Spent Saturday with President Obama and New York's Cutest — turns out my first name is Mayor and I need to be doing more squats.
Here’s to building a City where families can thrive and every classroom is full of this much joy.
🇪🇺🏳️🌈⚖️🇭🇺 A legal earthquake - CJEU finds Hungary to have violated EU law on multiple counts with its anti-LGBT+ legislation (as expected) but also for the first time in history, in an EU law-reshaping precedent, finds Hungary to violate Art 2 TEU in a self-standing manner.
Al Gore:
“This is the most corrupt administration not only in American history, but more corrupt than I could ever have imagined a president would be able to get away with to the extent that he has. It’s shocking to me.”
How the Strokes ended their second Coachella set!
#TheStrokes #Coachella
Could this be the 1st time EU funding is suspended on rule of law related grounds, with EU condition to unlock the suspended amount compliance with non-binding recommendations of a non-EU body?
@kimlanelaw.bsky.social @jmorijn.bsky.social @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social @profkochenov.bsky.social
I think this is a common characteristic of political parties in Eastern European countries that are leaning to Russian rhetoric. Ideologically, they are a mix of left-right ideas, and in reality what defines them is populism and the appetite for corruption.
Author @gilduran.com was just banned from “free speech absolutist” twitter for criticizing the Palantir CEO’s manifesto— so here’s his upcoming book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
a good title is half the battle
Pre-ordering it based on the title alone.
"Palantir is not just a problem of profiteering from our national healthcare system— it's a fundamental threat to the democratic control of our public infrastructure + the privacy of every citizen. By giving our taxes to this company, we are aiding their operations everywhere."
tinyurl.com/3ejuyv89
The Tech Journalist Banned from Twitter for Criticizing Fascism, Palantir, & the Broligarchy
Palantir published a 22-part manifesto outlining its authoritarian agenda. The masks are off. It's time to purge America of these broligarchs.
With @gilduran.com
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-tech-j...
'Marijuana' is the only English word in which the 'j' is silent.
X suspended Gil Duran, author of this forthcoming book for calling Palantir and the recent manifesto it published, fascist
Astonishing levels of hypocrisy from the "free speech" social network. Half of the content on X is more incendiary than this!
Ironically, this will only bring more visibility to Gil's work.
This strategy—using fake AI profiles to boost political causes—was tested during the 2022 recalls in San Francisco.
We called them the "Wencils" and they disappeared after being mapped and exposed. And now:
Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/b...
Characterizing something as “fascism” is now grounds for suspension on X??? So much for their supposed love of “free speech”.
The mighty @gilduran.com, one of the great modern chroniclers of the broligarchy, was suspended from Twitter for the tweet below against Palantir!
He joins The Left Hook at 530 pm ET
@tparsi.bsky.social joins us at 6 pm ET to discuss the Iran War debacle.
thelefthook.substack.com
No paywalls.
"Free Speech Absolutist"
As they used to say in the Soviet era:
"The Soviet Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, but it does not guarantee freedom after the speech."
"The Climate Scientist Who Fought Back" | My interview with the legendary @dfenton.bsky.social for the new #FentonForecast podcast: www.fentonforecast.com/episodes/epi...
Free speech absolutism.
You are free to be fascist on Xitter but you are not free to point out fascism on Xitter
Book cover: The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy by Gil Duran
Fascists hate to be called out as fascists. Too bad.
Coming soon:
The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy.
Yes, they are fascists. Yes, they must be crushed.
Please pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
Gil Duran tweet: TLDR: Fascism in response to Palantir's long fascists screed on X.
"Your Account is Suspended" Message on X
The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X.
I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!).
So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.
Somewhere Bismarck is looking down in confusion as Germany projects power by sending 4,000 pensioners, 12 buffet stations and a TUI loyalty program through the Strait of Hormuz
Just in: Slovenia's Robert Golob says he has failed to form a coalition government after narrowly winning last month's elections. "We are looking forward to our work in the opposition," Golob said.
This could pave the way for Janez Janša's comeback.
Absolutely incredible.
NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.
Watch with sound on.
