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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 9h

“We should relentlessly pursue wealth and technological progress, and an antichrist is anyone who tries to stop you.” Uh huh.

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 9h

Still can’t get over the fact that Thiel’s description of an antichrist is so thoroughly opposite of the Bible’s that it unironically makes him a compelling candidate for being one.

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 10h

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.

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 8h

An Uber driver made an illegal u-turn and hit someone, but the in-app navigation told him to do it and the company won't give up the code.

Under Pressure: Uber's Navigation System Endangers the Public With Reckless Driving Directions - Streetsblog New York City

An Uber driver made an illegal u-turn and hit someone, but the in-app navigation told him to do it and the company won't give up the code.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah, Thiel has been Like That since our undergrad days. Here's a first-person account of his defense of apartheid.
medium.com/indian-thoug...

My Conversation with Peter Thiel about Apartheid… And its Unfolding Aftermath

I posted this on Facebook on the evening of November 1, 2016.

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 9h

when elon musk thinks you’re a sociopath… (he has reportedly said this about thiel)

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 9h

Me, an academic working in public health, watching people log on and say PUBLIC HEALTH IS DEAD following the latest CDC rifs:

Mia goth in the movie Pearl, smiling and crying

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 9h

Republicans openly admit that extending democracy would be terrible for them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

In case anyone actually believed this🤔👇🏽

“Trump’s own WH website values major investment announcements at $8.8 trillion — half the ‘$17 trillion’ Trump used out loud… CNN review shows even 8.8 is a big exaggeration…” www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/p...

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 21h

Very serious person Andy Ngo has now been reduced to pleading with his audience to please please PLEASE take the dancing antifa muppets seriously

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 9h

“The situation has gone beyond disaster and genocide inside the city, and the world remains silent.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Militia drone strike kills at least 30 in Sudan displacement camp, says El Fasher group

RSF paramilitary group hit Dar al-Arqam shelter on university grounds in western city, says resistance committee

www.theguardian.com

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 9h

Stella Sacco
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It's really funny that The Art of War is treated as this like alpha male book when it's clearly meant to be read by ancient Chinese failsons because it's all "please don't forget you have to feed your troops" and "if someone asks if you're going to attack them consider lying about it"
April 23, 2024 at 1:28 AM © Everybody can reply
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 9h

leaving this here

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 16h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 23h

anyone else notice that the west took a turn for the worse once the concept of signaling one’s own social virtue became derogatory, almost as if cynically deriding all displays of charity and good will is indicative of a deeply cynical and nihilistic society capable of collaborating in genocide

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 1d

her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

Premium: The AI Bubble's promises are impossible. NVIDIA's customers are running out of money, GPUs die in 3-5 years, most 1GW data centers will never get built, and OpenAI's Abilene data center doesn't won't have the power it needs before 2028 - if it ever does.
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The AI Bubble's Impossible Promises

Readers: I’ve done a very generous “free” portion of this newsletter, but I do recommend paying for premium to get the in-depth analysis underpinning the intro. That being said, I want as many people ...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

🧑‍🌾 WASH POST: “The Trump admin said its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices by cutting off labor supply… threatening the stability of domestic food production & prices for 🇺🇸 consumers.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 14h

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 10h

They're going to gut their labor costs in a fool's errand to save their investments before it's completely kaput.

Rough times ahead for lots of people who have no working definition of rough *as well as* the rest of us.

The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 14h

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 11h

They continue to eviscerate the public health machinery that has quietly kept Americans, and others around the world, safe and healthy for decades.

The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off. The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.

Roughly 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — the so-called “disease detectives” who respond to outbreaks around the globe — received layoff notices, according to a person familiar with them. The service was spared during an earlier round of layoffs in February.

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Irate Historian @evanwelch.bsky.social · 10h

“Look at what you made me do!” Abuser logic.

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NPR @npr.org · 11h

Israel carried out airstrikes on southern Lebanon early Saturday, killing one person, wounding seven and briefly cutting a highway that links Beirut with parts of south Lebanon, the Health Ministry said. n.pr/4h9qVFO

Israel strikes south Lebanon, killing 1 and wounding 7

Israel carried out airstrikes on southern Lebanon early Saturday, killing one person, wounding seven and briefly cutting a highway that links Beirut with parts of south Lebanon, the Health Ministry said.

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Charles Я. Davis @charliearchy.bsky.social · 11h

The owner of Time magazine said this week "that he avidly supported President Trump and thought National Guard troops should be deployed to San Francisco." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · Nov 6

saw an interview with Lavar Burton the other day where he said the “no child left behind” measure is what killed reading rainbow. “There was money for books but no money to foster a love of reading them,” he said.

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 13h

We're capable, of slapping more tariffs, than has ever been released, in the history of economics

For one purpose alone--keep our manufacturers employed (or not). We constitute, the first line, and the last line, of politics

also yes this is why I joined the air force correct lmao

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HerRoyalBOO👻bies @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 18h

I know people want to reward this man but please don’t try to identify him.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10d

It's fascinating and revealing how many centrists think refusing to compromise on human rights to gain the support of bigots represents a "political purity test," yet also think that a bigot saying "I won't join you unless you accommodate my bigotry" does NOT represent a "political purity test."

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 11d

anyway:

www.the-reframe.com/winning-the-...

Winning the Middle

What makes for a purity test? What makes for a big tent? Unpacking the apparently pragmatic demand that we Speak Low about fascists to beat fascism.

www.the-reframe.com

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