Substack Billionaire

pirate wires #22 // the ethics of being defamed, coinbase vs. the times, the new yorker learns about venture capital, and a california legislator comes for my billions | Continue reading


@piratewires.com | 3 years ago

Zen and the Art of Political Censorship

jack dorsey's disaster, the new york post in limbo, election interference?, measuring truth, and tech braces for impact | Continue reading


@piratewires.com | 4 years ago

Love to be Gaslit

tech press activism, tech vs. media redux, in defense of sober press, the future of media, and getting drunk behind enemy lines | Continue reading


@piratewires.com | 4 years ago

Terraforming Terra Prima

a few words on our literal scorched earth policy | Continue reading


@piratewires.com | 4 years ago

Pirate Wires #4

Topics: TikTok, China broadly, thawing geography, a cute cancel culture Rorschach test, and quick question: are we all just literally going crazy? Oh, also aliens. | Continue reading


@piratewires.com | 4 years ago

Pirate Wires #3

Topics: media vs. tech, who holds power?, institutional decay and the advent of personality-driven stories, and a brief postscript on the CHAZ (bless). | Continue reading


@piratewires.com | 4 years ago