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NYT tech reporter Co-author of Character Limit Signal: rmac.18 ryan.mac@nytimes.com rmac18@protonmail.com https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/ https://linktr.ee/ryan_mac_

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Just like an AI company

05.03.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*crying*

"yes hutt"

04.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

phew

04.03.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hell yea this is what we need

04.03.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It sucks man

04.03.2026 18:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i hate it!!!!

04.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My best World Cup memories are being in a city in a host nation watching at a fan fest in a defined, central place (Rio's Copacabana Beach or Frankfurt's fest on the River Main). People become used to gathering there every day and watching. Making it a rotating place each day or weekend is stupid.

04.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Los Angeles World Cup 26 Fan Zones - losangelesfwc26.com

It feels like every part of this World Cup planning process has gone wrong. LA announcing a rotating fan fest/watch party across the county that only pops up in certain places for a few days is so, so dumb.

losangelesfwc26.com/los-angeles-...

04.03.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. Crypto Exchange Kraken Settles With Treasury Dept. (Published 2022)

Iono man, seems pretty relevant to me... www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/t...

04.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kraken Becomes First Crypto Firm to Win Access to Fed’s Core Payments System The decision means the industry is a step closer to becoming integrated into the mainstream financial system.

Bizarre to write this story about Kraken gaining access to major US government financial infrastructure without mentioning the company's past legal troubles, which include... being investigated for subverting sanctions and enabling transactions with people based in Iran.

www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

04.03.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 148 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6

very nice of Arne Slot to contribute to entertaining premier league football

03.03.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

All I can think about is Jeff Bezos saying that he slashed jobs at the Washington Post β€” including those of foreign correspondents in the Middle East β€” based on "the data," and a few weeks later a whole war breaks out in the Middle East that these laid off folks would have covered as true experts.

03.03.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 5804 πŸ” 1304 πŸ’¬ 131 πŸ“Œ 59

er, block

03.03.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it definitely feels like many of the same management decisions he made at Twitter have ben replicated at Square

03.03.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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for part of covid, Dorsey worked from a luxury resort on an exclusive island in French Polynesia

03.03.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jack Dorsey really is trying to do everything like Elon Musk

02.03.2026 23:34 πŸ‘ 339 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4

These guys are like when The Rock tweeted about Bin Laden’s assassination

28.02.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 111 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Jesus Christ

28.02.2026 07:03 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t use AI then

28.02.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You as a 10 year old didn’t have power or the ability to whisper into a president’s ear or decide the futures of trillion dollar companies.

Our story doesn’t endorse Musk’s theory. The story explains it. And that theory is how Musk may justify his decisions that could impact society.

27.02.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I report on people in tech with power. Elon Musk, whether you agree with him or not, has an incredible amount of power. He can influence elections, businesses and countries with his money and decisions. People should understand how he thinks as his thinking, outlandish or not, could impact them.

27.02.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 122 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThis man is dying. Like and subscribe!”

27.02.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 1025 πŸ” 126 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 21

I’m sorry

27.02.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not the first person to point that out!

27.02.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot from the New York Times that reads: 

β€œWho’s going to be distributing those checks?” Mr. Sanders asked. β€œIs it going to be Mr. Musk up there deciding how much you guys get? How much I get? How is that going to work?”

A screenshot from the New York Times that reads: β€œWho’s going to be distributing those checks?” Mr. Sanders asked. β€œIs it going to be Mr. Musk up there deciding how much you guys get? How much I get? How is that going to work?”

And many have doubts!

As Senator Bernie Sanders said to me: If you take away a person's ability to work and contribute, what do purpose do they have in society? And who will be in control of Musk's utopian society?

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/b...

27.02.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Why should we care about "sustainable abundance"? Because Musk is reorienting his already massive companies around the idea and selling investors and customers that he is the one to bring about this supposedly utopian future.

He may become a trillionaire if enough people buy into his belief system.

27.02.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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A World Where All Is Free? That’s Elon Musk’s Theory of β€˜Sustainable Abundance.’

Over the last 6 months, Musk has made increasingly outlandish predictions around this theory of "sustainable abundance." In his utopian future, no one will work, money won't matter and everyone will have everything they want.

So what does that slogan really mean?

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/b...

27.02.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 12

Nor is Dorsey alone in this among tech and other big business CEOs. Some admire Musk because of his ability to control his orgs, speak freely and make drastic cuts on the fly with little oversight from other execs or boards. They all want that agency.

26.02.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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As we've reported before, the key to understanding Jack Dorsey is how much he follows other tech figures and executives that came before him.

He used to idolize Steve Jobs. Now he idolizes Elon Musk.

26.02.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 177 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 7

i will give anyone a piggyback ride to SoFi for $300

26.02.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1