Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is once again taking aim at Elon Musk, this time accusing the world’s first trillionaire of effectively “stealing from us” while mocking the SpaceX founder as a “wealthy weirdo” during a monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The comments came as SpaceX completed one of the most historic public offerings in financial […]
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My favorite artworks of the post-2008 financial crisis were Alex Schaefer's impressionistic yet realistic canvases of Chase Bank locations on fire. Calm yet blazing, clinical yet mysterious, they perfectly captured the daylight horror of the whole situation. My new favorite artworks are those of Ryan Hill, who is bringing the same artistic sensibility to billionaires' yachts. — Read the rest…
It is time for the party to stop coddling “good” oligarchs while punching left and to reject the validity of the entire billionaire class.
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Gen Z faces stiff challenges post-graduation. They're up for the fight.
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Today's links Billionaire solipsism, dictator solipsism, AI, and the fascist paradigm: AGI works best in a K-hole. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Woz's remotes; Furbeowulf; Vinge on AR; Oligarch buys FSU; DNC x GOP megadonors; John Key v Panama Papers; Two elevators, one shaft; Save Firefox! "Cyclopedia Exotica"; Eat the brood. Upcoming appearances: Barcelona, Berlin,…
What’s RUNWAY like in 2026? THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 takes that question pretty seriously. We’ve got film critic (and former 2000s-era abused NYC assistant) Katie Walsh with us to talk about the fashion, the journalism, the nostalgia, and the cerulean of it all. What’s Good Alonso - Family Movie Night Menus by Leonard and Jessie Maltin Drea - mom volunteering with for movie causes Katie -…
Aside from being one of the most powerful figures in US media and entertainment, Ted Turner was also one of the world's leading environmentalists and a major philanthropist, giving $1 billion to the United Nations
I can’t believe I even have to point this out again to you soft, weak liberals, but freedom still isn’t free. It... Read more nonsense
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And how we can restructure the economy so it doesn’t create them.
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Today's links Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff's "Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed": A rocket exploding in a human face, forever. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Is sugar poison? More watch-part motorcycles; "Something New"; "Seeds"; Bulldozer fight; Facebook tonsils; Against transparency. Upcoming appearances: San Francisco, London, Berlin, NYC, Barcelona,…
NEW YORK — NYC’s wealthiest property owners are expressing growing concern today as Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new pied-à-terre tax is forcing more... Read the full masterpiece
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Three-quarters of the ultrarich’s true economic income will never be subject to income taxes, even very progressive ones. That’s why a…
When right wing billionaire Larry Ellison (and his nepobaby kid David) hired trolling blogger Bari Weiss to run CBS News, Weiss arrived with the promise of “balanced, fact-based news,” “independent, principled journalism,” and a unique “entrepreneurial drive and editorial vision” that would completely modernize the network and reach the “everyday Americans” traditionally ignored by mainstream […]
We’ve discussed at length how Trump’s “fix” for TikTok’s problems basically involved forcing the sale of the platform to his greedy billionaire buddies (with the help of pathetic Democrats). The deal fixed none of the real issues Trumpland pretended to be concerned about (national security, privacy, propaganda), and China still maintains a significant ownership stake. […]
Entrepreneur Elon Musk has once again topped the list of the world’s richest people compiled by Forbes, holding the number one position for the second consecutive year with an estimated fortune of 839 billion dollars. Musk’s wealth increased by about half a trillion dollars over the past year, largely driven by the rising share prices […]
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Hopes for a major gains in the midterm are high, but the party is still divided on whether to embrace voters’ anger at the uber rich.
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No. While Peter Thiel cofounded Palantir, he has never been on Flock’s board and did not help start the company.
[](https://boingboing.net/2026/02/08/epstein-was-a-superconcierge-for-the-elite-helicopters-hermes-bags-internships-and-tall-swedish-blondes.html "Epstein was a superconcierge for the elite: helicopters, Hermès bags, internships, and "tall, Swedish blondes"")
The Epstein files paint a picture of a man running a concierge service for the global elite. Helicopter rides to his island. Private plane…