Lora Kolodny on the smell of Musk

• Lora Kolodny on Bluesky

• Lora’s reporting at CNBC

Colossus data center in greater Memphis

• SpaceX loses bid to toss NAACP lawsuit over Memphis data center air pollution (by Lora Kolodny, CNBC, Oct 31, 2026)

• Elon Musk’s Memphis AI empire is the epicenter of the data center backlash (by Lora Kolodny and Jeniece Pettitt, CNBC, July 17, 2026) – embedded in this article is the 30-minute documentary Lora mentions in the interview.

• ‘Elonville’: US residents say Musk’s xAI offered to buy homes if they don’t sue over datacenter noise (Guardian, Oct 28, 2026)

Starlink slowdown in Ukraine

• Elon Musk Slowed Starlink. Then a Russian Drone Killed Six Ukrainians. (by Simon Ostrovsky, Nov 1, 2026)

• In hunt for Starlink alternative, Ukraine partners with Nokia and satellite maker ICEYE (by Lora Kolodny, CNBC, Oct 23, 2026). See also this and this previous reporting for context.

• Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine (gift link: by Alexander Ward, Natalie Andrews, and Josh Dawsey in the WSJ, Oct 21, 2026): “The SpaceX founder authorized the move and has been discussing Ukraine with Trump”

Obvious conclusion

• There Is No Place In A Functional Society For Elon Musk (by Albert Burneko in Defector, Nov 5, 2026):

The most direct path to doing durable good for American democracy, right now, is the one that leaves tire-tracks across Elon Musk’s stupid f****** face. . . .

Drag his sorry ass in front of Congress to answer for USAID, to testify about the very many rail and tunnel projects his Boring Company has failed to deliver, to answer for the deaths and injuries caused by his Tesla company’s cars, to account for the space trash scattered across the world by his dogshit rockets, to explain the choice to turn Twitter into an on-demand revenge-porn and CSAM generator for Nazis. Break up his companies. Strip their tax breaks, their contracts; force them to fire him from his executive positions.

Tell your congresspeople! You must break Elon Musk.