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Elmo's magic firework factory strikes again.



Moment SpaceX rocket explodes into massive fireball

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c1k87l7nre4o

A live stream has captured the moment a SpaceX Starship rocket exploded into a gigantic fireball when preparing for a flight test. The incident occurred on Wednesday night around 11pm at the Massey's Testing Center in Texas.

In a statement, the company said no injuries were caused. They said there were no hazards to the surrounding communities and asked people not to approach the area.

Bezos may be the most cowardly of the tech bros, but I’d rather take a trip in his rocket any day of the week.

Crabcakes wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:18 am Bezos may be the most cowardly of the tech bros, but I’d rather take a trip in his rocket any day of the week.

I think Bezos and Branson have both flown on their rockets.

Time for Elmo to have a go.

Back when I was on Bluesky, I followed cartoonist Davey Jones. He did a great comic strip titled "Elon Musk's Amazing Voyage to Mars", which consisted of him getting into a rocket, everyone wishing him the best, then it took off and blew up and everyone went "Hooray, got rid of the twat at last!".

As in "Real Ale Twats" Davey Jones?

That's the guy. He also did a "Bono's Amazing Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea".

Same old scam, different grifter.

Musky confirms he plans to launch a new political party:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dn04lvgpdo

The billionaire announced on his social media platform X that he had set up the America Party and billed it as a challenge to the Republican and Democratic two-party system.

However, it is unclear whether the party has been formally registered with US election authorities, and Musk has not provided details about who will lead it or what form it will take.

Has he asked Jeremy Corbyn to join?

This is what his tame chatbot gets up to.

Imagine what his self driving cards will do for shits and giggles.

I thought she was a chat bot to be fair….

I’d only ever seen her tweets and they read like AI statements.

Grok's latest drama in cartoon form.

It seems Elon isn't happy with Nigel.

There speaks someone who knows nothing about British politics. Farage doubtless has a massive ego, but he's right that there is nobody else who can do what he does. But if you're Elon, I guess it looks like you can replace Farage with Rupert Lowe and Yaxley-Lennon.

Then again, I've noticed that he hasn't been commenting on British politics in the same way he was at the start of the year.

Now Farage is not getting Elon's money, I wonder if he minds having him big up Rupert Lowe. One reason Nixon won in 1968 was that George Wallace made Nixon look moderate. Could Rupert Lowe play the same role in 2029? Farage does, despite everything he says, have a part of him that wants to look moderate (at least by his own standards), See today where he said he won't be mass deporting women and children.