Friends Stab and Trung both texted me when about a recent, very Sad Francisco-coded feature in Wired magazine. Here's a little response, inspired partially by an impromptu reading group a few friends did around the piece.

Mentioned:

Alexandr Wang

Barry's Bootcamp

Gawker.com

Melania's box office

Peter Thiel

Sam Altman

Tim Cook

TW for brief mention of Sam Altman sexually assaulting his sister, and the US war assault on Iran including the AI-assisted murder of kids there.

Zoë Bernard, Wired: Inside the Gay Tech Mafia

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-gay-tech-mafia/

Ryan Grim, The Intercept: The Death of Peter Thiel's "Kept" Romantic Partner is Being Investigated as a Suicide

https://theintercept.com/2023/03/23/peter-thiel-jeff-thomas/

Owen Thomas, Valleywag: Peter Thiel is totally gay, people

Blog post that Peter Thiel didn't really love

https://www.gawkerarchives.com/335894/peter-thiel-is-totally-gay-people

Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press: documentary on Netflix following Peter Thiel's successful quest to bankrupt Gawker.com by funding a lawsuit related to a Hulk Hogan sex tape

https://www.netflix.com/title/80168227

Episode: Aesthetics of the New Rightwing Tech Intelligentsia with Jimmy Wu

https://www.patreon.com/posts/aesthetics-of-wu-148707467