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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 12h

One conception of the Devil is that his only actual power is deception—lies, illusions, obfuscation, trickery.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13h

News: I have obtained full transcripts of Peter Thiel's Secret Antichrist Lectures (as have multiple other journalists).

They were supposed to be embargoed until 9 a.m. tomorrow, but Reuters has a story up. (They may have gotten them from a different source)

www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

www.reuters.com

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 12h

“Hoard your wealth in case you need it to stop the antichrist“ is very Antichrist.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13h

News: I have obtained full transcripts of Peter Thiel's Secret Antichrist Lectures (as have multiple other journalists).

They were supposed to be embargoed until 9 a.m. tomorrow, but Reuters has a story up. (They may have gotten them from a different source)

www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

www.reuters.com

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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 9h

It's funny because I always thought Revelation was a political protest document about the Roman Empire, but then Peter Thiel became a public figure, and I started thinking the antichrist was real and literal.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13h

News: I have obtained full transcripts of Peter Thiel's Secret Antichrist Lectures (as have multiple other journalists).

They were supposed to be embargoed until 9 a.m. tomorrow, but Reuters has a story up. (They may have gotten them from a different source)

www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

www.reuters.com

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 9h

Whether or not you think this stuff is batshit, these are the beliefs driving so much of what's happening around the world. When you have more money than God, you don't have to have good ideas to succeed. Worth knowing about it in order to try and counter it.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13h

News: I have obtained full transcripts of Peter Thiel's Secret Antichrist Lectures (as have multiple other journalists).

They were supposed to be embargoed until 9 a.m. tomorrow, but Reuters has a story up. (They may have gotten them from a different source)

www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

www.reuters.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13h

News: I have obtained full transcripts of Peter Thiel's Secret Antichrist Lectures (as have multiple other journalists).

They were supposed to be embargoed until 9 a.m. tomorrow, but Reuters has a story up. (They may have gotten them from a different source)

www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

www.reuters.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 12h

Timeline cleanse: Bernie the Rescue Rat chomping a tortilla.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 12h

u should see the transcript. every paragraph is a tangent

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 12h

A religious group rented the venue. Legally perilous to deny a religious group a rental. Don't blame the Commonwealth Club.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 12h

Well, the billionaires are gonna be in a lot of trouble if Jesus comes back

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 12h

4. Gavin Newsom is dangerous because he could fuse Washington and San Francisco.

"You know, I actually held a fundraiser for him back in 2003 here in San Francisco. And I'm tempted to talk about that a lot, because it might hurt him."

more to come at the Nerd Reich (free!)

www.thenerdreich.com

The Nerd Reich | Silicon Valley Tech Extremism

Silicon Valley tech billionaire politics: authoritarianism, fascism, plutocracy, weirdness

www.thenerdreich.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 12h

My takeaways from Thiel's Secret Antichrist Lectures (embargo lifted):

1. Tech is building the "machinery" of the Antichrist. D'oh!

2. The Antichrist is defined by "velocity" ("acceleration," eh?)

3. The Antichrist will be Gen Z (weird numerology stuff about the number 33)

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13h

News: I have obtained full transcripts of Peter Thiel's Secret Antichrist Lectures (as have multiple other journalists).

They were supposed to be embargoed until 9 a.m. tomorrow, but Reuters has a story up. (They may have gotten them from a different source)

www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

www.reuters.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13h

There's not a lot that's new, but some of the main themes come into sharper focus.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13h

News: I have obtained full transcripts of Peter Thiel's Secret Antichrist Lectures (as have multiple other journalists).

They were supposed to be embargoed until 9 a.m. tomorrow, but Reuters has a story up. (They may have gotten them from a different source)

www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

www.reuters.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 16h

Has any tech reporter *not* been promised exclusive access to the worst-kept "secret" lecture series in San Francisco?

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.”

@nytimes.com #OKgov
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23h

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

bit.ly

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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

Hmm. Not sure that qualifies as a false flag. They have definitely been clear about their plans to use a state of emergency/exception to seize power. A false flag would be MAGA agents launching an attack that is blamed on Antifa/Left

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

A long-lost relative alerted me to this stat...and asked me to Zelle $1000.

Unfortunately, I am *not* a freelance writer multimillionaire.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

2025 is just full of surprises

hilariously wrong AI-generated net worth calculator that says Gil Duran has a net work of $61.5 million

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Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 1d

🚨New @jacobsilverman.com alert! 🚨 Can’t wait to read this

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