Noam Cohen

@noamcohen.bsky.social

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Journalist who’s interested in what’s true on the Internet and who decides, which means I like to write stories about @Wikipedia. Author of The Know-It-Alls, on Silicon Valley's libertarian politics: http://thenewpress.com/books/know-it-alls.

Current photo on Perfume Genius's Wikipedia page.
Lame photo of Perfume Genius on Wikipedia, which got the artist to beg for help.
Excerpt from New York Times article, "Epstein’s Cash and Influence Helped Women Attend Columbia and N.Y.U." "Mr. Epstein wanted to donate $100,000 to a new public health initiative that he had heard Dr. Lamster was starting. Dr. Lamster felt that he could take the money, he said, because he hadn’t asked for it, and it was for an important cause. That same day, to his surprise, Mr. Epstein’s driver came by with a $100,000 check, written out to him personally, he recalled. He had to send it back and ask for it to be made out to Columbia as a donation, which the school ultimately accepted, Dr. Lamster said. He thanked Mr. Epstein in an email. “Maybe I’m naïve in assuming, but from my perspective, there was no quid pro quo,” he said. “$100,000 was not a payment for her being admitted.” "
Jeffrey Epstein photo of dinner with Silicon Valley leaders, August 2, 2015. Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk shown, (Peter Thiel and Reid Hoffman out of frame).
Image of the new paperback edition of The Know-It-Alls
Plasma donation center with stock photos in the window of smiling people holding wads of cash ...
From Guardian article, "US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’" Comedians performing at the festival’s headliners do not seem particularly concerned about the criticism – or the alleged wrongdoing. “One reporter was killed by the government – unfortunate, but not a fucking hill that I’m gonna die on,” Jim Jefferies said on Theo Von’s podcast in August, arguing it is for the greater good that “freedom-of-speech machines” such as himself bestow their “edgy” material on the kingdom and its subjects. (Since making the comments, Jefferies has since disappeared from the festival’s lineup; his representatives did not respond to inquiries about this.)
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