Gabe Rivera
@gaberivera.bsky.social
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I once authored a popular tweet about walking.
I once authored a popular tweet about walking.
Weird to see left-wing/progressive people here posting in support of media using images of blocks of text lifted from news articles without any link or attribution.
It's like they're content transplanting the media-hostile norms of Elon's Twitter to this site.
It's like they're content transplanting the media-hostile norms of Elon's Twitter to this site.
September 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Weird to see left-wing/progressive people here posting in support of media using images of blocks of text lifted from news articles without any link or attribution.
It's like they're content transplanting the media-hostile norms of Elon's Twitter to this site.
It's like they're content transplanting the media-hostile norms of Elon's Twitter to this site.
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I’m launching Sources, a new publication about the tech industry’s inside conversation, and Access, a tech interview podcast with my friend @hamburger.bsky.social.
The first issue of Sources drops tomorrow, featuring an interview with Mark Zuckerberg, which airs in full on Access this Thursday.
The first issue of Sources drops tomorrow, featuring an interview with Mark Zuckerberg, which airs in full on Access this Thursday.
September 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I’m launching Sources, a new publication about the tech industry’s inside conversation, and Access, a tech interview podcast with my friend @hamburger.bsky.social.
The first issue of Sources drops tomorrow, featuring an interview with Mark Zuckerberg, which airs in full on Access this Thursday.
The first issue of Sources drops tomorrow, featuring an interview with Mark Zuckerberg, which airs in full on Access this Thursday.
So I wrote a thing on the occasion of @techmeme.com's 20th birthday, and I couldn't help but drag Bluesky into it (don't dogpile me please). news.techmeme.com/250912/20-ye...
September 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
So I wrote a thing on the occasion of @techmeme.com's 20th birthday, and I couldn't help but drag Bluesky into it (don't dogpile me please). news.techmeme.com/250912/20-ye...
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Reposted by Gabe Rivera
Lyra McKee RIP honoured in Washington for her Journalism LGBTQ + Journalists Hall of Fame
www.nlgja.org/blog/2025/09...
www.nlgja.org/blog/2025/09...
NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists Names Charles M. Blow, Mark S. King and Lyra McKee to LGBTQ+ Journalists Hall of Fame : NLGJA
www.nlgja.org
September 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Lyra McKee RIP honoured in Washington for her Journalism LGBTQ + Journalists Hall of Fame
www.nlgja.org/blog/2025/09...
www.nlgja.org/blog/2025/09...
Ok, mainly for fun, I added hidden text that only appears when you copy and paste from www.techmeme.com/jobs
Try pasting question #3 into ChatGPT and see what happens!
This should make it very easy to tell when people hastily use AI to complete the application. 🤭
Try pasting question #3 into ChatGPT and see what happens!
This should make it very easy to tell when people hastily use AI to complete the application. 🤭
Funny-but-sad situation involving AI and hiring: we revamped our application questions here techmeme.com/jobs to make them more "AI-proof". So if your answers came from ChatGPT, it's typically easy for us to tell.
The sad part is over half the applicants get "no thanks" in part because of this and…
The sad part is over half the applicants get "no thanks" in part because of this and…
July 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Ok, mainly for fun, I added hidden text that only appears when you copy and paste from www.techmeme.com/jobs
Try pasting question #3 into ChatGPT and see what happens!
This should make it very easy to tell when people hastily use AI to complete the application. 🤭
Try pasting question #3 into ChatGPT and see what happens!
This should make it very easy to tell when people hastily use AI to complete the application. 🤭
Funny-but-sad situation involving AI and hiring: we revamped our application questions here techmeme.com/jobs to make them more "AI-proof". So if your answers came from ChatGPT, it's typically easy for us to tell.
The sad part is over half the applicants get "no thanks" in part because of this and…
The sad part is over half the applicants get "no thanks" in part because of this and…
July 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Funny-but-sad situation involving AI and hiring: we revamped our application questions here techmeme.com/jobs to make them more "AI-proof". So if your answers came from ChatGPT, it's typically easy for us to tell.
The sad part is over half the applicants get "no thanks" in part because of this and…
The sad part is over half the applicants get "no thanks" in part because of this and…
And BTW, it's fine to submit posts from yourself or colleagues. And it's also fine to submit posts from others. You'll even get an email if/when the post hits Techmeme!
Somehow Gabe keeps finding a way to make Techmeme more useful. If by some rare chance he or his editors haven't caught relevant Bluesky posts, there is now a nifty way to catch their attention.
As many of you know, Bluesky posts routinely appear on Techmeme. We source them a number of ways...
Now there's a new way: *you* can add posts from our desktop homepage! Look for the button in the image below. Our editors need to approve your submission, but will for anything they deem value-add.
Now there's a new way: *you* can add posts from our desktop homepage! Look for the button in the image below. Our editors need to approve your submission, but will for anything they deem value-add.
June 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
And BTW, it's fine to submit posts from yourself or colleagues. And it's also fine to submit posts from others. You'll even get an email if/when the post hits Techmeme!
As many of you know, Bluesky posts routinely appear on Techmeme. We source them a number of ways...
Now there's a new way: *you* can add posts from our desktop homepage! Look for the button in the image below. Our editors need to approve your submission, but will for anything they deem value-add.
Now there's a new way: *you* can add posts from our desktop homepage! Look for the button in the image below. Our editors need to approve your submission, but will for anything they deem value-add.
June 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As many of you know, Bluesky posts routinely appear on Techmeme. We source them a number of ways...
Now there's a new way: *you* can add posts from our desktop homepage! Look for the button in the image below. Our editors need to approve your submission, but will for anything they deem value-add.
Now there's a new way: *you* can add posts from our desktop homepage! Look for the button in the image below. Our editors need to approve your submission, but will for anything they deem value-add.
A little weird when a serious news pub uses a comically unflattering image of someone in a story. But no, not gonna say who, because on second thought, I believe all people are equally beautiful at all times, unlike you, jerk.
May 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
A little weird when a serious news pub uses a comically unflattering image of someone in a story. But no, not gonna say who, because on second thought, I believe all people are equally beautiful at all times, unlike you, jerk.
Fun read on the hidden role of these chats, even if the prevailing ideas emerging from them still ended up posted in public by the participants...and even though Trump's election mainly hinged on factors like inflation and not who rich tech guys publicly supported.
A look at the sprawling network of group chats that began in 2020 as a place for SV leaders to talk candidly, with Marc Andreessen playing a central role (Ben Smith/Semafor)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
April 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Fun read on the hidden role of these chats, even if the prevailing ideas emerging from them still ended up posted in public by the participants...and even though Trump's election mainly hinged on factors like inflation and not who rich tech guys publicly supported.
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It's somehow been six years since the murder of Lyra McKee. She'd be in her mid-30s now--which seems impossibly old--and lapping the journalism field. newyorker.com/news/postscript/the-incredible-life-and-tragic-death-of-lyra-mckee
The Incredible Life and Tragic Death of Lyra McKee
When the the twenty-nine-year-old journalist was killed in a riot, in Creggan, Ireland, it was implied that somehow her death had happened in the pursuit of Irish freedom. But Lyra embodied Irish free...
newyorker.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It's somehow been six years since the murder of Lyra McKee. She'd be in her mid-30s now--which seems impossibly old--and lapping the journalism field. newyorker.com/news/postscript/the-incredible-life-and-tragic-death-of-lyra-mckee
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This account excerpts and links to tweets (i.e. X posts) linked to from Techmeme's homepage.
‣ Follow if that sounds useful to you
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‣ Follow if that sounds useful to you
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‣ For *Bluesky* posts on Techmeme, follow @chatter.techmeme.com
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April 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This account excerpts and links to tweets (i.e. X posts) linked to from Techmeme's homepage.
‣ Follow if that sounds useful to you
‣ Do not follow if that sounds awful to you 😀
‣ For *Bluesky* posts on Techmeme, follow @chatter.techmeme.com
‣ For the main Techmeme headlines, follow @techmeme.com
‣ Follow if that sounds useful to you
‣ Do not follow if that sounds awful to you 😀
‣ For *Bluesky* posts on Techmeme, follow @chatter.techmeme.com
‣ For the main Techmeme headlines, follow @techmeme.com
Thinking of setting up an X-specific Techmeme Chatter account here. So every tweet linked to from Techmeme would get a Bluesky post.
Obviously many people here don't wanna see those links, so it would be separate from @chatter.techmeme.com, (which quotes the Bluesky posts Techmeme links to.)
Obviously many people here don't wanna see those links, so it would be separate from @chatter.techmeme.com, (which quotes the Bluesky posts Techmeme links to.)
April 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Thinking of setting up an X-specific Techmeme Chatter account here. So every tweet linked to from Techmeme would get a Bluesky post.
Obviously many people here don't wanna see those links, so it would be separate from @chatter.techmeme.com, (which quotes the Bluesky posts Techmeme links to.)
Obviously many people here don't wanna see those links, so it would be separate from @chatter.techmeme.com, (which quotes the Bluesky posts Techmeme links to.)
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I am thrilled to announce the launch of my new tech media brand, Upstarts Media 🎉
Upstarts will focus on the startup ecosystem, from inception through IPO 📈
We launch a twice-weekly Upstarts newsletter next week. Video, podcast, and events to follow!
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/upstarts...
Upstarts will focus on the startup ecosystem, from inception through IPO 📈
We launch a twice-weekly Upstarts newsletter next week. Video, podcast, and events to follow!
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/upstarts...
March 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I am thrilled to announce the launch of my new tech media brand, Upstarts Media 🎉
Upstarts will focus on the startup ecosystem, from inception through IPO 📈
We launch a twice-weekly Upstarts newsletter next week. Video, podcast, and events to follow!
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/upstarts...
Upstarts will focus on the startup ecosystem, from inception through IPO 📈
We launch a twice-weekly Upstarts newsletter next week. Video, podcast, and events to follow!
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/upstarts...
There are still eyebrow-raising realignments to discover if you scroll around long enough...
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(link: x.com/nicknotned/s... )
March 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
There are still eyebrow-raising realignments to discover if you scroll around long enough...
(link: x.com/nicknotned/s... )
(link: x.com/nicknotned/s... )
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Remembering Kevin Drum talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/remem...
Remembering Kevin Drum
Kevin Drum died on Friday. Many of you knew Kevin’s blog. For...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Remembering Kevin Drum talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/remem...
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Yesterday it became public that a bunch of my colleagues on the WSJ tech team were let go in a reorg.
I want to emphasize that these are *fantastically* talented, smart, deeply sourced reporters. Anyone scooping up talent right now, I'm happy to make an intro:
talkingbiznews.com/media-news/h...
I want to emphasize that these are *fantastically* talented, smart, deeply sourced reporters. Anyone scooping up talent right now, I'm happy to make an intro:
talkingbiznews.com/media-news/h...
Here are the WSJ tech journalists whose jobs were eliminated - Talking Biz News
Here are The Wall Street Journal journalists whose jobs were eliminated on Tuesday: Reporters: Asa Fitch — a reporter covering the semiconductor companies, including Intel, Nvidia and Qualcomm. Prior ...
talkingbiznews.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Yesterday it became public that a bunch of my colleagues on the WSJ tech team were let go in a reorg.
I want to emphasize that these are *fantastically* talented, smart, deeply sourced reporters. Anyone scooping up talent right now, I'm happy to make an intro:
talkingbiznews.com/media-news/h...
I want to emphasize that these are *fantastically* talented, smart, deeply sourced reporters. Anyone scooping up talent right now, I'm happy to make an intro:
talkingbiznews.com/media-news/h...
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🚨 We're hiring a fully-remote part-time editor, and the role is open to anyone anywhere with any level of job experience. Could that be you? techmeme.com/jobs
February 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
🚨 We're hiring a fully-remote part-time editor, and the role is open to anyone anywhere with any level of job experience. Could that be you? techmeme.com/jobs
LOL, lotta notable people having their Twitter accounts hijacked trying to appear in TechCrunch....bullish sign for TechCrunch I guess.
Context:
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Context:
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February 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
LOL, lotta notable people having their Twitter accounts hijacked trying to appear in TechCrunch....bullish sign for TechCrunch I guess.
Context:
x.com/search?q=cal... x.com/GaryMarcus/s...
Context:
x.com/search?q=cal... x.com/GaryMarcus/s...
📣Techmeme is hiring another part-time editor…for the first time in years: techmeme.com/jobs
It's a small role for now, just a few hours per week, but may expand. Our immediate need is someone who can work around this time of day (~5pm Pacific), though we may soon need to staff for other hours too.
It's a small role for now, just a few hours per week, but may expand. Our immediate need is someone who can work around this time of day (~5pm Pacific), though we may soon need to staff for other hours too.
February 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
📣Techmeme is hiring another part-time editor…for the first time in years: techmeme.com/jobs
It's a small role for now, just a few hours per week, but may expand. Our immediate need is someone who can work around this time of day (~5pm Pacific), though we may soon need to staff for other hours too.
It's a small role for now, just a few hours per week, but may expand. Our immediate need is someone who can work around this time of day (~5pm Pacific), though we may soon need to staff for other hours too.
ok which venture firm will be ~based~ enough to commit to opening an office in Gaza City, USA?
February 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
ok which venture firm will be ~based~ enough to commit to opening an office in Gaza City, USA?
30M users is nice but the brighter spot for Bluesky is that daily activity, even ignoring the spikes, has basically been climbing since last fall. This follows mostly flat activity for much of 2024. So there's finally a real growth flywheel, at least for now.
(chart via bsky.jazco.dev/stats)
(chart via bsky.jazco.dev/stats)
January 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
30M users is nice but the brighter spot for Bluesky is that daily activity, even ignoring the spikes, has basically been climbing since last fall. This follows mostly flat activity for much of 2024. So there's finally a real growth flywheel, at least for now.
(chart via bsky.jazco.dev/stats)
(chart via bsky.jazco.dev/stats)
DeepSeek news take you by surprise? Here's a @techmeme.com post from last June which might have mitigated some of that surprise!
How Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer Capital Management developed its DeepSeek-V2 open-source LLM that costs less than rivals and ranks among the top in the world (Financial Times)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
DeepSeek news take you by surprise? Here's a @techmeme.com post from last June which might have mitigated some of that surprise!
