NEW: Elon Musk made direct appeals to President Trump to reverse his sweeping new tariffs, going around Peter Navarro, the WH trade official he criticized over the weekend. Musk and Tesla have long opposed tariffs. Story: Lizza Dwoskin, @pranshuverma.bsky.social Trisha Thadani and me wapo.st/4j9Jxpl

If you are a Tesla worker that wants to quit your job at a dealership because it's becoming too dangerous, please reach me on Signal at @pverma.50

new: Anger at Elon Musk is turning violent. People are burning his cars and shooting his stores, leaving frontline Tesla workers and ordinary vehicle owners to bear the brunt of the anger incited by Musk's politics. w/ Trisha Thadani www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

A blind man criticized DOGE on Capitol Hill last week, and Elon Musk responded as he so often does -- by siccing his mob on the man, with a tweet that got 21 million views. Excellent reporting, via @pranshuverma.bsky.social / Washpost Gift link wapo.st/42Z9d2F

some personal news: Thrilled to be The Washington Post's next New Delhi bureau chief: www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/01/2...

From @washingtonpost.com story on Musk's "Nazi-style salute": It’s seen by neo-Nazis "as a legitimation, a normalization … a direct validation of their beliefs" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... @pranshuverma.bsky.social @byelliesilverman.bsky.social @pietsch.bsky.social

As data centers cause America to run out of power, Arizona is emblematic of the sacrifices ordinary people face to fuel the boom.

Excellent reporting about how Big Tech's insatiable desire for AI data is sapping electricity from power grids, leaving many people without basic services or dealing with the fallout from environmentally destructive power plants. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Arizona is hiking power rates to support the state’s data center boom — while leaving Navajo residents who have NO electricity to take cold showers in the dark www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Read the entire article here on how AI is exacerbating existing issues re access to electricity in Arizona. This is only going to get worse, unless we stop pretending that AI has no downsides and also MUST be incorporated into every aspect of our lives. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

In the shadows of Arizona’s data center boom, thousands live without power. Altho power lines sit near their homes, many Navajo Nation members have been without power for decades. By Pranshu Verma www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

new: Amid Arizona's AI fueled data center boom, thousands of Native Americans still live without power. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...