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Seth Abramson
Personal blog · sethabramson.substack.compoliticsgames
Seth Abramson writes Proof, a personal blog at sethabramson.substack.com about politics and games. Since 2021, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “The Truth About Musk, from His Biographer”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this Substack exposé on Elon Musk, which documents his alleged lies about his background and business history. One commenter recommends it for its examples and related links.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- The Truth About Musk, from His Biographer4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2025-01-08
What Hacker News says?
I don't care about a video game but this exposé has a lot more damning examples of Musk lying through his teeth to get where he is, totally recommend the read (and the related links in the article): https://sethabramson.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-musk-fro...
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on “No Billionares at FOSDEM”Submitted The Truth About Musk, from His Biographer as a story · 8 points
HN discussionhttps://sethabramson.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-musk-fro...
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on “Philip Low Unmasking Musk”Submitted How the Killing of Jordan Neely Broke Elon Musk as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThe truth is that he lied about almost everything. He was in the US illegally, didn’t have the qualifications he claimed to (no degree and he was never in a Stanford PHD program, never matriculated there and simply has a letter from a professor he claims is proof he was accepted as a candidate - which it absolutely is not). He failed out of 4 universities. He stole the idea for zip2. He likely sold gems illegally in…
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on “One in four 2020 Tesla Model 3 failed the Danish periodic inspection in 2024”Submitted Scandal at the Heart of the Vintage Video Games Market as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted All Public Sales Data for Sealed and Graded NES Games as a story · 2 points
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