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Elon Musk

September 12, 2023

Technology

Demon Mode Activated

Damon Beres

September 11, 2023

Ideas

There’s a Word for Blaming Jews for Anti-Semitism

Yair Rosenberg

September 6, 2023

An illustration of Elon Musk with blue and white collage over him

Technology

Schrödinger’s Cage Match

Charlie Warzel

August 14, 2023

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg posed as boxers, wearing red clown noses.

Technology

The Ugly Honesty of Elon Musk’s Twitter Rebrand

Ian Bogost

July 31, 2023

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The Atlantic Daily

Musk’s Fascination With the Letter X

Lora Kelley

July 26, 2023

Technology

Why Elon Killed the Bird

Charlie Warzel

July 25, 2023

Technology

New Mark Zuckerberg Dropped

Charlie Warzel

July 12, 2023

Technology

Elon Musk Really Broke Twitter This Time

Charlie Warzel

July 3, 2023

The Atlantic Daily

Silicon Valley’s Elon Musk Problem

Lora Kelley

June 27, 2023

Technology

The Nerds Are Bullies Now

Ian Bogost

June 23, 2023

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Ideas

The Israeli Minister Who Is Defending Elon Musk

Yair Rosenberg

May 24, 2023

Amichai Chikli, a young dark-haired man in a suit, gesticulating

Technology

Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network

Charlie Warzel

May 23, 2023

Ideas

Elon Musk Among the Anti-Semites

Yair Rosenberg

May 16, 2023

Science

The Messy Reality of Elon Musk’s Space City

Marina Koren

April 27, 2023

Spectators look on as the Starship rocket lifts off in a blaze in the distance

Technology

Elon Musk Revealed What Twitter Always Was

Charlie Warzel

April 21, 2023

The Atlantic Daily

Elon Musk’s Disastrous Week

Damon Beres

April 20, 2023

Science

Elon Musk’s Explosive Day

Marina Koren

April 20, 2023

At left, a photograph of SpaceX's Starship rocket flying in mid-air, engines blazing; at right, a photograph of white smoke left behind after Starship exploded

Ideas

Elon Musk’s Free-Speech Charade Is Over

Adam Serwer

April 12, 2023

Technology

The New ‘Transparent’ Twitter Isn’t Very Transparent

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

April 5, 2023

Technology

Blue Check Marks Were Always Shameless

Ian Bogost

March 24, 2023

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Technology

Elon Musk Is Spiraling

Marina Koren

March 9, 2023

An illustration of Elon Musk's face, rendered in yellow and orange, with his bottom half disintegrating as if made of dust

Ideas

Elon Musk Has Broken Disaster-Response Twitter

Juliette Kayyem

February 28, 2023

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Technology

I Watched Elon Musk Kill Twitter’s Culture From the Inside

Rumman Chowdhury

February 17, 2023

Technology

Elon Musk Can’t Solve Twitter’s ‘Shadowbanning’ Problem

Kaitlyn Tiffany

January 17, 2023

Screenshots of Elon Musk's Twitter account fading into shadow

Technology

Elon Musk’s Text Messages Explain Everything

Charlie Warzel

December 28, 2022

Elon Musk looking at a smartphone whose screen lights up his face in pulsating glow

Ideas

Why Is Elon Musk Lighting Billions of Dollars on Fire?

Annie Lowrey

December 23, 2022

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Ideas

This Is What It Looks Like When Twitter Falls Apart

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

December 22, 2022

The Atlantic Daily

The Childish Drama of Elon Musk

Tom Nichols

December 16, 2022

Elon Musk and Maye Musk attending the 2022 Met Gala in May

Technology

No One Wins in Elon Musk’s Battle With Journalists

Kaitlyn Tiffany

December 16, 2022

A cartoonish illustration of Elon Musk smacking a blue bird in a reporter's hat with a hammer

Technology

Elon Musk Is a Far-Right Activist

Charlie Warzel

December 11, 2022

Technology

Elon Musk’s Twitter Files Are Bait

Charlie Warzel

December 9, 2022

Elon Musk's face distorted on a computer screen

Ideas

How Elon Musk’s Buffoonery Misleads His Critics

Conor Friedersdorf

December 8, 2022

Ideas

What Were Elon Musk’s Lenders Thinking?

James Surowiecki

November 23, 2022

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Technology

The Madness of Twitter

Ian Bogost

November 22, 2022

Ideas

The Harvard Business School Professor Who Isn’t Counting Elon Musk Out

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

November 18, 2022

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The Answer to Starlink Is More Starlinks

Demon Mode Activated

There’s a Word for Blaming Jews for Anti-Semitism

Schrödinger’s Cage Match

The Ugly Honesty of Elon Musk’s Twitter Rebrand

Musk’s Fascination With the Letter X

Why Elon Killed the Bird

New Mark Zuckerberg Dropped

Elon Musk Really Broke Twitter This Time

Silicon Valley’s Elon Musk Problem

The Nerds Are Bullies Now

The Israeli Minister Who Is Defending Elon Musk

Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network

Elon Musk Among the Anti-Semites

The Messy Reality of Elon Musk’s Space City

Elon Musk Revealed What Twitter Always Was

Elon Musk’s Disastrous Week

Elon Musk’s Explosive Day

Elon Musk’s Free-Speech Charade Is Over

The New ‘Transparent’ Twitter Isn’t Very Transparent

Blue Check Marks Were Always Shameless

Elon Musk Is Spiraling

Elon Musk Has Broken Disaster-Response Twitter

I Watched Elon Musk Kill Twitter’s Culture From the Inside

Elon Musk Can’t Solve Twitter’s ‘Shadowbanning’ Problem

Elon Musk’s Text Messages Explain Everything

Why Is Elon Musk Lighting Billions of Dollars on Fire?

This Is What It Looks Like When Twitter Falls Apart

The Childish Drama of Elon Musk

No One Wins in Elon Musk’s Battle With Journalists

Elon Musk Is a Far-Right Activist

Elon Musk’s Twitter Files Are Bait

How Elon Musk’s Buffoonery Misleads His Critics

What Were Elon Musk’s Lenders Thinking?

The Madness of Twitter

The Harvard Business School Professor Who Isn’t Counting Elon Musk Out