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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's neo-fascist guru—plans to Flee USA.

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-cur...

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA

‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’

www.thenerdreich.com

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 3h

Archived page version for those blocked from the above:

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 3h

I am torn between knowing the strategically correct thing to do would be to encourage all these Roganverse influencers to keep moving away from Trump, but at the same time wanting to just straight up tell them that they've ruined the lives of many regular folk.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Manosphere Influencers Who Boosted Trump Are Now Cooling on Him

Prominent influencers including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz are starting to distance themselves from Donald Trump and his policies.

www.rollingstone.com

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 1d

Still the greatest heading/subheading combo in history.

Blog post heading of "The Enigma of Peter Thiel", with subheading immediately underneath it of "There is No Enigma - He's a Fascist".

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 1d

Just want to point out that part of the overall plan of the Dark Enlightenment/Network State oligarchs is to create a parallel media which they control, as I noted in this article last year (Bari Weiss is a long-time fixture in the Thielverse):

www.dailygrail.com/2024/10/the-...

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 7d

Actually Bill, your critics aren't concerned with regular folk in Saudi Arabia, and unlike you definitely didn't think they are all savages with machetes.

The critique is of you taking money from the *ruling regime*, which *chops its critics up with a bone saw* if they speak out about the regime.

Screenshot of text from article: "After a successful show in Bahrain, Burr was at a bar where he was watching interactions among the locals and decided, “I’m like, these guys, they’re just like us … I don’t speak the language, but I get it.”

When he flew into Saudi Arabia, Burr’s nervousness crept back, but he was struck by the amount of local Western influence. “You think everybody’s going to be screaming ‘death to America’ and they’re going to have like fucking machetes and want to like chop my head off, right?” Burr said. “Because this is what I’ve been fed about that part of the world. I thought this place was going to be really tense. And I’m thinking like: ‘Is that a Starbucks next to a Pizza Hut next to a Burger King next to McDonald’s …? They got a fucking Chili’s over here!”"

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 7d

Which reminds me of this banger of an essay on Peter Thiel from 2022:

www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-enigma...

The Enigma of Peter Thiel

There Is No Enigma — He's a Fascist

www.unpopularfront.news

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 7d

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Aug 1

In March of 1945, the US Army issued this "fact sheet" to guide conversations with soldiers on the topic of fascism, paying particular attention to the ongoing threat that domestic fascist movements posed to the US. Their analysis of what a homegrown US fascism would look like is interesting.

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ORIENTATION
FACT SHEET
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WAR DEPARTMENT-WASHINGTON 25, D. C. • 24 March 1945 FASCISM!
Note For This Week's Discussion:
Fascism is not the easiest thing to identify and analyze; nor, once in power, is it easy to destroy. It is important for our future and that of the world that as many of us as possible understand the causes and practices of fascism, in order to combat it. Points to stress are: (1) Fascism is more apt to come to power at a time of economic crisis;
(2) fascism inevitably leads to war; (3) it can come to any country; (4) we can best combat it by making our democracy work.

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Laura Bullard @laurabullard.bsky.social · 7d

Taking a brief break from sporadically posting photos of my pitbull to shout this into the void:

I’ve spent the last seven months thinking about the Antichrist, and now those thoughts are published over at @wired.com.

www.wired.com/story/the-re...

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

www.wired.com

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 7d

The creation of 'Grokipedia' was inspired by some throwaway comments by the All In Podcast tech-douches:

bsky.app/profile/weir...

Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 7d

Beyond Musk's long-time beef with Wikipedia, 'Grokipedia' appears to have been created at the suggestion of the All In Podcast tech-douches when they interviewed Musk a few weks ago, simply because they don't like their Wikipedia bio pages.

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 7d

The creation of Grokipedia seems to have been inspired by this interview from a few weeks ago:

bsky.app/profile/weir...

Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 7d

Beyond Musk's long-time beef with Wikipedia, 'Grokipedia' appears to have been created at the suggestion of the All In Podcast tech-douches when they interviewed Musk a few weks ago, simply because they don't like their Wikipedia bio pages.

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 7d

Source:

youtu.be/qeZqZBRA-6Q

Elon Musk on DOGE, Optimus, Starlink Smartphones, Evolving with AI, Why the West is Imploding

YouTube video by All-In Podcast

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 7d

Beyond Musk's long-time beef with Wikipedia, 'Grokipedia' appears to have been created at the suggestion of the All In Podcast tech-douches when they interviewed Musk a few weks ago, simply because they don't like their Wikipedia bio pages.

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 8d

Great to see the mainstream media continuing to cover this topic, even if a little late.

My article from before the election last year, warning of what was about to happen:

www.dailygrail.com/2024/10/the-...

The Technocratic Conspiracy: How tech tycoons plan to disrupt democracy and become the new rulers of the world - The Daily Grail

On July 25, 2024, Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for the presidential election in the United States, selected as his running mate 39-year-old senator JD Vance. It was in some ways a strange pick...

www.dailygrail.com

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 8d

New article from @wired.com on the Dark Enlightenment cult of billionaires who want to become the new rulers of the world:

bsky.app/profile/tell...

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 11d

NEW from me for @wired.com's politics issue: I have spent SO much time fascinated by the "network state"--privatized cities in special economic zones (SEZs) where the normal rules and regulations don't apply.

www.wired.com/story/tech-b...

Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings

From Montenegro to Northern California, the tech elite dream of building cities where they make the rules. Is this, finally, their moment?

www.wired.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 11d

New Network State just dropped…

Balaji announces the creation of …UZ-TECH-ISTAN

A very niiice new country for tech bros. Who needs San Francisco when you’ve got Astana?

Vladimir Putin will never invade and liquidate your whole thing or anything like that. Pinky swear.

Balaji Srinivasan tweet: It's happening.

Kazakhstan recently signed a deal with the Solana network state to create a special economic zone.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

fortune.com

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Json Momoa @jotatx.bsky.social · 9d

"Silicon Valley is not about innovation anymore, Silicon Valley is about fascism now, until further notice" @gilduran.com

spot on

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 10d

EXCLUSIVE: Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel behind Trump exporting MAGA playbook to Britain - embedding across three parties: Blue Labour, Tories, Reform - via a network of race science believers. By me with @peterjukes.bsky.social via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/25/b...

'Blue Labour' and the Thiel Effect: How MAGA Is Making In-Roads Into British Politics

The ideology of the ‘Make America Great Again’ movement, which has transformed politics in the United States, is having an impact in the UK. But how is this influence being transmitted?

bylinetimes.com

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 8d

Trump to declassify files over aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Drake meme but with Trump's face instead. In the top half, Trump is unimpressed, using his hand to mimic pushing away the words "Epstein flight logs". In the bottom half, Trump is happy and accepting of the words "Earhart flight logs"

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 8d

Very good points, all!

Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 9d

I believe Balaji himself once described it as 'tech Zionism'...

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 9d

Curtis Yarvin's Dark Enlightenment explained in one image.

Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 9d

Jesse Duquette (@jesseduquette.bsky.social) on what the Founding Fathers said - never.

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 9d

Can add this Elon Musk prediction of the Tesla 'Summon' feature working from across the country by 2018 to the long list of bullshit claims he's made over the years.

Tweet by Elon Musk that says "In ~2 years, summon should work anywhere connected by land & not blocked by borders, eg you're in LA and the car is in NY"

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 18d

The latest @techwontsave.us podcast episode features Caroline Haskins discussing how Palantir is thriving under Trump. Available via your usual podcast provider, or you can listen directly via the YouTube embed below:

youtu.be/ip19JOoj3Lw

Palantir is Thriving Under Trump w/ Caroline Haskins

YouTube video by Paris Marx

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