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Elon Musk floats idea of Texas Institute of Technology & Science, gets its acronym trending with flood of puns and innuendos

Elon Musk floats idea of Texas Institute of Technology & Science, gets its acronym trending with flood of puns and innuendos    

"An after-hours by Elon Musk got Twitter talking about TITS… that is, Texas Institute of Technology & Science, a new university proposed by the Tesla and SpaceX magnate with an eye on “epic” merchandise and brand recognition.

“Am thinking of starting [a] new university: Texas Institute of Technology & Science,” Musk tweeted in the early hours of Friday, adding that it would have “epic merch” and be “universally admired.”

One didn’t have to be an engineer to get the joke with the acronym, but it did take an engineering account to point it out.

Even so, some well-intentioned people in the replies didn’t get it, arguing that “technological breakthroughs almost always follow scientific breakthroughs, not vice versa.”

“Nope, T is [definitely] first,” Musk replied.

He also went along with a joke referencing his infamous “funding secured” tweet about taking Tesla private in 2018 – the very one that got him in trouble with US authorities. 

“Obviously,” Musk replied.

The tweet caught the eye of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who responded only with an emoji.

The response to Musk’s midnight musings was quickly contrasted with the announcement made on Thursday by fellow tech magnate Mark Zuckerberg about rebranding the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp as ‘Meta’.

Philosopher Michael Millerman argued that the joke and the reaction to it revealed the true nature of the internet.

> Amid the merriment, however, one user pointed out that there is already an institution of higher learning named TITS: the Technological Institute of Textile and Sciences, located in the Indian city of Bhiwani, west of New Delhi.

Musk moved to Texas from California in December 2020, and earlier this month he announced that Tesla’s headquarters would be moving from Silicon Valley to Austin as well. Whether his plan for endowing Texas with a new institution of higher learning will bloom or remain on the level of a late-night social media joke remains to be seen. He certainly has plenty to laugh about, as Tesla’s market capitalization has just surged past $1 trillion. "

<div class=__reading__mode__extracted__imagecaption>FILE PHOTO. Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk poses with a Tesla Model S electric car in Tokyo. © Reuters / Toru Hanai

FILE PHOTO. Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk poses with a Tesla Model S electric car in Tokyo. © Reuters / Toru Hanai

Tesla’s $1 trillion market cap valuation is not just a bubble, it is a market mania of biblical proportions    

Elon Musk is currently laughing all the way to the bank off the back of Tesla's stratospheric valuation, but a company built on the CEO's showmanship, broken promises and shaky technology is always ripe for a fall.

Tesla is all about its CEO, Elon Musk. Musk is an epic showman and a slick salesman who can sell anything to anyone. Tesla, with its questionable profitability, still has a market capitalization that exceeds $1 trillion. In fact, Holon Global Investment’s Whitney Tilson predicts Tesla’s market capitalization is headed to $10 trillion or higher!

Also on rt.com Tesla’s $1 trillion market cap valuation is not just a bubble, it is a market mania of biblical proportions      

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