/
Navigation
C
Chronicles
Browse all articles
C
E
Explore
Semantic exploration
E
R
Research
Entity momentum
R
N
Nexus
Correlations & relationships
N
~
Story Arc
Topic evolution
S
Drift Map
Semantic trajectory animation
D
P
Posts
Analysis & commentary
P
Browse
@
Entities
Companies, people, products, technologies
Domains
Browse by publication source
Handles
Browse by social media handle
Detection
?
Concept Search
Semantic similarity search
!
High Impact Stories
Top coverage by position
+
Sentiment Analysis
Positive/negative coverage
*
Anomaly Detection
Unusual coverage patterns
Analysis
vs
Rivalry Report
Compare two entities head-to-head
/\
Semantic Pivots
Narrative discontinuities
!!
Crisis Response
Event recovery patterns
Connected
Nav: C E R N
Search: /
Command: ⌘K
Embeddings: large
VOICE ARCHIVE

Dave Pell

@davepell
69 posts
2026-03-07
Prediction markets are actively trying to turn college students into gambling addicts.  They are some of the worst companies in America.  It's pathetic that news organizations and other institutions are doing business with them.  —  www.wsj.com/business/med...
2026-03-07 View on X
NPR

A look at the rivalry between Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour and Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, who have competing visions for how prediction markets should grow

There's one word Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour is loath to say: Polymarket.  —  Like a politician swiping his never-to-be-spoken …

Prediction markets are actively trying to turn college students into gambling addicts.  They are some of the worst companies in America.  It's pathetic that news organizations and other institutions are doing business with them.  —  www.wsj.com/business/med...
2026-03-07 View on X
Wall Street Journal

How prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket are aggressively targeting college students through fraternity partnerships and student influencers

The House always wins.  The same is not true for the Frat House.Ethan Gach /Kotaku:Kalshi Reportedly Paid 15-Year-Old Gamer To Promote Online Betting Until Its Legal Department Sai...

2026-03-06
Prediction markets are actively trying to turn college students into gambling addicts.  They are some of the worst companies in America.  It's pathetic that news organizations and other institutions are doing business with them.  —  www.wsj.com/business/med...
2026-03-06 View on X
Wall Street Journal

How prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket are aggressively targeting college students through fraternity partnerships and student influencers

Kalshi and Polymarket pour money into deals with social-media influencers and students, who try to parlay rumors, insider information into cash; 'We know this shouldn't be allowed'

2026-02-27
Good news for Netflix.  Terrible news for the rest of us, who are probably getting used to being betrayed by now.  Say goodbye to CNN.  —  www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/b...
2026-02-27 View on X
CNBC

Netflix walks away from a deal to buy WBD's studio and streaming assets after WBD deemed Paramount's $31/share bid to be superior; NFLX jumps 8%+

Netflix is walking away from a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board on Thursday deemed …

2025-09-09
@gaberivera.bsky.social happy 20th!  There's still something left of the good old internet!
2025-09-09 View on X
Crazy Stupid Tech

A profile of Techmeme, which turns 20 this week yet oddly works and looks the same way it did in 2005, as its executive-heavy readership expands in the AI boom

Every morning nearly 100,000 geeks world wide, including some of the richest tech barons in the universe, fire … X: @elatable . Bluesky: @mranthropology , @turoczy , @metacurity.co...

2024-09-11
Just when you thought the night couldn't get any better.  Taylor just endorsed Kamala. https://www.instagram.com/...
2024-09-11 View on X
Taylor Swift on Instagram

Taylor Swift says she's voting for Kamala Harris, noting that Donald Trump sharing an AI-generated image of her “endorsing” him prompted her to reveal her plans

Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight.  If you haven't already, now is a great time to do your research …

2024-08-12
Three reasons Trump is lying about Kamala's crowd size: Diminishing her popularity lays the groundwork to try to steal the election.  He's a pathetic, jealous narcissist suffering grave harm to his fragile ego.  He lies about everything.
2024-08-12 View on X
Rolling Stone

After Kamala Harris held a rally in Detroit with thousands of attendees, Donald Trump falsely claimed the crowd was “fake” and “she 'AI'd” a picture of it

The former president has also falsely accused his opponents of paying people to attend their rallies

2024-07-29
Jack gets wronger every day.
2024-07-29 View on X
New York Times

Musk reposts an edited Kamala Harris campaign video that mimics her voice, possibly with deepfake tech; it has 129M+ views and seemingly breaks X's own rules

The billionaire owner of the social media platform X reposted a video that mimics Vice President Kamala Harris's voice, without disclosing that it had been altered.

2024-07-28
Jack gets wronger every day.
2024-07-28 View on X
New York Times

Musk reposts an edited Kamala Harris campaign video that mimics her voice, possibly with deepfake tech; it has 114M+ views and seemingly breaks X's own rules

The billionaire owner of the social media platform X reposted a video that mimics Vice President Kamala Harris's voice, without disclosing that it had been altered.

2024-07-17
Absolutely great news for San Francisco.  Elon is leaving.
2024-07-17 View on X
San Francisco Chronicle

Elon Musk says he plans to move X's headquarters to Austin, a day after he protested a new California law that bans schools' transgender notification policies

San Francisco real estate market participants confirmed last week that a majority of the Market Street headquarters of X Corp. …

2024-05-21
The company confirmed that it's less than worthless.  Yet, the stuck is up slightly in after hours trading.  The whole world is as upside down as Alito's wife's flag.
2024-05-21 View on X
Variety

Truth Social parent Trump Media and Technology Group reports $771K in Q1 revenue, a $327.6M net loss, a $12.1M operating loss, and plans a “live TV” platform

2024-03-17
If China's control over TikTok was so complete, couldn't they just push TikTok disinformation to convince Congress to see the app as harmless?
2024-03-17 View on X
Axios

A look at a potential TikTok US sale, with an estimated valuation of $100B, or $40B without the algorithm, as Steven Mnuchin and others form investor groups

- TikTok's U.S. revenue reportedly was between $16 billion and $20 billion in 2023, but CEO Shou Zi Chew has said the company is in the red.

2024-03-16
If China's control over TikTok was so complete, couldn't they just push TikTok disinformation to convince Congress to see the app as harmless?
2024-03-16 View on X
New York Times

The TikTok divestment bill's progress slows down in the Senate, as Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has not decided whether to bring the bill to the floor

Legislation to force TikTok's Chinese owner to sell the app or have it banned in the United States sailed through the House, but the Senate has no plans to move hastily.

2024-03-15
Even QAnon, the Pillow Guy, and the dude who took a shit on the Capitol floor on Jan 6 are like, “Whoa, man...”
2024-03-15 View on X
Bloomberg

X removes a graphic video shared by Elon Musk purporting to show cannibalism in Haiti, for violating its rules; there's no evidence the video was shot in Haiti

2023-11-19
For the past few years, you've been warned that AI could destroy humanity.  This weekend, you met the team in charge.
2023-11-19 View on X
The Verge

Source: OpenAI's board had agreed to resign and let Sam Altman and Greg Brockman return, but has since waffled; Altman would want significant governance changes

The OpenAI board is in discussions with Sam Altman to return to CEO, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.

2022-11-18
Elon demanded Hardcore. Now he's begging for PG-13. https://twitter.com/...
2022-11-18 View on X
The Verge

Hundreds of Twitter employees post farewell messages and salute emojis in Slack and tweets, announcing their resignations after Elon Musk's “hardcore” ultimatum

Musk gave Twitter staff a deadline to say if they are staying for his cultural reset of the company.

2022-10-05
It's sad that Twitter has a CEO and board who think Elon Musk is more qualified to run the company than they are. It will end in disaster.
2022-10-05 View on X
Bloomberg

SEC filing: in a letter to Twitter, Elon Musk revives his original bid for $54.20 per share, aiming to avoid a courtroom fight

Elon Musk is proposing to buy Twitter Inc. for the original offer price of $54.20 a share, Bloomberg News reports.Musk made the proposal in a letter to Twitter …

2022-09-02
The idea that you'd have to pay to use an edit button is the stupidest thing I've heard in a long series of them. And who gives a shit about an edit button?
2022-09-02 View on X
The Verge

Twitter is testing an edit button, giving some Twitter Blue subscribers 30 minutes to make edits later in September 2022; edit labels include a complete history

Tom Warren / The Verge :

2022-08-24
I want Elon not to own Twitter. I want Twitter run by an adult who thinks they are the best person to run Twitter. Today's whistle blower assertions seem like a step in the right direction.
2022-08-24 View on X
Washington Post

A profile of Peiter Zatko, aka Mudge, who worked at DARPA, Google, and Stripe before Twitter, and was a member of hacker groups L0pht and Cult of the Dead Cow

From the L0pht and Cult of the Dead Cow to DARPA and Google, Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko took unorthodox approaches to ‘make a dent in the universe’

I want Elon not to own Twitter. I want Twitter run by an adult who thinks they are the best person to run Twitter. Today's whistle blower assertions seem like a step in the right direction.
2022-08-24 View on X
Washington Post

Whistleblower complaint: Twitter's ex-head of security Peiter Zatko alleges the company misled the FTC over its security plans, did not protect users, and more