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Lex Friedman shares updates on his upcoming theater role in Arsenic and Old Lace, where he’ll play the Boris Karloff-inspired villain, and dives into a heated online debate about the state of X (formerly Twitter), arguing that its toxic environment makes it hostile for marginalized user
Lex Friedman shares updates on his upcoming theater role in Arsenic and Old Lace, where he’ll play the Boris Karloff-inspired villain, and dives into a heated online debate about the state of X (formerly Twitter), arguing that its toxic environment makes it hostile for marginalized user
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