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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 4d

It's pub day for my book, "Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley," which chronicles the rise of the tech right and their role in the 2024 election. Thanks to everyone who helped along the way.
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A searing look at the rise of Silicon Valley's far right. Out October 2025.

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panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 33m

Baffling I picked and remain in a deeply conservative profession full of people who believe that institutions will behave in ways they absolutely will not.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 1h

What drives me nuts about this dialogue: diversity and inclusion training was a corporate response to the statutory requirements civil rights laws. None of these laws have been repealed by Congress. Congress can pass the laws under Section 5 of the 14th Amendment, which has also not been repealed.

Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 2h

lol gentle reminder that DEI is not illegal. Supporting marginalized groups is not illegal. Anyone reneging on support is making a CHOICE to do so.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2h

Hard to find a more obvious example of the journalism adage “If someone says it’s raining outside and someone else says it isn’t, your job is not to quote them both, your job is to go outside.”

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 19h

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panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 1d

This is a very good question, maybe the Totoro onesie needs a fancy fintech bro umbrella and not a leaf 🍃

K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 1d

For the No Kings protest do I wear my business suit so law enforcement takes me seriously or my otter kirigumi so fellow leftists take me seriously

panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 1d

Before we are anything else, I truly believe we are a nation of trolls. Proud, insufferable trolls. We can end this tomorrow.

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panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 1d

I mean really.

HELLHOLE WARZONE AWFUL RUIN CITY BAD and it’s

a dude in a chicken suit and someone else in a frog costume.

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panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 1d

The lesson from Portland is that trolling works. They want and expect violent resistance because it fits their narrative. They haaaate being laughed at.

Remember, we’re not stuck in here with them, they’re trapped in here with us. And we’ve got frog.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Woman Tends To Do Best Creative Thinking When Backed Into Corner With Livelihood At Stake https://theonion.com/woman-tends-to-do-best-creative-thinking-when-backed-in-1851338274/

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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404 Media @404media.co · 2d

Help us investigate book bans across the USA.

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

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Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

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Kill James Bond! @killjamesbond.bsky.social · 1d

we have infiltrated the awards

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panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes I miss home.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 3d

Surreal having to write goals when Pete Hegseth is in the middle of an endless bender at work.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 3d

When you could code silly quizzes on Facebook, it was FULL of "what would you be in medieval times?!" etc.

I made one that nearly always answered "died as a child", "died in childbirth", "lived and died as a servant"

People got SUPER mad with it.

Everyone assumes they'll be at the top of the tree

William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 3d

The subtext of ‘we should be more like Dubai’, beyond the obvious racism, is ‘I should have a servant’.

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Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 3d

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue looks curiously at a pie which Green has placed on a plate on the table, while Green looks at him with joy and pride.
Green: I have made a sidequest pie!

Blue listens patiently as Green goes on.
Green: Flour from the mill we visited once, mushrooms that we gathered with your mom, homegrown parsley and basil... Almost all ingredients were things we've made or gathered on adventures!

Both foxes turn back to look at the pie.
Blue: How does it taste?
Green: Bad.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 6d

Theo Von: "Will I see you again?"

ESPN's Jess Sims: "I hope not"

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Eyes on the Fright 🎃 @eyesontheright.bsky.social · 4d

Look at what they have to face

Person dressed in a silly looking frog costume at a protest.

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panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 4d

They’re gonna find dead women in that Econ professor’s basement.

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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 4d

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panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 4d

That we haven’t all started screaming Trashcan Man-style proclamations at Peter Thiel whenever he appears in public now is a real missed opportunity.

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panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 4d

I hope the mail thief in my building likes the Halloween decorations a friend sent me. Next time Meep gets out I’m letting her pee in your doorway!

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 5d

“I left my wife, Nicole Kidman, because I was sick of her, Nicole Kidman, needing me to have sex with her, Nicole Kidman” do you hear yourself man

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How Nicole Kidman's 'bottomless need for sexual attention' led to the end of her marriage to country music star Keith Urban: Nashville insiders open up to
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