NY Times Pitch bot "wanted to know how regular Americans feel about the country's 250th birthday

[irisblue]

We wanted to know how regular Americans feel about the country’s 250th birthday. So we talked to three South African neo-Nazi billionaires at a ketamine bar on Market Street

— NY Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social) 2026-07-03T18:54:01.712Z

[erronis]

1. Thiel. Musk, and someone else?

Dying to know the third person. Billionaires and South Afrikaaner Nazis are a dime a dozen. But mingling at a bar in public?

Ahhh. From the Bluesky comments:

"Musk, Sacks, and Botha.

Thiel was born in Germany."

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. that's a satirical account

[erronis]

3. Got it. But still quite "right on".

[irisblue]

4. I know nothing at all a/b the S.African power structure. GoogleFu lead me here

Michiel le Roux -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_le_Roux

Banker & big money & big donations toThe Democratic Alliance


Democratic Alliance wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Alliance_(South_Africa)

snip-The Democratic Alliance (DA) is a liberal South African political party. The party has been the second-largest in South Africa since its foundation in 2000. The DA's ideology has been associated with both centrist and centre-right policies.


As DeepThroat said....follow the money

[BannonsLiver]

5. Doug Balloon has been on fire lately. The Ketamine bar line slayed me.