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☆ Thermonuclear Blasts and New Species: Inside Elon Musk’s Plan to Colonize Mars
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Kirsten Grind | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For more than two decades, Elon Musk has focused SpaceX, his rocket company, on his lifelong goal of reaching Mars. Over the last year, he has also ramped up work on what will happen if he gets there. One team is drawing up plans for small dome habitats, including the materials that could be used to build them. Mr. Musk has volunteered his sperm to help seed a colony, two people familiar with his comments said. The initiatives, which are in their infancy, are a shift toward more concrete planning for life on Mars as Mr. Musk’s timeline has hastened.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk Organizations: The New York Times, SpaceX Locations: Mars

☆ ‘Silicon Valley Princess’: Inside the Life of Nicole Shanahan, R.F.K. Jr.’s Running Mate
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Kirsten Grind | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Shanahan, 38, a onetime Silicon Valley lawyer, has never held public office and has scant name recognition. But she was selected after Mr. Rodgers and Mr. Ventura fell through as vice-presidential candidates and Mr. Kennedy’s campaign needed money to fund its efforts to get onto state ballots, three people familiar with the events said. And money was something that Ms. Shanahan could provide in abundance. During their five-year marriage, Ms. Shanahan partied with Silicon Valley’s elite and used recreational drugs including cocaine, ketamine and psychedelic mushrooms, according to eight people and documents reviewed by The New York Times. Ms. Shanahan and Mr. Brin separated after she had a sexual encounter with Elon Musk in 2021, three of the people said.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Aaron Rodgers, Jesse Ventura, Kennedy, Nicole Shanahan, Ms, Shanahan, Rodgers, Ventura, Sergey Brin, Brin, Elon Musk Organizations: Google, The New York Times Locations: Minnesota

☆ A Steamy Debate: What to Do With Berkeley’s Famous No-Clothing-Allowed Hot Tub
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Kirsten Grind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Berkeley, Calif.—For nearly five decades, Deward Hastings hosted a secret, no-clothing-allowed hot tub here in the backyard of his home. The hot tub became an institution in Berkeley, a famously crunchy, liberal city known for its political activism and overpriced housing. The tub enticed Grateful Dead-loving hippies in its early years, and later turned into something of a wellness sanctuary for women, while Hastings, 78, remained anonymous and became locally known as “the hot tub guy” for those in the know. (Even some of his guests never met him.)

Persons: Deward Hastings Organizations: Berkeley, — Locations: Calif, Berkeley, Hastings

☆ Kirsten Grind — Enterprise Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Kirsten Grind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kirsten GrindKirsten Grind is an enterprise reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where she has worked since 2012. She focuses on technology companies and executives, covering issues ranging from sexual harassment allegations to data privacy issues. She is the co-author of the recently released book “Happy At Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh,” from Simon & Schuster. Her first book, “The Lost Bank,” about the collapse of Washington Mutual, was named the best investigative book of 2012 by the Investigative Reporters & Editors association. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.

Persons: Kirsten, Gerald Loeb, Tony Hsieh, ”, Simon, Simon & Schuster Organizations: Wall Street, Simon &, Lost Bank, ”, Washington Mutual, Investigative Locations: San Francisco Bay

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☆ Katherine Sayre — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Katherine Sayre | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Katherine SayreKatherine Sayre is a reporter covering the gambling industry in The Wall Street Journal’s entertainment bureau in Los Angeles. Her stories explore the bustling casinos on the Las Vegas Strip and how sports betting is changing media, sports leagues and sports fandom in America. Katherine is the co-author with Journal colleague Kirsten Grind of “Happy at Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh,” published by Simon & Schuster in March 2022. Before joining the Journal, Katherine was a lead investigative reporter for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans. She grew up in Brownwood, Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas and Northwestern University.

Persons: Katherine Sayre Katherine Sayre, Katherine, Kirsten Grind, Tony Hsieh, ”, Simon, Simon & Schuster Organizations: Las, Simon &, Times, University of Texas, Northwestern University Locations: Los Angeles, America, New Orleans, Brownwood , Texas

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☆ Magic Mushrooms. LSD. Ketamine. The Drugs That Power Silicon Valley.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Kirsten Grind | Katherine Bindley | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Disney Scrapping Florida Campus, Shuttering Hotel Amid DeSantis Feud
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Bob Lee Murder: The Story of the Cash App Founder and His Alleged Killer The fatal stabbing of Bob Lee rocked Silicon Valley. WSJ’s Kirsten Grind reveals details about what brought the Cash App founder and his alleged killer together, and explains what prosecutors say happened the night of his death. Photo Illustration: Preston Jessee

SAN FRANCISCO—In certain wealthy tech circles it is known as “The Lifestyle,” an underground party scene featuring recreational drug use and casual sex. A successful tech executive named Bob Lee liked to hang out with that crowd, according to people who also participated. So, too, did Khazar Momeni , the wife of a prominent plastic surgeon, these people said.

☆ TikTok’s Behind-the-Scenes Help in Washington: Former Obama, Disney Advisers
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Kirsten Grind | Erich Schwartzel | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TikTok has enlisted three heavyweights from American politics and business to advise it behind the scenes as the social-media app tries to convince U.S. authorities that it isn’t beholden to the Chinese government. David Plouffe and Jim Messina , veterans of Barack Obama ’s presidential campaigns, and Zenia Mucha , the former longtime communications chief of Walt Disney Co., are advising TikTok in its fight against efforts to ban it in the U.S, according to people familiar with their roles.

☆ Amazon Changes at Zappos Slowly Dismantle Tony Hsieh’s Legacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Kirsten Grind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Amazon .com Inc. is slowly dismantling Tony Hsieh’s version of Zappos, more than two years after the famed entrepreneur’s death. Zappos laid off more than 300 employees last month, or about 20% of the Las Vegas-based company’s workforce, according to people familiar with the layoffs and a Zappos memo viewed by The Wall Street Journal.

☆ The Small Desert Town of Nipton Has Been Sold. Again.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Kirsten Grind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In the months since owning Nipton, Spiegelworld has had to contend with the complicated reality of governing a town. The company and its employees have cleaned up 250 tons of debris, tangled with electrical and septic-tank snafus and met Nipton’s quirky, longtime residents. Angela Owens/The Wall Street Journal

☆ The Circus Came to Town—and Bought the Place
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Kirsten Grind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Meta Employees, Security Guards Fired for Hijacking User Accounts
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Kirsten Grind | Robert Mcmillan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Executives at Facebook parent Meta Platforms led a lengthy internal probe into abuse of a system that allows employees to help users regain control of their accounts. Meta Platforms Inc. has fired or disciplined more than two dozen employees and contractors over the last year whom it accused of improperly taking over user accounts, in some cases allegedly for bribes, according to people familiar with the matter and documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal. Some of those fired were contractors who worked as security guards stationed at Meta facilities and were given access to the Facebook parent’s internal mechanism for employees to help users having trouble with their accounts, according to the documents and people familiar with the matter.

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