obviously the fight is far from over, but he had what seemed to be an impregnable position, and now it has been very much pregnabled.

I think the banal answer is: he’s very rich and powerful and good at networking and this how people act around very rich and powerful people.

Lots of people say: that’s because he’s blackmailing them, but I don’t think he’s blackmailing Kathy Ruemmler! I don’t think that’s what explains it.

feel like a hack constantly beating the drum of like: this stuff is poisonous! our discourse has been poisoned. many of the most powerful brokers in silicon valley have been radicalized by their own algorithms & are funding moral decay. it's sad and...boring! but this is a lot of whats being built!