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Julia Black
@mjnblack
@theinformation // prev @thisisinsider @voxmedia @esquire Signal: mjnblack.09 Email: julia@theinformation.com // juliablackjourno@protonmail.com
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Jan 2 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
HNY to me! New Thiel Foundation 990 (from 2023) just dropped. Always a fun way to follow Peter Thiel's interests. He's not a big giver (gave $4.3m in 2023), but even the small grants contain interesting clues about where his head is at.

Thread! 🧵 Thiel's giving remains pretty consistent year after year. The main grants given out are for the Thiel Fellowship ($100k for young startup founders willing to forgo a college education) and the Imitatio Grant (supports research/publications related to René Girard's mimetic theory)
Aug 9, 2024 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
As I've reported on tech's dabbling with extremist ideas over the last few years, I've always been aware of Curtis Yarvin lurking in the background. Even so, I was shocked to learn *just* how much time he's spent hanging out with Silicon Valley's RW elite. theinformation.com/articles/the-f… He's spent time in Marc Andreessen's Atherton home, partied at Luke Nosek's house, invited Bryan Johnson and Grimes to his wedding. And that's to say nothing of his good friend Peter Thiel.
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Nov 17, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 (1/5) A few months ago I got a tip: A source told me that Elon Musk had "more children" than the public realized. So I did some reporting, and... it was true! He'd had twins with one of his employees. But I always felt like there was more to the story. businessinsider.com/elon-musk-shiv… (2/5) Today, I got to publish what I see as the big picture around that story. 🖼️ It's about an entire movement quietly taking off in tech & VC circles of people who believe it is their DUTY to fill the earth with their genius children... to save humanity.
businessinsider.com/pronatalism-el…
Feb 3, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
NEW from @MelkorkaLicea and me (TW: sexual violence): Insider has now spoken with a total of seven women who described disturbing sexual experiences with Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, ranging from sexual violence to filming without consent. businessinsider.com/dave-portnoy-n… One woman described Portnoy slapping her “full force” “out of nowhere” and grabbing her so roughly during sex that she was later diagnosed with an “assumed fracture” of her rib.