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In Putin's Russia, Elon Musk would be done — plane crash, window fall, polonium tea. Tech billionaires who assault democratic institutions forget an important fact: These institutions protect them from the very authoritarians they seek to empower.

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Old enough to remember when bitcoin was an ideological project to undermine the state.

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These indoor cats want to escape their present reality... If you've been trying to explain NRx or Network States or crypto to someone, this less than half an hour podcast is precisely what you need. @hcrichardson.bsky.social interviews @gilduran.com www.youtube.com/live/FWjR6_q...

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“My jaw dropped. Coinbase, the world’s largest crypto exchange, the owner of 12 percent of the world’s Bitcoin supply, and listed on the S&P 500, was paying for Trump to hold a military parade.” @tinanguyen.bsky.social of @theverge.com takes on Bitcoin 2025. www.theverge.com/cryptocurren...

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New from me today: Steven Pinker appeared on the podcast published by race science Substack Aporia. I emailed him to ask why and got radio silence. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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if you’ve ever wondered “who tf would invite a vampire into their home” please allow me to introduce you to

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On June 6, 1944, thousands gave their lives for freedom. In 2025, we face a serious threat: tech fascism. We do not need to die. We just need to be 10% as courageous as those who fell. These are scary times. But never doubt that we can win.

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Fascinating, illuminating, eye-popping conversation between @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @gilduran.com about the unholy stew of techbro-fascist-religious delusions bubbling behind the current attacks on democracy

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Holy CRAP. This was fascinating. @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @gilduran.com w/ insight behind DOGE's gutting of govt. agencies, the administration's attacks on universities, Project 2025, and visions of a post-democracy America that would sound like science fiction if they weren't happening today.🇺🇸

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Interview by @hcrichardson.bsky.social today. Well worth 26 minutes listening. www.youtube.com/live/FWjR6_q...

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Nothing short of terrifying. @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @gilduran.com on the real reasons the "tech bros" are pro-fascism, want "network states" www.youtube.com/live/FWjR6_q...

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Excellent article by @gilduran.com. This is real and we need to be aware.

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1/ I want to express my thanks to all the authors convened by @datasociety.bsky.social for the special series we kicked off this week on @techpolicypress.bsky.social. The first was the scene-setter from @megyoung0.bsky.social and @jakemetcalf.bsky.social on tech power and the crisis of democracy:

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“Trump’s Gaza fantasy fuses necropolitics with venture capital. Flatten a place, declare it free & auction it to the highest bidder. This is the Network State in its most ghoulish incarnation: a tech-fascist casino built atop genocide and displacement” @gilduran.com in @techpolicypress.bsky.social

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Even if the Musk-Trump feud is permanent, he will have already done incalculable damage to federal programs, workers and civilians. But it's even worse than that—he's installed a framework and a logic that will continue to tear apart the federal government. Musk's job has already been automated.

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Why do Trump & his most fervent tech billionaire backers want to take land & create privately controlled zones? Billed as innovation, "it’s really about escape — a billionaire bunker system to opt out of democracy & public accountability,” @gilduran.com writes. www.techpolicy.press/trumps-gaza-...

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The people who funded JD Vance's Senate campaign and pushed him forward for VP.

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Today’s answer to the question ‘What Margaret Atwood novel am I living in?’ Is Oryx & Crake

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Why are Trump and certain tech billionaires trying to build new dystopian cities and democracy-free "zones"? It reflects a scary tech idea called "The Network State." For @techpolicypress.bsky.social, I wrote about why you should be deeply concerned 👇 www.techpolicy.press/trumps-gaza-...

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If you're wondering what the tech bros are planning for the world, you might want to check out my conversation with @gilduran.com of The Nerd Reich today at 5:00 on my YouTube channel and Facebook. Gil has been studying their ideology for years now, and can walk us through it.

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It’s true! I’ll be doing a live talk with @hcrichardson.bsky.social at 5 pm EST tomorrow. Details to come. I’ll send out more info tomorrow on The Nerd Reich (and here!) Http:// www.thenerdreich.com

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So... as beef continues, a look back at a piece that our WIRED readers are reading... Elon Musk appears to have worked in the US without authorization. Could he have his citizenship revoked?

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Never interrupt them while they're fighting each other. But never forget who they are.

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BREAKING: Elon Musk endorses Peter Thiel for president

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🧵: In October, NHTSA announced that it had identified four reports under the standing general order "in which a Tesla vehicle experienced a crash with FSD-Beta or FSD-Supervised engaged." In one of the crashes, the Tesla vehicle fatally struck a pedestrian." static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2024...

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In 2009, “Mencius Moldbug” aka Curtis Yarvin (Peter Thiel’s “house philosopher”) wrote at length on his “Unqualified Reservations” blog about “Harvard and state.” Trump’s targeting of Harvard reeks of Moldbug’s “philosophy”. 1/ www.unqualified-reservations.org/2009/01/gent...

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FYI: Someone made a viral TikTok video about Freedom Cities. It starts: "I'm not a journalist, don't quote me on this, this is just a rumor..." Then it makes some very strange, improbable claims — mixed in with real facts — on the topic. That's called misinformation, and it's harmful.

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Opening a new series on Tech Policy Press in collaboration with Data & Society called “Ideologies of Control: A Series on Tech Power and Democratic Crisis,” Jacob Metcalf and Meg Young examine how a small group of tech billionaires is pushing an anti-democratic agenda. buff.ly/hdJS6M9

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Opening a new series on Tech Policy Press in collaboration with Data & Society called “Ideologies of Control: A Series on Tech Power and Democratic Crisis,” Jacob Metcalf and Meg Young examine how a small group of tech billionaires is pushing an anti-democratic agenda.

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Trump’s “Freedom Cities” are part of a tech billionaire-backed plan to replace democracy with corporate rule. It’s called The Network State, and it’s already underway. Got 5 minutes? Here's what you need to know www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCj_...

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With Palantir, AI and crypto in headline news, it’s worth revisiting Thiel’s stated goal in 2010 to “change the world through technological means without having (to get buy-in from the ppl)” Network States require the dismantling of the most powerful democracy in the world. So yes, well underway.

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