Meanwhile, here's how another Israeli official—Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter—speaks about Chuck Schumer's support for Israel, according to a senior staffer who attended a meeting between Leiter and John Fetterman last year

Everything's coming up Anthropic... for now. @alexshultz.bsky.social wonders how long the runaway AI spending can continue. Read the whole story on Hard Reset: www.hardresetmedia.com/p/anthropic-...

just read the original column and lemme tell you: it's not good when you have to add an editor's note that takes up an entire page www.nytimes.com/2015/03/19/s...

Senator John Fetterman is back to meme-posting about Israel. As I reported last week, Fetterman has almost no one left in his inner circle. His (unofficial, unpaid) top political adviser, David Safier, has glowingly referred to the senator as the "Secretary of Trolling."

The pound-for-pound worst player in the NBA, Kyle Kuzma, is now posting pro-Kalshi slop (seems v possible they're posting on his behalf) and also claiming that he's investing in "autonomous defense"

ICYMI: my investigation for New York mag, which includes new reporting about: —John Fetterman's unpaid adviser, jokingly referred to as "chief" by staffers —Fetterman meetings w/Bibi, Leiter, Miriam Adelson —Texts Fetterman sent about ICE, Epstein Files, healthcare —Fetterman's political aspirations

ICYMI: my investigation for New York mag, which includes new reporting about: —John Fetterman's unpaid adviser, jokingly referred to as "chief" by staffers —Fetterman meetings w/Bibi, Leiter, Miriam Adelson —Texts Fetterman sent about ICE, Epstein Files, healthcare —Fetterman's political aspirations

I see John Fetterman sent a comment to Axios about his chief of staff quitting. No comment from him on my NY Mag investigation. (I called, texted, and we sent a lengthy fact-check inquiry that we also followed up on prior to publication.) www.axios.com/2026/05/20/j...

“Almost all of us had our jaws on the floor, like, ‘Are you out of your fucking mind? You don’t do your job, you can’t raise any money, and your entire party hates you,’ a person who was in the room says.” -as told to @alexshultz.bsky.social nymag.com/intelligence...

I see John Fetterman sent a comment to Axios about his chief of staff quitting. No comment from him on my NY Mag investigation. (I called, texted, and we sent a lengthy fact-check inquiry that we also followed up on prior to publication.) www.axios.com/2026/05/20/j...

I will let this passage speak for itself. nymag.com/intelligence...

Fetterman met with Miriam Adelson on the March 2025 trip to Israel, I was told by four sources. That meeting was not disclosed by the senator's office.

New: I spoke to a dozen sources about John Fetterman's dwindling inner circle; his closest confidant is an unpaid adviser named David Safier. Jokingly referred to as "chief" by staffers, Safier has coordinated calls w/Bibi and sits in on big meetings. Fetterman's actual chief of staff quit yesterday

good lord

New: I spoke to a dozen sources about John Fetterman's dwindling inner circle; his closest confidant is an unpaid adviser named David Safier. Jokingly referred to as "chief" by staffers, Safier has coordinated calls w/Bibi and sits in on big meetings. Fetterman's actual chief of staff quit yesterday

To understand Fetterman's position on Israel, it helps — according to a dozen staffers — to understand the increasingly influence of an unpaid, little-known adviser. A big story from @alexshultz.bsky.social

Wrote about Elon Musk losing his court case because he took too long to bring claims—and why his excuses fell flat to the jury

last year I wrote about the digital divide at SI, and how the less reputable "On SI" side is posting gross slop via "independent publishers" that SI/Minute Media disavow when it suits them. I also flagged that a writer was using AI, which they only kinda-sorta acknowledged. Seems little has changed!

"And compared to Musk, the combination of Altman and Brockman managed to come across like two pleasant fellows getting yelled at by an industry peer—imagine Simon & Garfunkel on the receiving-end of an earful from Morrissey." Nice.

Wrote about Elon Musk losing his court case because he took too long to bring claims—and why his excuses fell flat to the jury

Unanimous verdict from the jury: All three claims brought by Musk are barred by statute of limitations. Elon Musk loses.

We have a verdict in the Musk v. Altman trial... waiting for more

Fun fact: Last year, Cloobeck hosted a podcast (it lasted 8 eps). His second guest was Eric Swalwell. His first? Cory Booker, whom Cloobeck referred to as a "dear friend, a brother." Booker: "You have an incredible ability to connect with people where they are, and just make them feel safe space."

Sam Altman is on the stand now. He just brought up what he called "a particularly hair-raising moment" where he and his cofounders asked Musk what would happen if he was given control of the for-profit arm of OpenAI, and then died. Altman alleges that Musk floated idea of giving control to his kids

Tickled by Microsoft execs having a @davidjroth.bsky.social Remembering Some Guys back-and-forth about possible OpenAI board members (From the last batch of Musk v. Altman exhibits)

Important journalistic venture: I compared/contrasted how Elon Musk and his quasi-romantic partner Shivon Zilis, a former OpenAI board member who's the mother of 4 of Musk's kids, each described their conscious coupling during their turns on the stand.

One eyewitness testimony: a redacted person was working on a "special project" with redacted. "She had restricted the air space" in redacted location for the "upcoming tests." Then the eyewitness was surprised when there was a bright light and Kirby briefly appeared www.war.gov/medialink/uf...

cracking up at the "unsealed" UFO files the Pentagon just put out: "Actual site photo with FBI Lab rendered graphic overlay depicting corroborating eyewitness reports from September 2023." N64-ass graphics! www.war.gov/UFO/

the hashtag resistance A.I. company is now drawing on the power plant that's poisoning the air in Memphis and rapid-powering Nazi propaganda + CSAM, congrats to everybody

should be noted that after these theatrical messages to Brockman, Musk spent 9 hours on the stand last week—and came across quite poorly, to put it lightly. Here's my recap:

NEW: Two days before Musk v. Altman trial, Elon Musk messaged Greg Brockman about a settlement, according to filing. Brockman wrote that both sides should drop claims; Musk allegedly responded: “By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America. If you insist, so it will be”

NEW: Two days before Musk v. Altman trial, Elon Musk messaged Greg Brockman about a settlement, according to filing. Brockman wrote that both sides should drop claims; Musk allegedly responded: “By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America. If you insist, so it will be”

“But in this Oakland courtroom, Musk is running up against the few remaining limits to his otherwise-limitless authority: he’s unsympathetic, unconvincing, and unreliable.” @alexshultz.bsky.social for @hardresetmedia.com open.substack.com/pub/hardrese...

For @hardresetmedia.com, here are my observations from week one of the Musk v. Altman trial. Short version: it would take a lot for OpenAI to blow this. Also: what to expect during week two, + misc. tidbits (reporters to follow, there's an audio stream now, I found a funny email from Elon's fixer)

The president of Cornell backed his car into a student and a recent grad after a campus debate on Israel-Palestine. Then he lied about what happened in an email claiming he'd been the victim of harassment. Then, magnificently, Cornell's student newspaper found a video of the incident

To quote Elon Musk:

I'm back in the courtroom for another day of Musk v. Altman, starting a thread here. Here's what I expect: —one more hour of Elon Musk cross-examination —testimony from Musk's right-hand man, Jared Birchall —Musk's expert witness Stuart Russell, an...interesting AI safety guy —Possibly Greg Brockman

Here's my writeup of Wednesday's Musk v. Altman circus, from inside (and outside) the courtroom

About five hours into Elon Musk’s testimony, I typed the following sentence into my notes: “I have never been more sympathetic to Sam Altman in my life.” www.theverge.com/tech/921022/...

If you enjoyed this thread, may I recommend my full story for @hardresetmedia.com !

I assume this is in reference to a 2023 story where Musk called an OpenAI intern a jackass

Doing a mini-thread again -- Elon Musk is on the stand, and likely will be for a large portion of the day

My report from yesterday👇

Great read out from inside the court room today by @alexshultz.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/hardrese... @hardresetmedia.com

(I am generally averse to including "ums" and "uhs" when quoting people but this was actually awkward enough to warrant the verbal tics)

kept getting an error message trying to cross-post this one on X, while sitting about 15 feet away from the man who owns X the everything app lol

Hello, I am mercifully fourth in line to get into the courtroom today for opening arguments of Musk v Altman. Will be writing about whatever unfolds for Hard Reset (and maybe turning this into a thread)

“No tech company should be trusted to thoughtfully, responsibly transition to an AI-centric business model. That’s especially true of Meta.” - @alexshultz.bsky.social www.hardresetmedia.com/p/metas-new-...

Cracking up at the logic of new, cheap Blazers owner Tom Dundon. If we boot the Blazers support staff so they aren’t readily available to help the players, that will save us money, which we can then use to help the players www.nytimes.com/athletic/721...