Bill Gates says his Foundation will close in 2045 and decries Musk for USAID cuts | Bill Gates | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/08/bill-gates-foundation-wealth-musk-doge

an interview with the Financial Times published on Thursday, Gates condemned the sudden funding cuts to USAID by Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), saying the cuts had led to life-saving food and medicines expiring in warehouses, and could result in the resurgence of diseases such as measles, HIV and polio.

“The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one,” Gates said.

Gates, 69, told the Financial Times that Musk had cancelled grants to a hospital in Gaza province, Mozambique, which he said was working to prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, based on the mistaken belief that the US was supplying condoms to Hamas in Gaza in the Middle East.

In a separate interview with the New York Times also published on Thursday, Gates said that Musk put USAID “in the wood chipper, because he didn’t go to a party that weekend”.

The Times asked Gates about Musk’s commitment to The Giving Pledge – a philanthropic commitment launched by Gates, along with his ex-wife Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett. The pledge, which Musk signed in 2012, encourages wealthy people to contribute a majority of their wealth to charitable causes during their lifetimes or in their wills.

Gates told the Times that an “unusual aspect” of the pledge is that “you can wait until you die and still fulfill it.”

“So who knows?” Gates said, Musk “could go on to be a great philanthropist”.

“In the meantime, the world’s richest man has been involved in the deaths of the world’s poorest children” Gates continued.

Gates also told the Times that given the various cuts imposed by the Trump administration, he expected childhood mortality to go up by a million additional deaths a year.


- https://www.ft.com/content/bdd9bb89-ac3c-4043-9ca4-bc7efbd41fed
- https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/magazine/bill-gates-foundation-closing-2045.html

TADEAS: rip gaza

the pro-Palestinian hacker group Dark Storm Team reportedly took responsibility for the attacks. The group is known for primarily targeting countries and entities that support Israel's attack on Gaza following Hamas' surprise attack on October 7, 2023.
According to Orange Cyberdefense, Dark Storm Team has unconfirmed but "highly" likely links to Russia and "strong partnerships with other groups."

E2E4: tak už dozehlil, nic nebude.

@DrEliDavid

@elonmusk called head of Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and assured him that

1. He fully supports Israel in its war against terrorism
2. No Starlink will be given to Gaza without Israel security approval

YMLADRIS: a) hamas pouziva ke svemu boji lidske stity naprosto bezne. b) hamas v gaze neni nejaka skupina. gaza je hamas. Mezinarodni organizace tam maji desetitisice lidi na vyplatni pasce.

hele, ja zazil dobyvani mosulu isis a pak osvobozovani z rukou isis - mesta, ktere ma vice nez 1,5 milionu lidi. Je to velmi podobna vec. Pokryti sitemi bylo postupne obnovovano ( isis znicila veskere telco zarizeni ) podle prani armady.

vzpominas si na nejake masove demonstrace v muslimskem svete(bylo to kolem 2017 )? Na nejake mezinarodni zasilky jidla apod ?

Poslat tam jakekoliv telekomunikacni zarizeni znamena ho dat hamasu.

E2E4: to je dost dementni zkratka, promin. Elon mi pije krev z mnoha jinejch duvodu, ale tenhle krok fakt neni vyjadreni podpory terorismu. Co presne je na nem spatne? (Krome linky "nestoji plne za Izraelem => podporuje Hamas", tu si tady snad muzeme odpustit.)

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said on Saturday that his satellite internet project Starlink will provide connectivity to internationally recognized aid organizations in Gaza, where Israeli airstrikes have disrupted phone and internet services.

Musk’s announcement came in response to a post by US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who criticized the communication blackout in the Gaza Strip as “unacceptable” and “dangerous” for journalists, medical professionals, humanitarian efforts, and civilians.