Unloved by Elon (who once tried to get me fired), disgusted at "conservatives" who turned out to be Trump cultists, hoping Democrats will get healthier, and wishing Congress would do its damned job. I write at montanaskeptic.substack.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/montanaskeptic.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/montanaskeptic.bsky.social/post/3mlns4p74mk2r1/ Try not to act shocked when we tell you this, but $TSLA's expansion of robotaxis to Houston & Dallas is tiny in scale, still in beta, and deeply flawed. #TeslaTakedown12 May 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:bmfpkqzxtmm3wkrpcizzvuoz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlns4p74mk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/montanaskeptic.bsky.social/post/3mlj3mwvpqk2hReminder: many of the largest, most prestigious financial institutions are lining up to help this guy engineer the greatest wealth transfer in history (the SpaceX IPO):10 May 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:bmfpkqzxtmm3wkrpcizzvuoz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlj3mwvpqk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/montanaskeptic.bsky.social/post/3mlgmddxjc22v1/ Peggy Noonan hits the right notes in discussing the greatness of Ted Turner. These paragraphs begin with a reference to Obama's much-maligned "You didn't build that" claim:09 May 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:bmfpkqzxtmm3wkrpcizzvuoz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgmddxjc22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/montanaskeptic.bsky.social/post/3mlf25dxrus2f1/ Yeah, @fredlambert.bsky.social took forever to wake up, but boy is he bringing it:09 May 2026 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:bmfpkqzxtmm3wkrpcizzvuoz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlf25dxrus2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/montanaskeptic.bsky.social/post/3mlezluj63k2iShe's swimming against the great tide of Trump & Musk sewage. I salute her and wish her well. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-will-not-rubber-stamp-elon-musk-settlement-with-sec-2026-05-08/?taid=69fe596779a4a40001b2e20c&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter09 May 2026 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:bmfpkqzxtmm3wkrpcizzvuoz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlezluj63k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/montanaskeptic.bsky.social/post/3mlet63xrt22x"This is another sign of just how comically codependent the AI tech industry has become." Great stuff here from @alphaville.ft.com on those "hyperscaler" earnings. https://x.com/FTAlphaville/status/205236522383149499608 May 2026 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:bmfpkqzxtmm3wkrpcizzvuoz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlet63xrt22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/montanaskeptic.bsky.social/post/3mlcl5wwd5k2zIf you want to have an intelligent conversation about what it would take for the U.S. to back away from the fiscal cliff we are about to plunge off of, this blog post from @jessicabriedl.bsky.social is a superb resource: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/can-taxes-alone-fix-long-term-deficits/08 May 2026 01:26 +0000at://did:plc:bmfpkqzxtmm3wkrpcizzvuoz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcl5wwd5k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/montanaskeptic.bsky.social/post/3ml7p2ragws2lThis is truly great work by @fredlambert.bsky.social and I highly recommend it. I hope Chancellor McCormick is reading along because it completely vindicates her take on Musk's machinations. Indeed, her take was far too tepid. https://electrek.co/2026/05/06/musk-obsession-controlling-ai-tesla-agi-openai-trial/06 May 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:bmfpkqzxtmm3wkrpcizzvuoz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7p2ragws2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/montanaskeptic.bsky.social/post/3ml7o6h4mq225I'm old enough to remember when, per Elon Musk, Anthropic was "MisAnthropic" and "evil." https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-inks-deal-to-use-all-of-spacexs-colossus-1-compute-capacity-56a7e2a106 May 2026 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:bmfpkqzxtmm3wkrpcizzvuoz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7o6h4mq225https://bsky.app/profile/montanaskeptic.bsky.social/post/3ml7mwpn3qs25@fredlambert.bsky.social has a good timeline here of how Musk's obsession with besting Sam Altman has led him down the path of perdition. (It will be sweet when both Musk & Altman are also-rans in AI.) https://electrek.co/2026/05/06/musk-obsession-controlling-ai-tesla-agi-openai-trial/06 May 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:bmfpkqzxtmm3wkrpcizzvuoz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7mwpn3qs25https://bsky.app/profile/montanaskeptic.bsky.social/post/3ml7mqmvwc22g$TSLA's CapEx budget is designed for xAI. SpaceX's Terafab project is designed for xAI. It's all about xAI. The failure will be colossal, but not until the greatest wealth transfer in history is completed via the SpaceX IPO. Best supporting actor awards go to Nasdaq, S&P trustees, and the SEC. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:bmfpkqzxtmm3wkrpcizzvuoz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7mqmvwc22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/montanaskeptic.bsky.social/post/3ml77soim7k2v@keubiko.bsky.social was here, first & best. It's an outrageous disgrace and a fraud on the unsuspecting retirement fund holder whose 401k or IRA is loaded with index funds. But who wants to handicap the chances that the SEC, with Trump watching, would dare do anything to offend Elon Musk? [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:bmfpkqzxtmm3wkrpcizzvuoz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml77soim7k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/montanaskeptic.bsky.social/post/3ml4pt5n6xs2n1/ Jason Zweig, the wise elder of financial advice @wsj.com, with a powerful message about how corruption in the Age of Trump & Musk (he mentions neither of their names, but doesn't need to) poses an enormous risk to our social & financial fabric:05 May 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:bmfpkqzxtmm3wkrpcizzvuoz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4pt5n6xs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/montanaskeptic.bsky.social/post/3ml33frrb7s2iMusk saves $150 million by breaking the law. Trump's SEC says, hey, give us $1.5 million & it's all good. Another reason why you can't bet against Lying Elon Musk while Crooked Donald Trump has his back. https://www.reuters.com/world/elon-musk-settles-sec-lawsuit-over-twitter-disclosures-trust-will-pay-15-million-2026-05-04/05 May 2026 01:55 +0000at://did:plc:bmfpkqzxtmm3wkrpcizzvuoz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml33frrb7s2i