Erik Merkus

The Emirates A380 continues to raise the bar for what flying should be. And with @Starlink now onboard our first A380, we're delivering unbelievable connectivity throughout your journey. 🤩

Greg Burgess writes.... So apparently Jill and I are on a plane to China with Trump, Elon Musk, half the Cabinet, and a collection of CEOs whose combined net worth could probably refinance the moon. Totally normal day for Gen X. And I just can’t stop laughing at how the media spent YEARS telling us: - China hated Elon - Trump was “finished” - America was collapsing - capitalism was dead - and everybody important was abandoning the U.S. Meanwhile, here we are somewhere over the Pacific looking like the cast of Succession meets Top Gun: Retirement Plan Edition. Remember when China sanctioned Marco Rubio back in 2020 and everybody acted like the geopolitical chessboard had permanently shifted? Now suddenly everybody’s still showing up to the table because — shocking development — nations tend to like: - money - technology - manufacturing - trade - AI - energy - semiconductors - and not being economically irrelevant Who knew. The best part is the internet meltdown cycle never changes. Trump: “America needs stronger trade relationships.” Media: “HITLER.” Elon: “I make electric cars, rockets, satellites, AI, and robots.” Internet activists: “Yeah but we posted an angry hashtag.” Cool. I’m sure Beijing is trembling before your TikTok resistance movement. And flying with this group is exactly what you think it would be. Trump walks around the cabin narrating reality like it’s an episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Geopolitical: “Great flight. Powerful people. Very high IQ. The Chinese are saying they’ve never seen anything like it.” Elon looks like he hasn’t slept since 2019 and is simultaneously calculating orbital trajectories and wondering if the beverage cart could be automated. Meanwhile Jill and I are sitting there like two exhausted Gen Xers who survived dial-up internet, chain-smoking restaurants, lawn darts, and drinking from garden hoses… wondering how in the hell we became side characters in the weirdest timeline imaginable. Honestly, at this point if Trump walked into Beijing blasting “Danger Zone” while Elon live-streamed it from orbit, I wouldn’t even blink. Because the people who told us America was over are still tweeting from iPhones, driving Teslas, using Starlink during hurricanes, and cashing checks tied to the same capitalist machine they claim to hate. Gen X translation: The world’s still running. The adults are still making deals. And the internet is still confusing hashtags for accomplishments. Carry on.

The fact that I wasn’t funded by the SPLC proves I’m not a Nazi

De toekomst van mobiliteit is aangebroken FSD Supervised has been approved in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 & will begin rolling out in the country shortly!  Trained on billions of kilometers of real-world driving data, it can drive you almost anywhere under your supervision – from residential roads to city streets & highways No other vehicle can do this.  We're excited to bring FSD Supervised to more European countries soon

I know a guy who has been following this from the beginning.

@SenSchumer This has to be the dumbest fcking post on X today.

Who did this? 🤣🤣🤣

@AfshinEllian1 @volkskrant Nu pas?

Ik lees al decennia @volkskrant . Nu begin ik me te schamen voor deze krant. De redactie laat Rob Vreeken over Iran met nepfiguren als deskundigen te praten. Alsof de krant de berichten moet negeren. De lezer van de Volkskrant weet echt niet wat er in Iran gebeurt omdat de oppositie en oppositieleider Reza Pahlavi bevalt de krant niet. De krant schetst een alternatieve werkelijkheid. Links is dood in Iran. Islamisme is dood in Iran. Khamenei is dood in Iran. Maar zolang de lezers van de krant genieten van de alternatieve werkelijkheid, leeft de Volkskrant. @klokpieter

Democrats accidentally created one of the best ads I've ever seen Play this on repeat until the election

President Trump asked Congress: “Stand if you agree: The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.” Democrats did not stand. This tells you everything you need to know.

Yup, every Dutch person living with a non Dutch person..

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Wow indeed, “I don’t care..” says it all.

@MartijnLauwens Echt? Dat gelooft U? Serieus? Man man man…..

U leest het goed: bijna 3.000 Palestijnen zijn verdampt. Letterlijk. Israël zette in Gaza afschuwelijke thermobarische bommen in tegen burgers. Daarmee brandt een mensenlichaam in luttele seconden op, waarna er amper nog iets van overblijft.

Suuuuuuuuuuuure…..

Well that ends the debate on deaths in Gaza. Hamas itself is admitting that 80% of casualties were combatants. There was never a genocide. You have been lied to and manipulated.

🚨 I can independently confirm that NO ARRESTS have been made as far-left radicals set up blockades and check drivers' license plates to identify suspected ICE vehicles. THIS IS ILLEGAL. What in the world is going on in Minneapolis?!

@SenSanders @grok How much money has Elon Musk paid in taxes and compare it to how much money Bernie Sanders has paid in taxes. 🤔

Unsupervised without chase tailing cars are truly here in Austin!!! 🙌 Ride 58 was my magic number, what a truly awesome experience. Made the whole week worth it & then some. Tesla Robotaxi Model Y flys under the radar, nobody knew I was in a self driving car. @robotaxi