Nina's Blog - Thursday 29th January 2026

Thursday 29th January 2026, 11:40

Today's must do task is to tidy up my bedroom and hanging spaces. But before I get started on that here is today's post.

I've been expecting this for some time:

Tesla discontinues Model X and S vehicles ...

“It’s time to basically bring the Model S and X programs to an end,” Musk said. “We expect to wind down S and X production next quarter.”

The model S and X factory in Fremont, California would be converted to produce Tesla’s upcoming Optimus robot, Musk said.

Tesla’s most recent quarterly earnings report showed slumping vehicle sales and declining revenue as Musk pins the company’s futures on AI and robotics. The earnings report described Tesla’s chaotic year as a “transition from a hardware-centric business to a physical AI company”.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/28/tesla-q4-earnings-estimates-elon-musk

So will Tesla itself survive?

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ninalanyon · 61-69, T

Thursday 29th January 2026. 22:38

Time for bed soon. But before I go here's a report from the Scotsman on the latest territorial infraction committed by the US.

Anger as tanker captain 'whisked away under cover of darkness' by US authorities

he solicitor representing the family of a captain of a Russian-flagged oil tanker that was seized by US authorities off the coast of Scotland has said there are “serious constitutional and legal concerns” after he was taken out of UK territorial waters.

Aamer Anwar, who is representing Natia Dzadzama, the wife of Avtandil Kalandadze, said the Georgian-born national appeared to have been “whisked away under the cover of darkness” by US authorities, and said the UK and Scottish governments had questions to answer.

In a development that made headlines around the world, the US seized the Marinera in the North Atlantic earlier this month, before sailing it to the Moray Firth, off the coast of Burghead.

On Monday, Ms Dzadzama’s legal representatives lodged a petition with the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking an emergency order to prevent the ship and those on board being removed from the jurisdiction of the Scottish court.

In a late night hearing that day, Lord Young granted an interim interdict prohibiting the Advocate General for Scotland , the Lord Advocate and the Scottish ministers - or anyone acting on their behalf - from removing the captain and the crew of the Marinera from the territorial jurisdiction of the court.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/anger-as-tanker-captain-whisked-away-under-cover-of-darkness-by-us-authorities-5492025