Emily Shugerman

wealth and power reporter @sfstandard. previously @thedailybeast @Independent. words in @thecut @guardian. email: [email protected]

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

🚨 @EmilyDreyfuss and I are giving SF the gossip column it deserves! send us your best celeb sightings, blind items, and anything your group chat can't stop talking about

[The San Francisco Standard @sfstandard]

From drunk barfing at the de Young gala to Willie Brown’s “secret” drink recipe, we’re spilling all the SF tea in The Waggle.

📝: @eshugerman @Sam_Mondros, and @EmilyDreyfuss https://t.co/4be90FwJgq

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

@ShakeelHashim @birnbaum_e yeah i was wondering if he meant this year... still, curious what led to the change from last year!

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

???

[Emily Birnbaum @birnbaum_e]

.@sama says that he would like to see money out of politics.

He said he does NOT plan to make any political donations this cycle.

But he added: If OpenAI’s competitors are “trying to use money to gang up on us, we have to be able to fight back.”

[Shakeel @ShakeelHashim]

Altman's actually made a bunch of political donations this cycle — totalling about $38k.

Small amounts, and all donations were made last year, but an important detail.

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

@birnbaum_e i'm looking for the filing but nyt also has him giving to Wiener for this primary: https://t.co/XZ1mrn4Rm4

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

“Politics isn’t the same as investing in a startup,” one longtime political adviser said. “Stop trying to think that because you made a good call on investing in a SaaS company, you know what you’re doing in terms of electing a governor.”

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

https://t.co/sVFSpYK0fj

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

i’m just saying

[grovy @grovymango]

happy pride to ppl who are not straight. this includes bad bitches with scoliosis

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

https://t.co/sVFSpYK0fj

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

At the Matt Mahan election watch party, where he seems to be conceding before results even start coming in.

“While our campaign for governor ends tonight, our mission has only just begun,” he says.

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

Confused about how to vote in California's primaries tomorrow? There's still time to listen to our special edition of Pacific Standard Time all about the money going into every major race https://t.co/68TAfVLgRU

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

latest issue here: https://t.co/WWrajUFJmJ

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

Good news, The SF Standard is literally doing this! Read The Waggle, folks!

[Angela Liu @angeliuuuuu]

we need more sf party journalism. like, someone should be covering the series A parties, cave raves, sf met gala, etc

[Jon Steinberg @jonsteinberg31]

One of SF's crown jewels, the CA Academy of Sciences, has faced one crisis after another in recent years: mass layoffs, growing deficits, dodgy decision-making. The @sfstandard's @Sam_Mondros investigated the many missteps that have humbled the academy. https://t.co/fZLIrx7LxS

[Emily Dreyfuss @EmilyDreyfuss]

my favorite waggle item this week https://t.co/YqzAepHO1U

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

@annaesilman @WSJ this is very cool!!

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

@hannahcwiley If you're interested in learning more (and seeing us live!), there's still time to get tickets to our event tomorrow: https://t.co/FDw0CLP4Li

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

Tech billionaires are throwing themselves into CA politics so aggressively it's surprising even their allies. @hannahcwiley and I break down the flood of spending ahead of next week's primaries: https://t.co/qc0PoLIrRD

[EMILY SUNDBERG @Emily_Sundberg]

Dream job for someone who is in 50+ group chats and has a folder full of screenshots: @sfstandard is hiring a "Moguls and Gosssip" intern

https://t.co/8MAskNifLg

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

@mjnblack Congrats Julia!!

[Emily Shugerman @eshugerman]

Confused about what’s going on in next month’s primaries? You’re not alone! Join me + @hannahcwiley next week as we break down the money flowing into California’s elections and unpack how powerful people + industries are trying to influence your vote https://t.co/FDw0CLP4Li

[Emily Dreyfuss @EmilyDreyfuss]

If you work at Meta and are stressed tonight, I want to hear how you are coping and what you plan to do tomorrow. Please get in touch on Signal at emilyrobin.83 or email me at [email protected]. You will be kept anonymous.