I agree with the submitter and I've tried ignoring HN and just visiting other tech sites, but I admit I'm partially here for the "tabloid" type tech stuff. For me it's a question of understanding its place and not treating the more common and salacious themes/stories as reflecting reality
Edit: just thinking about the submitter's problem, there is an HN api, I wonder if there are any sites that mirror HN but with filtering functionality, so one could lose the Musk stories and only get stuff closer to their interests
If you don't like that HN doesn't gatekeep membership, consider the moderation here too loose and only want to see tech stories, it's probably what you're looking for, provided you can get an invite. It's basically HN cranked up to 11.