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Max Chafkin
@chafkin
writer, @BW and @technology. Co-Host, the Everybody's Business podcast. Author, The Contrarian. Worse half to @lagorio. Email: m at maxchafkin dot com.
Queens, NY
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Joined October 2007
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    Max Chafkin
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    Jul 24, 2023
    Others have pointed this out, but this renaming is stepping on the exact same rake that got him ousted by PayPal. Wrote about this in my book
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    Max Chafkin
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    Jan 17, 2023
    wow: that 2016 tesla self-driving demo that essentially kicked off the entire industry-wide spending spree...it was fake
    A Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle is shown in this picture illustration taken in Moscow, Russia July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo
    Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies
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    Max Chafkin
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    May 23, 2024
    ai is changing everything
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    Max Chafkin
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    Dec 22, 2022
    Come on, man
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    Max Chafkin
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    Sep 28, 2020
    one reason Germany has done so much better against Covid than the US: people actually listen to experts
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    Germany Has Its Own Dr. Fauci—and Actually Follows His Advice
    From bloomberg.com
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    Max Chafkin
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    Sep 1, 2017
    Zuck spent last night debating immigration hawks on his fb page
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    Max Chafkin
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    Oct 7, 2022
    this is rough. fb reduced to forcing employees to spend time in its flagship metaverse app theverge.com/2022/10/6/2339…
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    Max Chafkin
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    Jul 11, 2017
    Wikileaks was once a fiercely anti-establishment force. Now Assange essentially giving political advice to the White House
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    Defend Assange Campaign
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    Jul 11, 2017
    Contacted Trump Jr this morning on why he should publish his emails (i.e with us). Two hours later, does it himself: x.com/wikileaks/stat…
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    Max Chafkin
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    Sep 17, 2020
    Facebook is a red state bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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    Max Chafkin
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    Dec 30, 2020
    You gotta read this @BW story, about the mental health implications of lockdowns and the treatment of workers in the cruise ship industry by @AustinCarr
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    The Cruise Ship Suicides Began After the Last Passengers Left
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    Max Chafkin
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    Sep 14, 2023
    This @BW story is about SBFs parents and the role they played in helping to create his crypto empire. It’s also about privilege, and who is trusted with other peoples money 1/
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    Max Chafkin
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    Jul 26, 2018
    New from @Danahull & me: inside story of the rise of SpaceX, & a profile of its day-to-day leader Gwynne Shotwell. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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    Max Chafkin
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    Jan 20, 2023
    tfw even catturd is mad at u
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    Max Chafkin
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    Oct 2, 2020
    as a country, we all basically engaged in magical thinking, imagining that the virus couldn't hurt us, assuming that that self-confidence would offer protection. but the virus doesn't care what you think.
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    Max Chafkin
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    Oct 2, 2020
    you gotta read @shannongsims in the new @BW on Houston's failed Covid response, and America's bloomberg.com/news/features/…