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Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

I want you to notice how this article, which took two journalists to write, doesn't even bother to seriously explore whether the claims being made by companies are true it's genuinely just not relevant to them

Semafor@semafor.com

Building data centers in space could be cost-effective by the early 2030s. www.semafor.com/article/06/1...

semafor.comThe case for data centers in spaceBuilding data centers in space could be cost-effective by the early 2030s, analysis suggested.
Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

like, they very briefly flirt with the idea that space data centers might have logistical issues, before dismissing those concerns based on the claims of one startup that hasn't built anything yet, I ironically named after a legendary flight failure

Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

The interest focus of U.S. "business journalism" isn't real people, labor, technology, or whether the technology even works, it's unchecked wealth accumulation. And it's not subtle.

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Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

Space X IPO journalism, pretty much universally, is comically terrible. Worse than even usual. Monday's newsletter will focus on it. Just total alternate reality fan fiction for dull LinkedIn MBA entrepreneurial hashtag hustle types

skyla50.bsky.social
@skyla50.bsky.social

🤔 PSP, the Belgian entrepreneur Thomas Leysen and the media company Antenna Group are among its new investors. Semafor launched with $25 million in financing from wealthy investors, including media industry executives and the now-disgraced cryptocurrency tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried.Jan 7, 2026

Noah Dahl
@noahdahl.bsky.social

Remembering all the "journalism" going on at CNBC during the frothy days of the dotcom bubble and the housing bubble. Every generation has to learn anew it seems.