Faiz Siddiqui
@faizsays.bsky.social
Washington Post tech journalist writing a lot about Elon Musk, Twitter, Tesla. My book HUBRIS MAXIMUS: The Shattering of Elon Musk (St. Martin’s) is in stores NOW! How to buy: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/hubris-maximus-9781250327178/
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Faiz Siddiqui
@faizsays.bsky.social
· Feb 5
Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk
The rise, fall, and revival of the Caesar of Silicon Valley. Elon Musk has cast himself as the savior of humanity, an altruistic force whose fortune is tied to noble pursuits from halting our dependen...
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Hello bskyers, My upcoming book HUBRIS MAXIMUS: The Shattering of Elon Musk, is up for pre-order. It delves into the playbook Musk is using today, providing the definitive look at the 6 yrs that transformed his reputation. Out May 6! Use PREORDER25 at B&N
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Well everyone I hate to say the most insane headline to come out of my book tour was right but here we are
November 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Well everyone I hate to say the most insane headline to come out of my book tour was right but here we are
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Amtrak ridership went up 5 percent in the past year while revenue grew 10 percent, a win for an agency that has been fighting to preserve support for passenger rail under an administration skeptical of public transit.
In a tumultuous year, Amtrak got more riders at higher prices
Flight cancellations during the government shutdown gave Amtrak a boost, while more customers are choosing pricier business-class seats.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Amtrak ridership went up 5 percent in the past year while revenue grew 10 percent, a win for an agency that has been fighting to preserve support for passenger rail under an administration skeptical of public transit.
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Took off from Austin, Texas. Going to Washington, D.C.
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Took off from Austin, Texas. Going to Washington, D.C.
Huge applause at the Tesla shareholder meeting when Musk says Tesla Full Self-Driving users will be permitted to text and drive soon: "I'm confident that in the next month or two, we're going to look closely at the safety statistics, but we will allow you to text and drive, essentially."
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Huge applause at the Tesla shareholder meeting when Musk says Tesla Full Self-Driving users will be permitted to text and drive soon: "I'm confident that in the next month or two, we're going to look closely at the safety statistics, but we will allow you to text and drive, essentially."
BREAKING: Tesla shareholders overwhelmingly approve $1 trillion pay package to Elon Musk, keeping him at the company for a decade. Story to come
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
BREAKING: Tesla shareholders overwhelmingly approve $1 trillion pay package to Elon Musk, keeping him at the company for a decade. Story to come
Ahead of the Elon Musk $1 trillion pay package vote, Tesla officials made a rare appeal to BlackRock, one of their largest institutional investors. Charles Schwab announced its support after fans threatened to move their money elsewhere. And Tesla did a social media and video blitz wapo.st/3Xf0Qfi
Elon Musk’s ultimatum to Tesla: Make me a trillionaire or I may leave
A proposed pay package could make Tesla CEO Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, but it faces resistance from shareholders and critics who say it’s unearned.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Ahead of the Elon Musk $1 trillion pay package vote, Tesla officials made a rare appeal to BlackRock, one of their largest institutional investors. Charles Schwab announced its support after fans threatened to move their money elsewhere. And Tesla did a social media and video blitz wapo.st/3Xf0Qfi
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. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social dropped in on many online microfandoms to conquer the fragmented media problem, including a personal favorite of mine, the streamer who walks around New York making beats for strangers to freestyle to @ariathome.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social dropped in on many online microfandoms to conquer the fragmented media problem, including a personal favorite of mine, the streamer who walks around New York making beats for strangers to freestyle to @ariathome.bsky.social
"The findings by the State Department’s Office of Inspector General mark the first time a U.S. government report has acknowledged the scale of Israeli actions in Gaza that fall under the purview of Leahy Laws"
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Classified U.S. report finds backlog of hundreds of possible Israeli human rights violations
Classified U.S. report finds backlog of ‘hundreds’ of possible Israeli human rights violations, according to officials, further complicating a process to review credible allegations against IDF milita...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"The findings by the State Department’s Office of Inspector General mark the first time a U.S. government report has acknowledged the scale of Israeli actions in Gaza that fall under the purview of Leahy Laws"
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The way that people talk about these things is wild:
“very few wrong things”
“almost entirely factually accurate”
You’re talking about an encyclopedia!!
(Bonus: just some of Robert Scoble’s apparent corrections because they couldn’t all fit here)
“very few wrong things”
“almost entirely factually accurate”
You’re talking about an encyclopedia!!
(Bonus: just some of Robert Scoble’s apparent corrections because they couldn’t all fit here)
October 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The way that people talk about these things is wild:
“very few wrong things”
“almost entirely factually accurate”
You’re talking about an encyclopedia!!
(Bonus: just some of Robert Scoble’s apparent corrections because they couldn’t all fit here)
“very few wrong things”
“almost entirely factually accurate”
You’re talking about an encyclopedia!!
(Bonus: just some of Robert Scoble’s apparent corrections because they couldn’t all fit here)
Wikipedia's first sentence on the Cybertruck: "The Tesla Cybertruck is a battery-electric full-size pickup truck manufactured by Tesla, Inc. since 2023." Grokipedia's first sentence on the Cybertruck:
October 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Wikipedia's first sentence on the Cybertruck: "The Tesla Cybertruck is a battery-electric full-size pickup truck manufactured by Tesla, Inc. since 2023." Grokipedia's first sentence on the Cybertruck:
Grokipedia describes Elon Musk's work in breathlessly, saying Grok "releases reflect xAI’s rapid iteration, with Musk highlighting Grok’s design for maximal truth-seeking," using x.ai as its source. It also incorrectly describes Vivek Ramaswamy's DOGE role. wapo.st/47PKzTd Story w/ @willoremus.com
Elon Musk briefly launches a Wikipedia rival that extols his own ‘vision’
The right-leaning tech magnate is touting his own online encyclopedia as an unbiased alternative to the world’s most widely cited online source.
wapo.st
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Grokipedia describes Elon Musk's work in breathlessly, saying Grok "releases reflect xAI’s rapid iteration, with Musk highlighting Grok’s design for maximal truth-seeking," using x.ai as its source. It also incorrectly describes Vivek Ramaswamy's DOGE role. wapo.st/47PKzTd Story w/ @willoremus.com
New: NHTSA has begun inquiring about a Tesla Full Self-Driving mode, "Mad Max," that weaves through traffic and exceeds the speed limit to more aggressively maneuver the roads. The Biden Admin took a hard line against programmed-in features that pushed the bounds of the law. wapo.st/4nf0OyB
Musk doubles down in fight with Trump administration, risking his empire
The tech executive has shown little sign of backing down from a battle over the future of NASA. It has spilled into the Transportation Department, which oversees regulation for Tesla.
wapo.st
October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New: NHTSA has begun inquiring about a Tesla Full Self-Driving mode, "Mad Max," that weaves through traffic and exceeds the speed limit to more aggressively maneuver the roads. The Biden Admin took a hard line against programmed-in features that pushed the bounds of the law. wapo.st/4nf0OyB
New: Elon Musk's feud with Sean Duffy, the Trump official with the most oversight of his businesses, is raising eyebrows. "You’re essentially fighting with the guy in charge ... It’s so much self-sabotage."
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Musk doubles down in fight with Trump administration, risking his empire
The tech executive has shown little sign of backing down from a battle over the future of NASA. It has spilled into the Transportation Department, which oversees regulation for Tesla.
wapo.st
October 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
New: Elon Musk's feud with Sean Duffy, the Trump official with the most oversight of his businesses, is raising eyebrows. "You’re essentially fighting with the guy in charge ... It’s so much self-sabotage."
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Elon Musk says Tesla's plan to build an army of Tesla Optimus robots necessitates his $1 trillion pay package: "It's not like I'm going to spend the money ... I don't feel comfortable building a robot army if I don't have at least a strong influence."
October 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Elon Musk says Tesla's plan to build an army of Tesla Optimus robots necessitates his $1 trillion pay package: "It's not like I'm going to spend the money ... I don't feel comfortable building a robot army if I don't have at least a strong influence."
Exciting News: My book Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk is officially a Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2025. "One of the most polarizing figures of modern times gets put under the microscope in this exhaustive and exhilarating examination..." www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/the-bes...
October 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Exciting News: My book Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk is officially a Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2025. "One of the most polarizing figures of modern times gets put under the microscope in this exhaustive and exhilarating examination..." www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/the-bes...
Relevant background here is that Bari Weiss was nearly onboarded at Twitter during the peak of the Twitter Files hysteria (employees pushed back to prevent her from getting full access), when Elon Musk had put this management style into full effect there. You can read about it here: wapo.st/4hb1XGe
October 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Relevant background here is that Bari Weiss was nearly onboarded at Twitter during the peak of the Twitter Files hysteria (employees pushed back to prevent her from getting full access), when Elon Musk had put this management style into full effect there. You can read about it here: wapo.st/4hb1XGe
One of the wildest things here: Teslas in Full Self-Driving kept running a red light at the same intersection in Joppa, Maryland, indicating "that the problem may be repeatable" and forcing Tesla to issue a fix
Federal safety regulators are investigating Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” feature over reports that the technology caused vehicles to run red lights and maneuver into opposing lanes, the agency said.
Federal officials probe Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ over traffic violations
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the probe stemmed from reports of vehicles running red lights and entering the opposing lane of traffic.
wapo.st
October 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
One of the wildest things here: Teslas in Full Self-Driving kept running a red light at the same intersection in Joppa, Maryland, indicating "that the problem may be repeatable" and forcing Tesla to issue a fix
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NEW: I went to Mexico to see a generation of babies being conceived through AI & robotic IVF - automated systems w/no human involvement. It’s a deeply human story about the global infertility crisis and whether tech can scale the most precious thing we have: human life.
Gifted here: wapo.st/3Kt4u26
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Robots are learning to make human babies. Twenty have already been born.
One in six people of reproductive age suffer from infertility. Start-ups are using AI-powered robots to increase IVF success rates and lower costs.
wapo.st
October 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
NEW: I went to Mexico to see a generation of babies being conceived through AI & robotic IVF - automated systems w/no human involvement. It’s a deeply human story about the global infertility crisis and whether tech can scale the most precious thing we have: human life.
Gifted here: wapo.st/3Kt4u26
Gifted here: wapo.st/3Kt4u26
read this to understand the impact of DOGE cuts on human lives
Trump's USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting. wapo.st/46GSwcv
Trump's USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting. wapo.st/46GSwcv
September 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
read this to understand the impact of DOGE cuts on human lives
Trump's USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting. wapo.st/46GSwcv
Trump's USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting. wapo.st/46GSwcv
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The spent grease that restaurants unload as waste has become a valuable commodity.
If you’ve been on a plane lately, there’s a chance that used cooking oil has helped launch you into the sky.
If you’ve been on a plane lately, there’s a chance that used cooking oil has helped launch you into the sky.
The used oil from your french fry order may be fueling your next flight
We followed the trail of grease from the kitchens of Le Diplomat and other D.C. restaurants to the commercial planes using alternative fuels.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The spent grease that restaurants unload as waste has become a valuable commodity.
If you’ve been on a plane lately, there’s a chance that used cooking oil has helped launch you into the sky.
If you’ve been on a plane lately, there’s a chance that used cooking oil has helped launch you into the sky.
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Opinion: There is friction between the Federal Trade Commission’s ‘Made in USA’ standard and the California ‘Made in USA’ law.
CA’s ‘Made in USA’ Safe Harbors Don’t Guarantee FTC Compliance
Opinion: Reed Smith's Julia Solomon Ensor examines the friction between the Federal Trade Commission’s 'Made in USA' standard and the California 'Made in USA' law.
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September 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Opinion: There is friction between the Federal Trade Commission’s ‘Made in USA’ standard and the California ‘Made in USA’ law.
“If you create this precedent, do you think it’ll be the last time it’ll be used?”
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More employers fire workers over Kirk posts as pressure from right mounts
Actions by employers have stirred a debate over employees’ speech rights, the role of pressure campaigns and what is appropriate public debate after an violent event.
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September 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“If you create this precedent, do you think it’ll be the last time it’ll be used?”
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Starting to think there may be a pattern with this guy
September 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Starting to think there may be a pattern with this guy
Much of Denholm's own wealth derives from her position on the Tesla board. Musk said he hand-picked her as chair and it was unrealistic that she'd be a check on him. "I am the largest shareholder in the company and I can just call for a shareholder vote and get anything done that I want."
September 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Much of Denholm's own wealth derives from her position on the Tesla board. Musk said he hand-picked her as chair and it was unrealistic that she'd be a check on him. "I am the largest shareholder in the company and I can just call for a shareholder vote and get anything done that I want."