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Friends Stab and Trung both texted me when about a recent, very Sad Francisco-coded feature in Wired magazine. Here's a little response, inspired partially by an impromptu reading group a few friends did around the piece.
Mentioned:
Alexandr Wang
Barry's Bootcamp
Melania's box office
Peter Thiel
Sam Altman
Tim Cook
TW for brief mention of Sam Altman sexually assaulting his sister, and the US war assault on Iran including the AI-assisted murder of kids there.
Zoë Bernard, Wired: Inside the Gay Tech Mafia
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-gay-tech-mafia/
Ryan Grim, The Intercept: The Death of Peter Thiel's "Kept" Romantic Partner is Being Investigated as a Suicide
https://theintercept.com/2023/03/23/peter-thiel-jeff-thomas/
Owen Thomas, Valleywag: Peter Thiel is totally gay, people
Blog post that Peter Thiel didn't really love
https://www.gawkerarchives.com/335894/peter-thiel-is-totally-gay-people
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press: documentary on Netflix following Peter Thiel's successful quest to bankrupt Gawker.com by funding a lawsuit related to a Hulk Hogan sex tape
https://www.netflix.com/title/80168227
Episode: Aesthetics of the New Rightwing Tech Intelligentsia with Jimmy Wu