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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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DOGE is trying really hard to convince followers on X that it was successful in its stated, advertised mission...
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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here are the four posts from mcconnell in that thread:
I’m told that to criticize a proposed deal that initially hewed closely to Russia’s preferred outcome is to misunderstand or misstate “some critical reality on the ground.” So let’s talk about reality on the ground (1/4): This fall, Ukrainians were polled on their views of war termination. Overwhelming majority (75%) would reject plans that constrain UKR’s military and forfeit territory they controlled. And 76% say they would fight on in the absence of U.S. support. In other words, a peace deal that doesn’t secure Ukraine won’t actually stop the killing. (2/4) https://kiis.com.ua/? The price of peace matters to Americans, too! Demand for Ukraine to give up territory is a fringe position among Trump voters (16%). More popular? Sanctions on Russia and support for Ukraine. (3/4) @VandenbergCo : https://vandenbergcoalition.org/oct_analysis/ Conclusion: The most basic reality on the ground is that the price of peace matters. A deal that rewards aggression wouldn’t be worth the paper it’s written on. America isn’t a neutral arbiter, and we shouldn’t act like one. (4/4)
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
lorak.bsky.social
aw yeah - just spun through the title track in the second consecutive listen through tonight 🤓
a snippet of “born to run” lyrics by Bruce Springsteen - “The highway's jammed with broken heroes On a last chance power drive Everybody's out on the run tonight But there's no place left to hide Together, Wendy, we can live with the sadness I'll love you with all the madness in my soul…”
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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a bottle of oban 14 single malt scotch whisky
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
lorak.bsky.social
here are screenshots of the “about this account” info for “elonmusk”and “america” now
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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xAI (which owns X / twitter) confirmed the platform change showing where an account is based...
screenshot from xAI employee, Nikita Bier, discussing the "about this account" feature which shows country or region of origin where a twitter (X) account is based. Another post from Nikita Bier on X discussing the "about this account" feature saying it's still rough around the edges.
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
lorak.bsky.social
yeeeeah
screenshot of vintage dril tweet that says: “ the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: ‘theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron’”
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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screenshots of the tesla active safety engineer job listing linked above
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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huffpost.com story from 2023. screenshot shows this excerpt: “In 2023, Hanania is a right-wing star, championed by some of the country's wealthiest men, even as he's sounding more and more like his former white supremacist nom de plume: Richard Hoste. Unmasking Richard Hoste Starting in 2008, the byline "Richard Hoste" began to appear atop articles in America's most vile publications. Hoste wrote for antisemitic outlets like The Occidental Observer, a site that once argued Jews are trying to exterminate white Americans. He wrote for Counter-Currents, which advocates for creating a whites-only ethnostate; Taki's Magazine, a far-right hub for paleoconservatives; and VDare, a racist anti-immigrant blog…”
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
lorak.bsky.social
even industrial mechanics’ pay isn’t that high: www.bls.gov/ooh/installa...
bls.gov Industrial Machinery Mechanics, Machinery Maintenance Workers, and Millwrights Pay Industrial Machinery Mechanics, Machinery Maintenance Workers, and Millwrights Median annual wages, May 2024 Industrial machinery mechanics & millwrights… $63,510 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations $58,230 Total, all occupations $49,500
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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also see bls data - www.bls.gov/ooh/installa...
“bls.gov Pay Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics Median annual wages, May 2024 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers $56,220 Automotive service technicians and mechanics $49,670 Total, all occupations $49,500 (Note: All Occupations includes all occupations in the U.S. Economy. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) The median annual wage for automotive service technicians and mechanics was $49,670 in May 2024. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $33,660, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $80,850…”
November 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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a huge reason the auto industry cannot hire all the mechanics they need is lack of access to the technical education anyone needs to become an automotive technician! cost of this education & failure by corporations to train workers - also a huge factor.
screenshot showing tesla ceo elon musk reacting to a story shared by zerohedge showing ford ceo jim farley lamenting how hard it is to hire auto mechanics: X.com post (tweet) 1/ “@zerohedge US 'In Trouble' - Ford CEO Can't Find 5,000 Mechanics For $120k Jobs” 2/ Elon Musk @elonmusk “America has a major shortage of people who can do challenging physical work or who even wish to train to do so” 10:30 AM • Nov 16, 2025 • 1.2M Views
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
lorak.bsky.social
your last saved meme is your moral philosophy…
a screenshot of a vintage @dril tweet: “wint @dril the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron" 1:52 • 02 Jun 14”
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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statistician’s blues
screenshot of Statistician's Blues - song lyrics by Todd Snider (purple background with black & white writing) “They say 3 percent of the people use 5 to 6 percent of their brain 97 percent use 3 percent and the rest goes down the drain I'll never know which one I am but l'll bet you my last dime 99 percent think we're 3 percent 100 percent of the time 64 percent of all the world's statistics are made up right there on the spot..”
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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you know what doesn’t seem to get detected? stopped? prevented here? a zillion fake elon musk impersonators promoting him or his businesses and/or tryin to scam folks here… moar accounts!
a screenshot showing an elon musk impersonator bot account on bluesky
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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interviewed martin eberhard tonight at an off the record event hosted by uncharted & jp morgan. martin was the founding ceo of tesla - and guy who invented (basically) both the ebook & tesla’s ev battery architecture & other systems still in the company’s cars. man has stories & insights galore.
tesla founder, battery tech inventor, tech entrepreneur martin eberhard in san francisco. he is a tall man with white hair. he is smiling looking off to the side, holding an umbrella. he is wearing stone blue jeans, a teeshirt with a circuit board printed on it, and a dark blue blazer over it.
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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take me back to the weekend
blue & white delphinium flowers in bright sunlight dark magenta roses with yellow centers a street lamp lights up a corner in san francisco’s upper haight neighborhood near the corner of stanyan & frederick street
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Read the letter:
“Dear President von der Leyen, We, experts in artificial intelligence (Al) and its societal impacts, are deeply concerned about your unscientific and inaccurate statement that Al is nearing human reasoning. You claimed in your budget speech in May "we thought Al would only approach human reasoning around 2050. Now we expect this to happen already next year." We understand from Commission disclosure, which followed a lengthy process to obtain this information, that you relied on the statements of Dario Amodei, Jensen Huang and Sam Altman as the basis for your statement about Al nearing human reasoning. These are marketing statements driven by profit-motive and ideology rather than empirical evidence and formal proof. In short, these tech CEOs claims concerning "superintelligence" and "AGI" are manifestly bound with their financial imperatives and not rigorous science. For the President of the European Commission to repeat the misleading marketing language of US technology firms without independent scientific verification undermines Europe's credibility as a reliable and trusted source of scientific knowledge. This is particularly so amidst a significant speculative bubble to which baseless Al hype is contributing. It also undermines the ability of Commission staff to evaluate the claims of Al vendors at a time when the Commission regulates them and procures Al services. The Commission has the duty to diligently assess claims made by industry and to determine with impartial and scholarly analysis where best the objectives of the Union should be pursued. The scientific development of any potentially useful Al is not served by amplifying the unscientific marketing claims of US tech firms. We call on you to: 1. retract your statement on Al approaching human reasoning next year; 2. diligently evaluate other such marketing claims about Al products; and 3. ensure you have the benefit of the necessary impartial scientific advice in future.”
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
lorak.bsky.social
general vibe:
201R長編映画R復 ^！？ 独占密着！知 700日 “I strongly feel that this is an insult to lite itself.”
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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not really but i snuck in time to look at flowers
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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this is like some crossover ep. of pimp my ride & great british baking… “we put a cookie in your cookie so now you can nom while you nom, dawg…”
a large brown cookie (in a plastic bag) has an oreo style cookie smashed into the top middle of it. cookie sold at jagalchi bakery.
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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like ok to this - but where could you actually have greater effect?
“When I became a senior judge in 2013, my successor was appointed, so my resignation will not create a vacancy to be filled by the president.”
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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this anti racist, anti war song is just over one minute but it goes hard… music.apple.com/us/album/und...
Under All Flags by Patrick Sky (lyrics excerpt) “For what I mean they should quarantine States below the Mason-Dixon And I'd like to pee on Robert E. Lee With his goddamn great black brass on For the rebel flag is a filthy rag That a Yankee wipes his ass on”
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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posted about your genius & this song. added that people consider new facts contradicting their views of certain celebs, ceos or politicians to be punishment for dreams- one reason they have a hard time moving past the myths. (love the laura jean grace cover too) music.apple.com/us/album/the... ♥️
The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton by The Mountain Goats (lyrics snippet) “When you punish a person for dreaming his dream Don't expect him to thank or forgive you”
November 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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In case you were not familiar, here was what USAID budget looked like in 2024. the total budgetary resources for the agency represented just
0.4% of FY 2024 U.S. federal budget. mission was to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing US security & prosperity
usaspending.gov AGENCY PROFILE Agency for International Development (USAID) Fiscal year 2024 Summary Data through 9/29/2024 How much funding was available to this agency? $44.20 Billion in budgetary resources this was 0.4% of the FY 2024 U.S. federal budget AGENCY PROFILE US AID (US Agency for International Development) Agency Mission: We partner to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing our security and prosperity.
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM