Journalist, Hard Reset co-author, pickup basketball enthusiast Formerly: SFGATE, GQ. Email: alexjshultz@gmail.com. Signal: ajshultz.13
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department of Not Great Timing
As the swirl continues (which I believe should be taken seriously), let’s pause for a moment and remember what Jensen has contributed to our industry with his determination and vision, which laid the foundation that we all work off of today.
Jensen’s statements have shown grace and dignity to his family and the industry. He surely understands the impact.
Now we should be patient and wait for investigations by the board of directors and any government authorities to conclude.
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this is why I love working at @VanityFair
yesterday, I saw half our staff clustered around our fashion correspondent's desk poring over this photo. As José puts it, "The image has several discrepancies. The style and make of the Chanel Flap bag is inconsistent with others the brand has sold, and the Valentino shoes in question appear askew in proportion; their straps have several punched holes that the authentic Valentino style does not."
AI image detectors confirmed that yes, Olivia Reingold used an AI-generated image to make her point, without a drop of disclosure. Wild!!!!
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Google to school kids: Use our AI or you can't have search. They've no idea how bad the backlash is going to be.
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If he wins next week, Mark Teixeira will become one of the wealthiest members of Congress. He hasn't committed to a blind trust (his campaign ignored my q's about this) and he has endless conflicts of interest
defector.com/mark-teixeira-i…
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Last month, Kirk Herbstreit said he doesn't follow politics or pick sides.
Which was nonsense. Just last week, Herbstreit quietly headlined a fundraising dinner for Alabama's second-biggest PAC.
The next day, it sent $155,000 to Tommy Tuberville.
foiaball.com/p/kirk-herbstre…
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I wrote about Mark Teixeira, former New York Yankee and longtime resident of Greenwich, Connecticut, who's running for office in Texas as a "Retired Texas Ranger"
defector.com/mark-teixeira-i…
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The Russians hacked Jared's phone. Then Dutch cyberspies reverse-engineered that hack, giving them unprecedented access to his world. Bananas story here in @VanityFair
Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—Including More Than $700 Million In Transfers vanityfair.com/story/jared-k…
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Looked into recent FEC filings and wouldn't you know it, Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown started cutting checks to Republicans right around the time he became Dario Amodei's White House whisperer
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"That 2000s-era FWD: FWD: RE: INSPIRING chain letter sounds oddly familiar"
Jeff Bezos Is Starting to Sound Like a Politician...
Read more from @AlexShultz: hardresetmedia.com/p/jeff-be…
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And this is almost an aside in the story, but also absolutely bonkers. Meta claimed Zuck as a "researcher" to get a $355 million tax break on his $4.1 billion stock-based compensation.
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New story:
In 2024, sitting inside the U.S. attorney's office in Honolulu, the former CEO of a defense contractor made a stunning confession to two FBI agents.
He alleged that was the ringleader of a massive pay-to-play operation, bribing senators with campaign contributions in exchange for government contracts.
He said his most important patron was Maine Senator Susan Collins.
propublica.org/article/fbi-s…
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NEW: The US military was prepared to board a Chinese vessel in the Middle East earlier this spring -- during war with Iran -- after an intel report concluded it was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program.
But just before the planned operation, officials discovered the report had been generated w/ help of AI & chatbot used by the analyst inaccurately identified what the ship was carrying, sources tell @KatieBoLillis & me.
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From this piece:
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I see a fresh batch of John Fetterman texts is going around. Here are some of the Fetterman texts I obtained in my investigation for New York mag
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Bari Weiss personally directed this morning’s CBS News headline about Abdul El-Sayed to be tweaked to specifically mention deleted tweets referencing the September 11 terrorist attacks
New from @oliverdarcy
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Best write up I’ve read breaking down the meta settlement
open.substack.com/pub/hardre…
@AlexShultz is such a good writer. Pinch myself we’re so lucky to publish his and the other writers work @HardResetMedia
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This photo of John Fetterman on Martha's Vineyard is going around; a source sent it my way. Seems he's there for a moderated discussion about "the future of U.S. support for Israel" (great find by @Ethan_Genter)
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Exclusive: A rare bookseller suspected his books were being bought by AI companies. He stuck an AirTag in a book and we tracked it to a secretive Amazon facility in Las Vegas where they scan and destroy books called VGT3:
404media.co/we-tracked-a-shi…
