Thank you to @davekarpf.bsky.social for your excellent points on the Palantir situation

Journalist @gilduran.com makes some really smart points in this piece, especially how the Democrats will need to make destroying Palantir a major part of their platform in the next election cycles

Word on the street is yesterday’s column has been called “an informative round up” by a former NYT editor

In New Media news:

This sounds really fun!

Rick Perlstein thinks right-wing voices on Substack are ‘a gift’ The preeminent historian of American conservatism was spotted on a bestsellers leaderboard behind Andrew Tate. He’s not too broken up about it

Last week, manosphere influencer and alleged rapist Andrew Tate had the #1 bestselling Substack.

The runner-up just so happened to be the preeminent historian on the rise of the modern American right.

We thought that was ironic enough to give @rickperlstein.bsky.social a call.

Read the Q&A:

Do you guys get this headline or was it too high brow for our slop society

Inside AI insurance startup Corgi's 24-hour cafe There are, in fact, no corgis at the Corgi Cafe, a new startup-run 24-hour coffee shop in FiDi

We checked out Corgi Cafe, a new 24-hour coffee shop on Claude Lane (yes, really).

What it lacks in actual corgis it makes up for in $14 smoothies and AI founders in absolute grind mode.

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What’s maddening about this is that the Trump admin has been actively making life miserable for Ukrainians like Zarutska as part of its anti-refugee agenda, but MAGA doesn’t give a shit about any of that if there’s a useful tragedy to exploit in service of a more important anti-black agenda.

It's wild, but perhaps completely unsurprising, how white supremacist messaging has become normalized in America under the guise of "speaking truth."

The whole point of a dogwhistle is that some people won't notice it. Great work by @cydhayes.bsky.social

Scratch got a nice little write-up in @sf.gazetteer.co today. (Thanks, @cydhayes.bsky.social!) sf.gazetteer.co/a-beloved-ma...

So glad to cover it!

Incredible news

A beloved magazine about writers and money is reborn as a newsletter Manjula Martin, Rahawa Haile, and friends are resurrecting ‘Scratch’ as a place for writers to talk about money, art, and how they survive

When Manjula Martin first read the draft of an interview that appeared this week in her new newsletter 'Scratch,' she was moved to tears.

The topic? Freelancer taxes.
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative sued for gender discrimination by director The lawsuit alleges women at the company were paid less and systemically tasked with menial labor

A director-level staffer is claiming her male supervisor repeatedly made “unwelcome, offensive, severe, and pervasive” comments about female employees’ appearances, weight, and social media presence, among other allegations.

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‘When you land in Vegas, it feels like this’: Gambling on the future of gaming at GDC Video games offering cash payouts are on the rise, and developers are betting that they’ll spread

It is 2026 in America, and everything is gambling. Read @cydhayes.bsky.social's dispatch from last week's Game Developers Conference:

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Soon Technology is tech-pilled and loving it A Vice Media alum’s ‘new media’ company offers up friendly coverage to an increasingly controversial industry

Last month, a coterie of AI hypemen and internet microcelebrities gathered in the Marina Theater to celebrate the launch of Soon Technology, a 'new media' company backed by tech money and access.

Here's what we know about the startup so far:
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got a seat on the train during rush hour both ways today. God is so good

Guerrilla outdoor campaign decrying ‘GROK CHILD PORN’ appears around the city The mysterious marketing push comes amid public uproar and international investigations into sex abuse material generated by Elon Musk’s chatbot

Anti-Grok wheatpastes and billboards have been spotted at at least five local sites, but so far no one has taken credit for the project.

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Think AI sucks? So do porn creators.
(And you should always listen to sex workers.)

Thank you @cydhayes.bsky.social @sf.gazetteer.co for a tech spotlight from our perspectives. Quotes by myself and the brilliant @siridahl.com and @mikestabile.bsky.social of @fsc.bsky.social.

How the uncanny valley could kill the Valley Porn performer Siri Dahl and others have started sounding the alarm about AI's impacts on privacy, free speech, and legal sex work

Thank you to Cydney Hayes and @sf.gazetteer.co for this story about how AI is affecting the adult industry and its workers! Also featured in this piece are @jizlee.bsky.social and @mikestabile.bsky.social

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Huge thanks to @siridahl.com @jizlee.bsky.social and @mikestabile.bsky.social their expertise and insights on this one!

Read my latest feature on AI and porn:

a real regular degular group of dudes (and one girl)

Dial D for dysfunction San Francisco’s 911 dispatchers are being asked to work with antiquated equipment, crazy hours, poor mental health, and alongside new trainees who aren’t prepared

Some of the city's most experienced 911 dispatchers tell Gazetteer that the dispatch office is in dire straits due to poor management, broken equipment, flawed training, and low morale.

The dispatchers fear it could get somebody killed.

Exclusive: subtxt.to/2N6EaRr

never in my life have I though strobe lights would give me a stroke until I saw The Moment. Felt like being on my phone in an uber

Substack substack substack……

Sometimes I wish I lived in a more obscure part of the city, just so I could get a seat on muni during rush hour

BOT LOBSTAH!!!

Today I took a break from taking tech discourse straight to the dome and went beekeeping

What, exactly, is OpenAI in 2026? A new rumor that OpenAI will release earbuds hints at internal anxieties over revenue and the future of the company

Monday's news of an OpenAI hardware launch comes amid a flurry of disparate product announcements, every one seemingly an attempt to generate more serious revenue for the still-unprofitable company.

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