What we are reading on May 13, 2026
Here are a few stories that got our attention and why I miss Gawker.
At Gawker, They Battled a Billionaire. 10 Years Later, the Scars Are Still Healing
Their weaponized wit made enemies, minted stars and helped define the internet as we know it. A decade after Peter Thiel engineered the site’s spectacular collapse, Nick Denton’s diaspora is still shaping media — and haunted by what happened.
Frank DiGiacomo
The Girlboss-ification of AI w/ Kat Tenbarge
+ Bezos’s private retreat, Alex Cooper drama, new MrBeast lawsuit, the OpenAI apartment, China’s ‘dark factories’, Pasta sauce surveillance, and why big tech’s ‘tobacco moment’ isn’t what it seems
Taylor Lorenz
Consumer sentiment rebounds slightly after hitting lowest level on record | CNN Business
Americans still feel lousy about the economy and worry that the US-Israeli war with Iran will continue to push up prices.
Alicia Wallace
Putin Marks Pared-Down Victory Day Parade in Moscow After Zelensky Gives ‘Permission’
Trump hailed a cease-fire between the two sides ahead of the parade, as Zelensky issued an apparently tongue-in-cheek decree permitting the event.
Rebecca Schneid
What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat
For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.
Noah Hawley
Paulina Borsook’s ‘Cyberselfish‘ returns to bookstores
Paulina Borsook’s 2000 masterpiece, “Cyberselfish,” will be re-published in September with introduction by Gil Duran of The Nerd Reich
Gil Duran
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