S Peter Davis
@speterdavis.com
Columnist at large, former Cracked staff from its golden age. Now at speterdavis.substack.com and https://plato-was-a-dick.ghost.io/. Too weird to live, too rare to die.
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S Peter Davis
@speterdavis.com
· Sep 8
How Geeks Ate the World - Plato Was a Dick
plato-was-a-dick.ghost.io
I'm writing a book about the rise of reactionary movements in Western geek culture, particularly since the beginning of the internet until now, and how we got stuck in this shitty alt-white meme-fash tech-dystopia within a mere 25 years: Article thread! 1/🧵
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I'm looking for someone who can clean up the group blog of which I'm part, Crooked Timber. All of the old hyperlinks have been borked so that <a href = URL>text</a> becomes "text":URL/. There's also a problem in the comments, where quote marks have been replaced by –
January 17, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I'm looking for someone who can clean up the group blog of which I'm part, Crooked Timber. All of the old hyperlinks have been borked so that <a href = URL>text</a> becomes "text":URL/. There's also a problem in the comments, where quote marks have been replaced by –
Wait, Governor Walz... don't take your anger out on me! Governor Walz NOOOOOOO
January 16, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Wait, Governor Walz... don't take your anger out on me! Governor Walz NOOOOOOO
What's happening at CBS is a much better example of internal bleeding than whatever happened to Agent Ross
It rocks that everyone at CBS News is blabbing www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
CBS News report on ICE officer’s injuries drew ‘huge internal concern’
Anonymously sourced report that Jonathan Ross ‘suffered internal bleeding’ after killing Renee Good faced skepticism inside CBS newsroom
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:57 AM
What's happening at CBS is a much better example of internal bleeding than whatever happened to Agent Ross
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Psychologically western is when the CSAM machine works
“Psychologically Western.” In the Gilded Age, America’s elite embraced the pseudoscience of eugenics to justify their own sense of superiority and provide backing for racist and anti-immigrant policies. Pretty rich for Musk and his internet-broken brain to be judging the psyches of others.
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Psychologically western is when the CSAM machine works
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My latest column in the @australia.theguardian.com offers the suggestion that the democracies of the world can do better than rolling over for a Bond Villain cosplayer - and the obscene outrage of Grok is our shared opportunity.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Elon Musk’s Grok made the world less safe – his humiliating backdown gives me hopium | Van Badham
The AI chatbot’s torrent of nonconsensual deepfakes isn’t its first scandal and won’t be its last. Responsible governments should simply ban it
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:51 AM
My latest column in the @australia.theguardian.com offers the suggestion that the democracies of the world can do better than rolling over for a Bond Villain cosplayer - and the obscene outrage of Grok is our shared opportunity.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Are we the baddies just because we got so annoyed at a woman talking back to us that we shot her three times in the head and then punished the hospital for treating her?
January 15, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Are we the baddies just because we got so annoyed at a woman talking back to us that we shot her three times in the head and then punished the hospital for treating her?
Nazis invading the frozen north in the winter, it's funny how history rhymes
To any ICE agents reading this who are from down south—you have never experienced anything like this cold. Our European climate equivalent is literally Stalingrad. It will hurt to breathe. You will be outside in it. So will we, but we are used to it.
Next week is what will break you.
Next week is what will break you.
We've lead charmed weather lives so far in January.
Temperatures are +5F to +10F across MN so far this month. 🌡️
We're about to be reminded what persistent cold and occasional snow feels like. ❄️
MSP could bottom out -10 to -20 next Tue.
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Temperatures are +5F to +10F across MN so far this month. 🌡️
We're about to be reminded what persistent cold and occasional snow feels like. ❄️
MSP could bottom out -10 to -20 next Tue.
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 15, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Nazis invading the frozen north in the winter, it's funny how history rhymes
After reading about how this bestselling Covid revisionism book mishandled data and quotes in the most comically incompetent way, I listened to @michaelhobbes.bsky.social If Books Could Kill podcast episode about it and reflected on the time I did a similar thing as an idiot 20ish years ago
Why Do Covid Revisionists Need to Fabricate Evidence to Make Their Case?
If the evidence is so strong, why make it up? It may not be as nefarious as you think.
speterdavis.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:27 PM
After reading about how this bestselling Covid revisionism book mishandled data and quotes in the most comically incompetent way, I listened to @michaelhobbes.bsky.social If Books Could Kill podcast episode about it and reflected on the time I did a similar thing as an idiot 20ish years ago
The Supreme Court tells Trump he cannot commit a crime, Trump tells ICE they cannon commit a crime, and tells the military it is their duty to commit crimes.
January 14, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The Supreme Court tells Trump he cannot commit a crime, Trump tells ICE they cannon commit a crime, and tells the military it is their duty to commit crimes.
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CBS is becoming indistinguishable from the gorilla channel
January 14, 2026 at 12:19 AM
CBS is becoming indistinguishable from the gorilla channel
One of Scott Adams very final acts on this Earth was to share a tweet that talks at length about why Renee Good deserved to die because she couldn't be classified as human to begin with. He truly left this world choking on hatred. Just drowning in it.
January 14, 2026 at 12:13 AM
One of Scott Adams very final acts on this Earth was to share a tweet that talks at length about why Renee Good deserved to die because she couldn't be classified as human to begin with. He truly left this world choking on hatred. Just drowning in it.
This is the real test, how are they going to connect Scott Adams' death to gender ideology?
January 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
This is the real test, how are they going to connect Scott Adams' death to gender ideology?
Republican introduces bill to make anime real
"Republican introduces bill to make Greenland the 51st state of the United States" www.berlingske.dk/samfund/kamp...?
Kampen om Grønland – følg med her
I denne uge skal Grønland, Danmark og USA mødes i Washington. Det storpolitiske drama om Grønland fortsætter – få seneste nyt her.
www.berlingske.dk
January 13, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Republican introduces bill to make anime real
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So Elon Musk says he's going to file for full custody of Ashley St Clair's son, and the reason he cites is that her attempt to make amends about past bigotry toward trans people is evidence that she is going to forcibly transition a baby. He thinks NOT being transphobic is, itself, child abuse.
January 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
So Elon Musk says he's going to file for full custody of Ashley St Clair's son, and the reason he cites is that her attempt to make amends about past bigotry toward trans people is evidence that she is going to forcibly transition a baby. He thinks NOT being transphobic is, itself, child abuse.
I don't know how many times I'm going to need to hear it before I finally get used to the phrase "planned invasion of Greenland"
I'm hearing about this in a few states. My big question is whether it is preparation for a crackdown on resistance to ICE operations, or a preemptive crackdown on anti war protesters after the planned invasion of Greenland
my friend is a postal worker in minneapolis and they all got letters at work today to show to police to prove they are essential workers authorized to be out. i guess we're to the "papers please" era now officially.
January 11, 2026 at 10:30 PM
I don't know how many times I'm going to need to hear it before I finally get used to the phrase "planned invasion of Greenland"
What the fuck does he need charity for??? He's not in any legal trouble, he will never be in any legal trouble. He's probably going to be given the Medal of Honor. He has the full support of the US government. People will really just give their savings to this guy because he shot a woman.
NEW: It appears billionaire Bill Ackman has donated $10k to a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good.
Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.
Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.
January 11, 2026 at 1:46 PM
What the fuck does he need charity for??? He's not in any legal trouble, he will never be in any legal trouble. He's probably going to be given the Medal of Honor. He has the full support of the US government. People will really just give their savings to this guy because he shot a woman.
Hope you guys are ready to die for Elon Musk!
If the UK, Canada and Australia ban Twitter, there's a non zero chance it ends in what future historians will call, "World War 1, but dumber"
January 11, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Hope you guys are ready to die for Elon Musk!
The Trump picture is one thing but why did they use his angry face?
The use of an image of Trump on the 2026 pass — rather than the usual picture of nature — has sparked a backlash, sticker protests, and a lawsuit from a conservation group.
National Park Service will void passes with stickers over Trump's face
The use of an image of Trump on the 2026 pass — rather than the usual picture of nature — has sparked a backlash, sticker protests, and a lawsuit from a conservation group.
n.pr
January 10, 2026 at 10:41 AM
The Trump picture is one thing but why did they use his angry face?
Hey look, it's someone trying to run somebody over with their car!!!
January 10, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Hey look, it's someone trying to run somebody over with their car!!!
If there's any hope for humanity this needs to raise several times more than that woman who screamed the N-word at a child and got a million bucks for it
Update from the GoFundMe page for Renee Nicole Good’s wife and son
January 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
If there's any hope for humanity this needs to raise several times more than that woman who screamed the N-word at a child and got a million bucks for it