Elon Musk shares photo of newborn son
It looks like Elon Musk and his partner, Grimes (real name Claire Elise Boucher), are now parents to a new baby boy.
Musk announced the news on Twitter. After tweeting about something completely unrelated (EPA testing on the Tesla Model S) someone asked Musk for news on the baby. First he replied "a few hours away," then later, "Mom & baby all good."
Later, Musk confirmed the baby is a boy, and shared a picture of him holding the little guy. "A pic of you holding the baby would break the internet ... please share one," a Twitter user posted. And he obliged. He also answered a question about the baby's name, saying it's X Æ A-12 Musk, though it's not yet clear if that's the real name.
Recording artist Grimes had initially hinted at the pregnancy on Instagram, with a cryptic image featuring a baby photoshopped onto her body and later confirmed her pregnancy in an interview with Rolling Stone.
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 06 2020, @11:22AM (16 children)
She has her head in the clouds.
He is a realist.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday May 06 2020, @11:59AM (15 children)
he is rich enough to support her crazy.
she is rich enough to support her own, regardless.
Anyone going to admit to being jealous of him?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 06 2020, @12:39PM (12 children)
Not sure how you would pronounce that.
Maybe like Lea as in 'Zea twelve'.
Calling names are important. Unique is good, but in your face unique is a handicap.
It would be a pain to have to deal with the special character and numbers every time you had to do something legal like buy a cup of coffee.
Zea sounds nice if that's where they are heading.
Hope they enjoy the kid.
There is a technology to help.
It's called 'grandparents'.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Wednesday May 06 2020, @12:45PM (5 children)
Maybe the point is to force the kid to pick his own name later on and get it legally changed.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 06 2020, @01:02PM (4 children)
Maybe, that would make the special characters and numbers less of a pain, but they would still be around on some things.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 06 2020, @03:20PM
So tell the State the kid's name is "John", while calling him X Æ A-12 at home. Only friends and family need to know.
(Score: 2) by ze on Wednesday May 06 2020, @05:29PM (2 children)
Surprisingly, California only allows the 26 letters of the english alphabet, plus apostrophe and hyphens: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/11/california-birth-certifcates-accents-marks [theguardian.com]
So I suppose the birth certificate / legal records would render it: X A-
That's if they've actually tried to register this as the legal name...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 06 2020, @07:08PM
More surprising is that California has legislated English to be the official language of the state.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday May 06 2020, @08:58PM
Speakers of Xhosa should sue California for such a horribly racist law. How are they supposed to represent their true names without voiceless fricatives?
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2, Funny) by petecox on Wednesday May 06 2020, @01:32PM (5 children)
It's not a name, it's a rank.
X Æ A-12 designates Supreme Emperor of the Martian colonies.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday May 06 2020, @05:01PM (2 children)
Sounds to me like the kid identifies as an attack helicopter, or perhaps a close air support fighter-bomber. Still a better option than identifying as a fag, though.
(Score: 2) by zocalo on Wednesday May 06 2020, @05:58PM (1 child)
The poor child! I think they may be serious... I wonder if his middle name is going to be "Marsunit".
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday May 06 2020, @08:23PM
One of Frank Zappa's daughters was named "Moon Unit" so you may be on to something there.
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Wednesday May 06 2020, @07:23PM
Nah, he filled in the form wrong. That's clearly not the name, it's the password. It's got alpha, numeric and non-alphanumeric characters in it. The kid's lucky he didn't end up being called Correct Horse Battery Staple.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday May 06 2020, @09:00PM
Nah, man, that's clearly its position in the Centauri coordinate system, indicating the repository of its mind-soul. Or its gender. Pan-dimensional notation is so confusing.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday May 06 2020, @05:06PM (1 child)
Jealous of a Jew who married a Jew? I think not, even with all that fame and money.
Oh yeah? " Boucher was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[11] She is of French, Italian, Métis, and Ukrainian descent.[12][13][14][15] She was raised Roman Catholic, and attended Catholic school. "
So her family are cryptos and she's had a nose job. Ukraine is the homeland of the Khazars.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 06 2020, @08:31PM
And???
Do you self-identify as 'white'? Trace *your* bloodline back through Europe and inevitability you're Jewish at some point. We all are, thanks to greatgreatgrandpappy in the 11th century getting his leg over a village hottie.