Ryan Broderick
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Ryan Broderick
@ryanhatesthis.bsky.social
· Jan 24
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In an email to Peter Thiel in 2016 about Brexit he pitches societal collapse as an investment opportunity:
"Brexit, just the beginning... return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances... finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain."
"Brexit, just the beginning... return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances... finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain."
The central question of the Epstein files is: Conspiracy to do what? A lot of people want to infer that it was a conspiracy to run the world, but the evidence suggests it was a conspiracy to keep the party going.
February 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
In an email to Peter Thiel in 2016 about Brexit he pitches societal collapse as an investment opportunity:
"Brexit, just the beginning... return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances... finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain."
"Brexit, just the beginning... return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances... finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain."
The narrative that the ruling class "went insane" during COVID was apparently not totally accurate. In actuality, they all believed that the Me Too movement killed their beloved pedophile fixer and lockdown just delayed them eventually punishing us all for it.
February 3, 2026 at 3:38 PM
The narrative that the ruling class "went insane" during COVID was apparently not totally accurate. In actuality, they all believed that the Me Too movement killed their beloved pedophile fixer and lockdown just delayed them eventually punishing us all for it.
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"Populist politics, online disinformation, cyber warfare, & cryptocurrency were all just scaffolding for his work as a financier and sex trafficker. A way to destabilize the global order, make connections with the world’s elites, and continue enriching himself and preying on vulnerable young girls."
I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
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February 3, 2026 at 12:21 AM
"Populist politics, online disinformation, cyber warfare, & cryptocurrency were all just scaffolding for his work as a financier and sex trafficker. A way to destabilize the global order, make connections with the world’s elites, and continue enriching himself and preying on vulnerable young girls."
I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
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February 2, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
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I’m also technically joining the general strike tomorrow but dozens of readers just told me they have no idea what day Tabs is supposed to come out (or, often, what day it is at all) so I’m not sure it means very much coming from me.
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We're joining the general strike
Abolish ICE is not just the mainstream position, it is the only moral one
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January 29, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I’m also technically joining the general strike tomorrow but dozens of readers just told me they have no idea what day Tabs is supposed to come out (or, often, what day it is at all) so I’m not sure it means very much coming from me.
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I recognize that this might make us seem like less “objective” journalists, but we have a responsibility as Americans. I, also, don’t really give a shit anymore. And neither does my team. We're joining the general strike tomorrow.
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January 29, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I recognize that this might make us seem like less “objective” journalists, but we have a responsibility as Americans. I, also, don’t really give a shit anymore. And neither does my team. We're joining the general strike tomorrow.
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Pig Destroyer is the new alpha in Silicon Valley
I'm sorry but techbros don't get to coopt a perfectly good musical genre name. www.ft.com/content/d0b7...
Grindcore is the new hustle culture
In Silicon Valley, long hours have fused with a monastic male wellness aesthetic
www.ft.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Pig Destroyer is the new alpha in Silicon Valley
The idea that anti-ICE protesters believe in their cause is really hard for right-wingers to accept. Not because they don't believe in their own cause, but because they can't outwardly say what it is — a fascist ethnostate. An opposing side that can communicate clearly with itself is threatening.
James O’Keefe responds to a comment
“Figured they (ICE protesters) were being paid…”
O’Keefe:
“No, it's more terrifying than that. It's not transactional.
They actually believe in their cause.
That truth is going to be hard for most people to understand or accept.”
“Figured they (ICE protesters) were being paid…”
O’Keefe:
“No, it's more terrifying than that. It's not transactional.
They actually believe in their cause.
That truth is going to be hard for most people to understand or accept.”
January 27, 2026 at 8:31 PM
The idea that anti-ICE protesters believe in their cause is really hard for right-wingers to accept. Not because they don't believe in their own cause, but because they can't outwardly say what it is — a fascist ethnostate. An opposing side that can communicate clearly with itself is threatening.
Beyond the obvious fact this is all meant to bend the knee to Trump, it's also a fascinating experiment: Can the personalities and formats popular online work on TV? Will it even matter if they work on TV if the clips perform well? It's the internet/TV showdown that we've been building to for years.
Here, in three posts, are the written remarks by Bari Weiss at today's CBS News town hall meeting. Part one of three:
January 27, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Beyond the obvious fact this is all meant to bend the knee to Trump, it's also a fascinating experiment: Can the personalities and formats popular online work on TV? Will it even matter if they work on TV if the clips perform well? It's the internet/TV showdown that we've been building to for years.
Oops, our U.S. data center partner just so happened have an outage that shadowbanned all left-wing political content on our platform for 48 hours. And this just so happened to coincide with us being purchased by one of Trump's friends. Our bad.
January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Oops, our U.S. data center partner just so happened have an outage that shadowbanned all left-wing political content on our platform for 48 hours. And this just so happened to coincide with us being purchased by one of Trump's friends. Our bad.
Springfield, Ohio, was the prototype for Minneapolis and, soon, any other community that crosses the Trump administration.
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January 26, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Springfield, Ohio, was the prototype for Minneapolis and, soon, any other community that crosses the Trump administration.
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this week's pod is the great @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social from @garbageday.email talking about what he saw on the ground in Minneapolis, how we're all content for ICE, and the through lines from more than a decade of covering revolutions/protests that move from screens to streets
ICE Is Turning Real Conflict Into Viral Content
When officials record themselves, they become content creators, too.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:14 PM
this week's pod is the great @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social from @garbageday.email talking about what he saw on the ground in Minneapolis, how we're all content for ICE, and the through lines from more than a decade of covering revolutions/protests that move from screens to streets
Oh wow things are that bad over there huh?
January 22, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Oh wow things are that bad over there huh?
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podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... big thanks to @kenklippenstein.bsky.social for this… uhhh timely, convo with @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social
The myth of the Antifa super soldier
Podcast Episode · Panic World · 01/21/2026 · 1h 2m
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January 21, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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My adventures in vibe coding continued: Generative AI is a deeply expensive edging machine, but for your life.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:23 PM
My adventures in vibe coding continued: Generative AI is a deeply expensive edging machine, but for your life.
www.garbageday.email/p/generative...
www.garbageday.email/p/generative...
I know there's a lot going on in the world right now, but Clavicular just cracked the code: JESTERMAXXING at the club is officially the new meta.
January 21, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I know there's a lot going on in the world right now, but Clavicular just cracked the code: JESTERMAXXING at the club is officially the new meta.
For All Mankind is great because as it has gotten dumber and worse, as a TV show, it has also started exploring some of the most interesting science fiction ideas on TV. It's like gas leak The Expanse. I love it very much.
My god, look at Joel Kinnaman's old man makeup for the upcoming fifth season of For All Mankind:
January 21, 2026 at 4:56 PM
For All Mankind is great because as it has gotten dumber and worse, as a TV show, it has also started exploring some of the most interesting science fiction ideas on TV. It's like gas leak The Expanse. I love it very much.
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This slot machine analog nails it, I think. The inherit almost gamification with inconsistent rewards is part of what hooks people who get addicted to LLMs. “Maybe this time it won’t work, but maybe the next prompt will give me something amazing!”
It’s yet another form of gambling, in a way.
It’s yet another form of gambling, in a way.
I tried vibe coding for the first time this weekend and failed spectacularly. Which was actually kind of illuminating.
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January 19, 2026 at 8:26 PM
This slot machine analog nails it, I think. The inherit almost gamification with inconsistent rewards is part of what hooks people who get addicted to LLMs. “Maybe this time it won’t work, but maybe the next prompt will give me something amazing!”
It’s yet another form of gambling, in a way.
It’s yet another form of gambling, in a way.
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I don’t think seeing people brutally mistreated on a loop all day every day is good for us as individuals or as a collective so I wrote about that. www.patreon.com/posts/148619...
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January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
I don’t think seeing people brutally mistreated on a loop all day every day is good for us as individuals or as a collective so I wrote about that. www.patreon.com/posts/148619...
I tried vibe coding for the first time this weekend and failed spectacularly. Which was actually kind of illuminating.
www.garbageday.email/p/am-i-too-s...
www.garbageday.email/p/am-i-too-s...
January 19, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I tried vibe coding for the first time this weekend and failed spectacularly. Which was actually kind of illuminating.
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the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
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January 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
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importantly the whole thing is faction based and they don't all like each other
January 15, 2026 at 3:45 AM
importantly the whole thing is faction based and they don't all like each other
The complicated reality is there are 3 things happening simultaneously:
-Trump preternaturally understands the ebb and flow of the media and does perform for it
-His inner circle is in a mad dash to turn the US into a fascist ethnostate
-Like all authoritarian regimes, they're grossly incompetent
-Trump preternaturally understands the ebb and flow of the media and does perform for it
-His inner circle is in a mad dash to turn the US into a fascist ethnostate
-Like all authoritarian regimes, they're grossly incompetent
Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
January 15, 2026 at 3:39 AM
The complicated reality is there are 3 things happening simultaneously:
-Trump preternaturally understands the ebb and flow of the media and does perform for it
-His inner circle is in a mad dash to turn the US into a fascist ethnostate
-Like all authoritarian regimes, they're grossly incompetent
-Trump preternaturally understands the ebb and flow of the media and does perform for it
-His inner circle is in a mad dash to turn the US into a fascist ethnostate
-Like all authoritarian regimes, they're grossly incompetent
Where the fuck are the Democrats?
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January 14, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Where the fuck are the Democrats?
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