Did you know you can track Elons jet from Mastodon? (mastodon.social)
from mesamunefire@lemmy.world to fediverse@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 23:03
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mesamunefire@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 23:06 next collapse

@elonjet@mastodon.social for those who wish to subscribe.

jeena@piefed.jeena.net on 18 Apr 23:16 next collapse

Now do it for the other Billionairs.

RandomStickman@fedia.io on 18 Apr 23:59 next collapse

The creator also made one for Taylor Swift and a few others

jaredt@lemmy.ca on 20 Apr 00:54 collapse

Tim Cook, Larry Ellison, a plane owned by Google, and a few megachurch guys among others, if I recall correctly

arakhis_@feddit.org on 19 Apr 00:30 next collapse

like a global map with filters by business sector, flight reason, etc

man this would be sick hehe

PorcupineSlippers@lemmy.ml on 19 Apr 01:16 collapse

Air traffic information is already publicly available. The author of the bot simply scrapes data for Elon’s Jet. You can use websites like FlightAware, Flightradar24, and PlaneLogger that provide real-time tracking of flights, including private jets. You can also search for specific aircraft or view flights in a particular area. I remember shortly after Elon bought Twitter he got the account suspended.

pupbiru@aussie.zone on 19 Apr 06:27 next collapse

and worth noting that by “publicly available” here, it’s not like it’s published on some FAA API: ADS-B is broadcast from all aircraft, and anyone can receive its data… these services run by networks for regular members of the public contributing the data from their ADS-B receivers

skulblaka@sh.itjust.works on 19 Apr 19:15 collapse

So you’re telling me it’s only a matter of time before Skum orders his pilots to go dark and cease broadcasting, and then they’re going to hit a jet liner full of families trying to escape his corporate hell.

24_at_the_withers@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 13:42 collapse

Except the commercial aggregators have all started filtering the data of specific planes on request - you won’t find Elon’s or Swift’s ADSB data on popular sites/apps like FlightAware or Flightradar24. (I’m not familiar with PlaneLogger). Open source aggregators like OpenSky or ADSB Exchange will have them though, but the UIs of those sites are far less polished and have fewer features.

huppakee@lemm.ee on 18 Apr 23:24 next collapse

I just follow exposés by his baby momma’s, it’s not as up-to-date but it’s good enough for me

ohellidk@sh.itjust.works on 18 Apr 23:30 next collapse

Hell yeah, the fediverse rocks!

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works on 18 Apr 23:42 collapse

The best part is that if any of them get taken down, another one will pop up on another instance :D

Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 23:55 next collapse

Don’t worry. They’re working in it:

pcmag.com/…/good-news-for-billionaires-faa-to-let…

A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 00:14 next collapse

Some hero needs to be at the right airport before they manage it

Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 00:17 collapse

Yes, those airports need throngs of people to defend those billionaires before they can slither away to safety. So many protectors.

Fedizen@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 09:25 collapse

To be honest I can’t think of non evil people that ride private jets. If somebody wanted to do violence against billionaires they could probably take down any corporate sized jet.

Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 12:34 collapse

Okay, I’m aware of the irony of what I’m about to say, but please hear me out before getting out the torches and pitchforks. I couldn’t think of an ethical use for private jets, so I asked ChatGPT (Yes, the coal-powered theft engine). It gave the following (unedited):

That’s a great and nuanced question. While private jets are often criticized — and rightly so — for their environmental impact and association with luxury excess, there are some contexts where their use can be argued to be ethically justifiable, especially when alternatives are limited or time-sensitive. Here are a few examples:

1. Medical Emergencies & Humanitarian Aid

  • Air ambulances are essentially private jets equipped for rapid medical response. They save lives in time-critical emergencies, transporting organs for transplant or patients who can’t fly commercially.
  • In disaster zones, private aviation can be used to bring in aid, doctors, or evacuate people when commercial options are unavailable or too slow.

2. Remote Access for Critical Work

  • Some humanitarian workers, scientists, or engineers travel to remote areas with no viable commercial flights. In such cases, private aircraft may be the only way to access those locations efficiently and safely.
  • This applies to environmental researchers, doctors serving indigenous communities, or people inspecting infrastructure in inaccessible regions.

3. Time-Critical Leadership Roles

  • In rare cases, heads of state, negotiators, or executives overseeing urgent crisis response may use private jets if the time saved could mean large-scale impact (e.g., preventing war escalation, saving a company that employs thousands).

4. Cargo Over Passenger Transport

  • Private aircraft aren’t always carrying people — they can also be used for urgent supply deliveries, such as vaccines, scientific samples, or critical parts needed to fix failing infrastructure.

Important Caveat

Even in these ethically defensible uses, there’s room for scrutiny. The key ethical tension lies in necessity vs. convenience — is the jet being used because there’s truly no better option, or just to avoid discomfort?


If you’re thinking of a specific situation, I can help analyze whether it might be ethically justifiable too.

I hate to admit it, but I think it’s correct. The existence of private jets isn’t the problem, they’re just overabundant because they’re not taxed adequately. Having said that, I believe you’re right in that, if a small passenger jet were to crash, it’s more likely to make the world a better place than a worse place.

circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org on 19 Apr 00:23 next collapse

The FAA is changing the rule which makes this information public. The FAA is fully controlled by the rich.

pupbiru@aussie.zone on 19 Apr 06:24 next collapse

ADS-B is public broadcast though… if you’re in range of the plane, you can pick up its air traffic control data (elevation, speed, heading, registration, etc)… services like flight radar 24 don’t work on FAA data: they are a huge network of regular people across the globe with ADS-B receivers contributing everything they see

schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de on 19 Apr 09:55 collapse

I think the above user was referring to this: faa.gov/…/faa-moves-protect-aircraft-owners-priva…

They are no longer making the information public which aircraft belongs to whom, so in the future you might no longer know that any given aircraft belongs to Elon Musk or any other celebrity. You can still track it, but you won’t know what aircraft to track.

pupbiru@aussie.zone on 19 Apr 10:31 next collapse

ahhh right! i see! yup that’d ruin everything 😭 you’d have to make some correlations to find the registration then

unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de on 19 Apr 16:21 collapse

Just sit next to the airport with a telescope on days you know he will be there. He would have to change IDs every flight to avoid this.

MadPsyentist@lemmy.nz on 19 Apr 11:42 next collapse

Sure… Until he takes his private jet out of the United States of America and has to register the information with a non USA equivalent of the FAA

circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org on 19 Apr 21:23 collapse

Yes, exactly this ^

While I can appreciate the ADS-B bit, it seems clear that the change to public registration would still negatively affect tracking.

Blackmist@feddit.uk on 19 Apr 11:19 next collapse

The rules will really change when the first billionaire on a private jet gets taken out by a DIY suicide drone.

blazeknave@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 17:36 collapse

I thought they just slightly obfuscated it, but bc the importance of tail numbers for safety, they can’t do so completely. I’d love a complete explanation from someone knowledgeable.

aramova@infosec.pub on 19 Apr 17:48 collapse

Just months until they apply the Steve Jobs rule to tail numbers.

Lease a new private jet every 3 months and you don’t need plates, or tail numbers.

[deleted] on 19 Apr 00:32 next collapse

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cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 00:33 next collapse

body doubles

Like Puttie his master

0ndead@infosec.pub on 19 Apr 00:45 collapse

They literally made his private security US Marshalls

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 00:33 next collapse

I don’t think I’m seeing the value here. Why would you want to track him?

minibyte@sh.itjust.works on 19 Apr 00:52 collapse

Luigi.

Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 01:48 next collapse

In unrelated news, the graphics for the Switch 2 are fucking incredible - look at this shit! This is wild!

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Ledericas@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 06:44 next collapse

yes a radar tracking guided missile. lock on to musks jet with AA-missile.

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MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 19 Apr 08:40 next collapse

If you choose to work for a Nazi billionaire you get what you get. I can’t imagine all the things they’ve seen and heard.

Wanpieserino@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 10:56 next collapse

Do you think you’re a good person? 👀

MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 19 Apr 12:13 collapse

No.

Wanpieserino@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 12:45 collapse

Good

Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca on 19 Apr 12:59 collapse

Buddy, if a revolution is coming, there’s going to be more than a few hurt fee fees to make it work.

Wanpieserino@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 14:16 collapse

Have at it, fuck your country up. Europe and China will love to exploit a weakened America

vxx@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 16:59 next collapse

trump wants a civil war, and I’m afraid he will get it.

I’m convinced the same people radicalising the right are radicalising the left.

Wanpieserino@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 17:04 next collapse

Then stop it. Learn to communicate with eachother before it’s too late. Make amends. Stop this bullshit.

SabinStargem@lemmy.today on 19 Apr 17:37 next collapse

Hell no. You want us to surrender to evil people.

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Wanpieserino@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 17:41 collapse

Ah, you’re a bunch of idiots that don’t know how good you have it.

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Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 18:33 collapse

Pretty sure it’s not about money.

Wanpieserino@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 18:35 collapse

Aight, give the money to us then

Come on, Marxists, you’re taking it from the proletariat in the world. Redistribute the wealth to us. You’ll do that, right?

burntrealm@lemmy.zip on 19 Apr 18:47 next collapse

You’re a fucking moron

Wanpieserino@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 18:52 collapse

So you’re not giving us all the capital that fled to your country because of low taxation?

But I thought you wanted to tax them? Oh but, they can’t leave when you tax them, right?

burntrealm@lemmy.zip on 19 Apr 18:59 collapse

Yep, definitely a moron

Wanpieserino@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 19:05 collapse

Oh, so you look at the amount of wealth in USA and the low taxation rate of 6,5% and think they are there because you people are special? It’s because your government chooses to gather as much capital and tax only a small part. Which causes tax revenue to still be beneficial for USA.

Are you going to throw in another ad hominem? Or are you gonna actually say something

burntrealm@lemmy.zip on 19 Apr 19:19 collapse

You: yelling into oblivion about some nonsense point that has nothing to do with the topic of the thread.

Me: understanding that you’re a moron who is not worth arguing with.

Understand, I’m not trying to argue with you, that would be a waste of time. I’m just letting you know that you’re a moron.

Wanpieserino@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 19:44 collapse

Just fuck up your country, doesn’t matter to me. Already made good money on trump crashing the market

burntrealm@lemmy.zip on 19 Apr 19:52 collapse

Seems like it matters a lot to you since you keep replying with more nonsense (moronic) comments

Wanpieserino@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 20:17 collapse

Well I’d prefer if you could think about the stuff I actually said, but if you wanna just yell at eachother. That’s fine too. Honestly it’s your choice, I give you both options. I always do

Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 18:49 collapse

I’m no Marxist. I’m also not American. But I’m pretty sure it’s more about the erosion of human rights and the rise of an autocratic regime. Shit looks pretty bleak for Americans. To get an idea of what’s coming next Elon musk and Donald trump want to follow the insanity of Curtis yarvin. JD Vance and Peter Thiel want to follow project 2025. Neither end well.

Wanpieserino@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 18:56 collapse

Half the country voted for this a 2nd time. They likely have to talk with the 100 million people that are pro trump.

Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 18:42 collapse

The left have been warning about exactly what’s happening for years. Practically screaming it into traffic. Noone has listened, noone has taken us seriously, noone has thought to actually stand up to the oligarchs.

After a while you have to stop treating them like children who don’t know better and come to the realisation that they want the cruelty and oppression. They just don’t want it to happen to them.

Once the extrajudicial deportations start, anyone still onboard with it is by definition hostile and an active supporter of fascism. These people can’t be reasoned with.

SabinStargem@lemmy.today on 19 Apr 17:39 next collapse

Yeah. There was a time I merely thought the other side was misguided, but would see reason if we talk. That isn’t how it works. Bullies only recognize power, and one should know when to speak their language.

Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 18:31 collapse

I’m pretty sure the rise of fascism has a tendency to get the left riled up. So technically you are correct.

Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 18:44 next collapse

As a European, it actually saddens me that America has gone this way.

Wanpieserino@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 18:53 collapse

Nah, fuck em

Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca on 19 Apr 19:17 collapse

I’m Canadian, so with pleasure I will fuck up America. And if the Europeans or Chinese people want to come over too, well, I think Canada will be the graveyard of empires.

Wanpieserino@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 19:45 collapse

Why are you talking about a revolution in someone else’s country

You’re aware that the vast majority of revolutions are a disaster for people?

That’s their own decision to make

[deleted] on 19 Apr 12:39 collapse

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aramova@infosec.pub on 19 Apr 17:46 collapse

Jesus Tapdancing Christ.

Breaking News: ByteMe on Lemmy leaks that the world’s richest man is using hostages and slave labor to fly him around on his private jet.

While previously assumed that the personnel are freely employed, it has been inferred that this is not the case.

We can only be left to send our thoughts and prayers to those family members left behind.

As to the identity of this brave whistleblower, we may never know.

Nasan@sopuli.xyz on 19 Apr 20:31 collapse

For their family’s sake, hopefully the pilots were smart enough to include hazard pay in their contracts

betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 09:45 next collapse

Every successful flight with him on board is a missed opportunity for those pilots to do the world a favor. They’ve made their choice.

KaiReeve@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 12:52 next collapse
Fedizen@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 17:56 next collapse

I mean what about them? They’re facilitating his crime spree against the public.

DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 00:41 collapse

“My friend is trying to convince me that any contractors working on the uncompleted Death Star were innocent victims when the space station was destroyed.”

Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 19:52 collapse
jsomae@lemmy.ml on 19 Apr 17:50 next collapse

NGL I would love to see Nintendo give Luigi Mario a rocket launcher.

Claymore@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 20:11 collapse
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 02:08 next collapse

Theoretically mastodon can show up on Lemmy. Soooooo . . .

pupbiru@aussie.zone on 19 Apr 06:22 next collapse

adding so it’s archived in as many places as possible:

the reg is N628TS, and you can track it with any ADS-B service

ADS-B is broadcast from the plane, and able to be picked up by any in-range receiver… services like flight radar 24 aggregate many receivers across the world run by ordinary people

schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de on 19 Apr 09:56 next collapse

Yes; I thought there had been enough news stories about this that this was common knowledge?

PanArab@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 10:50 next collapse

Wasn’t it part of why he acquired Twitter to shut down the account? The account later moved to Mastodon.

Blackmist@feddit.uk on 19 Apr 11:17 next collapse

Nah, he just purchased the world’s biggest megaphone from which he could propel his ketamine fuelled opinions into the deep uncaring void of the internet.

rustbuckett@lemmings.world on 19 Apr 11:57 collapse

I remember him getting really mad about his plane being tracked. Didn’t know it was on Twitter.

Fedizen@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 17:54 collapse

It was. Think he banned the account for “doxxing”

yournamehere@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 10:53 next collapse

how to link planes to billionaires in europe? any ideas?

silasmariner@programming.dev on 19 Apr 17:42 next collapse

The only reason I give the slightest slightly green toilet-bowl-staining shit about this is because it upsets him and he deserves to be upset

tauren@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 17:59 next collapse

Why would I want to track his jet though?

MdPhoenix@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 18:10 next collapse

Because it pisses him off

Linktank@lemmy.today on 19 Apr 19:03 next collapse

Probably in the hopes of seeing it blip out of existence somewhere over the Atlantic.

iAvicenna@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 21:57 collapse

gives him anxiety, the same shit he causes on millions world wide by funding extreme right wing movements

Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 18:27 next collapse

Ok, but does anyone here own a MANPADS?

supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz on 19 Apr 18:54 next collapse

Came here to ask the same question, any SAM would do really :)

reksas@sopuli.xyz on 19 Apr 19:05 collapse

i wonder what would happen if someone was to point a laser at coincidently same direction as where the plane is

Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 01:01 collapse

Fuck all most likely. You’d have to have an extremely steady hand and do it as the plane was landing. But the pupil of a pilots eyeball is an extremely small target.

reksas@sopuli.xyz on 20 Apr 06:42 collapse

Oh, i thought it would do something more. At least I have had an assumption it would mess with some sensor or cause somekind of alarm

MrMakabar@slrpnk.net on 19 Apr 19:35 collapse

Ukraine is working on anti air drones…

fibojoly@sh.itjust.works on 19 Apr 20:59 next collapse

But can you shoot it down?

poopiddy@pawb.social on 19 Apr 21:33 next collapse

hmmm new game idea

SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 01:09 next collapse

You won’t need to if he keeps cutting the FAA and other agencies

MITM0@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 07:02 next collapse

Just trick him into saying Crude oil is bad

Irelephant@lemm.ee on 20 Apr 21:50 collapse

Yes, just not through mastodon.

[deleted] on 19 Apr 21:48 next collapse

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squeekers@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 21:54 next collapse

Sorry that 4 Chan went down but you can still fuck right off from here.

Maybe Kiwi Farms is accepting new Edge Lords.

Auzy@aussie.zone on 19 Apr 21:57 next collapse

You mean the guy who called the cave diver a pedo before all this?

And who brought “freedom” to twitter?

And now he’s running enforcement on trumps plan to turn the us into a dictatorship.

I don’t wish death on him (I don’t think he deserves that) but my not liking him happened before the Nazi solute.

Even if you took the Nazi solute out, it’s fairly clear he’s not a good person and that Tesla is possibly just a way for him to get rich and get attention these days. He might have cared originally, but I feel any illusion of caring is gone, and he is basically Trump 2.

He’d happily remove all workers rights if he was in power, and to get back at his ex wives, possibly eliminate women’s rights

Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 23:54 next collapse

Hahahaha MISCONSTRUED fuck off you nazi apologist bastard. Why don’t you tolerate my foot in your ass

Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 00:11 next collapse

“all because”? Let’s not forget about him destroying the country and robbing all our futures blind. Stop typing and just find the man so you can suck whatever’s left of his dick in person, Nazi

mke@programming.dev on 20 Apr 01:02 next collapse

Given the breadth and depth of evidence of him being a horrible person and holding favorable views towards fascism/nazism (see him flirting with every far-right movement), calling it misconstrued is misrepresenting reality. He knows what he did.

Unlike other commenters, I don’t think you’re necessarily a Nazi, but you are at least missing crucial information to make a proper judgment here. And, not to group you with them, but when you defend his Nazi salute, you’re not in good company.

I hope you’ll reconsider your stance.

Hellsfire29@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 23:24 collapse

That vern unsworth debacle from 2017 was pretty fun to read lol

Vern tells Elon to shove his submarine up his behind and then Elon calls him a pedo boy. A tit for tat moment, in which the defamation lawsuit was dismissed.

His daughter is saying one thing and Elon is saying another, so all we have is word of mouth. Naturally, people will believe the daughter because of their disdain for Elon, however, how can one be tricked into consenting to that procedure? Elon takes the L here.

Elon telling Germany to embrace their past and learn from it? Especially at the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz? Not a good look.

Elon had said that the awkward gesture he made was not a Nazi salute, that his heart goes out to everyone.

So… Everyone is running with the Nazi salute. Do we give him the benefit of the doubt and believe it was his intended gesture? Or do we perceive it as a Nazi salute and condemn him?

Everyone has chosen the latter. I can see why people can see that with 2 out of the three articles you’ve provided.

But there is a lot of irony in these posts that seem to want to fight fascism with fascism.

For example, people are calling Trump’s deportation measures fascist, and in the same breath, wanting to deport Trump supporters instead.

People calling it fascist for their anti Trump (or fascist) speech to be limited, but deeming Trump supporters having no right to talk.

But in all seriousness, I just find it all entertaining. The back and forth and the ironic rhetoric of backyard politicians.

Before you ask me for a source, just peruse Reddit or this platform.

I do appreciate your rebuttal and providing sources rather than snide comments.

IEatDaGoat@lemm.ee on 20 Apr 01:03 next collapse

His Hitler salute is probably the least damaging thing he’s done ever since he became president.

SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 01:10 next collapse

You can’t tolerate the intolerant

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Ilixtze@lemm.ee on 20 Apr 05:22 collapse

I’m not wishing death upon Elon! I love him! Boy is so flammable!

pyre@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 21:49 next collapse

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squeekers@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 21:52 collapse

Player 2!

BilliamBoberts@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 00:15 next collapse

Wow, imagine being so out of touch you defend a billionaire

MrRazamataz@lemmy.razbot.xyz on 20 Apr 01:23 collapse

Where’s the defending?

Cattail@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 04:32 next collapse

i figured that some did it when elon banned that account on twitter i never got around to looking for it

blog@evenyc.com on 20 Apr 12:22 next collapse

In b4 he now tries to come down on Mastodon

x@xekes.com on 20 Apr 21:43 next collapse

Everyone should track him and post to Tiktok just for s*s n giggles

Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 Apr 22:17 next collapse

You can swear on the internet.

Luffy879@lemmy.ml on 20 Apr 22:35 collapse

Just say shit. You are on the internet. You can say shit, piss, fuck, asshole, and even „Du kleiner hurensohn ich ficke deine mutter”.

x00z@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 21:55 collapse

I wanna bet all the CO2 emissions he emits are as much as if he’d sell gasoline cars instead.