Why Thiel Fellows WinAug 29
peter thiel paid cracked teens to leave college and stay weird. now it's a $750b startup pipeline
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TikTok “For You” Page Flooded With Pro-Chew Content In Wake Of Hearings
the relationship between social media ceos and their users is almost always contentious, except on tiktok this week, where we’re witnessing a strange, obsequious and horny display
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Mar 27, 2023
TikTok creators posted in support of the company’s CEO Shou Zi Chew after he testified before Congress Thursday, with some users of the app claiming their “For You” page was flooded with pro-Chew content. Currently, a search of the 40-year-old Singaporean businessman’s name on the app returns almost entirely positive content.
https://www.tiktok.com/@allizsin/video/7213880716055055659
TikTokkers seem to be paying little attention to the specifics of the hearing, apart from Congressman Richard Hudson’s question regarding whether or not TikTok accesses the home WiFi network of the user (something all apps do). The congressman’s confusion over how WiFi works has been taken to mean that all of Congress is technologically illiterate.
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Wikipedia Editors Can't Decide If the Minneapolis Shooter Was a Man or a WomanAug 28
after wednesday's mass shooting, editors on wikipedia descend into absurd woke debates about what they're allowed or forbidden to say about the shooter's identity
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American Power // The Missing Generation Aug 27
reflections on america's capacity to fuel itself, and further thoughts on america's missing generation — in technology, in business, in culture, in politics
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