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"He and his daughters were becoming hugely popular, and he had no idea why." 💡Must-read article for your Monday: this New York Times Magazine excerpt from bestselling author @jonronson.bsky.social's new book THE CASTLE (on shelves 9/1). www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/m...

He Was a Top Lawn Care Influencer on YouTube. Then Everything Went Haywire.

Many people think Greg Chism is a freak — or worse. He says he was just following the incentives of the platform.

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A lot of people prefer to log on to get pissed off. I find it salutary to do it the old-fashioned analog way: by reading books like @parismarx.com's forthcoming Hyperscale, an expose on what our tech overlords are stealing from us in their quest for ever more compute.

A picture of Paris Marx's forthcoming book, Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires.

HYPERSCALE is hitting bookstores on October 20. Preorder it now! In the book, I dig into how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point, and the incredible efforts of people pushing back against the profit-driven interests of Big Tech. Get your copy: hyperscalebook.com

Hyperscale by Paris Marx. Coming October 20, 2026.

An eye-opening account of how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point

IT'S FINALLY HERE... let’s talk dead people 🪦 The wildly popular podcast Marlon & Jake Read Dead People, hosted by internationally bestselling author Marlon James and his editor, Jake Morrissey, returns for Season 4 on July 7. Available wherever you listen to podcasts 🎙️