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Elon Musk

What's on Elon Musk's mind?

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Ukraine's top honor, and the Starlink ask behind it 26% a $100B Starship port on Louisiana’s coast 22% · newAI data centers in orbit with Nvidia 15% $1M voter ‘lottery’ that draws no charges 11% · neweverything else 26%
#1
Kyiv Pins Its Highest Honor on the Man It Keeps Asking for Favors

Zelenskyy awarded him the Order of Freedom for Starlink, while lobbying him to switch it on over Russia.

Zelenskyy awards Elon Musk Ukraine’s Order of Freedom for Starlink role - ABC News

Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · 2026-08-26
our translation

the medal is the invoice. accept it and saying no to starlink over russian airspace gets a lot more awkward — which is precisely why they pinned it on him today and not last year

Order of Freedom awarded todayvery sure · 4 sources
#2
SpaceX Bets $100 Billion on the Louisiana Coast
new — $100B site announced this weekvery sure · 4 sources
#3
The Orbital Data Center Just Moved Up to 2027
Timeline pulled forward to Q4 2027pretty sure · 4 sources
#4
No Charges for the Million-Dollar Checks
new — DA declined charges August 25pretty sure · 3 sources
wednesday, august 26
Accept Ukraine's Order of Freedom, dodge the Starlink question(reported)
Post a render of Starbase Louisiana before lunch(safe bet)
Quote-post the Wisconsin no-charges headline with two words(safe bet)
Ask Nvidia whether Q4 2027 is real or aspirational(reported)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Zelenskyy Gives Musk State Honor as Ukraine Lobbies for Starlink

news.google.com · 2026-08-26

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