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Bill Gates Daughter's $43M Tech Scandal
+ Kimi K3 tea, promptonyms, friendly fraud, robot marriage, Disney's AI series, Bean Soup Theory, Katie Porter's BookTok pivot, follower fraud, & how…
 • Taylor Lorenz
Hot Surveillance Summer, aka Why Smart Glasses Feel Different This Time
Chinese dreamcore, Claudefishing, swipeflation, Clavicular's Israel trip, humanoid robot fingers, a tokenpocalypse, the Pod Save patriarchy, why the…
 • Taylor Lorenz
How and Why to Fight Back Against Social Media Bans
+ Corporate girlies, X psychosis, UGC mania, a tech swag fashion show, Minionese Idol, Machinic Taste, the secret history of Polymarket, and how VidCon…
 • Taylor Lorenz
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.
 • Taylor Lorenz
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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…
 • Taylor Lorenz
The Bounty Economy Is Breaking Reality
On Pump Fun GO you can get paid to post election fraud conspiracies and more.
 • Taylor Lorenz
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…
 • Taylor Lorenz
No, Creators Don't 'Deserve to Be Paid' for This
The influencer political advertising boom is poisoning democracy.
 • Taylor Lorenz
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.
 • Taylor Lorenz
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…
 • Taylor Lorenz
Stop Feeling Helpless About AI
+ 'Screenagers', Bottom G, Labububot, armpods, pew-tubers, Richard Dawkins' AI gf, ASMR subliminals, luxury micro dramas, young Wikipedians, The…
 • Taylor Lorenz
A pro-AI dark money group tried to recruit me
A few weeks ago, an email hit my inbox that shocked me.
 • Taylor Lorenz
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