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Mark Zuckerberg

What's on Mark Zuckerberg's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
34%24%12%8%22%
the instagram addiction trial 34% · newnobody's buying the good guy act 24% sell the compute or keep it 12% the yacht that sailed on 8% everything else 22%
#1
29 states, one courtroom, and his own testimony on the calendar

Meta goes to trial over whether Instagram was built to hook teenagers, with damages estimates reaching into the trillions.

Zuckerberg faces potential reckoning in court over Instagram’s effects on teens

The Washington Post · 2026-08-17
our translation

he has spent a decade making sure no one could subpoena the product decisions themselves. now a jury gets to look at them, and he has to sit there while they do.

new — Opening arguments begin todayvery sure · 4 sources
#2
6,500 words on personal superintelligence, and the reviews are brutal
Third straight day of critical takesvery sure · 3 sources
#3
The AI cloud reveal that's supposed to justify the capex
Stock trading below $600pretty sure · 2 sources
#4
The Alaska yacht story refuses to sink
Still circulating a week laterpretty sure · 2 sources
monday, august 17
Sit through opening arguments in the kids-safety trial(reported)
Run testimony prep with counsel before taking the stand(reported)
Check whether META closed under $600 again(safe bet)
Ignore every review of the manifesto, loudly(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Meta heads to court in a landmark trial about kids and social media addiction

news.google.com · 2026-08-17

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