Rocket Man ✪

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@KanekoaTheGreat This imbecile clearly doesn’t have the faintest clue what actual Nazis would be like

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Exactly

[Handre @Handre]

The Japanese railway privatization of 1987 stands as one of the most devastating defeats ever dealt to statist transportation mythology. The government split the bloated Japan National Railways into seven regional companies, sold them off, and watched private ownership transform a bankruptcy-bound disaster into the world's most efficient rail system.

JNR hemorrhaged money for decades before privatization. By 1987, the state railway carried debt equivalent to $200 billion in today's money while delivering mediocre service plagued by strikes and inefficiency. Politicians treated it as a jobs program rather than a transportation service. The predictable result: chronic losses, deteriorating infrastructure, and customer service that reflected government monopoly arrogance.

Private ownership changed everything overnight. The new JR companies slashed operating costs by 40% within five years while dramatically improving service quality. JR East alone now generates annual profits exceeding $3 billion. These companies invest billions in cutting-edge technology, maintain punctuality rates above 99%, and operate the world's most advanced high-speed rail networks. They achieved this without a single yen of operational subsidies.

The transformation reveals a core dynamic of transportation infrastructure: private companies must satisfy customers to survive, while government monopolies need only satisfy politicians. JR companies diversified into real estate, retail, and hospitality around their stations, creating integrated profit centers that cross-subsidize rail operations. Government railways never innovate this way because bureaucrats face no market pressure to generate returns.

Meanwhile, Amtrak burns through $2 billion in annual subsidies while delivering third-world service across most routes, and European state railways require massive taxpayer bailouts every few years to stay solvent.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

Grok Voice Think Fast 1.0 set the bar. #1 spot. A strong start.

67.3% on the board… others are way behind.

Not demos. Real calls getting handled.

Sales, support, actual outcomes.

Used by @Starlink. That says something.

@xAI @Grok

[Justine Moore @venturetwins]

Tested out the new Grok Imagine video model ✨

The speech, sound, and lip sync upgrades are really impressive.

It works with lots of face angles, multiple speakers, pets - and the prompt adherence is quite strong.

A few clips I generated this morning (all one shots) 👇

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@cb_doge

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Had a lovely dinner last night with @POTUS and @FLOTUS.

2026 is going to be amazing!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Just leaving this here

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@StephenKing

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@davidasinclair Pump iron

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

It’s so hard to get the moderation just right 😂

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Starship launch in 6 weeks

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

This @waitbutwhy illustration is 👌

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Reminds me of this classic meme 😂

Use 𝕏 Chat instead of WhatsApp! There will never be “hooks for advertising” in 𝕏 Chat.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

This is how I knew so long ago that Reid Hoffman went to Epstein’s island.

Epstein used Reid being there to try to get me to go, not realizing that it would have the opposite effect 😂

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Reid bringing “gifts” to Epstein

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@reidhoffman Epstein hounded me relentlessly to go to his pedo island and I always declined.

Not you though. You actually went.

What “gifts” did you bring to Epstein when you went to pedo island?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Some days be like