" designated by national regulators get priority when they report content. Platforms must process those notices without undue delay. - On 5 December 2025, the European Commission issued its first DSA fine: €120 million against X, officially for transparency breaches (the blue checkmark, the ads archive, and access to data for researchers). X appealed in February 2026. The case is still before the EU General Court. The same day as the fine, Elon wrote: "Freedom of speech is the bedrock democracy. The only way to know what you are voting for." In my opinion, a rule written in Brussels can still shape what the world is allowed to see, because the largest platforms are global. As a psychologist, I notice how words like "illegal content" and "systemic risks to civic discourse" sound protective — while quietly widening what can be flagged and removed. In my opinion, it should never have come to this. And I believe people are waking up. If a law in Europe can shape speech worldwide, is that still a national rule — or a global one?👎👎

Why did Marine Raiders give Elon a ceremonial paddle? The U.S. Marine Corps turns 251 today. It was founded on 10 November 1775, at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia. On 27 October 2017, Elon was the guest of honor at the 1st Marine Raider Battalion Birthday Ball. The unit is based at Camp Pendleton, California. The evening was kept low-key and closed to the press. About 400 people were there, including World War II veterans and Gold Star families. As the keynote speaker, he said: "I wanted to come and speak to this group because whenever there's danger in the world, you all are the first to go and die." Joe Musselman, who was in the room, said you could have heard a pin drop — and that Elon was not reading from a script. After the speech, a Marine Raider presented him with a ceremonial paddle, wrapped by hand in Tesla's colors. In Raider and Reconnaissance tradition, a paddle is a rare honor, usually given to teammates, and sometimes to people who have supported the unit in an exceptional way. He was also served the first piece of birthday cake from the commanding officer's sword. In my opinion, that respect went both ways. On the Corps' 251st birthday, does that night still say something about how Elon sees service?👎👎♥️

Did the Wall Street Journal just treat Tesla and SpaceX's success as a political favor? On Saturday, WSJ Politics wrote that Musk-run companies "have flourished in Texas thanks to white-glove treatment from elected officials." Elon replied: "SpaceX and Tesla have prospered in Texas, because we were not constantly operating under an oppressive and extractive state government. And I need to be close to the factories, so that I can walk the floor in person. That's why the first major SpaceX factory was in LA and first major Tesla factory was in SF Bay Area. As California became increasingly difficult, due to extreme taxes and overregulation, we moved our major domestic expansions and HQ to Texas." In my opinion, that framing is the real story. When a company grows, some coverage looks first for special treatment — not for the work itself. As a psychologist, I notice how a phrase like "white-glove treatment" quietly changes the meaning: success starts to sound like a gift, not a result. If the factories are in Texas because the founder walks the floor, should the headline start with politics — or with the work?

What's actually happening with Grok 4.8? 🤔 Elon just gave the update himself: - xAI dumped JAX/SGLang and rewrote the entire RL and inference stack from scratch in C/C++ - Pre-training is done - 4.8 is now in RL, and the evals are "starting to climb" - Soft rollout to Grok Bot users later this week His words: "Grok 4.8 will bear no resemblance to 4.7 (thankfully)... this time, the foundations are built right." Why it matters: rebuilding the foundations takes time, but it's what lets a model keep improving fast. Honest and ambitious. That's Elon. 🚀 As a Grok Bot user, I can't wait to try it. Are you excited for Grok 4.8?