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"...but no sour faces. Co-founder and sour beer expert Jeff Young has found investors and fellow ale enthusiasts in..."

May 9, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Why Austin’s Progressive Rep. Greg Casar Is Visiting Republican Districts

Casar, an odd choice to reach moderates, talks strategy

"...and that working people deserve a tax break and Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk should pay a little bit..."

April 25, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

The Luv Doc: Rich Cousins

Maybe hyper-successful is just not how you’re built

"...bunch of people like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos? There’s not enough Scotchgard™ in the fucking world,..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: Trending Lately

Two-hour workweeks and super-slutty robot sex slaves

"...you could be Elon Musk, would you? How about Jeff Bezos? Or Mohammed bin Salman? Sure, flying around in..."

May 31, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Five Themes at This Year’s Texas Book Festival

What’s hot, what’s intriguing, and who’s gonna be at the annual literary bonanza

"...couple panels plumbing This Age of Frayed Nerves, with Jeff Goodell discussing The Heat Will Kill You First: Life..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Column by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Announces More Speakers for 2024 Digging Deeper Into AI and the Future of Work

Dylan Mulvaney, Chuck D, and Uber CEO all added as speakers

"...Valley veteran with 15 years reporting directly to CEOs Jeff Bezos (Amazon) and Eric Schmidt (Google/Alphabet), and founder of..."

Oct. 24, 2023 SXSW Post

The Luv Doc: A Blinding Amount of Light

If Jeff Bezos can launch a $5.5 billion dollar penis rocket into suborbital space, he can surely put a dimmer switch on a floodlight

"...only bought it a few weeks ago. Look, if Jeff Bezos can launch a $5.5 billion dollar penis rocket..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

How a Small Town Has Fared as a Microchip Factory Brings in Billions

Has Taylor, TX, become Boomtown, TX?

"...Samsung isn't run by Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk, and Rydell praised the Korean..."

April 28, 2023 News Feature by Abe Asher

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 28 - November 3

"...necessary protein, I would only eat evil billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg." What about you, Aquarius? If..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers

With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list

"...picture of Amazon’s unprecedented growth and its billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, revealing the most important business story of our..."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...According to psychic Judy Heavenly, Jeff Bezos or another large corporation will buy CNN in..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Seven Decades and One Wall Apart: Finding Friendship on Either Side of a Bouldin Creek Duplex

Two women at different stages of life keep company during a pandemic

"...is faster than the ding of my Amazon account. Jeff Bezos' algorithms can't match her 91-year-old feet...."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Ali Montag

Public Notice: Wealth, and How to Grow It

The rich are accumulating astounding wealth, while paying shockingly little in taxes

"...wealthiest people, covering more than 15 years" – including Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk,..."

June 11, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Luv Doc: Running Late

The kind of unforgivable transgression that can ruin a promising career.

"...Mrs. Johnson's, but definitely not Voodoo. What are you? Jeff Bezos? Plus, why were you buying donuts down on..."

May 7, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

Review: We Fell For Made For Love

Decoding the first three episodes of HBO Max's techno-dystopia

"...he himself is a conglomerate of the Mark Zuckerburg/Elon Musk/Jeff Bezos types — ultrarich, reclusive, and obsessed with control...."

April 5, 2021 Screens Post by Laiken Neumann

A Surprise Gift Boosts Meals on Wheels

MacKenzie Scott offers an $8 million gift

"...Scott. The novelist and former wife of Amazon chieftain Jeff Bezos, whose post-divorce share of the fortune makes her..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Tasty Find: Savorly’s Cocktail Bites and Mini Pies

Fancy, delicate, delicious, and just as warm as you want them

"...of who owns it now – oh, shut up, Jeff, go play with your money – started out right..."

Dec. 7, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Joy of Shower Beer

Advice: Get sudsed up with these eight Austin craft brews

"...gummy worms and a stock tank pool delivered by Jeff Bezos himself, and spouses that are tussling for the..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Faster Than Sound: Austin Record Stores Hang On, Together

Online and curbside pivots support an altered Record Store Day for Austin vinyl emporiums this Saturday.

"...like, 'That's my ally in competition against [Amazon CEO] Jeff Bezos.'"..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...the oligarchs? Is it okay that Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos rule the world? And fucking Bloomberg, who's out..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Luv Doc: Crap Taste

The sweet deliverance of blissful apathy

"...My husband and I dated for two years before..."

July 5, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc: Critical, Urgent Texts

Confession: The Luv Doc hates texting

"...I have been dating a woman since June of..."

March 1, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin Dodges the Amazon Bullet

HQ2 going somewhere (anywhere) else

"...The List to compete for the final rose from Jeff Bezos, because Austin is always on such lists, and..."

Nov. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Whole Foods’ Labor Market

U.S. Sens. Sanders, Warren probe Austin grocer's labor relations

"...Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, who'd like Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to explain a recent Whole Foods Market team-leader..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Luv Doc: The Depravity of a Gruntle

Dragging someone out of black hole is never easy

"...a management meeting saying, "What if we stop asking Jeff why he is chronically angry about always having to..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Point Austin: Amazon in Austin’s Pocket

A business model built on public subsidies shouldn’t have its hand out

"...Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has a net worth of about $100 billion...."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Column by Michael King

The Chronicle’s 2017 Holiday Political Survival Guide

Borscht in a Bag, a male chastity belt, and more gifts to get you through the rut

"...Southern Poverty Law Center got our money instead of Jeff Bezos. We sent another batch to the tutoring program..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

In Search of Amazon

Mayor writes in support of Austin location for corporate “HQ2”

"...– perhaps via notice-by-drone, or a headline in the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post – but Mayor Adler, at least,..."

Oct. 26, 2017 News Post by Michael King

The Amazon-ification of Whole Foods

Local producers struggle to keep the attention of the Goliath of global efficiency

"...report by The Washington Post – which Amazon owner Jeff Bezos owns – sourcing organic food from overseas is..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

The Hightower Report: Amazon Buys Out Whole Foods

What's it to us?

"...Next comes Whole Foods' helpful and friendly work force. Jeff Bezos, Amazon's CEO, doesn't views workers as assets, but..."

Sept. 8, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

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