San Francisco: Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday traded barbs at each other before their upcoming cage fight at an epic location in Italy, with the Tesla CEO challenging Meta Founder to fight in his backyard on Monday.

Musk posted a chat with Zuckerberg on X (formerly Twitter), saying he will be in Palo Alto (California) on Monday and offered to fight on Zuckerberg’s “Octagon”.

Zuckerberg apparently messaged Musk: “If you still want to do a real MMA fight, then you should train on your own and let me know when you’re ready to compete”.

“I don’t want to keep hyping something that will never happen, so you should either decide you’re going to do this and do it soon, or we should move on,” Zuckerberg said.

Musk replied: “1 have not been practicing much, apart from a brief bout with Lex Fridman today. While I think it is very unlikely, given our size difference, perhaps you are a modern day Bruce Lee and will somehow win”.

American author-journalist Walter Isaacson first posted that Musk is asking Zuckerberg to fight at his home in Palo Alto, California.

In a tweet, Isaacson who has been the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan policy studies organisation, said: “I got this text message from Elon Musk at 4:44am CT showing a screenshot of some text messages in which he tells Zuckerberg they should fight this Monday at Zuckerberg’s home in Palo Alto”.

Zuckerberg later posted on Threads that “I think we can all agree Elon isn’t serious and it’s time to move on”. 

“I offered a real date. Dana White offered to make this a legit competition for charity. Elon won’t confirm a date, then says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a practice round in my backyard instead,” said the Meta Founder. 

“If Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me. Otherwise, time to move on. I’m going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously,” Zuckerberg added.

Meta Founder and CEO earlier said he was “not holding his breath” for Musk to agree to a fight date.

Musk had said he has been in contact with the Italian prime minister and minister of culture about hosting the event.

However, Zuckerberg said no date has been agreed.

Zuckerberg, 39, holds a blue belt in jiu-jitsu and recently won gold and silver medals in a tournament.

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by Jocelyn Moran

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Monday marks 116 years since the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, ranked as one of the most significant earthquakes of all time by the US Geological Survey. Now it serves as a reminder of the need to be prepared.

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“We live in earthquake country, there have been big earthquakes in the past, there will be big earthquakes in our future,” said Keith Knudsen, the deputy director of the USGS Earthquake Science Center.

Knudsen said during earthquake anniversaries, he revisits his earthquake plan.

“Are you going to have a way to contact the rest of your family? Do you have an assembly point?” he said.

Faith Meacham moved to San Francisco from out of state about a year ago.

“I definitely thought about it when I was looking for apartments. I was like, `Do I want an older build? Newer build? Which one is safer?’ But since moving, I haven’t really thought about it too much,” she said.

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Knudsen said that’s not a bad idea.

“That’s actually one of my favorite recommendations. I encourage people to investigate the buildings in which they and their families spend time in,” said Knudsen. “If your kids go to school, has the school been evaluated? Are they safe, is your home safe? Is your apartment building safe?”

Other things to think about include having an earthquake kit ready to go.

The California Residential Mitigation Program offers recommendations that include:
• 3-day supply of water for each member of your family
• 3-day supply of nonperishable food
• First aid kids for your home and cars
• 3-day supply of food and water for your pets
• Flashlights in every room with extra batteries
• Power packs for phones
• Prescription medication
• Whistle
• Swiss Army knives
• Copies of personal documents
• Extra pair of eyeglasses
• Small cash bills

Knudsen said something he thinks about when thinking about the 1906 earthquake was the damage from the fires triggered by the earthquake.

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“If we have big earthquakes anywhere in the Bay Area, anywhere in California, there will be fires so it pays to learn things like how do you shut the gas off to your house?,” Knudsen said. “Is your water heater strapped? Are there flexible lines to your gas appliances? Anything you can do to make where you spend time more resistant to fire hazards.”

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