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April 15, 2026
A brief history of Elon Musk sabotaging Matt Levine’s time off
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TL;DR
- Elon Musk's actions, especially his pursuit and acquisition of Twitter, frequently disrupted Matt Levine's scheduled time off.
- Levine, a former M&A lawyer, writes the 'Money Stuff' newsletter and finds Musk's business activities a constant source of content.
- Despite the interruptions, Levine enjoys writing about Musk, appreciating his non-legal, engineer-like approach to business.
- Levine's newsletter archives show numerous 'programming notes' indicating he had to write about Musk when he intended to be off.
- Levine is also working on a long-form story about cryptocurrency, structured like a math textbook, which he also struggles to find uninterrupted time for.
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