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.
Also at The Register.
(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.