Musk -- AI - X -- BlueSky And All That Jazz -- March 28, 2025

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Good, bad, or indifferent: President Trump will go down as the most transformational president. Right now, late Friday news:

• Columbia University president finally gives up the fight against Trump; steps down;
• the top vaccine official at the FDA has tendered his resignation;
• the real president? Trump? Stay tuned; JD Vance? Nope. Elon Musk? Nope.
• more and more it looks like the real president of the US right now is a federal judge
• setting immigration policy
• setting deportation policy
• setting domestic spending policy
• setting international aid policy
• measles epidemic in Texas; when there was one measles-related death, it was headline news; when a possible second measles-related death was being investigated, it, too was headline news. Tonight on local Texas news station, I thought I heard there were now six measles-related deaths --- fact-checking: NBC still says only one death
• number of cases in Texas has now surged: at least 400
• it now looks like the epidemic is about, if it hasn't already, to go international: Africa will be devastated.
• all cases, except two, have in unvaccinated folks
• there is zero-chance that the measles virus will mutate to evade the efficacy of the vaccine
• but if you won't vaccinate your children against measles, at least the SecretaryHHS will see that you get plenty of cod liver oil and Vitamin A
• although US health officials will tell us that upwards of 92.7% of kindergarten children have been fully vaccinated (two doses) but those most vulnerable -- those unvaccinated -- are now likely to be less than kindergarten age
• unlike Covid, measles is entirely preventable: it will be interesting to see if a viral infection impacts President Trump's second term just as another viral infection impacted his first term

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Sixth Industrial Revolution
Elon Musk Right In The Middle

Link here.

The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, Musk said in a social-media post announcing the acquisition.  

This seems reasonable considering it's well-known that Musk was "tricked" into paying $44 billion for twitter. Wiki will be updated its entry on x, no doubt.

BlueSky has proven to be a "bust" for me; x is getting better and better. 

BlueSky is pretty much all political; x covers the landscape. It's particularly strong in finance, business, investing, sports, and one can pretty much minimize any political coverage with no difficulty. 

Just out of curiosity, right now when I clicked on BlueSky, the first hit was AOC "we will not be distracted" rant with smiling white folks surrounding her and in her audience -- and then there's Bernie Sanders standing wiht her -- oh, that's it. It's a political ad for AOC's campaign. I'll be curious if I see it on x.

I was only able to find an entry regarding Musk / x / AI by specifically searching for the story.