Karl Bode @karlbode.com · Jul 7

anyway the media obsession with this guy is very bizarre

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Sisyphus Rex · Jul 7

Anything to distract us from reality I guess

babs drinks tea · Jul 7

perhaps but it's also good to get out there in front of his acolytes that his nonsense is killing him

Lorne · Jul 7

The coverage of this dude always feels very astroturfed. Like he's buying the coverage. As far as I know, he doesn't do anything actually important, or interesting. He's just some random weird rich guy.

That's Montgomery Clift, Honey · Jul 7

Another huge win for Newt Gingrich! He was the genius who pushed through the deregulation of supplements.

Bwgan Buzz · Jul 7

Someone pointed out he sells supplements or something like that (like endorsements) so it could be grift press are helping with.

Begferyarn 🇨🇦 · Jul 7

I always figure it's one of those secret chat groups, like Andreeson's. He cares about this guy, they care about being special boys in the group, so mass coverage.

Kristen Immoor · Jul 7

I'll admit, I click every story about this guy, much the way I watched every episode of The X-Files. He's a live action MotW.

Maxjes · Jul 7

Centuries ago, this man would have died of a rare tropical disease after injecting himself with “tinctures of simian vitality“ Rich people doing weird immortality stuff with a veneer of science isn’t new when you call it biohacking or whatever.

John Pontoon, dissident titwillow · Jul 7

This woman may have predicted and then diagnosed the cause. bsky.app/profile/mary...

aburtch · Jul 7

@karlbode.com It's just that he's super click-bait-y.

A.C.Lander · Jul 7

"'Dog bites man' is not news. 'Man bits dog' is news."