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Christine Rhein: The Art of the Deal   

Three men sit playing a game, clutching
the cards they hold, the need they feel
to cheat. The biggest man—Elon Musk—
sports a dark, draping cloak, appears proud
of his deep, hidden pockets.

September 13, 2025 · 16 Comments

Meg Pokrass: Enlightened Adventures of Mark Zuckerberg 

“Say, is that a dorsal fin in your pocket, or are you happy to see me?” she blurts, all seaweed hair, bioluminescent lipstick, wiggling like a stuck jellyfish— illuminating unseen caves of Mark Zuckerberg’s shipwrecked heart.

May 31, 2025 · 6 Comments

Eloise Goldberg: Top 12 US Billionaires Now Control $2 Trillion in Wealth

We see the effects of this growing concentration of wealth and economic inequality everywhere—plutocratic influence on our politics, wealth transfers from the bottom to the top, and the acceleration of climate breakdown.

December 5, 2024 · 2 Comments

Julia Angwin and Hannes Grassegger: Facebook’s Secret Censorship Rules

A trove of internal documents sheds light on the algorithms that Facebook’s censors use to differentiate between hate speech and legitimate political expression. In the wake of a terrorist attack … Continue reading

June 29, 2017 · Leave a comment

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