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NYT tech reporter Co-author of Character Limit Signal: rmac.18 [email protected] [email protected] https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/ https://linktr.ee/ryan_mac_

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · Nov 7

Hello to the new followers and folks here. I'm a tech reporter for the NYT. It's going to be an interesting time to report on tech, and more specifically Elon Musk as he extends his power into the White House.

If you work or have worked for him and want to reach me, hit me up on Signal at rmac.18.

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 7h

with one of the most incredible kickers i've ever seen

NYT excerpt that reads:

On Thursday, Mr. Benioff said he had never been progressive even if many San Franciscans thought he was. He said he was a longtime Republican before switching to become an independent voter.

At the end of the interview, he turned to a public relations executive. He could be heard asking why her mouth was wide open and if he had said anything he shouldn’t have.

“What about the political questions?” he asked. “Too spicy?”

Then he hung up.

Heather Knight is a reporter in San Francisco, leading The Times’s coverage of the Bay Area and Northern California.

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 7h

Marc Benioff went full Tom Cotton to @heatherknightsf.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 8h

how bad* am i as a writer if i can't even fix these typos

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 11h

Good on TechCrunch for still pubbing these details, but if how bad are you as a spokesperson if you don't even understand the basics.

techcrunch.com/2025/10/10/s...

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 14h

Also telling that over 8 hours of lectures, Thiel seems to make no mention of Epstein, who some might consider the embodiment of the "antichrist."

Gotta wonder why.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/b...

Jeffrey Epstein Invested With Peter Thiel, and His Estate Is Reaping Millions

www.nytimes.com

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 14h

This isn't to say you shouldn't do stories on what he says, but perhaps to include a little more context or skepticism. He's a (very successful) capitalist maximizing returns who likes saying provocative stuff to get a rise out of people.

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 15h

If you listen to enough Thiel, you realize that he repeats himself. In the past, there have been repeated references to Star Wars and Star Trek. Recently, he's been fixated on comparing Greta Thunberg to the antichrist. Just because he's packaged stuff into "off record" lectures doesn't mean its new

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 15h

Most of the time Thiel speaks publicly or does a flurry of press, it's part of a branding strategy. He's once-again establishing him as the zany contrarian. It sets him apart as he's going out to invest or raise funding.

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 15h

It's strange seeing a bunch of outlets pub stories about Thiel's antichrist lectures and label them as exclusives. For one, they aren't exclusive if a source offered the same material to half the tech press.

It's also kind of silly for folks just to parrot Thiel when he's saying this:

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

we were on adam's pod a year ago and gave him a book! nice to see him feature it there.

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

yea lol i was his reporting partner on that

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

lol

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

Business Insider wrote up a story on how some of their past investigative work led to a new California law. The story is strangely unbylined.

The reason perhaps? The publication recently laid off the reporter behind that investigation, Matt Drange.

www.businessinsider.com/california-e...

California enacts law to prevent sexual abuse in K-12 schools following Business Insider investigation

The new legislation comes after a 2023 Business Insider investigation into sexual misconduct at a California high school.

www.businessinsider.com

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 3d

Elon Musk once said he would pursue former Twitter execs to the ends of the earth. Instead, he just settled their $128 million lawsuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 2d

thank u Kitty

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 2d

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 2d

I told them I would pay!!!!!!!

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 2d

Hell yea hope he enjoyed

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 2d

thanks TJ!

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 2d

If you've been waiting to read Character Limit because there's been a lot going on (or you just had better shit to do), our book is available today only in the UK on Kindle for £0.99.

www.amazon.co.uk/Character-Li...

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 3d

let’s do the fucking news

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 4d

But sure let’s judge her based on her “business”.

If that’s the case, what are her business metrics? I haven’t seen anything about the FP’s underlying numbers and whether or not they justify a reported $150 million purchase price.

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 4d

Ah yes let us not judge her based on the words that come out of her own mouth but rather whether or not she created shareholder value

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