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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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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 3h

“free speech absolutist” elon musk probably won’t like this one bit…

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 4h

i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 6h

A lot going on here, but a religion note: DHS Assistant Sec. Tricia McLaughlin refers to Rev. Black as a "pastor" here — using quotation marks.

It's a notable slight against a faith leader's status, as Black is, in fact, an ordained minister of a church operating within the Presbytery of Chicago.

This footage is from almost a month ago. What this clipped video doesn’t show is that these agitators were blocking an ICE vehicle from leaving the federal facility—impeding operations.

Over and over again, law enforcement ordered these agitators to move off of federal property so the vehicle could move. Law enforcement verbally warned these agitators that they would use force if they did not move and stop impeding operations. They did not comply.

Shortly after, rioters began throwing rocks, bottles and launching fireworks at the law enforcement officers on the roof.

At the time of this incident, this facility held criminal illegal aliens including gang members, drug traffickers, and other violent criminals. Obstructing law enforcement puts officers, detainees and the public at risk. If you are obstructing law enforcement you can expect to be met with force.

And, as an aside, this is the same “pastor” who flipped
@Sec_Noem
and our team the bird when we were there last week.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 12h

dj please pick up your phone- i’m on the request line

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 12h

lori.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 12h

Sens Ted Cruz and Eric Schmitt are holding their hearing on the Biden Censorship Regime of 2018. Watch live here as they try to figure out: who was president in 2020?

Witnesses: Alex Berenson, Sean Davis of the Federalist,
Eugene Volokh, Gene Kimmelman

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QRu...

LIVE: Ted Cruz Leads Senate Hearing About 'How Uncle Sam Jawboned Big Tech Into Silencing Americans'

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

www.youtube.com

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 13h

listenin to missy on my commute now & the vibes are both precisely of their era & enduring.

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 13h

Verizon signs deal with AST www.cnbc.com/2025/10/08/v...

Verizon signs deal with AST SpaceMobile to provide cellular service from space. AST shares surge

AST SpaceMobile announced a deal with Verizon to provide service from space beginning next year.

www.cnbc.com

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 13h

when Reuters (reuters!) does the most straightforward, bloodless, nonpartisan headline possible and still comes up with: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

www.reuters.com

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 13h

no even my fave missy song but i salute a choice that gets people making playlists (fka mixtapes)

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 15h

Rolling Stone crowns Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On" as the #1 GREATEST SONG OF THE 21ST CENTURY SO FAR 👑

"It was a nonstop freak manifesto that made the musical future sound limitless."

Ranked list: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 13h

more like RECESSION this year

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. The strong growth usually seen due to shipments of holiday merchandise, “we are not seeing that,” said Dale Rogers ..

@cnbc.com #FreightRecession
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/s...

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 14h

this was on an ios device

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 14h

right. as people we are not our machines, not our assistive devices, accessible apps, prosthetics, or other technology or tools. so this is shitty & dehumanizing in a different way.

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 14h

no matter what search terms i get no results for..,

a screenshot of bluesky app “explore” search bar. the query is for “latest” posts on “airports.” bluesky app shows “no results found for airports”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. there is the question of how the bond market will react to tariff revenue being redirected away from lowering the deficit.”

@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/tru...

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 14h

Is search here (“explore”) busted today?

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 14h

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 1d

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 16h

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 15h

If the economy could be represented by a giant dashboard of lights, they'd all be flashing red

soybean farmers are panicking over loss of Chinese buyers, declare possible 'bloodbath'

Trump assault on wind projects hits red states hardest

businesses that depend on government contracts are already feeling the pain of the shutdown

no official jobs numbers during shutdown means Wall Street is turning to alternative measures -- and they show the situation is bad

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 15h

the edible kernel of a nut is already called “meat” so this goes against etymology in ways too. O.E.D. says: “The earliest known use of the noun nut-meat is in the 1860s.”

Dr Jo Swabe @joswabe.bsky.social · 16h

355 MEPs voted today to ban the use of meat denominations like burger & sausage for plant-based products.

This is a manufactured issue. Consumers are not confused.

If there was ever clearer evidence of political decision-making being heavily influenced by the animal agriculture lobby. This is it.

Voting results amendment on meat denominations
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-08-RCV_FR.pdf

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 17h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 21h

huge moon & floofy marine layer out there tonight..

lone cypress tree on a hill with fluffy white marine layer and pale gold orange colors of sunset behind it

sunset over the shoreline of pacifica as seen from milagra ridge trail (south san francisco, california)

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1d

show me the garrotxa and the neal’s yard cheddar

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible

Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 1d

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1d

halloween costume ideas...

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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