Raymond Craib
@raycraib.bsky.social
Historian at Cornell. Latest: Adventure Capitalism: A history of libertarian exit from the era of decolonization to the digital age (PM Press 2022). Ipswich Town FC.
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Raymond Craib
@raycraib.bsky.social
· Jun 18
Spanish translation of Adventure Capitalism (PM Press/Spectre) out with Editorial Prometeo at the end of the month. Loving the cover. @pmpress.bsky.social
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Yeah whoever jacked up tariffs on coffee from Brazil earlier this year must be a real bonehead
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Yeah whoever jacked up tariffs on coffee from Brazil earlier this year must be a real bonehead
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“A large part of the venture capital model is serving as a recruitment mechanism into tech fascism.”
My interview with @harrisonmooney.bsky.social of @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
My interview with @harrisonmooney.bsky.social of @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
The Man Who Tracks Silicon Valley’s ‘Nerd Reich’ | The Tyee
Wonder what US tech titans wish for, Canada? Study their roots, says writer Gil Duran. A Tyee Q&A.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“A large part of the venture capital model is serving as a recruitment mechanism into tech fascism.”
My interview with @harrisonmooney.bsky.social of @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
My interview with @harrisonmooney.bsky.social of @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Seriously?! Wtf?! Authors of this piece blame protestors for the Tr*mpists’ assault on universities. Linda McMahon must’ve ghost written this. The vengeful little weevils in the WH would have found any excuse to go after higher ed. Stop shitting on student protests.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Seriously?! Wtf?! Authors of this piece blame protestors for the Tr*mpists’ assault on universities. Linda McMahon must’ve ghost written this. The vengeful little weevils in the WH would have found any excuse to go after higher ed. Stop shitting on student protests.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
We’re all paying steep prices already numbnuts!
November 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We’re all paying steep prices already numbnuts!
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I reviewed tech critic Cory Doctorow's essential new book, "Enshittification," for the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social. Check eet out: lareviewofbooks.org/article/gian...
Giant Platforms of Shit | Los Angeles Review of Books
Dave Mandl catches a whiff of Cory Doctorow’s anatomy of platform “enshittification.”
lareviewofbooks.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I reviewed tech critic Cory Doctorow's essential new book, "Enshittification," for the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social. Check eet out: lareviewofbooks.org/article/gian...
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SHE SAID
"TECHNO-LIBERTARIANS MAKE A PHILOSOPHY OUT OF A PERSONALITY DEFECT."
IN THE YEAR 2000!
"TECHNO-LIBERTARIANS MAKE A PHILOSOPHY OUT OF A PERSONALITY DEFECT."
IN THE YEAR 2000!
I interviewed Paulina Borsook, who warned of tech culture's toxic underbelly over 30 years ago.
She wrote a prescient and scathing book, "Cyberselfish."
It tanked her career, but a new generation is discovering her work as tech fascism tries to kill democracy 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL-k...
She wrote a prescient and scathing book, "Cyberselfish."
It tanked her career, but a new generation is discovering her work as tech fascism tries to kill democracy 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL-k...
October 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
SHE SAID
"TECHNO-LIBERTARIANS MAKE A PHILOSOPHY OUT OF A PERSONALITY DEFECT."
IN THE YEAR 2000!
"TECHNO-LIBERTARIANS MAKE A PHILOSOPHY OUT OF A PERSONALITY DEFECT."
IN THE YEAR 2000!
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This is the asymmetry in our politics and media. If this was the other way around, Biden had pardoned someone then charged with trying to kill Trump, it would be the biggest story in America and every Republican commentator, congressman, news outlet, would be screaming about it in unison.
Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week
A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat.
www.cbsnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is the asymmetry in our politics and media. If this was the other way around, Biden had pardoned someone then charged with trying to kill Trump, it would be the biggest story in America and every Republican commentator, congressman, news outlet, would be screaming about it in unison.
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HBD to Ursula K. Le Guin, whose iconic sci‑fi and fantasy explored empathy, diversity, and humanity. Explore titles here: pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
October 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
HBD to Ursula K. Le Guin, whose iconic sci‑fi and fantasy explored empathy, diversity, and humanity. Explore titles here: pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
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This is absolutely crazy and also everything I have ever said is off the record
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
This is absolutely crazy and also everything I have ever said is off the record
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I've written a deep dive into the Tories and Labour nationwide free zones rollout; every day, new info comes to light.
This article is forensically researched, references included. Please read, share and where possible subscribe, thank you❤️
open.substack.com/pub/european...
This article is forensically researched, references included. Please read, share and where possible subscribe, thank you❤️
open.substack.com/pub/european...
The Corporate Carve-Up: How Brexit Enabled the Systematic Privatisation of Britain
An investigation into the network of over 140 enterprise zones transforming Britain into a patchwork of corporate sovereignties
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I've written a deep dive into the Tories and Labour nationwide free zones rollout; every day, new info comes to light.
This article is forensically researched, references included. Please read, share and where possible subscribe, thank you❤️
open.substack.com/pub/european...
This article is forensically researched, references included. Please read, share and where possible subscribe, thank you❤️
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Rereading Ballard’s Super-Cannes. So good and so rich in its imagery. And there are lines such as this one: “Dictators always step into an open jackboot.”
October 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Rereading Ballard’s Super-Cannes. So good and so rich in its imagery. And there are lines such as this one: “Dictators always step into an open jackboot.”
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Katherine Boyle, former Peter Thiel intern, says government is an enemy of families.
So she's investing in high-tech weaponry...for the government.
I shared my thoughts on her "American Dynamism" — a VC pitch-deck version of Christian nationalism.
NYT gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...
So she's investing in high-tech weaponry...for the government.
I shared my thoughts on her "American Dynamism" — a VC pitch-deck version of Christian nationalism.
NYT gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...
The Tech Right Gets Its Own Phyllis Schlafly
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Katherine Boyle, former Peter Thiel intern, says government is an enemy of families.
So she's investing in high-tech weaponry...for the government.
I shared my thoughts on her "American Dynamism" — a VC pitch-deck version of Christian nationalism.
NYT gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...
So she's investing in high-tech weaponry...for the government.
I shared my thoughts on her "American Dynamism" — a VC pitch-deck version of Christian nationalism.
NYT gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...
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The answer to
Cory Doctorow repeated question - why not make Tiktok open source or really 'nationalize' it instead of putting it into another A hole shaped SF billionaire villain brings
one to post WWII period of heroic entrepreneurs + neoliberal shoring up profitability.
youtu.be/3uLpICsNTV4?...
Cory Doctorow repeated question - why not make Tiktok open source or really 'nationalize' it instead of putting it into another A hole shaped SF billionaire villain brings
one to post WWII period of heroic entrepreneurs + neoliberal shoring up profitability.
youtu.be/3uLpICsNTV4?...
"Enshittification": Cory Doctorow on Why Big Tech Sucks, Keeps Getting Worse & What to Do About It
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
youtu.be
October 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The answer to
Cory Doctorow repeated question - why not make Tiktok open source or really 'nationalize' it instead of putting it into another A hole shaped SF billionaire villain brings
one to post WWII period of heroic entrepreneurs + neoliberal shoring up profitability.
youtu.be/3uLpICsNTV4?...
Cory Doctorow repeated question - why not make Tiktok open source or really 'nationalize' it instead of putting it into another A hole shaped SF billionaire villain brings
one to post WWII period of heroic entrepreneurs + neoliberal shoring up profitability.
youtu.be/3uLpICsNTV4?...
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In Pinochet’s Chile, “it was whispered” that an “unrepentant Nazi” had served as “an adviser to the dictatorship’s secret police and even [became] an interrogator. But was it true?” —Ariel Dorfman
Pinochet and the Vans of Death | Ariel Dorfman
In 38 Londres Street Philippe Sands investigates a Nazi war criminal’s collaboration with the Chilean dictatorship’s system of repression, torture, and murder.
buff.ly
October 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In Pinochet’s Chile, “it was whispered” that an “unrepentant Nazi” had served as “an adviser to the dictatorship’s secret police and even [became] an interrogator. But was it true?” —Ariel Dorfman
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What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:
"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."
This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.
"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."
This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.
October 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:
"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."
This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.
"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."
This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.
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Rothbard is a patron saint of the Broligarchs' efforts to establish their own personal empires offshore-which is why the subtitle of my new(ish) book is "The New Colonialism."
Rothbard-inspired techbros are styling themselves as imperial potentates.
See also, @raycraib.bsky.social's cool history.
Rothbard-inspired techbros are styling themselves as imperial potentates.
See also, @raycraib.bsky.social's cool history.
October 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Rothbard is a patron saint of the Broligarchs' efforts to establish their own personal empires offshore-which is why the subtitle of my new(ish) book is "The New Colonialism."
Rothbard-inspired techbros are styling themselves as imperial potentates.
See also, @raycraib.bsky.social's cool history.
Rothbard-inspired techbros are styling themselves as imperial potentates.
See also, @raycraib.bsky.social's cool history.
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Brilliant book of amazing photos of the damage caused by mining and other extractive sites in Chile and Latin America
By photographer Nicole Kramm www.instagram.com/nicole_kramm/
We worked together on an investigation into Anglo American and pollution in Chile www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
By photographer Nicole Kramm www.instagram.com/nicole_kramm/
We worked together on an investigation into Anglo American and pollution in Chile www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
October 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Brilliant book of amazing photos of the damage caused by mining and other extractive sites in Chile and Latin America
By photographer Nicole Kramm www.instagram.com/nicole_kramm/
We worked together on an investigation into Anglo American and pollution in Chile www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
By photographer Nicole Kramm www.instagram.com/nicole_kramm/
We worked together on an investigation into Anglo American and pollution in Chile www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.
This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.
This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
October 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.
This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.
This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.
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They’re liars—and bad at lying.
These photos of “war-ravaged Portland” are from other countries.
Not Portland.
If it weren’t so dangerous, it would be laughable.
These photos of “war-ravaged Portland” are from other countries.
Not Portland.
If it weren’t so dangerous, it would be laughable.
The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America
A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
They’re liars—and bad at lying.
These photos of “war-ravaged Portland” are from other countries.
Not Portland.
If it weren’t so dangerous, it would be laughable.
These photos of “war-ravaged Portland” are from other countries.
Not Portland.
If it weren’t so dangerous, it would be laughable.
Welcome to “the Middle Ages of the Future.” Check this out: @europeanpowell.bsky.social @gleemie.bsky.social @astra.bsky.social
@gilduran.com
@gilduran.com
Apocalypse nerds d' @oliviertesquet.bsky.social et @nastasiahadjadji.bsky.social vient d'arriver dans notre bibliographie partagée !
Il ne nous manque plus qu'un exemplaire pour le commenter :)
github.com/M82-project/...
Il ne nous manque plus qu'un exemplaire pour le commenter :)
github.com/M82-project/...
October 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Welcome to “the Middle Ages of the Future.” Check this out: @europeanpowell.bsky.social @gleemie.bsky.social @astra.bsky.social
@gilduran.com
@gilduran.com
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“San Francisco's right-wing tech community and the Heritage Foundation (the organization behind Project 2025) are joining forces to produce a conference on remaking American government.” By @gilduran.com, 9/4/24 … 1/ www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-proje...
Reboot 2024: Project 2025, Peter Thiel and right-wing SF
A vision of our future politics?
www.thenerdreich.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“San Francisco's right-wing tech community and the Heritage Foundation (the organization behind Project 2025) are joining forces to produce a conference on remaking American government.” By @gilduran.com, 9/4/24 … 1/ www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-proje...
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Nazis, Jews "Clash" on Night of the Long Knives
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Trump authorizes National Guard in Chicago as ICE, protesters clash
A woman was shot, sparking protests Saturday. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker warned that 300 National Guard troops are being activated against his wishes.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Nazis, Jews "Clash" on Night of the Long Knives
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
And Tyler Cowen accused me of being a ‘defective thinker’…🙄
This is perhaps the ultimate expression of the phenomenon feminist theorist Marilyn Frye described 50yrs ago: that many self-proclaimed heterosexual men neither like nor desire women.
This is why the bros invented RealDolls & now AI "actresses:" they want femininity, not human beings who are women.
This is why the bros invented RealDolls & now AI "actresses:" they want femininity, not human beings who are women.
October 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
And Tyler Cowen accused me of being a ‘defective thinker’…🙄
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Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
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ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards