Lora Kolodny

@lorak.bsky.social

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

the doge account on x (twitter) shared a link to washington post story about elon musk’s DOGE with a sci-fi gif from a black & white monster movie saying “it’s alive”
screenshot of news story in washington post - “DOGE and other Trump administration-led cuts have resulted in an economic cost of more than $165 billion, or more than $1,028 per taxpayer, according to Stier's organization's estimates. The costs include the loss of estimated economic benefits from terminated grants, the effect of severance payments, estimated legal expenses and money spent on rehiring workers, for example. Contrary to the promises Musk offered during the early days, federal spending as a whole actually increased over the past year. Agencies are ramping up hiring plans after hundreds of thousands of federal workers left last year.”
AI data center & power plant build out in Greater Memphis late June 2026- by CNBC
“wint O @drill XI ..• issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the terror group ISIL. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to them" 5:02 AM • Feb 15, 2017” screenshot of vintage tweet
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-hanania-white-supremacist-pseudonym-richard-hoste_n_64c93928e4b021e2f295e817
Thatcham Research tested the latest version of Tesla Autopilot available in a Model 3 that it leased anonymously. It conducted the tests in fair weather conditions on a track in England. Tesla scored in the middle of the pack in the Euro NCAP ratings, because they found that it over-sells Autopilot capabilities, doesn’t have a sophisticated driver monitoring system and because Autopilot disengages completely when a driver turns the wheel strongly. “Tesla’s system name Autopilot is inappropriate as it suggests full automation,” Euro NCAP wrote in a statement. “The promotional material suggests automation where the handbook correctly indicates the limitations of the system capabilities, which could lead to confusion.”
“미 x.com Post Devon Erik... • @Devon_Eriks... • 14h S ... Elon, this is the moment where you're supposed to wise up and abandon classical liberalism. If you let takers vote, they will not only take more and more, they will make it more and more rewarding to be a taker, and they will convert more and more makers into takers, forever. Show more Elon Musk @elonmusk • 20h Replying to @FoxNews Mamdani has built nothing. He is a taker, never a maker. • 2217 {7 415 7.7K ill 561K Elon Musk & @elonmusk Subscribe I have wised up 1:47 AM • Jul 4, 2026 • 587.6K Views G... Q
In the second quarter deliveries report, Tesla did not disclose whether related-party transactions contributed to the strong numbers. Last year, Space X spent $131 million purchasing Tesla Cybertrucks. That dollar amount represented a large portion of the 20,237 Cybertrucks Tesla sold in 2025, according to Kelley Blue Book. Tesla plans to report second-quarter financial results on Wednesday, July 22, after the market's close.
light brown tanbark (mulch)with orange california poppy flowers & a snake winding through
betsy dare holographic sticker showing a shining disco ball with pink, red, silver, yellow & gold details
Twitter / X screenshot showing a post Elon Musk re-shared on Jun. 27 (he also replied "Yes" below it, in another post not shown here) The tweet said: Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10 It has now reached the point where I truly believe that public officials and politicians who continue to knowingly import third world savages into our communities should be prosecuted. It is that reckless, that irresponsible, that dangerous. People need to go to prison. 6:11 AM · Jun 27, 2026 · 805.6K Views"
Ashley St. Clair on Elon Musk: He just wants white people to be oppressed so he can tweet about more elections that are going awry because of brown people. Don Lemon: Do you think he really believes that... Ashley St. Clair: I don't know that he knows what he believes. I think he oscillates like with the wind...
A Lesson in Thermodynamics for the Pundit Who Said Trillionaires Are a Part of Nature Every second, every second the sun releases 380 trillion trillion Joules of energy. Because death is real. Because only what wholly flows can live. When Einstein learned his equations predicted the existence of black holes, he shook his head and muttered, unbearable, unbearable. There are the laws of being and the laws of becoming. The rubble, the children's bellies swelling with hunger. We are cast out into this world of burning furies with warmth and hands and one great, one great command: remember the late great fires that made you-if you have a trillion of something, give. -Joseph Fasano
x.com Mark Gustav @MarcusGustavus • 8h Hey @elonmusk I'm not taking it down. ... Mark Gustav @MarcusGustavus 250K White girls raped. 800K Pakistani males in the UK. Do the math. Every single one either did it or knew about it. Visibility limited: this Post may violate X's rules against Hateful Conduct. Learn more 7:25 PM • Jun 16, 2026 • 527.9K Views G... 80 L7 865 7.7K ill 70K 贝 Elon Musk X @elonmusk • 25m Should not be limited. Looking into it. 138 {> 75 1K ill 13K • •• 贝
an old, white-faced brown dog with a red leash orders up one kosher beef frank at a hot dog stand in san francisco…
bouquet of farmers’ market flowers with hot pink sweet williams, coral pink carnations, orange and yellow roses…
Sasja Beslik: “ More than $70 billion from retail investors is pouring into SpaceX, in what may be the perfect symbol of our age. Politicians have largely abandoned the idea of providing citizens with economic security, so people are left chasing wealth through markets they neither understand nor control. Retail investors are promised participation, but not power. They will have virtually no say over the company, no influence over its decisions, and little protection if things go wrong. Their role is simple: provide liquidity. And if all goes according to plan, the biggest beneficiary will be Elon Musk. Once upon a time governments taxed billionaires to build public goods. Now citizens are expected to help make billionaires even richer and call it financial empowerment. The old social contract has been replaced by something far more efficient: privatize the gains, socialize the risks, and convince everyone that buying a few shares is the same thing as having a stake in the future.”
x.com Post Elon Musk @elonmusk X Subscribe ... Only by protesting REPEATEDLY and LOUDLY will there be any change!! Tommy Robinso... @TRobinsonNe... • 19h The whole of the United Kingdom is hitting the streets tonight at 7pm following yet another invader attack on our people. It's time 7:00 PM TONIGHT O GUILDOR - THE CASTLE SACUMEN SAUSaMARSO • CITY HALL STUP EXETER - CATHEDRAL GAEEN CARDS OTT MALL L WAKEFIELD - PINOERAELOS STOKE-ON-TRENT - HAMLEY PARK VULESDRUVUN • CENTENARY SOUR COCHESTEK • CASTLE PARK MORE LOCATIONS MAY BE ADDED YOUR VOICE. YOUR FUTURE. MASS PROTEST TONIGHT 7:00 PM TONIGHT CLOUGHFERN ROUNDABOUT CLOSIO TPH ARDOTNE ROUNGABOUT CLOSED TPM CRUMLIN ROAD CLOSEO 77M * BALLYSILLAN CLOSED 77M LARNE ROUNDABOUT CLOSED TPM SHORE ROAD CLOSED 7PM LANARK WAY (BOTH ENDS) CLOSED 7PM I CARRICKFERGUS CLOSED TPH HIGHFIELD CLOSED 7PM MILL ROAD, NEWTOWNABBEY CLOSE TPM SHANKILL ROAD CLOSED IPM SHORT STRAND CLOSED 77M NEWTOWNARDS ROAD CLOSED 7PM 9 BELFAST ROAD, BANGOR CLOSED TPH 20 PORTAVOGIE VILLAGE CLOSED 7PM MONKSTOWN LIGHTS CLOSED 7PM I BALLYMENA ROUNDABOUT CLOSED 77M COLERAINE CLOSED TPM ANTRIM CLOSED 7PM * FALLS ROAD CLOSED TPM MORE COMING IN... PLEASE CHECK LOCAL UPDATES ALL BUNNESSES TO CLOSE AT 5.30 PM TONIGHT NO EXCUSES 8:37 AM • Jun 9, 2026 • 6.2M Views
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beach mallow & a view of sharp park beach
american flag, california flag, pride flag blowin in the breeze on a flag pole against a pale evening sky just at sunset
an orange sky over a dark and steely grey-blue ocean. sun setting out on the horizon. a tiny line of birds can be seen on the horizon, too with wispy, pale orange clouds.
"To the extent Plaintiffs claim that Defendants have failed to find a deficiency in the discovery already produced, that argument fails because there are only ten emails and two text message records from Musk on point. Musk's seemingly monumental concerns about Defendants' endeavors leads the Court to believe that relevant records and communications are missing from discovery. SO ORDERED on this 2nd day of June 2026. Mark T. Pittman (signature) United States District Judge."
THE ARROWHEAD The arrowhead, which I found beside the river, was glittering and pointed. I picked it up, and said, "Now, it's mine." I thought of showing it to friends. I thought of putting it—such an imposing trinket— in a little box, on my desk. Halfway home, past the cut fields, the old ghost stood under the hickories. "I would rather drink the wind," he said, "I would rather eat mud and die than steal as you still steal, than lie as you still lie. —- Mary Oliver
a nasty gram from a pseudonynous sent to Lora Kolodny, CNBC reporter covering Tesla, SpaceX and other Elon Musk-involved business. The email says: "Old horse face at it again huh. Cant stand Elon so rip Space X. Do you think investors give a fuck about what you and Tally have to say? You're still a piece of shit who hates Elon and it shows" (all typos attributed to the sender of the email from "puppies.mixed51@icloud"
"Vehicle May 2026 environmental impacts of Falcon 9 and Starship-Super Heavy launches are analyzed in separate NEPA documents and are not part of the scope of operations in this EA.4,5,6,7 SpaceX would reenter Starfall through Earth’s atmosphere on a pre-planned trajectory and land (splash down) the capsule in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 700 nautical miles (nm) off the U.S. west coast in international waters (Figure 2). The reentry area excludes the 200 nm U.S. and Mexico Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) and designated marine sanctuaries. SpaceX would normally recover Starfall. SpaceX would recover vehicle components, including parachutes and heat shields, to the maximum extent practicable." Diagram shows a "capsule" that's almost like a hockey puck that's .75m tall and 3.1m across. The bottom has a slightly wider circumference than the top surface, though.
“One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.” - Arthur C. Clarke
Elon Musk @elonmusk Subscribe Restore Britain Rupert Lowe MP & @RupertLowe10 •21h Restore Britain is under brutal assault by the establishment. Listen to me when I say this - they want us gone. ... 11:57 PM • May 23, 2026 • 27M Views
XX Tonight I Can Write ... Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for example, "The night is shattered and the blue stars shiver in the distance! The night wind revolves in the sky and sings. Tonight I can write the saddest lines. I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too. Through nights like this one I held her in my arms. I kissed her again and again under the endless sky. She loved me, sometimes I loved her too. How could one not have loved her great still eyes. Tonight I can write the saddest lines. To think that I do not have her. To feel that I have lost her. To hear the immense night, still more immense without her. And the verse falls to the soul like dew to the pasture. What does it matter that my love could not keep her. The night is shattered and she is not with me. This is all. In the distance someone is singing. In the distance. My soul is not satisfied that it has lost her. My sight searches for her as though to go to her. My heart looks for her, and she is not with me. …
WE WERE SIMPLY TALKING We were simply talking, probably work, or relatives or even Christmas presents, when the car slid and I corrected, fishtailed and I corrected, then we were gone, sliding sideways, sliding backward on black ice and staring into the grill of a diesel tractor, also sliding, and in that instant I was ready to die. I saw my wife and was overjoyed that I had married her, though our marriage was already falling apart, and I loved the car, a brown Toyota, loved being warm in the car while it was white, cold, bitter out in the world we'd lost control of. I loved every molecule of breath I wasn't taking, and for the moment I forgave myself every sin and failure of my life, including this ridiculous and undignified early death. The car snapped backward into a frozen ditch. I sat speechless, shaking, my wife speechless also, and a man pulled up, a salesman: You folks okay? Suddenly the radio roared, and by the car a dog barked wildly and, yes, we were fine. Fine. We were fine. But what was "fine," I wondered, and why do we always, always have to speak?
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"Data centers depend on access to clean water and predictable energy. Power or water shortages, land or permitting constraints, or regulations that limit energy, water, or land availability, could impair the ability of our customers to expand their data center capacity and consume our products and services, which may in turn negatively impact our business. *Climate change may have a long-term impact on our business.* Climate change may have an increasingly adverse impact on our business and on our customers, partners and vendors. Water and energy availability and reliability in the regions where we conduct business is critical, and certain of our facilities may be vulnerable to the impacts of extreme weather events. Extreme heat and wind coupled with dry conditions in Northern California may lead to power safety shut offs due to wildfire risk, which can have adverse implications for our Santa Clara, California headquarter offices and data centers, including impairing the ability of our employees to work effectively. Climate change, its impact on our supply chain and critical infrastructure worldwide and its potential to increase political instability in regions where we, our customers, partners and our vendors do business, may disrupt our business and cause us to experience higher attrition, losses and costs to maintain or resume operations. Although we maintain insurance coverage for a variety of property, casualty, and other risks, the types and amounts of insurance we obtain vary depending on availability and cost. Some of our policies have large deductibles and broad exclusions, and our insurance providers may be unable or unwilling to pay a claim. Losses not covered by insurance may be large, which could harm our results of operations and financial condition. Our business and those of our suppliers and customers is subject to sustainability-related laws, regulations and lawsuits..."
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poynter.org Poynter.50 Journalism. Truth. Democracy. DONATE Special Citation A special citation is awarded to Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown for her groundbreaking reporting in 2017 and 2018 that exposed Jeffrey Epstein's systematic abuse of young women, the justice system that protected him, and, over time, his powerful network of associates and enablers. Her Perversion of Justice series, published nearly a decade ago, revealed how prosecutors shielded Epstein from federal sex trafficking charges when he was first accused of abusing young women. She went on to document and give voice to the scores of victims who had been groomed and abused by him and others in his circle. Her work…
ocean beach on a clear sunny day
“Terms If your ride is taking place without a safety driver present in the driver's seat, it is being conducted autonomously. By choosing the button below, you agree to Tesla's Robotaxi Terms of Service, acknowledge that you've read the Robotaxi Privacy Notice, and confirm you're at least 18 years old. If your ride is taking place with a safety driver present in the driver's seat, it is being conducted using FSD (Supervised). By choosing the button below, you agree to Tesla's FSD (Supervised) Rideshare Terms of Service, consent to the use of FSD (Supervised) versions that are not yet publicly available, acknowledge that you've read the FSD (Supervised) Rideshare Rider Privacy Notice, and confirm you're at least 18 years old. Rides in California are being conducted with a safety driver present in the driver's seat and pursuant to authority from the California Public Utilities Commission (TCP0046782-A).”
A screenshot of an Elon Musk quote-tweet, from April 18, 2026, that says "Try Tesla Robotaxi in Dallas & Houston" The shared tweet below it is from the Tesla Robotaxi account on X and says "Robotaxi now rolling out in Dallas & Houston" with a cowboy hat smiling emoji and a video clip showing a Tesla with no driver in the front or passenger seat roving around.
Screenshot of a LinkedIn dm to tech reporter Lora Kolodny at cnbc.com; (sender’s name is cropped out. part of his profile pic is shown revealing the chin & neck of an older white man) “The way the tech media fawns over Musk and regurgitates all his BS is pathetic. You are going to look foolish. Think for yourself!” Lora Kolodny in (She/Her) replies: “Sounds like you are not familiar with my reporting, candidly.”
stormy day at a beach in california just south of san francisco. grey storm clouds over a dark gray-green ocean with frothy white waves rolling onto the dark, damp shore. footprints & paw prints near the water line. boulders & cliffs in the distance.
tweet screenshot - 号 x.com Post t7 Elon Musk reposted The Rabbit Hole O @TheRabbitHole Follow DE G... Most Asian, Black, and Hispanic women think Whites invented slavery. Huge failure of the education system that they are so misinformed. "White people invented slavery." Percent that chose True" by Race and Sex •Male • Female 69% 59% 80% 70% 60% 53% 49% 50% รี้ 40% Pa 39% 30% 25% 20% 10% 0% White Hispanic Black ata Source: Presidential Election Study 2024 (n - 3.023; https://www.skegtic.com/tesearch-center/2024-presidential-election-study/) Skeptic Research Center Team 12:05 PM • Apr 12, 2026 • 390.3K Views 273 17 670 2.8K Dolauont 55% 41% Asian 贝 180 Winu Nuntary
photo of an empty packet of “cheetos simply nkd puffs” with the slogan “naked of dyes”and a photo of two cheese puffs in the fromt. “flavor you love | no dyes or artificial flavors”
a hawk sits in a monterey cypress tree in pacficia, california (profile of the hawk’s head and chest and one wing are visible in the branches of the conifer)
"PITY THE NATION" (After Khalil Gibran) By Lawrence Ferlinghetti Pity the nation whose people are sheep And whose shepherds mislead them Pity the nation whose leaders are liars Whose sages are silenced And whose bigots haunt the airwaves Pity the nation that raises not its voice Except to praise conquerers And acclaim the bully as hero And aims to rule the world By force and by torture Pity the nation that knows No other language but its own And no other culture but its own Pity the nation whose breath is money And sleeps the sleep of the too well fed Pity the nation oh pity the people who allow their rights to erode and their freedoms to be washed away My country, tears of thee Sweet land of liberty!
a hawk flies in a rainy sky above a hill covered with yellow and blue wildflowers overlooking the pacific ocean with a view towards half moon bay from point trail in california
NASA+ nasa.gov Live updates for launch of NASA's Artemis II test flight will be published on this page…. 5 p.m. Although the countdown to today's Artemis I| launch is continuing to progress, the Eastern Range has identified an issue that they are currently working to resolve related to their communication with the flight termination system. The flight termination system is a safety system that allows engineers on the ground to send a signal to destruct the rocket if it were to veer off course during ascent, to protect public safety. Without assurance that this system would work if needed, today's launch would be no-go. However, engineers have devised a way to verify the system and are currently preparing to test this solution.
In the case: "OKLAHOMA FIREFIGHTERS PENSION AND RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Plaintiff, -againstELON R. MUSK ET AL. Defendants." Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr. signed an order on March 31, 2026 that is shown here in a screenshot. The page of the order shown here with the judge's signature says "For the reasons stated above, Plaintiff's Motion for Class Certification is granted..."
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meme screenshot - a poster has a bold slogan: “it’s a beautiful day to yell at god” and depicts three people shouting from a lawn up at a giant orange sun in a pink sky, “what the fuck?!” and “come out! we just wanna talk” (face us you coward)
Elon Musk X @elonmusk • Mar 26 | Probability of me getting a fair trial if this is how the judge dresses is 0.0% x.com/libsoftiktok/s... •.. Libs of TikT... ' @libsoftikt... • Mar 26 NEW: Elon's attorneys are calling on Clinton-appointed Judge Charles Breyer to investigate the jury in Musk's recent Twitter acquisition case after jurors were mocking Musk in court.... (photo of judge Breyer is cropped out of the screenshot being shared on bluesky)
Under a Certain Little Star by Wislawa Szymborska translated by Joanna Trzeciak My apologies to chance for calling it necessity. My apologies to necessity in case I'm mistaken. Don't be angry, happiness, that I take you for my own. May the dead forgive me that their memory's but a flicker. My apologies to time for the quantity of world overlooked per second. My apologies to an old love for treating a new one as the first. Forgive me, far-off wars, for carrying my flowers home. Forgive me, open wounds, for pricking my finger. My apologies for the minuet record, to those calling out from the abyss. My apologies to those in train stations for sleeping soundly at five in the morning. Pardon me, hounded hope, for laughing sometimes. Pardon me, deserts, for not rushing in with a spoonful of water. And you, O hawk, the same bird for years in the same cage, staring, motionless, always at the same spot, absolve me even if you happen to be stuffed. My apologies to the tree felled for four table legs. My apologies to large questions for small answers. Truth, do not pay me too much attention. Solemnity, be magnanimous toward me. Bear with me, O mystery of being, for pulling threads from your veil. Soul, don't blame me that I've got you so seldom. My apologies to everything that I can't be everywhere. My apologies to all for not knowing how to be every man and woman. I know that as long as I live nothing can excuse me, since I am my own obstacle. Do not hold it against me, O speech, that I borrow weighty words, and then labor to make them light.
Elon Musk tweet: "Try Tesla self-driving!" shows a driver hands off letting a car "drive itself" in a precarious situation.