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Elon Musk's business, legal, political, and public actions, especially involving X and Tesla.

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026664 stories
Google Discloses $94.1B in SpaceX Stock, Marking 6% Stake↗ wsj.com · HN · 331 comments · 342 points · Jul 26, 2026
Americans express unease over SpaceX's influence on retirement savings↗ theguardian.com · HN · 145 comments · 253 points · Jun 19, 2026
Danish Pension Blacklists SpaceX over 'Catastrophic Governance'↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 527 comments · 286 points · May 29, 2026
Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 595 comments · 1097 points · May 18, 2026
OpenAI CEO's Identity Verification Company Announced Fake Bruno Mars Partnership↗ vice.com · HN · 109 comments · 284 points · Apr 28, 2026
20251,138 stories
Grok: Searching X for "From:Elonmusk (Israel or Palestine or Hamas or Gaza)"↗ simonwillison.net · HN · 546 comments · 734 points · Jul 11, 2025
Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts↗ spacenews.com · HN · 757 comments · 329 points · Jun 07, 2025
Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuck voices↗ paloaltoonline.com · HN · 146 comments · 490 points · Apr 13, 2025
Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI↗ reuters.com · HN · 978 comments · 706 points · Feb 10, 2025
Teen on Musk's DOGE team graduated from 'The Com'↗ krebsonsecurity.com · HN · 1801 comments · 1624 points · Feb 08, 2025
20241,300 stories
Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for-profit↗ openai.com · HN · 640 comments · 582 points · Dec 13, 2024
Meta Bans Accounts Tracking Private Jets for Zuckerberg, Musk↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 250 comments · 269 points · Oct 22, 2024
OpenAI and Elon Musk↗ openai.com · HN · 977 comments · 1037 points · Mar 06, 2024
Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI [pdf]↗ courthousenews.com · HN · 1208 comments · 1462 points · Mar 01, 2024
SpaceX Illegally Fired Workers Critical of Musk, Federal Agency Says↗ nytimes.com · HN · 292 comments · 300 points · Jan 04, 2024
20231,721 stories
Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news and websites he dislikes↗ washingtonpost.com · HN · 7 comments · 42 points · Aug 15, 2023
Jack Dorsey Has a Lot to Say, Including About Elon Musk and Twitter↗ nytimes.com · HN · 1 comments · 47 points · May 03, 2023
Substack’s CEO says Musk’s claims are false↗ twitter.com · HN · 12 comments · 45 points · Apr 08, 2023
Hi again @elonmusk↗ twitter.com · HN · 8 comments · 42 points · Mar 07, 2023
Musk’s bid to start Neuralink human trials denied by FDA in 2022, report says↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 43 comments · 40 points · Mar 06, 2023
20222,872 stories
Musk’s first email to Twitter staff ends remote work↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 1411 comments · 766 points · Nov 10, 2022
Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 1796 comments · 898 points · Oct 28, 2022
Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources↗ reuters.com · HN · 3678 comments · 2498 points · Apr 25, 2022
Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 3078 comments · 2747 points · Apr 14, 2022
Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors↗ sec.gov · HN · 1417 comments · 843 points · Apr 05, 2022
2021718 stories
Stop spending so much time being trolled by billionaire corps↗ lemire.me · HN · 166 comments · 291 points · Nov 02, 2021
Elon Musk, master promoter↗ keith404.medium.com · HN · 194 comments · 100 points · May 09, 2021
Elon Musk’s anti-union tweet from 2018 must be deleted: U.S. labor board↗ reuters.com · HN · 588 comments · 470 points · Mar 26, 2021
A SpaceX engineer's dark web insider trading sparks an SEC first↗ wired.com · HN · 120 comments · 144 points · Mar 20, 2021
Elon Musk wants clean power. But Tesla's carrying Bitcoin's dirty baggage↗ reuters.com · HN · 256 comments · 130 points · Feb 10, 2021
2020478 stories
Elon Musk Decries ‘M.B.A.-ization’ of America↗ wsj.com · HN · 241 comments · 308 points · Dec 11, 2020
Elon Musk moves to Texas↗ ktvu.com · HN · 1099 comments · 499 points · Dec 09, 2020
She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pretty Weird↗ npr.org · HN · 100 comments · 114 points · May 22, 2020
Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case for a basic income↗ yahoo.com · HN · 724 comments · 485 points · May 21, 2020
Elon Musk: ‘Too many smart people go into finance and law’↗ cnbc.com · HN · 278 comments · 198 points · May 09, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Musk, the Movie↗ bleeckerstreetmedia.com · HN · 139 comments · 180 points · Sep 28, 2026
Elon Musk Film Hit with Censorship↗ thedailybeast.com · HN · 3 comments · 27 points · Sep 27, 2026
Major Social Media Platforms Rejecting Ads for 'Musk' Film↗ hollywoodreporter.com · HN · 2 comments · 27 points · Sep 26, 2026
Movie Review: Musk↗ variety.com · HN · 49 comments · 50 points · Sep 10, 2026
Musk Is Running a Fake Voter Registration Site Designed to Steal and Sell Data↗ yahoo.com · HN · 7 comments · 38 points · Sep 14, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Musk, the Movie↗ bleeckerstreetmedia.com · HN · 139 comments · 180 points · Sep 28, 2026
Movie Review: Musk↗ variety.com · HN · 49 comments · 50 points · Sep 10, 2026
Musk Is Running a Fake Voter Registration Site Designed to Steal and Sell Data↗ yahoo.com · HN · 7 comments · 38 points · Sep 14, 2026
Elon Musk Unmasked in Alex Gibney Documentary↗ hollywoodreporter.com · HN · 2 comments · 33 points · Sep 04, 2026
Why has Peter Thiel moved to Argentina?↗ theguardian.com · HN · 6 comments · 33 points · Sep 03, 2026
Elon Musk Film Hit with Censorship↗ thedailybeast.com · HN · 3 comments · 27 points · Sep 27, 2026
Major Social Media Platforms Rejecting Ads for 'Musk' Film↗ hollywoodreporter.com · HN · 2 comments · 27 points · Sep 26, 2026
Elon Musk told ex he needed 'a legion of children before the civil war'↗ theguardian.com · HN · 1 comments · 27 points · Sep 09, 2026
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Gibney's 'Musk'↗ hollywoodreporter.com · HN · 2 comments · 19 points · Sep 26, 2026
The Dangers of Musk's Votesafe.org↗ popular.info · HN · 0 comments · 12 points · Sep 12, 2026

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