folks bitching that “msm” or “tech press” didn’t cover this man or his companies at all accurately, ever, and who then point to celeb influencers, podcasters, columnists & fan bloggers while ignoring actual reporters— that is just willfully ignorant & they will miss news-news when it’s gone.

give that man $1 trillion 🤦🏽‍♂️

Paying for an enterprise license of the only major AI chatbot that calls itself “MechaHitler” and generates CSAM is like failing an IQ test.

Name another automaker whose sales are tanking specifically because people don’t want to be associated with its CEO www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...

NEW: From frenemyship with Trump, the DOGE debacle, unmet self-driving car promises, chainsaws and “Mechahitler” to a controversial $1 trillion pay deal, 2025 was billionaire Elon Musk’s most chaotic, controversial and lucrative year www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

A tornado in Los Angeles was not on my Christmas wishlist www.latimes.com/california/s...

New: “Congress’s Million Dollar Stock Trades In 2025: Nvidia, Microsoft And The Bipartisan Push For A Ban” me, for @forbes.com

Yet another Tesla safety investigation, this time for Model 3 door handles www.forbes.com/sites/zachar...

Democratic governors call on Trump administration to lift freeze on offshore wind projects reut.rs/4pcl9FI

On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

to Bari (verb): To attempt to bury a damaging political story—only to amplify it massively by drawing attention to the act of censorship itself. Example: “They tried to Bari the segment, but it got Streisanded and everyone watched it twice.”

“What's happening to CBS is a terrible embarrassment and if execs think they can build shareholder value by avoiding journalism that might offend the Mad King they are about to learn a tough lesson. This is still America and we don’t enjoy bullshit like this.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

it's a great day to get off of twitter

In the latest Current Climate newsletter: 🛻From Ford to Tesla, nobody's had much luck selling big electric pickups 🧑🏼‍⚖️California threatens Tesla with a sales suspension ⚡A new form of underground hydrogen #electricvehicles #hydrogen www.forbes.com/sites/curren...

there’s no bottom to the brutal stupidity of this administration www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/h...

Trump Media is merging with... fusion power startup TAE energy? www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...

Hey losers leave trans folks alone

Balint: "Even for Republican this is extreme. Are we really attempting to lock up parents and doctors? Your kids' medical care is none of their damn business. It's creepy. It's a creepy obsession."

Yikes: Cox Automotive estimates Tesla's U.S. sales plunged 30% in Q4 2025 and will drop 8.9% for the full year www.coxautoinc.com/insights-hub...

It won’t change votes much. But the gutting of USAID might be the most consequential policy of the second Trump administration simply in terms of people who died, who went without food or medicine www.propublica.org/article/keny...

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NEW: California says Tesla deceived consumers by calling its partially automated driving features Autopilot and Full Self-Driving. The state DMV gives Elon Musk’s EV company 60 days to change how it promotes the features or face a 30-day sales ban #tesla www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

A controversial provision in the defense bill has rekindled debate over protocols when civilian and military aircraft share the airspace over Washington, DC.

It's very important we all go back to Twitter, a website as popular with young people as chlamydia.

‪What could go wrong? great reporting from @thomasbrewster.bsky.social AI Bathroom Monitors? Welcome To America’s New Surveillance High Schools www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

An empty car that's not hauling paying passengers isn't a robotaxi. It's an autonomous test vehicle techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/t...

In the latest Current Climate newsletter: 🤖 Calls for a moratorium on new data centers get louder 🚖 Waymo’s lofty aspirations for electric robotaxis ♨️ Fervo Energy’s big funding round and big plans for enhanced geothermal power #datacenters www.forbes.com/sites/curren...

In DC, Trump officials celebrated the decimation of USAID with a sheet cake. In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak. Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way. www.propublica.org/article/usai...

This is how a smart, civilized country responds to a nightmarish mass shooting apnews.com/article/aust...

For all the setbacks for women in 2025—job losses rivaling those of the pandemic, worsening toxicity of the “manosphere,” presidential insults of female reporters—the leaders on the @forbes.com Power Women list stand as examples of resilience in turbulent times www.forbes.com/lists/power-...

This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

In this week's edition of my emerging tech newsletter, the Prototype, I talked to Overview Energy, which wants to beam power to solar plants from space. I also looked at why you should skip no-fat dressing on your salad, transparent insulation for windows and more!

After her most recent grant announcement on Tuesday, MacKenzie Scott is now America's third-most-generous philanthropist by dollar amount, and second by percentage of wealth. More insights and context in my latest for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

NEW: Rivian is adding self-driving capability to its EVs -- including laser lidar -- and may eventually jump into the robotaxi space #rivian #selfdrivingvehicles www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

Great news for those worried they haven't been getting enough formaldehyde in their diet: EPA nearly doubles the amount of formaldehyde deemed safe to inhale www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

NEW: Waymo is targeting 1 million robotaxi rides a week as it plans to expand to more than 20 cities #Waymo #robotaxis www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.

giving farmers $12 billion in subsidies for a problem he created with tariffs and destruction of food aid programs 🤦‍♂️ www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...

In the latest Current Climate newsletter: 🚙 Trump's weak mileage rules may turn the U.S. into an automotive Jurassic Park ☀️ Los Angeles kicks coal 🚤 The benefits of electric boating #coal #hydrogen #fuelefficiency www.forbes.com/sites/curren...

stuck behind an $80,000 electric dumpster on the 110. truly the worst example of automotive design ever 🤦🏽‍♂️

A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers. The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.

In response to Musk calling to “abolish” the European Union, the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski, wrote in Musk’s replies on X: “Go to Mars. There’s no censorship of Nazi salutes there.”

Gehry had a great run and an amazing career. Met him many years ago at a roundtable in LA. He had a solid sense of humor www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

By rolling back auto industry fuel efficiency goals, US president Donald Trump hopes to make new cars cheaper. But prices won't drop for years, and consumers will spend more on gas in the meantime. www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus working with Humana on a new partnership, they tell the @forbes.com Healthcare Summit in NYC www.forbes.com/sites/brucej...

NEW: Los Angeles says it's officially kicked coal as the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power prepares to fire up the world's largest green hydrogen power plant #carbonfreeenergy #hydrogen www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans. Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for. futurism.com/future-socie...

Exclusive: The four-star admiral in charge of Caribbean operations had concerns about the legality of the boat strikes. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked him to retire shortly after they started.

In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter w/ @thealexknapp.bsky.social we look at: —price cuts for blockbuster weight-loss drugs —the Forbes 30 Under 30 Healthcare list —and the coming barriers to vaccines www.forbes.com/sites/innova...