Leroy
@leroylynch.bsky.social
ALP member. Social Democrat. Posts are mainly news, plus some history and general interest.
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NEW: Peter Thiel, JD Vance’s top donor and one of Silicon Valley’s most powerful men, recently called Pope Leo XIV a tool of the Antichrist — and directly told the vice president not to listen to him.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
NEW: Peter Thiel, JD Vance’s top donor and one of Silicon Valley’s most powerful men, recently called Pope Leo XIV a tool of the Antichrist — and directly told the vice president not to listen to him.
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Spoke to John P. McCormick about Machiavelli, democracy, populism, and, yes, the Epstein emails.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/talking-to...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/talking-to...
Talking to John P. McCormick about Machiavelli
Author Series No. 5
www.unpopularfront.news
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Spoke to John P. McCormick about Machiavelli, democracy, populism, and, yes, the Epstein emails.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/talking-to...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/talking-to...
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Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
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James Packer thinks Dan Andrews is human filth. A nepo baby that has halved the worth of his dad's inheritance, yelling at a retired politician whom, like all retired politicians, we should never have to hear from again. Good discourse.
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
James Packer thinks Dan Andrews is human filth. A nepo baby that has halved the worth of his dad's inheritance, yelling at a retired politician whom, like all retired politicians, we should never have to hear from again. Good discourse.
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Love how all the headlines are about AI (which barely exists) taking jobs because everyone is too afraid to say the president is destroying the economy
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Love how all the headlines are about AI (which barely exists) taking jobs because everyone is too afraid to say the president is destroying the economy
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Every day the government says a new part of the economy is in a recession and it gets less attention than the Biden vibecession.
I was at an industry association economic forecast event last week and the economic expert they had kept saying “now, usually when we see these figures it’s when we’re already in a recession BUT I’M NOT SAYING THAT WE ARE IN A RECESSION” so anyways yeah it’s looking like we’re in a recession.
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Every day the government says a new part of the economy is in a recession and it gets less attention than the Biden vibecession.
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By "decentralized" they just mean: DOGE is everywhere now
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
By "decentralized" they just mean: DOGE is everywhere now
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All of the formal entities that make up DOGE are still in place: The executive order that created it is still in effect. The "United States DOGE Service" still exists and is still posting stupid memes. Amy Gleason, its figurehead, it still in office. Many other employees are still there.
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
All of the formal entities that make up DOGE are still in place: The executive order that created it is still in effect. The "United States DOGE Service" still exists and is still posting stupid memes. Amy Gleason, its figurehead, it still in office. Many other employees are still there.
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The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says
The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.
www.nextgov.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
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Macquarie Dictionary has announced 'AI slop' has been chosen by its committee and voted by the public as the word of the year for 2025.
AI slop refers to low-quality content created by generative AI which often contains errors and is not requested by the user, according to Macquarie.
AI slop refers to low-quality content created by generative AI which often contains errors and is not requested by the user, according to Macquarie.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Macquarie Dictionary has announced 'AI slop' has been chosen by its committee and voted by the public as the word of the year for 2025.
AI slop refers to low-quality content created by generative AI which often contains errors and is not requested by the user, according to Macquarie.
AI slop refers to low-quality content created by generative AI which often contains errors and is not requested by the user, according to Macquarie.
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Unsurprising upheavals in Shooters Fishers and Farmers Tas after Carlo di Falco supports stadium #politas www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Hobart stadium backflip sparks row in Shooters, Fishers, Farmers party
Key figures in Tasmania's Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party have quit following new MP Carlo Di Falco's backflip on the Macquarie Point Stadium project.
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Unsurprising upheavals in Shooters Fishers and Farmers Tas after Carlo di Falco supports stadium #politas www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The Transport Workers Union has reached an agreement with Uber Eats & DoorDash for minimum safety net pay rates & other conditions for delivery drivers & riders. The union says it is a "significant step" towards improving fairness in the gig economy.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #ausunions #auslaw
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #ausunions #auslaw
Uber Eats and DoorDash strike historic deal on pay 'safety net' and accident insurance
A deal between the Transport Workers Union and Australia's two largest on-demand delivery platforms looks set to rewrite the meaning of gig economy work, if it is approved by the Fair Work Commission.
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The Transport Workers Union has reached an agreement with Uber Eats & DoorDash for minimum safety net pay rates & other conditions for delivery drivers & riders. The union says it is a "significant step" towards improving fairness in the gig economy.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #ausunions #auslaw
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #ausunions #auslaw
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Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
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I was curious about the point mentioned towards the end, went looking and found this from July...
The Bulwark: Is an ‘Orgasm Cult’ Tycoon Looking for a Trump Pardon?
archive.is/wO612
The Bulwark: Is an ‘Orgasm Cult’ Tycoon Looking for a Trump Pardon?
archive.is/wO612
archive.is
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I was curious about the point mentioned towards the end, went looking and found this from July...
The Bulwark: Is an ‘Orgasm Cult’ Tycoon Looking for a Trump Pardon?
archive.is/wO612
The Bulwark: Is an ‘Orgasm Cult’ Tycoon Looking for a Trump Pardon?
archive.is/wO612
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Ellen Huet’s investigative reporting (speaking with survivors rather than focusing on the orgasmic meditation practice alone) helped blow the lid on the harms of OneTaste. I really enjoyed this chat with Ellen about her work and her new book, Empire of Orgasm www.ltaspod.com/empire-of-or...
Let's Talk About Sects - Interview Episode: OneTaste, Empire of Orgasm with Ellen Huet
Special Guest: Ellen Huet
Ellen Huet is an award-winning investigative journalist who currently writes for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek. She's the author of Empire of Orgasm, a book about...
www.ltaspod.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Ellen Huet’s investigative reporting (speaking with survivors rather than focusing on the orgasmic meditation practice alone) helped blow the lid on the harms of OneTaste. I really enjoyed this chat with Ellen about her work and her new book, Empire of Orgasm www.ltaspod.com/empire-of-or...
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That is, reading of Male Fantasiss will be mandatory until I stop seeing the 'lol, he gay' posts. He isn't - he believes in a kind of hysterical straightness that can't even make the small compromises towards women in the most unequal, abusive relationships.
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
That is, reading of Male Fantasiss will be mandatory until I stop seeing the 'lol, he gay' posts. He isn't - he believes in a kind of hysterical straightness that can't even make the small compromises towards women in the most unequal, abusive relationships.
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Read Male Fantasies.
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Read Male Fantasies.
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Damn that article is really cutting through. One of the most aggressive free birth advocates in that space who we quoted in Ep5 said reading extracts has "given her a lot of pause". Also admitted that she in fact went for ultrasounds at 24 weeks while loudly claiming she was doing "wild pregnancy" 😒
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Damn that article is really cutting through. One of the most aggressive free birth advocates in that space who we quoted in Ep5 said reading extracts has "given her a lot of pause". Also admitted that she in fact went for ultrasounds at 24 weeks while loudly claiming she was doing "wild pregnancy" 😒
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Udo took a chance on my rinky-dink festival in Vancouver back in 2000 - he went on TV interviews with me, carried 35mm film prints up stairs, went to get me coffee and even live-dubbed Giancarlo Giannini's voice when BLACK BELLY OF THE TARANTULA showed up without subs. RIP Udo, you were a star 🌟
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Udo took a chance on my rinky-dink festival in Vancouver back in 2000 - he went on TV interviews with me, carried 35mm film prints up stairs, went to get me coffee and even live-dubbed Giancarlo Giannini's voice when BLACK BELLY OF THE TARANTULA showed up without subs. RIP Udo, you were a star 🌟
Udo Kier, a German actor and cult icon who collaborated with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier to Madonna, died on Sunday morning, according to his partner, artist Delbert McBride. He was 81.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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Udo Kier, German Actor Who Appeared in ‘My Own Private Idaho,’ ‘Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein,’ Dies at 81
Udo Kier, a German actor who collaborated with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier to Madonna, died on Sunday morning. He was 81.
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Udo Kier, a German actor and cult icon who collaborated with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier to Madonna, died on Sunday morning, according to his partner, artist Delbert McBride. He was 81.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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Very sad news about Udo Kier, one of those actors who you thought would live forever, introducing himself to one generation after another.
A filmography full of cult classics (and Ace Ventura), and he was never less than perfect in all of them. In his own amazing way.
A filmography full of cult classics (and Ace Ventura), and he was never less than perfect in all of them. In his own amazing way.
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Very sad news about Udo Kier, one of those actors who you thought would live forever, introducing himself to one generation after another.
A filmography full of cult classics (and Ace Ventura), and he was never less than perfect in all of them. In his own amazing way.
A filmography full of cult classics (and Ace Ventura), and he was never less than perfect in all of them. In his own amazing way.
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A united Ireland referendum must not be ‘another Brexit’, analysts say
A united Ireland referendum must not be ‘another Brexit’, analysts say
Two leading journalists from both sides of the border warn against another ‘vague, thumbs up-thumbs down’ vote
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
A united Ireland referendum must not be ‘another Brexit’, analysts say
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Vance used to have sympathy for Black people and trans people. Then his Nazi buddies convinced him that he was being a sentimental doofus and that he should truly embrace his love of eugenics and "traditional morality."
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Vance used to have sympathy for Black people and trans people. Then his Nazi buddies convinced him that he was being a sentimental doofus and that he should truly embrace his love of eugenics and "traditional morality."
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re Noah Smith; fwiw, I think this is applicable to him also.
"Radicalization doesn’t usually mean that someone abandons their old beliefs. Instead, it usually means that someone is convinced to embrace the worst version of themselves."
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/was-vance-...
"Radicalization doesn’t usually mean that someone abandons their old beliefs. Instead, it usually means that someone is convinced to embrace the worst version of themselves."
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/was-vance-...
Was Vance Sincerely Radicalized, Or Is He Just An Opportunist?
It can be both.
www.everythingishorrible.net
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
re Noah Smith; fwiw, I think this is applicable to him also.
"Radicalization doesn’t usually mean that someone abandons their old beliefs. Instead, it usually means that someone is convinced to embrace the worst version of themselves."
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/was-vance-...
"Radicalization doesn’t usually mean that someone abandons their old beliefs. Instead, it usually means that someone is convinced to embrace the worst version of themselves."
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/was-vance-...
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Remember, if someone's first social media interaction with you is rude, it will never improve from there. The nuclear block here is great, the blockee will disappear from your replies, your sight, everything. Use it liberally.
November 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Remember, if someone's first social media interaction with you is rude, it will never improve from there. The nuclear block here is great, the blockee will disappear from your replies, your sight, everything. Use it liberally.