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gotta further conflate the few useful things Musk's ENGINEERS do (Starlink, reusable rocket launches) with the endless parade of fake stock-fluffing garbage (like fake flying cars and fake robots) to keep the grift rolling

nytimes.comElon Musk Says SpaceX and Tesla Are Exploring a Merger (Gift Article)A deal would consolidate Elon Musk’s holdings in rockets, cars and artificial intelligence into a company worth well over $3 trillion.

Karl Bode

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CEO said a thing! (Ars is generally good but Berger is a huge Musk fanboy and I enjoy reading him specifically to see how he creatively downplays or ignores Musk's rabid authoritarian bigotry and extremism)

arstechnica.comMerging SpaceX and Tesla would be a "good idea," Musk saysI do think there's a lot of merit to combining the companies."

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Sasha Talebi

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westoftravis.bsky.social

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This is anecdotal but I think they have pulled back on Berger writing about Musk generally. I see other by lines more often than I used to.

Karl Bode

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I think so too, though maybe he has another pro-tesla book in the works or something