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What Is Peter Thiel Doing In Argentina?
Watch now | NYT's Ryan Mac joins me to break down Peter Thiel's Argentina obsession, discuss the secret cult, and more.
Jun 22
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Hasan Piker On The Next Big Internet Battle
+ Inside tea on Peter Thiel’s secret society, doom trolling, Edikted, Streamer U mania, dopamine sites, Whoa Vicky's literary era, GR00T, Footy Addicts…
Jun 19
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The Bounty Economy Is Breaking Reality
On Pump Fun GO you can get paid to post election fraud conspiracies and more.
Jun 10
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A Pro-AI Super PAC’s Secret Meme Sockpuppets
Lonliness influencers, death of YouTube face, Airbnb robot cleaners, Suno addicts, George Santos Kalshi crimes, VidConization of Hollywood, why Alex…
Jun 3
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No, Creators Don't 'Deserve to Be Paid' for This
The influencer political advertising boom is poisoning democracy.
May 27
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A $30M plan to take back social media from billionaires
Jan 13, 2025
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Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned about his politics
May 12, 2025
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Why "we" want insurance executives dead
Dec 5, 2024
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Introducing User Magazine
Oct 1, 2024
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The Influencer Industrial Complex is Warping Local Politics
Political content creators are seeking to build their brands through collabbing with candidates, often without proper disclosure.
May 19
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Ben Shapiro's Empire is Crumbling w/ Will Sommer
+ Waymo invasions, WordleTV, Halupedia, ballmaxxing, rogue AI radio, NYC roulette, Clav's List, YouTube whisperers, Elon's top reply guy, and another…
May 15
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Stop Feeling Helpless About AI
+ 'Screenagers', Bottom G, Labububot, armpods, pew-tubers, Richard Dawkins' AI gf, ASMR subliminals, luxury micro dramas, young Wikipedians, The…
May 8
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A pro-AI dark money group tried to recruit me
A few weeks ago, an email hit my inbox that shocked me.
May 4
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How Much of Substack Is Actually AI?
I analyzed thousands of posts from the top newsletters to find out how much of Substack is AI. Some of the biggest “writers” on Substack aren’t writing…
Apr 27
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The Girlboss-ification of AI w/ Kat Tenbarge
+ Bezos’s private retreat, Alex Cooper drama, new MrBeast lawsuit, the OpenAI apartment, China’s ‘dark factories', Pasta sauce surveillance, and why big…
Apr 24
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Influencers Are Replacing Themselves With AI Clones
Anthropic girlypop dinners, new Costco Guys, BuzzBallz summer, Gen Z's silent scream, FBI aura farming, Elon Musk's TikTok, Mahjong mania, SantaCon…
Apr 17
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