“Control of Tesla could affect the future of civilization…” – Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
■ TESLA ($461.51, +0.21%):
– “The Future is Autonomous” is hanging on the wall of a conference room at Tesla’s Global Engineering HQ in Palo Alto.
– Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill (@Sheriff_LVMPD) discussed the department’s adoption of the UP.FIT-modified Cybertruck fleet, Skydio drones, and technology’s life-saving applications during his address at LVMPD. The 10 truck fleet are for patrol and SWAT duties. Video by Ben Schaffer (@BenSchafferUP), Co-Founder and CEO of UNPLUGGED PERFORMANCE (@UnpluggedTesla) and UP.FIT (@UpfitTesla).
– Per Elon yesterday, “Great Optimus engineering & manufacturing review today! Imagine having your personal C-3PO & R2-D2… Optimus will be even better.”
– Tesla China shouted out their solar initiative. “From Giga Shanghai to Megafactory Shanghai, from Supercharger sites to Tesla Centers, we are now using rooftop solar panels to generate electricity. Together, they are expected to reduce more than 7,270 tons of CO₂ annually.”
– Robotaxi has expanded in Austin. Per Elon, “Tesla autonomous driving might spread faster than any technology ever. The hardware foundations have been laid for such a long time that a software update enables self-driving for millions of pre-existing cars in a short period of time.”
– Yesterday, the Tesla Fremont Factory celebrated 15 years of operations. “Today, the Fremont team is producing all 4 S3XY models, totaling 3.6M vehicles made so far, 20k+ California jobs created, w/ billions of dollars invested.”
– RSVP HERE for the Tesla Shareholder After Party at the Boring Bodega, Hyperloop Plaza, in Bastrop, Texas.
FLYOVERS (flight links in sources section):
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Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 29th of October, ‘25. “More equipment & construction at the electrical switchyard today, and Cortex 2 facility has most of the interior slap poured, more alls being closed off on the exterior, equipment deliveries, W main entrance bollards & landscaping work & the new E clearing grows larger. Much to see today!”
■ SPACEX:
– Today, launch 143 of Falcon 9 Starlink 10-37 took place from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. This was the 15th flight for first stage booster B1083. It previously launched Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, CRS-31, Astranis: From One to Many, IM-2, Commercial GTO-1, and eight Starlink missions. The booster landed on drone ship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean. 29 Starlinks were deployed.
– Look at all those columns! That Giga Bay steel is rising fast at Starbase. Screenshot via @LabPadr‘s live feed.
– Starship 39, the first V3, grows inside Mega Bay 2. Pic by Rough Riders Show (@RoughRidersShow) for NSF (@NASASpaceflight).
– 3 Raptor 3s heading to Starbase for Starship V3.
– At the Starship Tower for Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) in Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX has installed the Flame Diverter Cap. This means we will soon seen the Orbital Launch Mount roll from the Roberts Road facility the complex!
– Here is the latest image of Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6) at Vandenberg Space Force Base by Harry Stranger (@Harry__Stranger) via Soar satellite imagery. Not a lot of activity, though the red highlighted areas are new structures.
– “Starbase, TX, USA“ by Sr. Director of Starship Launch, Justin Styer (@j_styer).
– Starbase, Texas (@StarbaseTX), is inviting you to attend the first annual Veterans Celebration on November 9th starting at 11 a.m. on Boca Chica Beach. SpaceX is hosting the celebration.
Starbase City Commission Meeting (Located at The Hub, 39046 LBJ Blvd, Unit 2, Brownsville, TX 78521):
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City Commission Regular Meeting, November 19, 2025 7:00 PM
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City Commission Regular Meeting, December 17, 2025 7:00 PM
Countdown to 180 (138 – Falcon 9, 0 – Falcon Heavy, and 5 – Starship):
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Launch 144! Thursday, 30th of October, at 1:06 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 11-23 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The booster will land on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean.
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Launch 145! Sunday, 2nd of November, at 1:09 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Bandwagon 4 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. This is SpaceX’s 4th dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
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Launch 146! Tuesday, 4th of November, at 1:41 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 11-14 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The booster will land on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean.
■ THE BORING COMPANY:
– Michel’s (@Mic_VegasSphere) Vegas LOOP update:
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Michel hit the future Not-a-Boring-Apartment-Complex site on Paradise Rd. “Work has started again here. All the tunnel wall sections have been moved out. Two excavation machines that are new to the site were being used today.” For those that do not know, this will be one of TBC’s coolest facilities; an underground station with a housing above. Basically a test to see how people will utilize the LOOP system as a daily real-life commuter system. I can’t wait.
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At the Virgin Resort site, there has been little to no activity above ground. “As far as I can see there’s been no work going on here for the last 2 weeks.”
■ NEURALINK:
– Neuralink co-founder DJ Seo (@djseo) on NP2, Alex Conley, using Convoy. “Open the freezer → take out the pretzel → open the microwave → put the plate with the pretzel inside → cook → enjoy. All via telepathy, pure brain power.
Today: 7 DOF control of Kinova + Robotiq gripper
Tomorrow: 22+ DOF control of Optimus hand + arm“
Per Neuralink Neurosurgeon and President & CEO of the Barrow Neurological Institute, Michael T. Lawton, MD (@mtlawton), “Interacting with the physical world is something many of us take for granted. But for patients like Alex, losing that ability is something they face every day. With BCI studies like PRIME & CONVOY, we may finally be able to to say: There is something more we can do for you…”
– The current Neuralink Patient list has been updated to 13. Via Neura Pod (@NeuraPod).
– NP1, Noland Arbaugh (@ModdedQuad), marked 21 months post-surgery in an update yesterday. He has been occupied with full-time community college studies in neuroscience, chemistry, biology, pre-calculus, and completed mini-mesters in logic, comparative world religions, and sociology. He attended the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in September as a paid speaker, is building a speaking business for monthly engagements starting January on Neuralink’s impact, and plans a book release next year plus a potential end-of-November stream for AMA and gaming. He says Neuralink involvement has reduced to occasional testing and data collection. You can read his update HERE.
– “Neuralink and ALS – Building Neural Interfaces to Restore Autonomy“, Thursday, 6th of November, at 8 p.m. ET. YouTube Live link HERE.
■ STARLINK:
– SpaceX’s Starlink team has enabled Direct to Cell service in Jamaica for all Liberty Caribbean customers. Emergency services, families and businesses with a compatible LTE smartphone can now stay connected through apps and send and receive text messages (SMS) even if terrestrial networks are impacted.
– Jeff Robertson, Principal Consultant at Finite Environmental, purchased a Starlink Mini last week to enable company operations while conducting fieldwork, addressing unreliable cellular reception in remote areas. He uses it for client communication, team management, finances, taxes, planning, and developing upcoming announcements, emphasizing that a single missed call or email could result in lost revenue equivalent to a team member’s salary. After less than a week, the device has already recouped its cost tenfold by preventing such opportunities from slipping away, making it indispensable for business continuity despite his preference for complete disconnection during recreational field trips.
■ 𝕏:
– X Premium+ subscribers now have access to the Handle Marketplace (@XHandles). Premium+ users receive most handles for free, with exceptions for rare or high-demand ones. Congrats to X Freeze with the newly anointed @XFreeze handle!
■ xAI:
– Per Wikipedia founder Larry Sanger (@lsanger), “Wikipedia, in light of a strong launch from Grokipedia, you’d better get your house in order—or you’ll go the way of the Sears catalogue. Are you listening yet?“
– You can install Grokipedia as an App on Android by doing the following:
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Visit Grokipedia.com in your Chrome browser.
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A pop-up suggestion to “Install” will appear.
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Hit Install and that’s it.
For iOS:
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Visit Grokipedia.com in your Safari browser.
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Hit the three dots at the bottom.
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Hit the Share icon.
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Select “Add to Home Screen” and that’s it.
– Per Elon, “Grokipedia will exceed Wikipedia by several orders of magnitude in breadth, depth and accuracy.”
– Per xAI’s Gaurav (@gauravisnotme), “So many reviews have already poured in and it’s encouraging to see how much there was a need for something like Grokipedia. Grok integration and the ability to suggest if something is wrong is what gives Grokipedia a shot at becoming a fact-machine. So, if you find something wrong, instead of going the @WIRED way of peddling trash, ask Grok, suggest changes, and help us make this one true source of information. As a side-effect, it also helps you with your homework.”
– xAI has activated upscaling for Grok Imagine videos on Web and will soon introduce an extension capability. Users will be able to upload or generate a short video clip and extend it by inputting a descriptive prompt that appends new footage. H/T Tech Dev Notes (@techdevnotes).
■ ELON NEWS:
– Per Elon, “When Tolkien wrote about the hobbits, he was referring to the gentlefolk of the English shires, who don’t realize the horrors that take place far away. They were able to live their lives in peace and tranquility, but only because they were protected by the hard men of Gondor. What happened to the nice man who was brutally murdered while walking his dog will happen to all of England if the tide of illegal immigration is not turned. It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die.”
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■ SOURCES:
FLYOVERS:
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Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer
SpaceX:
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Starlink Mission 10-37
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https://www.tribune242.com/news/2025/oct/29/spacex-and-us-partners-help-with-bahamas-evacuations/
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