Mike Solana

Author Archive

  • Jun 3, 2026
    Is it ever a bad time to talk about “new” media? (Yes.) But with BuzzFeed News recently wrapping its rise and fall with a rescue sale of $120 million (compared to past...
  • May 28, 2026
    Let the screaming and crying commence. With recent polling now in rough alignment with the betting markets, it looks like former reality television villain Spencer Pratt has taken...
  • Apr 10, 2026
    A slopocalypse, if you can keep it. Surfing a tidal wave of virality, in part triggered by an apparently incorrect infographic targeting a bunch of right-wing influencers, the...
  • Jan 26, 2026
    Quorum at the Leopards Eating Faces Party. We’re a little over a month into an industry-wide conversation about the future of tech in California, which is largely taking...
  • Jan 13, 2026
    Late last year, the architects of California’s “Billionaire Wealth Tax” ballot proposition quietly amended language in their proposal which, if successful, would...