Gabriel Snyder
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Editorial Director, Newsweek Nexus Previously: Publisher & EIC of The Fine Print, EIC of The New Republic, Editor of The Atlantic Wire, EIC of Gawker, Reporter at Variety, Reporter at The New York Observer, etc.
Fwiw and afaict, while Amazon ruthlessly manages its workforce, it is pretty permissive and kinda sloppy with its packages. Losses, returns, thefts — missing packages on a massive scale is baked so deeply into their business model that there are other businesses built on the "breakage" from Amazon.
December 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Fwiw and afaict, while Amazon ruthlessly manages its workforce, it is pretty permissive and kinda sloppy with its packages. Losses, returns, thefts — missing packages on a massive scale is baked so deeply into their business model that there are other businesses built on the "breakage" from Amazon.
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One of my favorite 21st century technology experiences is watching an over-the-air HD broadcast. The picture is just so good, especially when it’s a fully resourced production like an NFL game. Sometimes made-for-streaming ads air and it’s crystal clear how much they are garbage video-wise.
December 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
One of my favorite 21st century technology experiences is watching an over-the-air HD broadcast. The picture is just so good, especially when it’s a fully resourced production like an NFL game. Sometimes made-for-streaming ads air and it’s crystal clear how much they are garbage video-wise.
One of my favorite 21st century technology experiences is watching an over-the-air HD broadcast. The picture is just so good, especially when it’s a fully resourced production like an NFL game. Sometimes made-for-streaming ads air and it’s crystal clear how much they are garbage video-wise.
December 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
One of my favorite 21st century technology experiences is watching an over-the-air HD broadcast. The picture is just so good, especially when it’s a fully resourced production like an NFL game. Sometimes made-for-streaming ads air and it’s crystal clear how much they are garbage video-wise.
the most reliable indicator of a tech boom imho is when high-profile, nonsensical "why we are not in a boom" articles like this one start being published: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
Why the A.I. Boom Is Unlike the Dot-Com Boom
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December 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
the most reliable indicator of a tech boom imho is when high-profile, nonsensical "why we are not in a boom" articles like this one start being published: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
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PSA: It’s “Warners” and never ever “Warner” if you want to sound like a Hollywood person
December 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
PSA: It’s “Warners” and never ever “Warner” if you want to sound like a Hollywood person
PSA: It’s “Warners” and never ever “Warner” if you want to sound like a Hollywood person
December 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
PSA: It’s “Warners” and never ever “Warner” if you want to sound like a Hollywood person
The Wire was the last great ‘90s TV show
December 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The Wire was the last great ‘90s TV show
Ronald Reagan’s final National Security Strategy in 1988 mentioned democracy 42 times: stuff like, “our responsibilities as leader of the world’s democracies” or “the cause of democracies is, after all, one of our most fundamental goals.” history.defense.gov/Portals/70/D...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Ronald Reagan’s final National Security Strategy in 1988 mentioned democracy 42 times: stuff like, “our responsibilities as leader of the world’s democracies” or “the cause of democracies is, after all, one of our most fundamental goals.” history.defense.gov/Portals/70/D...
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My lone contribution to this particular discourse: People keep referring to Olivia Nuzzi’s relationship with VF as a “job” when as best as I can tell is it was a book marketing stunt they signed up for
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 AM
My lone contribution to this particular discourse: People keep referring to Olivia Nuzzi’s relationship with VF as a “job” when as best as I can tell is it was a book marketing stunt they signed up for
My lone contribution to this particular discourse: People keep referring to Olivia Nuzzi’s relationship with VF as a “job” when as best as I can tell is it was a book marketing stunt they signed up for
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 AM
My lone contribution to this particular discourse: People keep referring to Olivia Nuzzi’s relationship with VF as a “job” when as best as I can tell is it was a book marketing stunt they signed up for
Talkin bout my generation … fun, good read: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation?
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December 4, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Talkin bout my generation … fun, good read: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
Wait, Emily Gould isn’t really here. Will someone pass on this crucial plea?
A version of this service journalism classic for “The Good Wife” would be a cultural treasure for the ages! Please! medium.com/the-awl/how-...
A version of this service journalism classic for “The Good Wife” would be a cultural treasure for the ages! Please! medium.com/the-awl/how-...
How to Watch “Battlestar Galactica”
How to Watch “Battlestar Galactica” Recently I’ve been rewatching “Battlestar Galactica.” On a rewatch, I feel like it’s a very long haul. And I’ve now seen a lot of people cruise …
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December 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Wait, Emily Gould isn’t really here. Will someone pass on this crucial plea?
A version of this service journalism classic for “The Good Wife” would be a cultural treasure for the ages! Please! medium.com/the-awl/how-...
A version of this service journalism classic for “The Good Wife” would be a cultural treasure for the ages! Please! medium.com/the-awl/how-...
US history is a flat circle: Mexican and Japanese immigration was once encouraged to get around nativist panics about European and Chinese immigrants.
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
US history is a flat circle: Mexican and Japanese immigration was once encouraged to get around nativist panics about European and Chinese immigrants.
People are starting to widely realize the current AI bubble is really an AI server farm trade. It is premised on the notion that AI adoption at scale will require trillions of dollars worth of new server farms and hundreds of nuclear reactors (or their equivalent) for power. This is insane, imho🧵:
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
People are starting to widely realize the current AI bubble is really an AI server farm trade. It is premised on the notion that AI adoption at scale will require trillions of dollars worth of new server farms and hundreds of nuclear reactors (or their equivalent) for power. This is insane, imho🧵:
the only time I ever took a photo assignment (never published) just popped up in my Apple Photos: Gay Talese in his office in 2012
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
the only time I ever took a photo assignment (never published) just popped up in my Apple Photos: Gay Talese in his office in 2012
A chatbot experiment:
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
A chatbot experiment:
A huge tell that this person doesn’t know their stuff is they repeatedly equate the dot-com boom and bust with advertising. But that bubble was about e-commerce and the problem was startups like Pets.com spent more money on ads than they could make selling things online.
This is the most ridiculous article I could possibly have imagined anyone could write.
“AI is energy and therefore opposing AI is opposing thermodynamics” has to be the most nonsense take I have seen about AI.
“AI is energy and therefore opposing AI is opposing thermodynamics” has to be the most nonsense take I have seen about AI.
Btw I saw it linked to from this similar utter nonsense www.forbes.com/sites/jasons...
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A huge tell that this person doesn’t know their stuff is they repeatedly equate the dot-com boom and bust with advertising. But that bubble was about e-commerce and the problem was startups like Pets.com spent more money on ads than they could make selling things online.
Pretty sad that this even needs saying www.schwab.com/learn/story/...
Charles Schwab
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November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Pretty sad that this even needs saying www.schwab.com/learn/story/...
“You know that woman who everyone thought was inappropriately young for me to be dating? Well, let me give you the real scoop on her: She’s got a thing for older men. I know! Can you believe it?!”
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“You know that woman who everyone thought was inappropriately young for me to be dating? Well, let me give you the real scoop on her: She’s got a thing for older men. I know! Can you believe it?!”
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It’s raining in Vegas
November 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It’s raining in Vegas
Jennifer Garner saying “I could get used to this” in a Capital One Lounge may be the least believable line in a TV ad I’ve ever seen.
November 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Jennifer Garner saying “I could get used to this” in a Capital One Lounge may be the least believable line in a TV ad I’ve ever seen.
November 14, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The best way I know to summarize the various speculative booms of the last couple of decades is that we keep passing orders of magnitude in money.
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The best way I know to summarize the various speculative booms of the last couple of decades is that we keep passing orders of magnitude in money.