“Material possessions were making me weak, so now I have only what is needed…” – Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
■ TESLA ($447.43, +1.85%):
– Las Vegas Locally (@LasVegasLocally) spotted the LVMPD Cybertruck on the streets. “Imagine you’re jaywalking on the Strip and this pulls up.” Ben Schaffer (@BenSchafferUP), CEO of UP.FIT that outfitted the Cybertrucks, gave us a look LVMPD “Next level police recruiting!” A Las Vegas airport bus recruiting campaign utilizing the new Cyber-fleet.
– Per Yiche data, the Model Y L sold 8,221 units in its debut month of September, ranking it 4th in China among mid-to-large SUVs. It trailed the Leapmotor C16 (8,312 units), Li Auto L6 (11,827 units), and Xiaomi YU7 (22,244 units). October and November units have sold out, pushing new orders to December.
– The Tesla App’s new Maintaince Recommendation screen. H/T The Cybertruck Guy (@cybrtrkguy). They also released a new Tire Center feature in the App that helps you find tires for your vehicle. Pick a tire size and you are shown what is available and which Tesla location to go to.
– Per Elon, “Tesla is worth more than all other automotive companies combined. Which of those CEOs would you like to run Tesla…“
– Who you gonna call?! Tesla Austin’s Jason Lane and crew’s submission for the “Frunk or Treat” contest! Great job!!!
– Tesla is ramping up hiring for its Cybercab production team at Giga Texas, posting three new roles: Metrology Technician for the Cybercab Quality team requiring precision measurement expertise, Equipment Engineer for the Cybercab Plastics team focused on equipment design, and Tool & Die Supervisor for the Injection Molding team overseeing molding operations.
– When you find the Droids you were looking for… This past weekend at the historic Royal Dublin Society venue, Jessica Kimy, Tesla’s Senior Event Coordinator for Ireland, and Team were at the PTSB Ideal Home Show, while Danielle Martins Oliveira, Sr Delivery Advisor, and her Team were at TechLabs. The had some galactic attendees checking out the “Droids.”
– Per Tesla’s Supercharging Director, Max deZegher (@MdeZegher), “~80% of all fast-charging energy in North America flows through Tesla Superchargers. And, Tesla Superchargers are ~30% cheaper $/kWh, despite having the largest site size (avg of 12 stalls) to shoulder peak travel days. Imagine what EV adoption would look like without Superchargers.”
– Ameresco’s 50MW/200 MWh BESS in Kingman, Arizona, the largest behind-the-meter project in the state, began operation in October 2025 for Nucor’s expanding bar mill. Using 58 Tesla Megapack 2XL units under a 20-year agreement, it stabilizes grid demand, with a 25 MW solar asset planned for 2026. The BESS, operated with Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, supports Nucor’s 600,000-ton capacity expansion and enhances renewable energy use. Pic is of Jonathan Mancini, Ameresco’s SVP, Solar and BESS Project Development at the sites activation ceremony.
– 60 Minutes Australia aired a cut version that hand picked all the negative discussions that took place about FSD, though their was only one navigational error. Above is the uncut version showing just how great the car did on FSD. Watch HERE.
FLYOVERS (flight links in sources section):
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Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 20th of October, ‘25.
■ SPACEX:
– Double header Sunday! First, launch 137 of Falcon 9 Starlink 10-17 took place from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. This was the 31st flight for first stage booster B1067. It previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3B mPOWER-A, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Merah Putih 2, Galileo L13, Koreasat-6A, and 19 Starlink missions. The booster landed on drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean. Launch King B1067 continues to set the record! Plus, SpaceX has now deployed their 10,000th Starlink!
– Launch 136! Friday, 17th of October, at 5:09 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 11-19 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This was the 11th flight for first stage booster B1088. It previously launched NROL-126, Transporter-12, SPHEREx, NROL-57, and six Starlink missions. The booster landed on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean. 28 Starlinks were deployed.
– Thomas Grote (@Thomas_L_Grote), SpaceX’s HR lead at Starbase, posted about his recent week in California and attending the company’s annual HR offsite. Per Thomas, “Lucky to work with such incredible humans each and every day, and incredibly excited for 2026 as we look to continue to scale the Starship program at an incredible pace!“
– NASA’s Acting Administrator, Sean Duffy (@Sean_Duffy45), announced that the $4.4 billion Artemis 3 contract for a 2027 moon landing, originally awarded to SpaceX in 2021, is being reopened to rival bids due to delays in Starship development, siting it risks the U.S. goal of beating China’s 2030 landing before President Trump’s term ends in January 2029. Duffy told Fox News, “I’m in the process of opening that contract up. I think we’ll see companies like Blue Origin (@BlueOrigin) get involved, and maybe others.” He emphasized a competitive space race among American firms.
Per Elon on the competition beating SpaceX to the Moon, “They won’t. SpaceX is moving like lightning compared to the rest of the space industry. Moreover, Starship will end up doing the whole Moon mission. Mark my words. Blue Origin has never delivered a payload to orbit, let alone the Moon… Useful payload.” Useful payload is referring to the New Glen test launch and the deployment of a payload called the Blue Ring Pathfinder, which serves as an on-orbit test for the components of Blue Ring, a future space tug.
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 (132 – Falcon 9, 0 – Falcon Heavy, and 5 – Starship):
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Launch 138! Wednesday, 22nd of October, at 7:00 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 11-5 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 139! Saturday, 25th of October, at 9:30 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 SpainSat NG II 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 the second of two new-generation satellites built by Airbus to provide secure communications to the Spanish government, its allies, and various international organizations.
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Launch 140! Saturday, 25th of October, at 7:00 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 11-12 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 141! Saturday, 25th of October, at 10:27 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-21 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.
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Launch 142! Monday, 27th of October, at 2:12 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 11-21 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 143! Tuesday, 28th of October, at 9:14 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-37 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.
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Launch 143! 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.
■ THE BORING COMPANY:
– Last Friday, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the Russian proposal for Elon and TBC to build an undersea tunnel through the Bering Strait.
– TBC testing Full Self-Driving in the Vegas LOOP. This drive is from the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) to the Encore Resort station. Per Elon, “The Tesla cars operating in The Boring Company tunnels under Las Vegas will be driverless in a month or two.”
■ NEURALINK:
– On November 6th, at 8 p.m. ET, the ALS Network will host a free educational webinar titled “Neuralink and ALS – Building Neural Interfaces to Restore Autonomy.” There will be an amazing team speaking during the event, It includes Neuralink’s Clinical Trials Lead, Romina Nejad (@RominaNejad), who will overview the BCI tech and ongoing trials. Followed by firsthand accounts from ALS participants Brad Smith (@ALScyborg), Jake Schneider (@PairedWith_P7), and Nick Wray (@Telepath_8), detailing their trial experiences and the device’s daily impact. Participation is via YouTube Live. Click HERE for the notification link.
■ STARLINK:
– Elon on utilizing massive solar wattage that the larger V3 Starlink satellites will use. “This is the path to a Kardashev Type II civilization that harnesses most of the power of our Sun, which is more than a billion times more energy than everything else on Earth combined.” This units will bring gigabit connectivity to users and are designed to add 60 Tera-bits-per-second of downlink capacity to the network. That’s more than 20 times the capacity added with every V2 Mini launch on Falcon 9.
– Hangar One Avionics, located at McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, California, has a portable quick-mount adapter for Starlink Mini, enabling tool-free attachment to aircraft glare shields in helicopters or fixed-wing planes, as well as vehicles or other surfaces. The mount supports rapid integration without external antenna modifications, permanent installations, or high costs/time, allowing users to detach and relocate the unit easily for in-flight or ground use across general aviation, business jets, and law enforcement platforms or personal vehicles.
– Shoutout to SpaceX’s Ryan Goodnight (@ryangoodnight) for his promotion to Sr Director of Market Access & Development! Ryan has be crucial part of the SpaceX team in its success of bringing Starlink worldwide.
■ 𝕏:
– Nikita Bier (@nikitabier), X’s Head of Product, gave a preview of the new (iOS only) Links feature. Posts with links collapse to a persistent bottom bar when the linked webpage opens in an in-app browser, keeping like, reply, and repost buttons accessible to boost engagement signals.
– X is introducing a feature to filter user profile posts by “Latest” for chronological order or “Most Liked” to highlight popular content. Users can toggle visibility of posts containing Replies, Quotes, Videos, Reposts, or Threads, and narrow posts by time ranges like last week, month, or year. H/T @blankspeaker.
– X/xAI’s Android Lead, Attila Ablenesi (@attilablenesi) announced expanded access to X-Lite for Android Premium+ and Premium users on. Key updates include:
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Enhanced database infrastructure for smoother timeline loading and navigation.
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“Not Interested in This Post” option for content control.
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Sleek shimmer loading, refined image placeholders, and haptic feedback on swipe-to-refresh.
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Advanced interaction tracking for better recommendations.
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Bug fixes and performance tweaks.
Per Attila, “X-Lite is more focused X experience X Android team has been working on to improve development velocity, will share some technical details separately in coming weeks.” Link to join are in the sources section.
– Beff likes Nik… Guillaume Verdon (@GillVerd), aka Beff Jezos (@BasedBeffJezos), met with Nikita, stating the following, “Beef settled with Nikita. He’s a good man. He really cares about the people and this platform. Let him cook.”
– X Devs (@XDevelopers) announced the open beta of the X Activity API (XAA). This is a new suite of endpoints. It delivers real-time signals from X. You subscribe to events you care about and get near-instantaneous delivery via streams or webhooks. It’s available to all paid developer tiers. The first iteration introduces profile events that covers bio updates and profile picture changes from accounts you select. Delivery methods include persistent HTTP streams and support webhooks for seamless app integration.
– X launched its Handle Marketplace waitlist, enabling requests for inactive or rare usernames. Premium users can browse available handles, while Premium+ and Premium Business users can submit requests and join waitlists. handles.𝕏.com
■ xAI:
– This weekend at the Chiefs in Intellectual Propertys (ChIPs) Network Global Summit, Lily Lim (@LiLiDuc22), xAI’s Head of Legal Affairs, shared insights on global legal strategy and cross-border litigation alongside Sarita Venkat (Cisco), Lara Rogers (Amazon), and Rebecca Baneman (Advance). I unfortunately could not find a video of the discussion.
– Per Elon, “Postponing Grokipedia v0.1 launch to end of week. We need to do more work to purge out the propaganda.”
– Per xAI Colossus Lead, Brent Mayo (@BrentM_SpaceX), “Hot Take on a Sunday… When you’re doing the impossible, the possible things seem dull AF. Not that they aren’t worthy of praise, but my goodness how can we ever “only” build a several hundred thousand chip cluster again…😂 “Gotta pump those numbers up, rookie numbers”. Recalibrating your mind to remove limits, crush barriers and never accept “well that’s what we have always done” is crucial for success. Onward and upward on this wonderful Sunday.”
– Per xAI’s Jon Shulkin (@jonshulkin), “OpenAI announced $500B of compute deals in the past few weeks. xAI owns and builds actual compute. Can’t run AI on announced compute.”
– Per Elon, “Dynamic reinforcement learning is important. Grok 5, like smart humans, will learn almost immediately… My estimate of the probability of Grok 5 achieving AGI is now at 10% and rising.”
■ ELON NEWS:
– Last week I posted Joe Rogan’s (@joerogan) video he took at Flight 11. Well his latest podcast (#2396) that dropped Saturday, he spoke with Andrew Schulz about his visit to Starbase. “They can produce rockets so much faster than NASA, and you think he’s a fuckwit?!“
– Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy) reflected on his recent podcast appearance with Dwarkesh. He elaborated on key AI topics, including his relatively pessimistic AGI timelines (5-10 years, emphasizing remaining grunt work, integration, safety, and research), the distinction between animal-like intelligence (evolved and prepackaged) and LLM-based “ghosts” (trained on internet data), critiques of reinforcement learning’s inefficiency, ideas like “cognitive core” for better generalization, and the need for collaborative LLM agents rather than fully autonomous ones. He also touched on job automation trends, the value of early physics education for brain development, and linked to prior tweets for deeper insights.
Elon praised Andrej’s points, especially on teaching physics to children early, and challenged him to an AI coding contest; Andrej vs. Grok 5, akin to Kasparov vs. Deep Blue. Andrej declined, preferring to collaborate with Grok 5 instead, noting that in the long run, human value in such tasks might approach zero, much like in chess. Great thread! Link in sources section.
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■ SOURCES:
FLYOVERS:
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Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer… coming soon.
Tesla:
SpaceX:
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Starlink Mission 11-19
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Starlink Mission 10-17
Neuralink:
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https://devcommunity.x.com/t/announcing-the-x-activity-api-open-beta/250099
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Android X-Lite: To join:
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X-Lite download:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.x.android.lite
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X-Lite Feedback Community:
Elon News: