Lora Kolodny

Lora Kolodny

@lorak.bsky.social

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

61.2K followers6.3K following17.4K posts

Pinned

Lora Kolodny
@lorak.bsky.social

I report on Elon Musk & his companies at CNBC. If you work/ed for him and want to share your POV on his becoming "co-president," or anything else- let's talk on or off the record. Happy to answer q's about working w/ reporters. On signal: lorakolodny.55 (or DM me here and lmk how to get in touch.)

Lora Kolodny reposted

Sludge
@sludge.bsky.social

NEW: The group behind Cornel West's 2024 ballot push was wholly funded through Elon Musk's dark money network, according to Sludge's review of tax documents. readsludge.com/2026/10/26/m...

readsludge.comMusk-Linked Dark Money Network Funded the Group Behind Cornel West’s Ballot PushPeople Over Party raised $7.7 million in 2024, all of it from the nonprofit behind the Fair Election Fund, which in turn got every dollar from a Musk-funded dark money group.

Lora Kolodny reposted

Greg Sargent
@gregsargent.bsky.social

NEWS --> Dems are planning novel ways to wield power of the purse against Trump's corrupt prosecutions of critics like Ilhan Omar if they win House. Reps Pramila Jayapal and Jamie Raskin tell me a range of aggressive tactics will be deployed. Details in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/2171...

newrepublic.comTrump’s Vile Prosecution of Ilhan Omar Is About to Run Into a WallIf they retake the House, Democrats will have plenty of ways to act against Trump’s corrupt prosecutions. Pramila Jayapal and Jamie Raskin say they’re going to use them.
Lora Kolodny
@lorak.bsky.social

🧵

Francesca D'Annunzio@francescadnunz.bsky.social

Early this year, I visited Ingram, a TX town of ~1,900, to check out a tip. The area was starting to recover from its worst flood in a century. But as Latino workers drove to jobsites to help rebuild, the tipster said, a cop in a black Dodge Charger kept stopping them ... 🧵

Lora Kolodny reposted

Rachel Maddow
@maddow.bsky.social

Trump admin arrests Colorado priest. Incarcerates him for over a year. Judge orders him released without charges. They release him without the wheelchair he needs -- other prisoners have to bodily carry him out. He's now being tested for latent TB: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/colo...

newsfromthestates.comColorado priest from Uganda released after 13 months in ICE detention in AuroraAfter 13 months in an Aurora immigrant detention center, where he became reliant on a wheelchair as his health deteriorated, a Ugandan priest who has lived in Colorado for more than 25 years was relea...

Lora Kolodny reposted

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com

if voting didn't matter they wouldn't be working so hard to stop you

The Associated Press@apnews.com

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

bit.lySerbia’s strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shiftThe long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.
Lora Kolodny
@lorak.bsky.social

Will note that FT reported on this deal underway & so did Bloomberg before. Sooo Musk bringing this up now is partly shifting focus away from his & SpaceX’s actions in Ukraine. In time for Monday’s markets’ open…

Lora Kolodny
@lorak.bsky.social

In 2024, Brazil held Elon Musk’s Twitter/X accountable, using the same rules & laws it had used to regulate other large, social media platforms. And Musk was livid, attacking the country’s highest court: www.cnbc.com/2024/08/29/e...

cnbc.comMusk ramps up attacks on Brazil’s top judge as X faces possible suspension, Starlink finances frozenBrazil's highest court continues to clash with Elon Musk over content moderation on X.
Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

Lora Kolodny
@lorak.bsky.social

if you hated “dynamic pricing” before, get a load of…

The Lever@levernews.com

You asked AI for the cheapest flight. It dug through your emails, decided you could afford more, and suggested a ticket costing $100–$200 extra. Lindsay Owens explains ⬇️

Lora Kolodny reposted

SE Gyges
@segyges.bsky.social

being anti AI is a luxury belief only available to first world people, especially Americans imagine how important machine translation is for people whose first languages aren't that common

Lora Kolodny reposted

maura quint
@mauraquint.bsky.social

just found out that if you bring your own bags and you organize the items on the belt in the most efficient way and are really fast loading up your groceries, you can sometimes get a compliment from the checkout person, in case anyone needed a new possible reward to try to unlock

Lora Kolodny
@lorak.bsky.social

also…

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s longtime nationalist strongman, conceded defeat Sunday in a general election held after his once-tight grip on power was weakened by nearly two years of student-led protests. nyti.ms/4zegOaY

Lora Kolodny reposted

NBC News
@nbcnews.com

BREAKING: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won an unprecedented fourth term, the country’s electoral court said, defeating challenger Flávio Bolsonaro, who sought to revive his father’s far-right movement.

nbcnews.toLula, Brazil’s iconic working-class president, wins historic fourth term in dramatic comebackLula’s win deprives President Donald Trump of a major addition to what has been a growing bloc of friendly right-wing Latin American governments that have embraced Washington’s agenda on security and migration.
Lora Kolodny
@lorak.bsky.social

Musk said he restricted Starlink in Ukraine- causing fast moving drones to lose connectivity - and that he had every right to do so because of some terms of service or contract that he didn't show us. (He didn't address suddenly doing this with no warning to Kyiv.) www.cnbc.com/2026/10/24/u...

cnbc.comAfter SpaceX restores high-speed service, Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink agreementUkraine says restrictions on Starlink and Starshield have been lifted, restoring connectivity to fast-moving military systems after disruptions.

Lora Kolodny reposted

jackson henry
@jasonemry.bsky.social

Replying to @somewhattolerable.com

you like fire in your oven right? so suddenly fire is all over your walls and roof and it’s a PROBLEM? ok

Lora Kolodny reposted

the Juice Media
@thejuicemedia.com

The Government™ has made an ad about all these protests happening around the world, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

Lora Kolodny reposted

Adam Schwarz
@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

Mark Carney on Elon Musk crippling Ukraine’s Starlink: “I search for the right adjective to describe whoever took this decision… against a country that is literally fighting for the lives of its citizens against naked aggression."

Lora Kolodny reposted

Patrick De Haan
@gasbuddyguy.bsky.social

Americans have now spent $142 billion more on gasoline and diesel since March 1, enough to buy 361,000 homes at the September median price, enough to house over 900,000 people, due to the US war on Iran and other factors like limited output from Russia

Lora Kolodny reposted

Tom Bonier
@tbonier.bsky.social

As turnout in Texas nears 3 million votes, Hispanic turnout is now exceeding presidential levels. More Hispanics have voted than did at this point in the 2024 presidential election. What's driving this huge increase? Young voters.

Lora Kolodny reposted

Ian Bond
@cerianbond.bsky.social

This is important. Over the last few years, Putin had established 'unilateral deterrence': NATO was afraid to do things that might provoke him to use nukes, but he wasn't afraid of NATO's nukes. This is a step towards re-establishing the credibility of UK & FR nukes, regardless of what Trump does.

The Analyst@militaryanalyst.bsky.social

BRITAIN & FRANCE CARRY OUT FIRST EVER JOINT NUCLEAR STRIKE EXCERCISE Two RAF Typhoons escorted two French Air Force Rafale fighters carrying a tactical nuclear strike package at a ‘Russian’ target, using tactics designed to get the weapon to its launch point. They expected to operate in a highly

Lora Kolodny reposted

Nick
@nickdag.bsky.social

Replying to @nickdag.bsky.social

What happens tomorrow will have enormous ramifications for Brazil, but also all of S America and the rest of the world, from climate to financial systems to civil rights. If only for solidarity, spare some well wishes for them.

Lora Kolodny
@lorak.bsky.social

destroying continuous habitat has hugely harmful impacts on wildlife & unchecked this can end up destroying biodiversity 😔

Lenticulus@lenticulus.bsky.social

Now wolves are showing up in villages because their forest got destroyed for a giant corporate data center. www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

tomshardware.comWolves roam into Finnish villages after Google destroys 1,300 acres of forest for AI data centers — forest where wolf packs used to live is now an expanse of mudThis is thankfully a less common but still very serious side effect of an AI data center being built nearby.
Lora Kolodny
@lorak.bsky.social

if the richest person in the world- who owns a giant media platform & invests in others- is not the “elite” who is? … oh …

Jay in Kyiv@jayinkyiv.bsky.social

Once again, the White House, Musk and the Kremlin all in lock-step that Ukraine must be destroyed.

Lora Kolodny
@lorak.bsky.social

Musk said he restricted Starlink in Ukraine- causing fast moving drones to lose connectivity - and that he had every right to do so because of some terms of service or contract that he didn't show us. (He didn't address suddenly doing this with no warning to Kyiv.) www.cnbc.com/2026/10/24/u...

cnbc.comAfter SpaceX restores high-speed service, Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink agreementUkraine says restrictions on Starlink and Starshield have been lifted, restoring connectivity to fast-moving military systems after disruptions.
Lora Kolodny
@lorak.bsky.social

SpaceX describes Starshield as a "secured satellite network for government entities" that "leverages Starlink technology." And don't forget SpaceX gets *paid* to provide both Starshield and Starlink to Ukraine by NGOs, governments, etc. Poland is a big customer so is U.S. Pentagon.

Lora Kolodny
@lorak.bsky.social

Simply imagine a Lockheed, Boeing or other prime defense contractor - out of nowhere, no communication - implementing some terms of service or term in a contract they think they have without reaching out first to say we think you are violating this. As a result we will nerf your crucial technology.