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A thread about @elonmusk:
Claims government can’t do anything right while building his companies with government subsidies: https://prospect.org/article/meet-elon-musk-new-boss-same-old
Claims government can’t do anything right while building his companies with government subsidies: https://prospect.org/article/meet-elon-musk-new-boss-same-old
Conducted a smear campaign against journalists who reported on worker safety violations at his factory: https://twitter.com/Al_Letson/status/998675091486527488
Claimed that reporter John M. Broder committed some sort of journalistic malpractice by... writing a negative review of the Tesla Model S's range capability. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/02/elon-musks-data-doesnt-back-his-claims-new-york-times-fakery/318325/
Promised frozen yogurt + rollercoaster rides to workers as long as they didn’t try to unionize: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/musk-slams-union-drive-in-email-to-employees
Days after calling fossil fuels “the dumbest experiment in human history,” he burned thousands of pounds of jet fuel flying 300 miles from L.A. to Oakland so that he could view a competitive video-gaming event. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/elon-musks-highflying-2018-what-150000-miles-in-a-private-jet-reveal-about-his-excruciating-year/2019/01/29/83b5604e-20ee-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html
Spouts off about mass transit while being completely ignorant of how and why transit ever succeeds: https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/06/you-cant-fix-mass-transit-by-destroying-it/562574/
Baselessly claimed that 787 batteries are “inherently unsafe”:
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/elon-musk-boeing-787-battery-fundamentally-unsafe-381627/
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/elon-musk-boeing-787-battery-fundamentally-unsafe-381627/
His behavior would never be tolerated if he was a female CEO: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/elon-musk-new-york-times-interview-ceo/567835/
At least three former workers allege that officials at the highest ranks of the company are indifferent, or even hostile, toward efforts to prevent problems at the Gigafactory if there's a chance it could result in bad publicity for the company: https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2019/12/04/tesla-elon-musk-reno-gigafactory-theft-nevada-investigation-report/4266861002/
He Paid A Private Investigator $50,000 To Dig Up Dirt On A British Cave Rescuer He Called A "Pedo Guy": https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/elon-musk-unsworth-pedo-guy-deposition-private-investigator
https://twitter.com/torrhl/status/1239993393989574656?s=21 https://twitter.com/torrHL/status/1239993393989574656
“The electric carmaker had continued making cars in recent days in apparent defiance of a local county order limiting operations of nonessential businesses.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/business/tesla-fremont-factory-coronavirus.html
Musk has repeatedly downplayed the coronavirus.
He's called the panic "dumb," said children are "essentially immune," and declared there would "probably" be no new U.S. cases by the end of April. https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/3/19/21185417/elon-musk-coronavirus-tweets-panic-ventilators-chloroquine-tesla-factory
He's called the panic "dumb," said children are "essentially immune," and declared there would "probably" be no new U.S. cases by the end of April. https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/3/19/21185417/elon-musk-coronavirus-tweets-panic-ventilators-chloroquine-tesla-factory
“There’s debate over whether BPAP machine could be helpful in Covid-19.
There’s no debate over whether sleep apnoea machines are things normally referred to as “ventilators” that are used in ICUs & so could be useful for severe cases (Theyre not)”
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/04/01/1585782924000/Elon-Musk-promised-ventilators--These-are-BPAP-machines-/w
There’s no debate over whether sleep apnoea machines are things normally referred to as “ventilators” that are used in ICUs & so could be useful for severe cases (Theyre not)”
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/04/01/1585782924000/Elon-Musk-promised-ventilators--These-are-BPAP-machines-/w
“Why Elon Musk disobeyed government orders and reopened a Tesla factory -
Musk thinks it’s okay for his Tesla factory to break the rules on reopening.
Local officials disagree.” https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/5/12/21255812/elon-musk-tesla-factory-coronavirus-reopening
Musk thinks it’s okay for his Tesla factory to break the rules on reopening.
Local officials disagree.” https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/5/12/21255812/elon-musk-tesla-factory-coronavirus-reopening
Here’s what it’s like for locals when one of Elon’s companies sets up shop in your neighborhood.
This is infuriating:
https://twitter.com/rachmonroe/status/1263496188982112256?s=21 https://twitter.com/rachmonroe/status/1263496188982112256
This is infuriating:
https://twitter.com/rachmonroe/status/1263496188982112256?s=21 https://twitter.com/rachmonroe/status/1263496188982112256
https://twitter.com/torrhl/status/1276710892525109248?s=21 https://twitter.com/torrHL/status/1276710892525109248
Elon argues that wages and working conditions in his (subsidized!) factories are "trade secrets" that shouldn't be subject to public records requests: https://twitter.com/KateAronoff/status/1301148029815320577
"Musk said people were far more likely to die in a car crash, failing to note that car crashes aren’t infectious, nor do they double in frequency every two to three days—as Covid-19 in the US was then doing." https://newrepublic.com/article/160268/selling-american-space-dream
“Musk’s companies dipped into the bucket of cash that the Treasury held out for corporations in the early days of the pandemic.
While Musk spent his time tweeting against govt aid for individuals, Tesla received its own tranche from the bailout fund.” https://newrepublic.com/article/160500/elon-musks-big-government-grift
While Musk spent his time tweeting against govt aid for individuals, Tesla received its own tranche from the bailout fund.” https://newrepublic.com/article/160500/elon-musks-big-government-grift
"The Bitcoin buy is also a clear indictment of Tesla’s, and Musk’s, image as an environmentally conscious innovator.
There are few speculative assets more harmful to the climate than Bitcoin, which consumes a colossal amount of electricity." https://newrepublic.com/article/161291/elon-musk-tesla-bitcoin-value-reckless-troll
There are few speculative assets more harmful to the climate than Bitcoin, which consumes a colossal amount of electricity." https://newrepublic.com/article/161291/elon-musk-tesla-bitcoin-value-reckless-troll
"It appears that to bulk up its paltry balance sheet, Tesla sold environmental carbon credits and then funneled the proceeds into the digital equivalent of burning coal."
"The revelation follows reporting in June that there had been multiple covid-19 cases reported at Tesla’s facilities in Fremont, Calif., after Musk decided to reopen despite a countywide stay-at-home order, daring officials to arrest him." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/03/12/hundreds-covid-cases-reported-tesla-plant-following-musks-defiant-reopening-county-data-shows/
“the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Tesla violated labor laws by retaliating against union supporters and implying staff could lose stock options if they unionize.” https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2021/03/25/federal-labor-board-orders-elon-musk-to-delete-tweet/
