He should've started a regular "Ride a Tesla to Space" service, sending his billionaire mates, on grand tours of the solar system in Teslas. When they'd all been launched and the process had become routine, we could all chip in a few bucks each to give Elon his own ride around the Sun.

Or so it feels to me.

I'm a US expat--moved to Canada 36 years ago, naturalized (so dual citizen) long since, but still in touch with friends and colleagues down there, still visit a few times a year (except last couple of years, for personal rather than political reasons), and when I visit I travel by train so plenty of informal, non-stressful interactions with strangers. Since my travel is often centred on attending a technical conference, usually about computing systems research or system administration, I see plenty of tech people and often visit the Bay Area or other tech centres.

It's rare that I encounter a MAGA follower or other creep or jerk. Most people I meet are still pretty decent. Even those with political views I oppose are generally decent, civil, and non-extremist. Even (indeed especially) the non-tech people in the service industry--staff in hotels and shops and on trains, for example.

Excellent point

Uncontrolled reenty? Nah targeted reentry, AI Bros from God orbital weapons system. If they really want to take out those Chinese open models. Here just hold tight to this tungsten rod....

We need something like a neutron bomb, except all it destroys is bullshit. That would take out the creeps and leave the decent folk.

(If they object, I'll tell them I asked the AI)