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TGIF: Fake & Gay

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Bowles, N. (2026, October 30). TGIF: Fake & Gay. The Free Press. https://www.thefp.com/p/tgif-fake-and-gay

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The Free Press · collected 2026-10-30 · by Nellie Bowles

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This article is a first-person blog post that mocks claims of bias against certain media outlets by referring to them as "fake and gay." The author then shifts to discuss the dominance of the United States in artificial intelligence, citing significant revenue growth from AI companies like Anthropic, which reported $6.6 million in revenue per employee this year compared to $1.4 million last year. The post speculates on how AI developers might influence future cultural and political trends, inviting readers to guess their preferences and intentions with newfound wealth.
Written by AI on 2026-10-31, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Nellie Bowles's latest blog post on The Free Press emphasizes her disassociation from CBS News and Bari Weiss, whom she accuses of being "fake and gay" according to the U.S. government. She also promotes special election night supper clubs in 14 cities on November 3. In her commentary, Bowles asserts that the United States leads in artificial intelligence (AI) capacity, positioning itself as the dominant power in the new era of industrialization driven by AI and data centers. She claims this technological prowess makes other nations dependent on the US, effectively rendering them "pathetic vassal states."

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Who wrote this

Nellie Bowles
6 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 Mr. President, don’t worry, I would never associate with the likes of her.
2026-10-30 · assertive framing · TGIF: Fake & Gay
🔮 We will dive into all that next week.
2026-10-02 · assertive framing · TGIF: No Fatties, No Beardos, No Weirdos
🔮 Of course I condone none of this, and have yet to listen to a podcast in my life because I respect myself, but some people would probably enjoy it.
2026-09-18 · assertive framing · TGIF: Experts Fear Worse Ahead
🔮 “If you are a lab researcher, I urge you to consider what the next few years will actually feel like.
2026-09-11 · assertive framing · TGIF: I Am Not Satisfied That the Appellant Is Bisexual
🔮 If they cannot reach a verdict, the judge could declare a mistrial.
2026-09-04 · assertive framing · TGIF: Once Postpartum, Always Postpartum
🔮 Anyway, you have to trust these outlets when they tell you that our elections are completely secure, and produce results that represent the will of the people.
2026-08-28 · assertive framing · TGIF: Have Y’all Never Heard of Noblesse Oblige?
Also by Nellie Bowles
TGIF: No Fatties, No Beardos, No Weirdos
2026-10-02 · The Free Press
TGIF: Experts Fear Worse Ahead
2026-09-18 · The Free Press
TGIF: Once Postpartum, Always Postpartum
2026-09-04 · The Free Press
Nothing else under this byline is closely related to this article, so these are simply their most recent.
All 6 articles by Nellie Bowles →

Topics

America Anthropic CBS News U.S. the US of A

Subjects

Dan Sullivan PERSON · 5× Alaska GPE · 3× Anthropic ORG · 2× Democrat NORP · 2× Mary Peltola PERSON · 2× Republican NORP · 2× Senate ORG · 2× Bari Weiss PERSON · 1× CBS News ORG · 1× U.S. GPE · 1×

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Now all they can do is try to send sexy spies to sleep with our American executives and get little tidbits of information (it’s okay, Nvidia CEO who “had a close relationship” with an alleged spy, no one’s mad at you, it happens to the best of us).
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-31
🔮 Mr. President, don’t worry, I would never associate with the likes of her.
2026-10-31 · The Free Press
TGIF: Fake & Gay · assertive framing

Claims (47 extracted, 1 hedged)

I’d like to be clear that my writing is completely unaffiliated with one Bari Weiss and CBS News, which is, according to the U.S. government, so “fake and gay” that I feel it is time at last to publicly distance myself to preserve my reputation. uncertain
it → like → reputation
Mr. President, don’t worry, I would never associate with the likes of her. asserted
I → worry → her
Thank you for understanding—and I’ll see you at the next meeting. asserted
I → thank → meeting
Also: We’re hosting special election night supper clubs in 14 cities on November 3. asserted
We → host → November
The new measure of industrialization is who uses the most artificial intelligence. asserted
who → use → intelligence
Who has the largest AI capacity. asserted
Who → have → capacity
Since that’s going to determine power in this coming era. asserted
that → go → era
And the answer is clear, it’s robust, and it’s the US of A: asserted
it → ’ → A
Sure, our sons used to storm beaches and build interstates and now it’s just men clicking mouses around a terminal and maxing out tokens, but we’re number one at it. asserted
we → use → it
Which, most importantly, makes everyone else our pathetic vassal state subject to our whims. asserted
everyone → make → whims
Everyone else is about to lose all autonomy. asserted
Everyone → lose → autonomy
They already have. asserted
They → have → ?
As Marc Andreessen said on a podcast: “Europe seems, I just take them at their word, they seem determined, they seem enthusiastic about being left behind. asserted
they → say → word
They seem to really badly want that.” asserted
They → seem → that
Weren’t they supposed to win? asserted
they → suppose → ?
Now all they can do is try to send sexy spies to sleep with our American executives and get little tidbits of information (it’s okay, Nvidia CEO who “had a close relationship” with an alleged spy, no one’s mad at you, it happens to the best of us). asserted
it → do → us
But the important news of the week is that Anthropic, which runs Claude, is going public. asserted
which → run → Claude
They released their numbers. asserted
They → release → numbers
Remember all those people who said AI was a bubble? asserted
AI → remember → people
Its revenue growth is a line going straight up. asserted
growth → go → ?
It rakes in gobs of cash, money, dollars, green, profit, baby. asserted
It → rake → profit
And now that it’s going public, now that they are all getting ridiculously rich, we are going to live in the AI-worker vision of the world whether we like it or not. asserted
we → go → it
What art do AI developers like? asserted
developers → like → art
Put it this way: Enjoy those shrimp cocktails while you can. asserted
you → put → cocktails
Once these IPOs happen, if you don’t think these guys aren’t going to set up lobbying firms to make it illegal to eat meat, you have another thing coming. asserted
thing → happen → meat
We’re about to take our children to their deranged museums and they will only have beanbags and anime. asserted
they → ’re → beanbags
All I really know about their culture is they like polyamory, but does anyone know what else they are into? asserted
they → know → what
Do they have culinary trends? asserted
they → have → trends
Do they write books? asserted
they → write → books
Drop your best guesses about AI worker culture and what they plan to do with their IPO monies into the comments and we will highlight them next week. asserted
we → drop → them
If you know anyone at these companies, that’s cheating. asserted
that → know → companies
→ Dems absolutely recruited the fake Dan Sullivan to do election fraud: In Alaska, there’s a random guy named Dan Sullivan running for Senate against the incumbent Republican named Dan Sullivan. asserted
Dems → recruit → Republican
We’ve all safely assumed this was part of a trick by Democrat Mary Peltola to confuse voters and peel off the incumbent’s support, but she has totally denied it. asserted
she → assume → it
Well, a great New York Times investigation reveals that’s completely what is going on. asserted
what → reveal → ?
In the summer of 2025, a staffer for Mary Peltola, the Alaska Democrat who was eyeing a run for Senate, received unusual instructions from top campaign aides: Find as many people named Dan Sullivan in Alaska as you can. asserted
you → eye → Alaska
The staffer complied, combing through voter records to produce a list of Dan Sullivans from across the state. asserted
staffer → comply → state
They did a statewide Dan Sullivan recruitment drive! asserted
They → do → drive
And it worked! asserted
it → work → ?
They found some guy named Dan J. Sullivan who lives on a remote island—to be fair, this seems to be every resident of Alaska—and he agreed to run. asserted
he → find → Alaska
Now I don’t know if that’s a crime in Alaska, since it doesn’t involve violating a moose, but it’s election fraud to me since it’s literally trying to just confuse voters. asserted
it → know → voters
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