Day: May 21, 2019

Tesla

Elon Musk has a lot of great ideas, some of which—not all—are worth pursuing. The trouble is, he’s also CEO. And he’s fucking that part up, big time.

Charley Grant, “Wall Street Is Losing Faith in Tesla,” Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2019, https://www.wsj.com/articles/wall-street-is-losing-faith-in-tesla-11558450829

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Brexit

Those of us who sit in opposition to the right should take notice: Nigel Farage’s Brexit party is expected to win elections for the European Union election that Britain wasn’t even supposed to have to hold. Farage sounds a lot like Donald Trump.^[1]

Sam Knight, “The Alarming Return of Nigel Farage,” New Yorker, May 21, 2019, https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/the-alarming-return-of-nigel-farage

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1. ^[1]Sam Knight, “The Alarming Return of Nigel Farage,” New Yorker, May 21, 2019, https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/the-alarming-return-of-nigel-farage↩

Li Zhou, “Elon Musk and the Thai cave rescue: a tale of good intentions and bad tweets,” Vox, July 18, 2018, https://www.vox.com/2018/7/18/17576302/elon-musk-thai-cave-rescue-submarine

Alistair Walsh, “Elon Musk won’t stop calling diver a pedophile,” Deutschewelle, September 9, 2018, https://www.dw.com/en/elon-musk-wont-stop-calling-diver-a-pedophile/a-45372611

Niraj Chokshi and Eric A. Taub, “Elon Musk Is Cleared in Lawsuit Over His ‘Pedo Guy’ Tweet,” New York Times, December 6, 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/business/elon-musk-defamation-verdict.html

Tim Higgins, “Elon Musk Cleared by Jury in Defamation Case Over ‘Pedo’ Tweet,” Wall Street Journal, December 6, 2019, https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-cleared-by-jury-in-defamation-case-over-pedo-tweet-11575678498