Dana Hull
@danahull.bsky.social
Book hoarder. Oakland dweller. Transit user. Senior Reporter at Bloomberg covering Tesla and Elon Musk. Listen to our ELON INC podcast! Reach me on Signal 510-449-6359 or dhull12@bloomberg.net. Link to my work: https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ASGzcek
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The Dangerous Feature in Tesla's Doors
YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals
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We made an 18 minute video about Tesla and the doors, featuring a lot of footage that I obtained via public records. Now on YouTube: youtu.be/2lFzqBt3z0w
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NEW: The anonymous "researcher" in Nick Shirley's viral "fraud" video--treated as a concerned citizen on Fox News and elsewhere--is actually a Minnesota state lobbyist and political activist who worked with a GOP House staffer to provide Shirley info/
theintercept.com/2026/01/03/m...
theintercept.com/2026/01/03/m...
Unnamed Source in Viral Minnesota Somali Fraud Video Is Right-Wing Lobbyist Who Called Muslims “Demons”
David Hoch, who goes by his first name in Nick Shirley’s video allegedly exposing Somali fraud, referred to “demon Muslims” on social media.
theintercept.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:19 PM
NEW: The anonymous "researcher" in Nick Shirley's viral "fraud" video--treated as a concerned citizen on Fox News and elsewhere--is actually a Minnesota state lobbyist and political activist who worked with a GOP House staffer to provide Shirley info/
theintercept.com/2026/01/03/m...
theintercept.com/2026/01/03/m...
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I think I’m going with the @nytimes.com on this one, thanks.
January 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I think I’m going with the @nytimes.com on this one, thanks.
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A US indictment doesn’t give you the right to invade another country, seize its leader, or decide who governs next. Criminal charges and non-recognition don’t erase head-of-state immunity, this is regime change dressed up as law enforcement.
Read the unsealed indictment against Maduro: www.justice.gov/opa/media/14...
January 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
A US indictment doesn’t give you the right to invade another country, seize its leader, or decide who governs next. Criminal charges and non-recognition don’t erase head-of-state immunity, this is regime change dressed up as law enforcement.
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Over the holidays, every single national wildlife refuge, plus some fish hatcheries and marine monuments were directed to conduct a system-wide review. Outrageous deadline of Jan 5 functionally eliminates public input & tribal consultation.
news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
Interior to Spend Holidays Studying Refuges for Possible Closure
Congress will have to approve any Interior Department plans to abolish national wildlife refuges as staff members spend the next few weeks completing a review the US Fish and Wildlife Service has orde...
news.bloomberglaw.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Over the holidays, every single national wildlife refuge, plus some fish hatcheries and marine monuments were directed to conduct a system-wide review. Outrageous deadline of Jan 5 functionally eliminates public input & tribal consultation.
news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
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Trump pardoned the last Latin American president indicted and convicted of narco trafficking in the SDNY just over a month ago
apnews.com/article/hond...
apnews.com/article/hond...
Trump's pardon promise offers yet another life to Honduras' imprisoned ex-president
Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández, once a U.S. ally in the war on drugs, is on the verge of being pardoned by President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Trump pardoned the last Latin American president indicted and convicted of narco trafficking in the SDNY just over a month ago
apnews.com/article/hond...
apnews.com/article/hond...
@wyden.senate.gov you up? Has Senate intel been briefed on this?
January 3, 2026 at 7:00 AM
@wyden.senate.gov you up? Has Senate intel been briefed on this?
. @vanhollen.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social what is going on in Venezuela?
January 3, 2026 at 6:55 AM
. @vanhollen.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social what is going on in Venezuela?
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Neither grok nor x apologized in any official statement. The screenshotted “apology from grok” was created by a user who prompted it to issue an apology for creating a specific CSAM image of girls who were 12-14 years old (by grok’s estimation). He prompted grok multiple times to get this “apology.”
LLMs are 100% - yes, 100% - the results of their programmer's intentions.
Yes, there are some unexpected outputs. But if you'd chatbot creates sexual images of young children, either the programmers don't care or THEY EXPLICITLY WANTED IT TO DO THAT.
Yes, there are some unexpected outputs. But if you'd chatbot creates sexual images of young children, either the programmers don't care or THEY EXPLICITLY WANTED IT TO DO THAT.
1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
January 3, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Neither grok nor x apologized in any official statement. The screenshotted “apology from grok” was created by a user who prompted it to issue an apology for creating a specific CSAM image of girls who were 12-14 years old (by grok’s estimation). He prompted grok multiple times to get this “apology.”
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We made an 18 minute video about Tesla and the doors, featuring a lot of footage that I obtained via public records. Now on YouTube: youtu.be/2lFzqBt3z0w
The Dangerous Feature in Tesla's Doors
YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 6:07 AM
We made an 18 minute video about Tesla and the doors, featuring a lot of footage that I obtained via public records. Now on YouTube: youtu.be/2lFzqBt3z0w
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One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
January 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
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in a healthy society, “you have to meet people where they are” wouldnt include the app with the built in AI child pornography generator
January 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM
in a healthy society, “you have to meet people where they are” wouldnt include the app with the built in AI child pornography generator
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“Will you ask New Yorkers who voted for you to give Zohran Mamdani a chance?
Curtis Sliwa: Absolutely. He won a majority. He has a mandate. The Masters of the Universe, the billionaires, did everything they could to make sure he wasn’t the mayor. It didn’t work. He’s a great organizer.”
Curtis Sliwa: Absolutely. He won a majority. He has a mandate. The Masters of the Universe, the billionaires, did everything they could to make sure he wasn’t the mayor. It didn’t work. He’s a great organizer.”
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
“Will you ask New Yorkers who voted for you to give Zohran Mamdani a chance?
Curtis Sliwa: Absolutely. He won a majority. He has a mandate. The Masters of the Universe, the billionaires, did everything they could to make sure he wasn’t the mayor. It didn’t work. He’s a great organizer.”
Curtis Sliwa: Absolutely. He won a majority. He has a mandate. The Masters of the Universe, the billionaires, did everything they could to make sure he wasn’t the mayor. It didn’t work. He’s a great organizer.”
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New from @pamherd.bsky.social & I: Key takeaways from Mamdani's inauguration speech.
"Mamdani will force a conversation among the left about how it should govern." 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/understand...
"Mamdani will force a conversation among the left about how it should govern." 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/understand...
Understanding Mamdani's Vision
His inauguration speech challenges the left to govern
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:02 PM
New from @pamherd.bsky.social & I: Key takeaways from Mamdani's inauguration speech.
"Mamdani will force a conversation among the left about how it should govern." 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/understand...
"Mamdani will force a conversation among the left about how it should govern." 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/understand...
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If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
That Purple Rain needle drop got me teary
prince is playing a guitar on stage while wearing a purple jacket .
Alt: prince is playing a guitar on stage while wearing a purple jacket .
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:49 AM
That Purple Rain needle drop got me teary
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One last fucked up 2025 scoop—FEMA has begun issuing termination notices to CORE staff (appointed under the Stafford Act, ordinarily extended for 2 years) effective Jan 2, agency sources tell me. Sr leadership was asked if they could be given more notice but Acting Administrator Karen Evans said no.
January 1, 2026 at 3:49 AM
One last fucked up 2025 scoop—FEMA has begun issuing termination notices to CORE staff (appointed under the Stafford Act, ordinarily extended for 2 years) effective Jan 2, agency sources tell me. Sr leadership was asked if they could be given more notice but Acting Administrator Karen Evans said no.
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This is a strange way of saying “we’re complying with court orders now that we failed to get #SCOTUS to stay them.”
Trump announces he’s pulling the National Guard from Portland, LA, and Chicago but threatens that “We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again - Only a question of time!”
December 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is a strange way of saying “we’re complying with court orders now that we failed to get #SCOTUS to stay them.”
I try not to travel a lot bc of climate impacts BUT feel like Chicago, LA, New York City and Portland are all worth visiting in 2026. I have not been to Chicago in decades. Best season?
December 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I try not to travel a lot bc of climate impacts BUT feel like Chicago, LA, New York City and Portland are all worth visiting in 2026. I have not been to Chicago in decades. Best season?
A fitting way to end the year: I am on hold with a health insurance company. Estimated wait time: 39 minutes
December 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A fitting way to end the year: I am on hold with a health insurance company. Estimated wait time: 39 minutes
This is really worth reading--including rendition vs deportation
As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS
Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked
www.forever-wars.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is really worth reading--including rendition vs deportation
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The rumors about daycare centers are extremely "fit" for virality: having both novelty & familiarity (drawing on anti-immigrant tropes of criminality & exploitation); making emotional/identity appeals; are *participatory* in that ppl can create their own “evidence” by investigating local centers.
What makes an election rumor go viral? Look at these 10 factors
A guide for journalists and news organizations assessing voting- and election-related rumors in the weeks leading up to the 2022 midterms.
www.niemanlab.org
December 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The rumors about daycare centers are extremely "fit" for virality: having both novelty & familiarity (drawing on anti-immigrant tropes of criminality & exploitation); making emotional/identity appeals; are *participatory* in that ppl can create their own “evidence” by investigating local centers.
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When Nick Shirley arrived to "test" if he could enroll his son "Joey" in Minneapolis day cares, his viral video omitted that he showed up with an entourage of masked men acting like security, multiple vehicles including vans, cameras, and men who wouldn't identify themselves. One day care owner /
December 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When Nick Shirley arrived to "test" if he could enroll his son "Joey" in Minneapolis day cares, his viral video omitted that he showed up with an entourage of masked men acting like security, multiple vehicles including vans, cameras, and men who wouldn't identify themselves. One day care owner /
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And actually--Comet Pizza was a page out of a playbook that started with daycare decades before.
In 1983, a California mom accused her son's childcare provider of subjecting children to Satanic rituals--like flushing them down toilets into secret basements where they were then filmed for porn. 1/🧵
In 1983, a California mom accused her son's childcare provider of subjecting children to Satanic rituals--like flushing them down toilets into secret basements where they were then filmed for porn. 1/🧵
Trump guys are about to Comet Pizza every third daycare center because they think they are all fronts for Somali money laundering. They're only doing this near cities with progressive mayors. This is straight up Government by LibsOfTikTok.
December 31, 2025 at 1:19 AM
And actually--Comet Pizza was a page out of a playbook that started with daycare decades before.
In 1983, a California mom accused her son's childcare provider of subjecting children to Satanic rituals--like flushing them down toilets into secret basements where they were then filmed for porn. 1/🧵
In 1983, a California mom accused her son's childcare provider of subjecting children to Satanic rituals--like flushing them down toilets into secret basements where they were then filmed for porn. 1/🧵