Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago
Headline from The Guardian: Consumed US economy Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices Illustration of raised fists, one of them holding up a shopping cart Illustration: Guardian Design / Getty Images There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too People in the US: tell us about your difficult consumer experiences by Heather Timmons in Washington Thu 4 Jun 2026 07.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 4 Jun 2026 11.56 EDT
Headline from The Guardian: Consumed US economy Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices Illustration of raised fists, one of them holding up a shopping cart Illustration: Guardian Design / Getty Images There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too People in the US: tell us about your difficult consumer experiences by Heather Timmons in Washington Thu 4 Jun 2026 07.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 4 Jun 2026 11.56 EDT
Headline from The Guardian: Consumed US economy Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices Illustration of raised fists, one of them holding up a shopping cart Illustration: Guardian Design / Getty Images There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too People in the US: tell us about your difficult consumer experiences by Heather Timmons in Washington Thu 4 Jun 2026 07.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 4 Jun 2026 11.56 EDT
Nonilex
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Nonilex
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago
Text from article: His ideas have been nurtured within a close and influential cohort. “There’s this group of us, 15, 20 of us, that are gay entrepreneurs, and we’ve all holidayed together for years,” D’Souza told The Sydney Morning Herald in February. “It’s an extraordinarily tight community that has propelled me, and all of us together, to the heights of capitalism.” To him, it’s unsurprising that these paradigm-shifting overachievers are all gay, citing the landmark 1973 book The Best Little Boy in the World, about how the pursuit of ambition and excellence can help closeted young men deflect from their sexuality. D’Souza has observed that his friends are “the best little boys in the world. They all went to the fanciest universities and won all the prizes.” These men include Thiel, the German biotech billionaire Christian Angermayer and OpenAI chief Sam Altman — who in 2018 described D’Souza to a reporter as “ruthlessly ambitious” and “obsessed with status and power.” In D’Souza’s interview with the Australian newspaper, he explained why: “It’s only the top 1 percent who matter. These are the people who are going to be the value creators” when, in his view, AI soon completely transforms just about every aspect of economic life.
Text from article: His ideas have been nurtured within a close and influential cohort. “There’s this group of us, 15, 20 of us, that are gay entrepreneurs, and we’ve all holidayed together for years,” D’Souza told The Sydney Morning Herald in February. “It’s an extraordinarily tight community that has propelled me, and all of us together, to the heights of capitalism.” To him, it’s unsurprising that these paradigm-shifting overachievers are all gay, citing the landmark 1973 book The Best Little Boy in the World, about how the pursuit of ambition and excellence can help closeted young men deflect from their sexuality. D’Souza has observed that his friends are “the best little boys in the world. They all went to the fanciest universities and won all the prizes.” These men include Thiel, the German biotech billionaire Christian Angermayer and OpenAI chief Sam Altman — who in 2018 described D’Souza to a reporter as “ruthlessly ambitious” and “obsessed with status and power.” In D’Souza’s interview with the Australian newspaper, he explained why: “It’s only the top 1 percent who matter. These are the people who are going to be the value creators” when, in his view, AI soon completely transforms just about every aspect of economic life.
Text from article: His ideas have been nurtured within a close and influential cohort. “There’s this group of us, 15, 20 of us, that are gay entrepreneurs, and we’ve all holidayed together for years,” D’Souza told The Sydney Morning Herald in February. “It’s an extraordinarily tight community that has propelled me, and all of us together, to the heights of capitalism.” To him, it’s unsurprising that these paradigm-shifting overachievers are all gay, citing the landmark 1973 book The Best Little Boy in the World, about how the pursuit of ambition and excellence can help closeted young men deflect from their sexuality. D’Souza has observed that his friends are “the best little boys in the world. They all went to the fanciest universities and won all the prizes.” These men include Thiel, the German biotech billionaire Christian Angermayer and OpenAI chief Sam Altman — who in 2018 described D’Souza to a reporter as “ruthlessly ambitious” and “obsessed with status and power.” In D’Souza’s interview with the Australian newspaper, he explained why: “It’s only the top 1 percent who matter. These are the people who are going to be the value creators” when, in his view, AI soon completely transforms just about every aspect of economic life.
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago
Text from article: Then, of course, there are billionaires and their heirs. D’Souza believes that “many journalists are more powerful than billionaires,” explaining, “I can’t tell you how many billionaires and CEOs have called me in absolute tears about their lives being destroyed by one article.” He notes that most of them “have no media skill whatsoever” and have “never sought the spotlight,” so he contends that “there’s a massive power asymmetry.” To D’Souza, such “quiet, boring,” super-rich clients in fact aren’t resourced enough — which is why they need Objection. “Someone who is our ideal customer, it’s not Elon [Musk], who has hundreds of millions of combined social media followers, and has the distribution apparatus itself,” referring to his ownership of the networking platform X. “It’s not Peter Thiel, who’s sophisticated and has high distribution. It’s someone like Michael [Sackler], who has low distribution but high wealth.”
Text from article: Then, of course, there are billionaires and their heirs. D’Souza believes that “many journalists are more powerful than billionaires,” explaining, “I can’t tell you how many billionaires and CEOs have called me in absolute tears about their lives being destroyed by one article.” He notes that most of them “have no media skill whatsoever” and have “never sought the spotlight,” so he contends that “there’s a massive power asymmetry.” To D’Souza, such “quiet, boring,” super-rich clients in fact aren’t resourced enough — which is why they need Objection. “Someone who is our ideal customer, it’s not Elon [Musk], who has hundreds of millions of combined social media followers, and has the distribution apparatus itself,” referring to his ownership of the networking platform X. “It’s not Peter Thiel, who’s sophisticated and has high distribution. It’s someone like Michael [Sackler], who has low distribution but high wealth.”
Text from article: Then, of course, there are billionaires and their heirs. D’Souza believes that “many journalists are more powerful than billionaires,” explaining, “I can’t tell you how many billionaires and CEOs have called me in absolute tears about their lives being destroyed by one article.” He notes that most of them “have no media skill whatsoever” and have “never sought the spotlight,” so he contends that “there’s a massive power asymmetry.” To D’Souza, such “quiet, boring,” super-rich clients in fact aren’t resourced enough — which is why they need Objection. “Someone who is our ideal customer, it’s not Elon [Musk], who has hundreds of millions of combined social media followers, and has the distribution apparatus itself,” referring to his ownership of the networking platform X. “It’s not Peter Thiel, who’s sophisticated and has high distribution. It’s someone like Michael [Sackler], who has low distribution but high wealth.”
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago
Text from article: His ideas have been nurtured within a close and influential cohort. “There’s this group of us, 15, 20 of us, that are gay entrepreneurs, and we’ve all holidayed together for years,” D’Souza told The Sydney Morning Herald in February. “It’s an extraordinarily tight community that has propelled me, and all of us together, to the heights of capitalism.” To him, it’s unsurprising that these paradigm-shifting overachievers are all gay, citing the landmark 1973 book The Best Little Boy in the World, about how the pursuit of ambition and excellence can help closeted young men deflect from their sexuality. D’Souza has observed that his friends are “the best little boys in the world. They all went to the fanciest universities and won all the prizes.” These men include Thiel, the German biotech billionaire Christian Angermayer and OpenAI chief Sam Altman — who in 2018 described D’Souza to a reporter as “ruthlessly ambitious” and “obsessed with status and power.” In D’Souza’s interview with the Australian newspaper, he explained why: “It’s only the top 1 percent who matter. These are the people who are going to be the value creators” when, in his view, AI soon completely transforms just about every aspect of economic life.
Text from article: His ideas have been nurtured within a close and influential cohort. “There’s this group of us, 15, 20 of us, that are gay entrepreneurs, and we’ve all holidayed together for years,” D’Souza told The Sydney Morning Herald in February. “It’s an extraordinarily tight community that has propelled me, and all of us together, to the heights of capitalism.” To him, it’s unsurprising that these paradigm-shifting overachievers are all gay, citing the landmark 1973 book The Best Little Boy in the World, about how the pursuit of ambition and excellence can help closeted young men deflect from their sexuality. D’Souza has observed that his friends are “the best little boys in the world. They all went to the fanciest universities and won all the prizes.” These men include Thiel, the German biotech billionaire Christian Angermayer and OpenAI chief Sam Altman — who in 2018 described D’Souza to a reporter as “ruthlessly ambitious” and “obsessed with status and power.” In D’Souza’s interview with the Australian newspaper, he explained why: “It’s only the top 1 percent who matter. These are the people who are going to be the value creators” when, in his view, AI soon completely transforms just about every aspect of economic life.
Text from article: His ideas have been nurtured within a close and influential cohort. “There’s this group of us, 15, 20 of us, that are gay entrepreneurs, and we’ve all holidayed together for years,” D’Souza told The Sydney Morning Herald in February. “It’s an extraordinarily tight community that has propelled me, and all of us together, to the heights of capitalism.” To him, it’s unsurprising that these paradigm-shifting overachievers are all gay, citing the landmark 1973 book The Best Little Boy in the World, about how the pursuit of ambition and excellence can help closeted young men deflect from their sexuality. D’Souza has observed that his friends are “the best little boys in the world. They all went to the fanciest universities and won all the prizes.” These men include Thiel, the German biotech billionaire Christian Angermayer and OpenAI chief Sam Altman — who in 2018 described D’Souza to a reporter as “ruthlessly ambitious” and “obsessed with status and power.” In D’Souza’s interview with the Australian newspaper, he explained why: “It’s only the top 1 percent who matter. These are the people who are going to be the value creators” when, in his view, AI soon completely transforms just about every aspect of economic life.
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago
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Michael | VoltPaperScissors
@VoltPaperScissors@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp last week
A wind-up robot with two back wheels, two cone-shaped front wheels on a rocker and a perpendicular wheel in the middle. The video shows the robot driving on a book and turning around at the edges. At edges one of the front wheels falls over the edge which engages the perpendicular wheel which turns the robot until the front wheel gets moved up and the robot drives away from the edge.
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago
Headline from The Guardian: Consumed US economy Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices Illustration of raised fists, one of them holding up a shopping cart Illustration: Guardian Design / Getty Images There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too People in the US: tell us about your difficult consumer experiences by Heather Timmons in Washington Thu 4 Jun 2026 07.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 4 Jun 2026 11.56 EDT
Headline from The Guardian: Consumed US economy Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices Illustration of raised fists, one of them holding up a shopping cart Illustration: Guardian Design / Getty Images There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too People in the US: tell us about your difficult consumer experiences by Heather Timmons in Washington Thu 4 Jun 2026 07.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 4 Jun 2026 11.56 EDT
Headline from The Guardian: Consumed US economy Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices Illustration of raised fists, one of them holding up a shopping cart Illustration: Guardian Design / Getty Images There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too People in the US: tell us about your difficult consumer experiences by Heather Timmons in Washington Thu 4 Jun 2026 07.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 4 Jun 2026 11.56 EDT
Michael | VoltPaperScissors
@VoltPaperScissors@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp last week
A wind-up robot with two back wheels, two cone-shaped front wheels on a rocker and a perpendicular wheel in the middle. The video shows the robot driving on a book and turning around at the edges. At edges one of the front wheels falls over the edge which engages the perpendicular wheel which turns the robot until the front wheel gets moved up and the robot drives away from the edge.
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