Sebastian Tong
@sebbytong.bsky.social
News junkie/news writer. Breaking News at Bloomberg. No pun too lame. Re-skeets not endorsements.
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“Why did the car catch on fire? Why couldn’t Krysta get out?” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Father of Tesla Cybertruck Crash Victim Files Lawsuit Over Death
The family of one of three college students who died in a Cybertruck crash in California filed a lawsuit in a bid to gain access to the Tesla Inc. pickup and better understand how their daughter died.
www.bloomberg.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“Why did the car catch on fire? Why couldn’t Krysta get out?” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Please Like Me
It can be strange, sometimes, to be me. I’m the wealthiest man on the planet, for starters. Leaders across America, and indeed the world, look to me as a visionary driving technological progress in ar...
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March 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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New: Ex-Twitter workers keep winning severance claims against Elon Musk.
Employees are 20 for 20 so far in getting full severance from Musk via arbitration, including four people who were laid off after the "Fork in the Road" ultimatum
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Employees are 20 for 20 so far in getting full severance from Musk via arbitration, including four people who were laid off after the "Fork in the Road" ultimatum
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s Ex-Twitter Workers Win Severance Over ‘Fork in the Road’ Email
Former Twitter employees are scoring early victories in legal challenges to Elon Musk’s mass layoffs when he bought the company in 2022.
www.bloomberg.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
New: Ex-Twitter workers keep winning severance claims against Elon Musk.
Employees are 20 for 20 so far in getting full severance from Musk via arbitration, including four people who were laid off after the "Fork in the Road" ultimatum
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Employees are 20 for 20 so far in getting full severance from Musk via arbitration, including four people who were laid off after the "Fork in the Road" ultimatum
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s DOGE Team Tries to Gain Access to Taxpayer Information
February 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Musk’s DOGE Team Tries to Gain Access to Taxpayer Information
US Asks Europe What Kyiv Peacekeepers Should Do If Attacked
February 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
US Asks Europe What Kyiv Peacekeepers Should Do If Attacked
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For my latest story, I reported on the lives of the undocumented contract workers who helped power Elon Musk's expansion in Austin. Sweeping debris, laying plumbing and pouring concrete, these workers built facilities that helped make Musk’s $400 billion fortune.
Read for free:
bloom.bg/41gG6a3
Read for free:
bloom.bg/41gG6a3
The Undocumented Workers Who Helped Build Elon Musk’s Texas Gigafactory
Tesla and SpaceX both relied on their labor while Musk advocated for a border crackdown.
bloom.bg
February 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
For my latest story, I reported on the lives of the undocumented contract workers who helped power Elon Musk's expansion in Austin. Sweeping debris, laying plumbing and pouring concrete, these workers built facilities that helped make Musk’s $400 billion fortune.
Read for free:
bloom.bg/41gG6a3
Read for free:
bloom.bg/41gG6a3
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Hacks followed deep cost-cutting after the private equity buyout of remote-working tech company Citrix.
Now the architect of that strategy is working on Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team.
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Now the architect of that strategy is working on Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team.
Read the Big Take ⤵️
Musk DOGE Pick Led Cybersecurity Cuts at Citrix. Hacks Followed
Tech CEO Tom Krause dismissed engineers and slashed expenses after the remote-work company’s leveraged buyout. His company says defenses improved. Now he’s consulting at the US Treasury.
trib.al
February 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Hacks followed deep cost-cutting after the private equity buyout of remote-working tech company Citrix.
Now the architect of that strategy is working on Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team.
Read the Big Take ⤵️
Now the architect of that strategy is working on Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team.
Read the Big Take ⤵️
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Trump said he'll sign an executive order to instruct the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to prepare the 30,000-person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay as part of his immigration crackdown
Trump to Use Guantanamo Military Prison for Detained Migrants
President Donald Trump said he was signing an executive order asking the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security to examine creating a facility at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay that could hous...
www.bloomberg.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Trump said he'll sign an executive order to instruct the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to prepare the 30,000-person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay as part of his immigration crackdown
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It’s not just Four Seasons resorts that are expecting an influx of visitors inspired by the HBO smash hit—tourism officials are predicting 20% growth
The White Lotus Is Already Driving a Travel Boom in Thailand
It’s not just Four Seasons resorts that are expecting an influx of visitors inspired by the HBO smash hit—tourism officials are predicting 20% growth.
www.bloomberg.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It’s not just Four Seasons resorts that are expecting an influx of visitors inspired by the HBO smash hit—tourism officials are predicting 20% growth
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NEW from the paragraph factory: Elon Musk runs six companies. Now, @chafkin.bsky.social and I lay out the case for how his political project is basically the 7th. And yes, we have a line about the squirrel. GIFT LINK: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Elon Musk Has a New Project to Run: Trump’s Government
After plowing at least $132 million into the president-elect’s campaign, the richest man in the world is about to treat the US government as if it were a money-losing social network.
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2024 at 10:59 PM
NEW from the paragraph factory: Elon Musk runs six companies. Now, @chafkin.bsky.social and I lay out the case for how his political project is basically the 7th. And yes, we have a line about the squirrel. GIFT LINK: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The US used AI to identify targets hit by air strikes in the Middle East this month, a defense official says, revealing growing military use of the technology for combat
US Used AI to Help Find Middle East Targets for Airstrikes
The US used artificial intelligence to identify targets hit by air strikes in the Middle East this month, a defense official said, revealing growing military use of the technology for combat.
www.bloomberg.com
February 26, 2024 at 2:13 PM
The US used AI to identify targets hit by air strikes in the Middle East this month, a defense official says, revealing growing military use of the technology for combat
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was unable to fly home from Davos as scheduled on Wednesday due to a critical error with his aircraft
Blinken Stranded After Boeing Plane Breaks Down On Davos Trip
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was unable to fly home from Davos as scheduled on Wednesday due to a critical error with his aircraft.
www.bloomberg.com
January 17, 2024 at 4:06 PM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was unable to fly home from Davos as scheduled on Wednesday due to a critical error with his aircraft
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Someone on twitter noted that neri oxman's dissertation contains an apparently irrelevant digression about samurai swords, so I looked it up, and … (a) this sentence is a stunner in its own right (b) this sentence is also plagiarized
![The Samurai Sword: The Weapon That Embodied Japan's ...
HistoryNet
https://www.historynet.com › weaponry-samurai-sword
Sep 1, 2006 — The blade had to be forged so that it would hold a very sharp edge and yet not break in the ferocity of a duel. To achieve these twin ..[continues on the site itself: objectives, the sword maker, or cutler, was faced with a considerable metallurgical challenge.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zgbld7wlhbsfmbpim3525mhl/bafkreid3uq275rlc5hsv3tf2uhcwj5vdusvklksyjwuku34ou6n5kzmhae@jpeg)
January 11, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Someone on twitter noted that neri oxman's dissertation contains an apparently irrelevant digression about samurai swords, so I looked it up, and … (a) this sentence is a stunner in its own right (b) this sentence is also plagiarized
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A high-profile breach into the SEC's account on X raises fresh questions about the social media platform's reliability as a source of information and its security
SEC Account Hack Amplifies Concerns Over Security at Musk’s X
The US Securities and Exchange Commission said its account on social network X was “compromised,” leading to a spike in the price of Bitcoin and raising fresh questions about X’s reliability as ...
www.bloomberg.com
January 10, 2024 at 2:06 PM
A high-profile breach into the SEC's account on X raises fresh questions about the social media platform's reliability as a source of information and its security
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'But the judges did not wish to discuss Foxconn’s illegal behaviour during the trial at all, Tang recalls. And on July 1 2020, he was formally sentenced to two years in jail for leaking business secrets.'
'But the judges did not wish to discuss Foxconn’s illegal behaviour during the trial at all, Tang recalls. And on July 1 2020, he was formally sentenced to two years in jail for leaking business secrets.'
December 9, 2023 at 12:36 AM
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'But the judges did not wish to discuss Foxconn’s illegal behaviour during the trial at all, Tang recalls. And on July 1 2020, he was formally sentenced to two years in jail for leaking business secrets.'
'But the judges did not wish to discuss Foxconn’s illegal behaviour during the trial at all, Tang recalls. And on July 1 2020, he was formally sentenced to two years in jail for leaking business secrets.'
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December 6, 2023 at 3:17 PM
'In an analysis of employment demographic data over a five-year period, the benefits of diversity were “not observed” in traditionally male- and White-dominated sectors such as utilities and industrials.'
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November 29, 2023 at 6:55 PM
'In an analysis of employment demographic data over a five-year period, the benefits of diversity were “not observed” in traditionally male- and White-dominated sectors such as utilities and industrials.'
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The US housing market has become an impossible mess.
Americans with cheap loans don’t want to sell. Those without homes can’t afford to buy. Will anything budge?
Americans with cheap loans don’t want to sell. Those without homes can’t afford to buy. Will anything budge?
The US Housing Market Has Become an Impossible Mess
Americans with cheap loans don’t want to sell. Those without homes can’t afford to buy. Will anything budge?
www.bloomberg.com
November 2, 2023 at 3:03 PM
The US housing market has become an impossible mess.
Americans with cheap loans don’t want to sell. Those without homes can’t afford to buy. Will anything budge?
Americans with cheap loans don’t want to sell. Those without homes can’t afford to buy. Will anything budge?
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The US economy grew at a 4.9% pace last quarter — the fastest rate in nearly two years — on the back of a surge in consumer spending
US Economy Expands by Most Since 2021 on Household Spending
The US economy grew at the fastest pace in nearly two years last quarter, fueled by a surge in consumer spending.
www.bloomberg.com
October 26, 2023 at 12:44 PM
The US economy grew at a 4.9% pace last quarter — the fastest rate in nearly two years — on the back of a surge in consumer spending
"As harbingers preceding still the fates
And prologue to the omen coming on..." nypost.com/2023/08/24/m...
And prologue to the omen coming on..." nypost.com/2023/08/24/m...
August 25, 2023 at 2:19 AM
"As harbingers preceding still the fates
And prologue to the omen coming on..." nypost.com/2023/08/24/m...
And prologue to the omen coming on..." nypost.com/2023/08/24/m...
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I guess Elon didn't get the permits to change the Twitter sign to "X", the cops shut it down, and now it just says
"Er"
Which feels right somehow.
"Er"
Which feels right somehow.
July 24, 2023 at 9:38 PM
I guess Elon didn't get the permits to change the Twitter sign to "X", the cops shut it down, and now it just says
"Er"
Which feels right somehow.
"Er"
Which feels right somehow.