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Lora Kolodny

@lorak.bsky.social

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reporter at cnbc.com. email: [email protected] - ex-wsj, techcrunch & all over. i cover: elon musk cos. mostly tesla (some climate tech startups). my posts here are my own. optimistic on the inside. dm me on signal: lorakolodny.55

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · Nov 11

I report on Elon Musk & his companies at CNBC. If you work/ed for him and want to share your POV on his becoming "co-president," or anything else- let's talk on or off the record. Happy to answer q's about working w/ reporters. On signal: lorakolodny.55 (or DM me here and lmk how to get in touch.)

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Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social · 3h

CUNYedu City College students got a deep dive into Wikipedia with @craignewmark.bsky.social Wikimedian-in-Residence Richard Knipel, learning how Wikipedia works, what makes a “featured” article, and even made live edits. Photo: tinyurl.com/44nvxcpj Learn more: tinyurl.com/yfhpp6wc

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 4h

rest in peace

three candles are lit in a dark room with a black background

ALT: three candles are lit in a dark room with a black background

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 5h

what you so mad at - jadakiss open.spotify.com/track/6K9gJT...

What You So Mad At??

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 6h

SCOOP: The only offshore wind farm backed by Republican lawmakers narrows in on a new, definitive state date: March 2026.

Trump promised “no new windmills” on his watch.

But, in just 6 months, America’s largest offshore wind farm will plug into the grid. 🔌

#energysky #greensky

America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months

Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 6h

we ruin all our gifts

Eos @eos.org · 6h

A new study from the Asner Lab confirms that cesspools are leaking into the sea: Groundwater is delivering human waste directly to coral reefs.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 7h

“I still can’t believe how unhinged the last update was. Not only the nudity but the motions, boobs bounces more realistically, it’s incredible.”

Elon Musk's xAI seems to have relaxed filters on Grok's video generation, allowing users to create and share explicit AI pornography.

Musk's AI Is Being Used to Make Hardcore Porn: 'Grok Is Learning Genitalia Really Fast!'

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 6h

welp.

Greg Bluestein @bluestein.bsky.social · 6h

Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with GOP, again:
“I don’t think it’s believable to tell the American people that while we control the White House, the House and the Senate that we can’t return to work in Washington, DC because Chuck Schumer and six other Democrats won’t vote to open the government.”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

“.. Foreclosure rates have surged across the country and are up almost 20% from this time last year.”

www.realtor.com/news/trends/...

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 6h

this reads like the least funny cynical satire script

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9h

This remains the most important piece i’ve written about the goals and ideological principles of the second Trump administration www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 10h

Wind energy giant Orsted is reportedly to cut around 2,000 jobs over the next few years amid Trump’s war on U.S. offshore wind projects, with about 500 layoffs expected

The company employs 8,000 people

#greensky

Orsted to cut 2,000 jobs as Trump's offshore wind battle continues

Orsted has faced headwinds this year as President Donald Trump's administration clamped down on wind power generation in the United States.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 10h

Blue Origin to build new Florida satellite processing site for Space Force trib.al/zlQViRR

Blue Origin to build new Florida satellite processing site for Space Force

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin won a Space Force contract to build a new satellite processing facility in Florida.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 10h

sadly, my exact thought.

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 10h

nobody appreciates the knees until they’re busted!

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 10h

“with more Gen Xers retiring than Gen Alphas and Gen Zers to replace them, it is estimated that roughly six million people will leave the workforce over the next five to seven years who will not be replaced by younger generations…” www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/o...

'We are on the precipice of an incredibly contracting workforce,' says jobs expert

As the number of retirees outpace young workers available to be hired, the contracting workforce is going to create a talent challenge for companies.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19h

New — I was fortunate to speak in front of students and faculty at Grinnell College in Iowa tonight about the business of independent journalism, the current state of media under Trump 2.0, and billionaire control.

I published my full speech because I thought it might resonate beyond campus:

Truth, morality and independence in journalism under the second Trump regime

My full remarks to students and faculty at Grennell College.

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 10h

When Tesla directors offered Elon Musk the biggest executive pay package in corporate history in September, it reassured investors that he would have to achieve the equivalent of “Mars-shot milestones” to earn $878 billion in Tesla stock over 10 years.

Musk's record Tesla package will pay him tens of billions even if he misses most goals

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 10h

true! and thank you for the encouragement.

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 10h

bet a lot of people are feelin this. wish i could focus on smaller, local or physical problems like healing a runners’ injury, but my mental and emotional energy is getting spent on bigger and more tragic matters in the world.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 10h

i am annoyed to be awake at this hour due to bruising an old injury - former marathon runner problems. (doubt i’ll ever run more than a half marathon again, unless i’m being chased & it’s a matter of survival.)

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 6d

Asking what would be an improved ‘Turing Test’ for AGI is like asking for a better test for phlogiston. Asking when we will get AGI is like asking ‘when will we synthesize phlogiston?’ It’s a badly formed question. The object of the test is an ill-defined concept with no referent in nature. 2/2

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Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 11h

As a parent with a kid who’s starting to play games on the iPad, I’m so pissed at the predatory state of kid’s games.

1. I pay $7 to remove all ads from this game. Yet catch my kid watching ads - even after paying they are offered to watch for in-game rewards. WTH

2. (cont’d)

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 14h

will spirit halloween sell out of the resistance frog costumes before it sells out of pepe the frog costumes?

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 19h

a thing to keep in mind, moving forward, is that if you're ditching this shithole, don't tell us about it on social media until you're safely on the other side

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