guillotine watch New study shows that literally every billionaire under 30 was born wealthy, also water wet Thom Dunn
Business Amazon spent a fortune to block a socialist candidate's re-election to Seattle city council; she won anyway Cory Doctorow
big tech Eoin Higgins'"Owned" is a harrowing history of the right-wing billionaire tech takeover Thom Dunn
Technology Meet the most cringe-worthy status symbol of 2025: an $880,000 champagne holder for SDE billionaires Ellsworth Toohey
media Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigns from The Washington Post when her cartoon criticizing Bezos is killed Ruben Bolling
politics Inside the parallel world of the ultra rich: private courts, secret storage, and diplomatic immunity Ellsworth Toohey
podcasts "The Immortals" is a podcast about Silicon Valley billionaires spending loads of money trying to stay young indefinitely Jennifer Sandlin
politics Who is behind the "No Labels" political action committee bankrolling Kirsten Sinema? Elías Villoro
Biggest Losers Testimony describes how Elizabeth Holmes used Theranos to swindle the DeVos family out of $100MM Jason Weisberger
money MacKenzie Scott to donate another $2.74B to charities, Jeff is going to space for 11 minutes Jason Weisberger
COVID-19 Right-wing websites are weighing the pros and cons of letting people die from coronavirus to help the economy Thom Dunn
events Angelenos! I'm speaking in Culver City tomorrow about the sale of .ORG to private equity Cory Doctorow
politics Peak billionaire: a billionaire tries to purchase a party nomination to outflank anti-billionaires so he can run against another billionaire Cory Doctorow
corruption How the "Varsity Blues" admissions scam punished deserving, hard working kids so that mediocre kids of the super-rich could prosper Cory Doctorow