machinations

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Over separate video calls, The Times caught up with Glatzer and Magnussen to discuss what intrigues them about the machinations of Silicon Valley and how their relationship with tech has changed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Who’s pulling the strings, and what purpose do their machinations serve?

From Salon • May 6, 2026

Every now and then a particular asset is afforded greater heft than usual in determining broader market machinations.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

That arc—and its thematic concern with the relationship-rending pressures of commercial success—replays itself here through the plot’s time-traveling machinations, but this time it’s given a happier ending, a redemptive lesson in the value of friendship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The economic, political, and social forces that unloosed themselves on the streets of Petrograd and launched the Russian Revolution were vastly more complex than Alexei’s hemophilia or Rasputin’s machinations.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee