Elon Musk reveals that an ex-Tesla employee who assaulted a woman for stepping on his prayer rug went on to kill three students in Austin.
MUSK: "We had someone who was working at the Tesla factory in Austin until December of last year. He was fired because he assaulted a woman who stepped on his prayer rug in the factory. Okay. So she wasn't expecting anyone to be praying in the factory, and he was praying in the factory. She accidentally stepped on his prayer rug, and he assaulted her. He violently assaulted her. So he was fired for that, and then a few months later, he went and killed three students in a bar in downtown Austin. Now, I think we shouldn't let people like that into the country. Do you?"
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Chamath condemns media whitewashing of the Fly Dubai hijacking attempt
PALIHAPITIYA: "A Omani national stabbed an Indian pilot and then tried to down a plane full of Israelis. That is what happened. And any attempt to try to cover up any of those facts is cowardly.
I've worked in Israel. I've had some incredible memories there. I think at some point we all just need to take a step back and realize what happened October 7th was horrible. What's happened in Palestine also horrible. But you cannot now see these kinds of things and look past them because you care more about a narrative than what the facts are. Those were 150, 170 earnest, normal people living lives."
"Fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, kids. They didn't deserve to get plunged into the ground and die. So I think this idea that you can now whitewash what happens, enough is enough. And I think we need to find a way to actually tell the truth for what things are. So I was really disappointed in how the media handled it."
"And I think it's dangerous. And I think it's yet another demonstration that these people have absolutely no moral authority left in society. They're just pathetic, putrid,"
"And they're, and by the way, they're coordinated. When you see the words, the same words over and over. Altercation, altercation, altercation. It's very powerful. It means that it starts from one place."
"And I think that, you know, if you believe that you are reading this stuff and you're getting the facts, you're just not. And so,"
FRIEDBERG: "Well, it implies that one guy did something wrong to the other guy and they got in a fight. That's not what happened. That's what it implies."
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A chronological, fact-only reconstruction of how the FlyDubai FZ1073 cockpit attack unfolded and was thwarted mid-flight.
On FlyDubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, an Omani co-pilot stabbed Captain Smit Machchhar and forced the Boeing 737 into a rapid dive. Despite severe stab wounds, the captain unlocked the cockpit door, allowing passengers and relief crew to intervene mid-flight.
The verified record of the incident:
• Flight FZ1073 was carrying 174 passengers, mostly Israeli citizens, from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
• After the captain unlocked the door, passengers and crew stormed the cockpit and physically restrained the co-pilot.
• The crew pulled the Boeing 737 out of its dive and stabilized the aircraft.
• The pilots transmitted emergency transponder codes and diverted to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
• Captain Machchhar was hospitalized upon landing, and all 174 passengers survived.
• Authorities in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Israel have opened a joint investigation.
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Shane Gillis Told His Doctor How Much He Drinks in a Week—The Doctor Thought He Was Joking Because His Answer Was Insane
ROGAN: "There are people that have unreal tolerances like Shane with booze. It's unreal."
"When you see him pound 16 Bud Lights and not a slur, not a stammer. It's nothing. Doesn't miss a beat. Puts the sunglasses on. Starts getting crazy. Like we do Protect Our Parks and he'll have a stack of empties at the end. You're like, 'That is insane. You should be dead. You should literally be dead.'"
DEROSA: "My favorite Shane story ever. Ever. I don't mean to tell his story, but this is my favorite Shane story ever. And I was the other day, I go, 'Dude, you have to do that on stage. It's so funny.' He said he ate chicken fingers and he felt sick and he goes to the doctor because he's like, 'I think I have food poisoning or something. Something's wrong, right?' So he goes, the doctor is asking all the questions. 'How much do you do this? Whatever.' And he goes, 'How many drinks do you have in a week?' And Shane said he took a beat and he's like, 'I'm going to be honest for once.' And he goes, '80.'"
ROGAN: "80 is so crazy."
DEROSA: "He said the doctor starts laughing and he goes, 'No, come on, man. Seriously.' And he goes, '80.' And the doctor goes, 'It's not the chicken fingers, man. You drink 80 drinks a week, right?' And I go, 'What happened?' He goes, 'I went home. I threw up. I was fine the next day. It was the chicken fingers.'"
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Palmer Luckey explains the curse of being a billionaire
"People also misunderstand. They think that billionaires work to make more money.....for most billionaires, the sickness is not gathering dollars..."
Interviewer: "21 and you're a billionaire."
Palmer Luckey: "That's right."
Interviewer: "Why didn't you just go, 'Okay, that's me done. I've done all the hard work. I'm just going to enjoy my life now.'"
Palmer Luckey: "It is a common question, and what I've observed with myself and everyone else I know who's made a billion dollars is that the type of person who makes a billion dollars is not the kind of guy who can imagine doing that. It's just people say, 'Oh, you know, if I had a billion, I'd go and I'd drink mai tais on the beach.' My point is, that's the attitude that won't get you to a billion dollars. It's very rare that the two things come together. And so, in a way, it's a little bit of a curse. And I'm not trying to make it sound like I have a terrible life. I love my life. But the curse of it is that anyone who can get to a billion probably has something wrong with their brain where no matter how much they get, they'll never stop working."
"People also misunderstand. They think that billionaires work to make more money. Like, 'Oh, they're just trying to make more and more. They just want money.' I can tell you, for most billionaires, the sickness is not gathering dollars. It's working and doing things. If they didn't have any money, they would probably still be doing the same thing. You know, but money is a good scoreboard to keep track of who's doing more. But I couldn't imagine not working. My wife would be the first to tell you I'm a bit of a workaholic, and it's because I love what I'm doing. Why would I go sit on a beach when I could be working at Anduril? Why would I go get a massage when I can do a 12-hour shift?"
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Ivanka Trump says she swam barefoot to a 1,400-hectare, off-grid Mediterranean island to scout her next project. Now, she and Jared Kushner are building a massive destination from scratch on one of the last untouched coastlines in Europe. Here is exactly what they are building.
I looked into the details. The site is Sazan Island in Albania. It is a decommissioned Soviet and Italian military base that has sat abandoned for years.
Through Kushner’s firm, Affinity Partners, they are investing $1.4 billion to transform the restricted island into an ultra-luxury eco-resort.
To pull this off without ruining the pristine terrain, they partnered with Aman Resorts. Aman is famous for hiring master architects who integrate buildings directly into the natural topography. Major Food Group, the company behind Carbone, is handling the dining.
Building a world-class destination from absolute scratch with zero existing power infrastructure is a massive logistical challenge. If they succeed, they will turn a forgotten weapons base into one of the most impressive travel destinations in the world.
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