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Under The Influence
Meta’s Defense In Social Media Addiction Trial Is Basically A Shrug
77
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
February 27, 2026
Capital
Paramount Wins Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Bros.
132
Comments
Patrick Redford
February 27, 2026
NBA
Jeffrey Epstein Appeared To Be A Big Joakim Noah Fan
82
Comments
Patrick Redford
February 26, 2026
The Machines
Something Of Moderate Size And Importance Is Happening
208
Comments
Post-Postdoc
February 24, 2026
Capital
Jeffrey Epstein And His Network Of Rich Freaks Were Obsessed With The Chiropractor
267
Comments
Patrick Redford
February 23, 2026
Capital
The Outdoor Industry Needs Workers, And Workers Need Unions
92
Comments
Rena Behar
February 13, 2026
Olympics
Famous Clients Bail On Casey Wasserman Over Gross Sex Emails To Ghislaine Maxwell
155
Comments
Patrick Redford
February 12, 2026
NBA
Giannis Antetokounmpo Jumps In Bed With Sleazy Prediction Market
128
Comments
Chris Thompson
February 9, 2026
Journalismism
The Washington Post Lays Off A Third Of Its Workforce, Is Dead
396
Comments
Chris Thompson
February 4, 2026
NFL
Fanatics Makes More Excuses Than Sellable Jerseys
234
Comments
Samer Kalaf
February 3, 2026
Capital
Prediction Markets Are Betting On A Grim Future
216
Comments
Leland Nally
January 27, 2026
Capital
Let Your Buyers Become Your Criers When You Pull The Rug Out From Beneath The Table Of Success
248
Comments
Patrick Redford
January 14, 2026
Capital
Whose League Is It Anyway?
219
Comments
Maitreyi Anantharaman
December 10, 2025
Capital
Paramount Launches Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery
126
Comments
Patrick Redford
December 9, 2025
Capital
Paramount Is Trying To Bully Its Way Into Acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery
130
Comments
Patrick Redford
December 4, 2025
Capital
Larry Summers Recedes From Public Life Due To His Gross Emails With Jeffrey Epstein
252
Comments
Giri Nathan
November 20, 2025
Politics
Shocker: Appointing A 29-Year-Old Derelict Pet Store Owner With No Politics Experience To San Francisco Board Of Supervisors Not Actually A Masterstroke
196
Comments
Patrick Redford
November 19, 2025
Announcements
Reflections On Five Years In Worker-Owned Media
203
Comments
Jasper Wang
November 19, 2025
Capital
Jeffrey Epstein’s Inbox Was A Place To Complain, Talk Shit, And Make Boomer-Grade Jokes
278
Comments
Chris Thompson
and
Tom Ley
November 18, 2025
Capital
Jeffrey Epstein Was The Unofficial Advice Columnist For The Elites
472
Comments
Giri Nathan
and
Patrick Redford
November 14, 2025
Capital
The Bad News Is There’s No More Money, But That’s Also The Good News
109
Comments
Alex Sujong Laughlin
November 14, 2025
Capital
An Evening With Sam Altman And Steve Kerr
185
Comments
Patrick Redford
November 5, 2025
Gambling
The NBA Media Is Not Built To Cover A Gambling Scandal
190
Comments
Patrick Redford
October 27, 2025
Capital
Donald Trump’s Crypto Corruption Machine Is Whirring Along At A Stunning Pace
142
Comments
Patrick Redford
October 24, 2025
The Machines
Soon ChatGPT Will Be Able To Botch Math Problems And Encourage Self-Harm… In A Sexy Way
294
Comments
Albert Burneko
October 15, 2025
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