cyberbullying elon musk since 2015, author of "ludicrous: the unvarnished story of tesla motors" (2019) and "elon take the wheel" (dec 2026, preorders now open), cohost of the autonocast, program director for the ride ai summit, occasional shark/froghttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.onlinehttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvquo2p64227Toyota's credibility on futuretech plans has taken a beating lately, but if this is really real it's huge news [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvquo2p64227https://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvqrsgu63s27when ur corrupt oligarch homies fail to stop the release of a movie that documents ur words and actions17 Sep 2026 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqrsgu63s27https://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvqreku5ts27Universal took one look at Ed Sheeran and decided to just show the damn movie! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqreku5ts27https://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvqralpdp227...and what do you call this act? The Technocrats! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqralpdp227https://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvqpj7h7mc27the world's wealthiest man can't find a Nazi he doesn't love [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqpj7h7mc27https://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvqldpyxnk2mgf: *looking up from instagram* have you heard about this person who publicly shit themselves? me: you're gonna have to narrow it down a lot more than that, sweetie17 Sep 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqldpyxnk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvqhcgmh6c2z"but as the map recursively improves, eventually it becomes..." *clicks to final slide in the pitch deck* "...the territory!"17 Sep 2026 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqhcgmh6c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvqbuctvw227kinda interesting to see who gets warned of the existential (for them) risks of AI and who doesn't [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqbuctvw227https://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvq5lytom227if there's a bookstore or event space or institution that I should reach to about "Elon Take The Wheel" book events in December, please nominate them below mostly looking for Bay Area, L.A., NYC, DC, Austin, Chicago, Detroit, but open to going anywhere17 Sep 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvq5lytom227https://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvpvhnpt7s2u*billions of dollars in net worth voice* I'm an effective altruist17 Sep 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpvhnpt7s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvpuq2deo22uI've always been very anti-AI, but all this sex cult talk is kinda giving me second thoughts17 Sep 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpuq2deo22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvpudsqal22uplease, please, PLEASE be the beginning of the end of the practice of adding stupid "giga" and "tera" prefixes to the word "factory" or "plant," as if they had literally any meaning besides ginning up idiot Musk cultists https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/tesla-spacex-sue-nanotech-company-over-terafab-name-2026-09-16/17 Sep 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpudsqal22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvpthatbpc2uCBS News doing Cronkite proud: Elon Musk's mom says her son "just wants to do good" but steps "on a lot of toes" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maye-musk-elon-trillionaire-doge-book/17 Sep 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpthatbpc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvpqf4cwvc2zso Universal wants to block global distribution of the "MUSK" documentary, and the Ellisons seem likely to try to block the streaming release on HBO early next year if their takeover is approved in time... we all better plan on making the US theatrical release an absolute blowout event!17 Sep 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpqf4cwvc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvppk36y6c2zhow chill! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvppk36y6c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvojgr3q222mno crazier than saying you're gonna "solve self-driving" by the end of the year for a decade while your half-baked product kills at least 60 people and ending up the richest man alive [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 01:39 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvojgr3q222mhttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvnpqhzg422uhere's NHTSA's special order to Tesla, demanding proof that the Cybercab in fact complies with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Tesla's response will inevitably be completely redacted, but it's nice to see the regulator pretending to make an effort here https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2026/INIM-AQ26002-17090P1.pdf16 Sep 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnpqhzg422uhttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvnm4f42vs2ueven if you're open to the idea that frontier transformer models present profound risks to Society As We Know It, it's not really clear what anyone is supposed to do about it... besides take on a bunch more vague, free-floating anxiety, and like who has the mental health budget for that?16 Sep 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnm4f42vs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvnfhn2nfs2uhe's had more than ten years to make all the Teslas drive themselves, remind me again how that's going [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnfhn2nfs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvnee4g6hk2uSeeing a lot of city-level efforts to regulate AVs San Diego demands local tracking/control abilities & airport ban: https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2026/09/14/san-diego-passes-resolution-to-regulate-waymo/ Culver City explores banning AV depots: https://smmirror.com/culver-city-weighs-rules-limiting-autonomous-vehicle-facilities-near-homes-video/ Minneapolis could require monitors: https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midwest/minnesota-minneapolis-waymo-driverless-car-human-driver/16 Sep 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnee4g6hk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvlwxxdlls2mgritty Revenge Of The Nerds reboot where they do racism and nonconsensual porn instead of *checks notes* hold up16 Sep 2026 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlwxxdlls2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvlvtnxkl22mI don't understand why we don't constantly hear about this book, in light of all the excruciating discourse around our relationship with automation https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250296115/thenewbreed/16 Sep 2026 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlvtnxkl22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3mvlou33az22mone of many advantages to being heavily exposed to the self-driving scene is understanding that "the trolley problem" is vacuous bullshit for poseurs [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlou33az22m