Paul Semenza
@paulsemenza.bsky.social
Professor, consultant. Interested in technology, policy, business.
Good piece on failed nepobaby Pulte, but the framing here is quite bad. Cook and James are not his 'enemies' - they are successful black women (2 strikes) who have hindered his crime sprees and autocracy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
November 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Good piece on failed nepobaby Pulte, but the framing here is quite bad. Cook and James are not his 'enemies' - they are successful black women (2 strikes) who have hindered his crime sprees and autocracy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
Good piece, but it is surprising to see an entire paragraph on Peskin without noting how much damage he has done to SF
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Good piece, but it is surprising to see an entire paragraph on Peskin without noting how much damage he has done to SF
He has 4 adult children, and 2 born circa 2015...seems a bit young for Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
He has 4 adult children, and 2 born circa 2015...seems a bit young for Epstein
Any time someone quotes Peskin in an article it should note that he is more responsible than any politician for making sure that housing could not be built in SF
November 12, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Any time someone quotes Peskin in an article it should note that he is more responsible than any politician for making sure that housing could not be built in SF
AAUP showing a much more nuanced understanding of the Mafia than Kotlikoff
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
AAUP showing a much more nuanced understanding of the Mafia than Kotlikoff
Let them drink cider
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Let them drink cider
Emperor Flopsweat
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Emperor Flopsweat
I just want to know - which way is this going to go?
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I just want to know - which way is this going to go?
Today in LinkedIn
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Today in LinkedIn
Interesting piece by @noamscheiber.bsky.social but it's odd that the only example he used to back up an assertion that @aarongreenspan.com can sound like a conspiracy theorist is this
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
November 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Interesting piece by @noamscheiber.bsky.social but it's odd that the only example he used to back up an assertion that @aarongreenspan.com can sound like a conspiracy theorist is this
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
October 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
South Koreans applying decades of experience watching fat dotard dictators
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
South Koreans applying decades of experience watching fat dotard dictators
In an alternate universe, Congress would be holding hearings tomorrow with this guy as the first witness
October 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
In an alternate universe, Congress would be holding hearings tomorrow with this guy as the first witness
So nice to see that @pelosi.house.gov is on top of the situation
October 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
So nice to see that @pelosi.house.gov is on top of the situation
October 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
They just need to be able to climb a garden fence using a ladder
October 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
They just need to be able to climb a garden fence using a ladder
Here's one of the levels
www.nytimes.com/by/willy-sta...
www.nytimes.com/by/willy-sta...
October 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Here's one of the levels
www.nytimes.com/by/willy-sta...
www.nytimes.com/by/willy-sta...
He's been too busy writing culture deep-dives to understand...what was Twitter, anyway?
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 AM
He's been too busy writing culture deep-dives to understand...what was Twitter, anyway?