Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas Yes, Peter Thiel was the senator’s benefactor. But they’re both inspired by an obscure software developer who has some truly frightening thoughts about reordering society.

Technocratic, Dark Enlightenment insanity straight from the deranged mind of Curtis Yarvin and coming to fruition via Peter Thiel whose plan for full implementation will come about using Thiel’s most favorite sugar baby, JD Vance.

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I hear the sound of tumbrels.

I’m inclined to believe that Palantir and their ilk are working to overturn existing government structures to create their little techno-cities, where every tech freak can be his own king.

How long before the ducking stool makes a comeback?

It would be interesting to know what Anthropic's Claude Mythos makes of Palantir's products.

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Hope so!!

Peter Thiel giving the world a lecture on far right politics is not something you expect from a company CEO who wants to take over our defence and NHS data management…

Hitler would be proud. 😬

Every last penny of public money flowing to Palantir must be stopped like a tap, and those in public office who agreed to deal with it need to be held to account for their judgment

Yes please 🙏

Streeting refuses to publish secret Palantir NHS briefings | Good Law Project The health secretary wants to keep us in the dark about Palantir’s systems for handling sensitive health records, so we’re taking legal action with Democracy for Sale to fight back

Wes Streeting is keeping Palantir's secrets. So we're taking him to court.

Trump and friends playing the market!

The truth about the lies about NATO Why haven’t any of our major newspapers pointed out the blatant dishonesty of Trump’s repeated attacks upon NATO?

"NATO is a defensive alliance. Article 5 of its Charter declares, in essence, that an attack upon one NATO country is an attack upon them all."

"It does not state that if one NATO country launches an unprovoked war, all the other NATO countries must pile in on genocide."

#Pinks

The Pope vs the Dope.

"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ"
-M. Gandhi, maybe

Fabentech secures French approval for Ricimed antidote - PharmaTimes Authorisation marks major step in European preparedness against ricin

Well. Finally, after decades, an antidote for ricin toxin

pharmatimes.com/news/fabente...

I stay mad as hell…except I’m still celebrating Hungary’s freedom at the moment!

There's a Glaring Safety Problem With Nuclear Energy Startups Out of the nine nuclear fission startups fresh on the scene, only one is joining the industry's voluntary regulatory watchdog.

We are really failing to recognise the very, very severe risks that exist around a rushed and deregulated build-out of nuclear power to feed the data centre boom.....

futurism.com/science-ener...

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PS:

Peter Magyar has offered a template which can be used, without too much alteration, in defeating populists worldwide

open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

The members of the GOP would be smart to band together and start calling this kind of insanity out. He can't punish them all. Power in numbers. Do the right thing for once, GOP.

Behind the Scenes: Blazing Saddles (Brooks, 1974) with Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little YouTube video by Serious Feather

Then you're going to enjoy this,

youtu.be/hmR4OgYTQJs?...

The Rabbit Season/Duck Season Accords

Blazing Saddles - Nobody move or ... YouTube video by LearningBase33

That was my thought too.
youtu.be/Z_JOGmXpe5I?...

In Bruges scene where Colin Farrell is pointing a gun at his head and Brendon Gleeson is also pointing a gun at Colin Farrell's head

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute

Trump told his partners this weekend to short stocks and buy oil for Mondays markets

The parallels with Caligula are striking. Just wonder whether Vance or Rubio is Incitatus?

Anyway, @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social - please feel free to make a donation to MSF or another genuine charity working in Gaza today. I think that’d be a good idea.