Elon Musk

ed niedermeyer (author of ludicrous: the unvarnished story of tesla motors) on bluesky, about the wsj story

WSJ ain't printing this if there is any risk of Linda denying it

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Like, it's not that surprising or interesting that drugs play a role in Musk's erratic behavior. The fact that the board of a car company that's worth more than the rest of the industry combined can't do more to reign in their druggy ego monster CEO than belatedly tattle? Now that's a story, baby! If Musk runs Tesla into a wall and the board can't mitigate the damage there will be much farther reaching consequences for lots of people than if they can

Every big potentially litigious piece of Musk reporting leaves a ton on the legal cutting room floor. There is a LOT more out there.

oops i missed this:

Fave detail in the Elon drug story is the former Tesla board director who refused to stand for re-election in 2019 because of Musk's drug-fueled out-of-control behavior. The fact that Tesla's corporate governance standard is "run away and tell the WSJ four years later" is kinda the real issue, no?

yeah the board are getting extremely sued if this is true (and has consequences lol)

"everything is securities fraud" — M. Levine

the time to publish this probably would have been when tesla’s stock tanked last year. as long as the stock is relatively stable, nobody cares because money machine go brrrr

a brrring money machine is pretty nice

Is the money machine cold

ice cold baby

lmao

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video https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1yOEmqLf8T

the end reveal and comment are *chef’s kiss*

The hacked Teslas self-driving themselves into an expressway pileup was a nice touch in Leave The World Behind

xp: what's the "end reveal"?

possibly my own online names aren't as good as they could be but imagine deciding to call yourself "greggertruck"

xp: what's the "end reveal"?

yeah, the zoom out showing there are two people making a video clip and the comment.

Nothing to see here. Just the owner of this site doing a little race science while warning that black people's low intelligence will lead to deadly airplane crashes. pic.twitter.com/tXY9iUowD3

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) January 10, 2024

I hope Musk is on that plane.

It'd be OK if the fiery crash Musk dies in is in a Tesla, too. Or even in a plane piloted by, you know, some genius white pilot.

Tesla factory workers are getting a break.

Tesla said will temporarily stop production at its factory outside Berlin. Attacks on ships in the Red Sea mean the factory cannot get the parts it needs to maintain operations. https://t.co/a9sNjCILCK

— DW News (@dwnews) January 12, 2024

"race science"

lmfao

Stainless steel exposed to certain substances can corrode–and the Cybertruck is no different. So if you go for a drive in the summer and bugs splatter across the solid stainless “grille” of your Cybertruck, you’ll want to scrape them off immediately. And if you park your Cybertruck outdoors, you may need to scrub the tree sap and bird poop off daily during all summer.

In the winter, your Cybertruck will be exposed to road salt during every drive. And Tesla specifies that you’ll have to wash that off immediately too. Tar and grease from the road could be a year round problem. And Tesla adds that you may need a bottle of denatured alcohol to get those last two removed.

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/tesla-youll-have-to-wipe-dead-bugs-and-bird-poop-off-your-cybertruck-asap-to-avoid-corrosion/

i hate to say anything nice about the new nazi e-truck but a tarnished stainless steel truck might actually look cool. i always kinda liked how old steel spoons looked.

yeah was thinking instead of going the clean it every day route they couldve just said over time it develops a distinctive and unique patina

Yeah, part of me thinks it could be kind of cool to let a Cybertruck get completely grimy and corroded and post-apocalyptic-looking. But none of the saddos who buy the things would ever do that. Instead they'll be out there buffing them clean every time they get home from anywhere.

conversely couldnt they have just sealed it with some clear stuff

i had sorta guessed deloreans had been clear coated i see not

seems like a strange oversight for the two stainless steel cars to both make

maybe it doesnt look as cool idk prob looks pretty similar tho

i don't know shit about cars tbh but i'm guessing whether it looks cool or not it will absolutely tank any resale value these things might theoretically have?

amongst other similar issues

"buffing my Cybertruck" = 2024's top masturbation euphemism

cyber is now cockney rhyming slang for non-cyber

There is a Cybertruck on display at the Petersen Museum with what looks like bullet holes in the driver's side door. I didn't read the sign, not sure what the point is.

its prob the one musk shot in a marketing video

"buffing my Cybertruck" = 2024's top masturbation euphemism

xxpost : https://www.teslarati.com/bullet-tested-tesla-cybertruck-displayed-petersen-museum/

Wasn't the DeLorean aluminum bodied?

Elon Musk visits Auschwitz. I guess if he wants to see another expression of antisemitism he could also click on his own app. pic.twitter.com/336terATWH

— Guy Walters 🇺🇦 (@guywalters) January 22, 2024

it sucks I can't even be some irony poisoned Cybertruck fan because Elon sucks so god damn much. I mean the thing is so gloriously stupid and ugly and impractical that I almost kinda respect the drive it must've took to actually get something like this made. you know how some people still insist on driving stickshifts just to make things more difficult for them? the Cybertruck takes that up to an entirely new level. like oh hold on guys it rained today so I have to wash the thing front to back otherwise it'll corrode. no we can't take that route. there's a tiny hill and it'll get stuck. sorry my car's in the shop, it needs an $80,000 frame job because a piece came loose. of course it's not covered by warranty, are you insane? yeah still love the car though

Did I see something about it even being contractually forbidden to resell it?

for the first year, not unheard of for rare cars to prevent flipping

irony poisoned Cybertruck fan

Rejected JBR display name

the cybertruck has a three on the tree model i think they are trying too hard

I was thinking about where to place Elon on a spectrum of charlatanry -- on some level actually shipping ridiculous promises like a truck made of baking sheet pans, however late and mispriced or underspec'ed, puts him ahead of someone like Elizabeth Holmes, but probably more people will unnecessarily die from Elon's products than from Holmes (but part of that is Holmes got stopped)?

You have to figure in Elon's ability to generate hordes of followers who will defend his charlatanry no matter how outlandish.

Dude just went to a concentration camp site to do a photo op. That is a pretty high roll of a 20 sided die of a$$hole.

its actually worse than that immediately after he gave a presentation arguing that X would've prevented the holocaust

my stepmom got me his biography for Xmas, and I quietly re-gifted it to my cousin's husband without reading a word beyond the title

lol

Lmao rekt

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-stock-drops-on-q4-earnings-miss-warns-production-growth-rate-will-be-notably-lower-than-2023-212357382.html