Speaker after speaker at this memorial is explicitly likening him to Jesus Christ. (Slain in early 30s, etc.) Don't know how this goes over with people raised in other faiths. Having been raised as a church-going Protestant Christian, I say: What the hell! This is not how Christians talk.

“Modern political journalism must identify memetic warfare tactics early and disrupt coordinated manipulation before mass adoption.”

At a dork festival in London, pro-racist and pro-dictatorship blogger Curtis Yarvin is officially billed as “the philosopher behind JD Vance.” No word on whether he compulsively spouted racial slurs or randomly burst into choking sobs (as is his custom lately)

Megyn kelly saying the quiet part out loud again

"Many billionaires in Silicon Valley...do see themselves as messianic figures, and Thiel is no exception to the rule," writes @xriskology.bsky.social www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/the-politi...

“The real existential threat isn’t AI—it’s the powerful people building it.” — @adambecker.bsky.social For a simple debunking of bizarro AI politics, read this now (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

Historically, outbreaks of Antichrist/End Times paranoia lead to sharp increases in antisemitism. This helps explain why the extremist right is fighting over whether to blame "The Left" or "Israel" for Charlie Kirk's murder.

Oh my, looks like Shapiro did a new version of “Unhumans”— book designed to demonize a large swath of the population. They are doing this for a reason, folks.

Peter Thiel & The Antichrist: Silicon Valley Apocalypse Hype

The Conservative movement has embraced the very best of Stalin, Hitler, Pinochet, and Mao.

NEWS --> Anna Gomez, the lone Dem on the FCC, tells me the Trump admin's pressure to oust Jimmy Kimmel may be unlawful as well as unconstitutional. FCC chair Brendan Carr may be committing censorship in violation of federal law. That and much more in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/2006...

I signed the Harper's letter to show I was brave enough to stand up to the left on free speech. But I've decided that I'm not brave enough to stand up to the right about it.

Peter Thiel blames Christianity for “wokeness.” He’s traveling the world giving secret lectures on “the Antichrist.” This is the Palantir billionaire who created JD Vance—and his message is terrifying. What the hell is going on in Silicon Valley? newrepublic.com/article/2004...

‘Thiel is not a theologian, scholar, or prophet. So why pay attention to his biblical musings? Because Thiel is one of the world’s most influential men and his Antichrist speeches reveal his deep belief that religion is a weapon for political warfare—and he’s right...’

Quiet an experience to write a book about how the U.S. collects and stockpiles information and then uses it to oppress people while the worst instances of the last 150 year replay themselves at the speed of light in real time.

This is a massive, history making abuse of your power. It will define your legacy and one day you will come to regret punishing free speech and trying to destroy democracy.

It's quite an experience to write a book about fascism while it's escalating in real time—enabled by cowardly media institutions that capitulate their way out of existence.

Absolutely delicious string of words to describe regional recall politics: "San Franciscans have been nurtured in their anger for some time now, to the exclusion of quantifiable facts." @esksf.bsky.social

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

San Francisco's tech billionaires weaponized recall elections against their opponents. Now, the chickens come home to roost. "This feels a bit like non-Western nations getting The Bomb. It will be interesting to see who gets blown up next." @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/09/joel...

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

He said that out loud. 🤦‍♀️

"I'm the real victim here! I cannot fit through the eye of a needle! I would like to serve God and wealth by which I mean my god, Wealth. Christians should take MY side!"

I would like to commend this generation of broligarchs, who have done more than anybody since Thorstein Veblen to collapse what Galbraith calls "the specious association of money with intelligence" that helps to inflate speculative bubbles.

Billionaire Trump Donor/Antichrist expert Peter Thiel Blames Christianity for “Wokeness”: “Maybe you should think of wokeness as ultra-Christianity or hyper-Christianity.” “It always takes the side of the the victim.” Um, is this pro or anti Christ? www.mediaite.com/media/news/b...

fun fact: antidemocratic, totaliarian billlionaire thiel himself denounced christianity. www.mediaite.com/media/news/b...

when your wars are too crimey even for john yoo, boy howdy

Peter Thiel in a nutshell

"Thiel is not a theologian, scholar, or prophet. So why pay attention to his biblical musings? Because Thiel is one of the world’s most influential men and his Antichrist speeches reveal his deep belief that religion is a weapon for political warfare—and he’s right."

TLDR: Peter Thiel weaponizes Nazi philosophy and biblical scripture to reframe democratic opposition as cosmic evil—while building the surveillance state he claims to fear.

How’s that for timing www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

Thiel at a 2024 talk at Stanford: “If, say, we’re having a lot of conflicts in our village and we have to find some random elderly woman and accuse her of witchcraft so that we’ll achieve some psychosocial unity as a village … this sort of thing doesn’t really work if you’re self-aware.”

'Hunt for the Antichrist': How MAGA is making politics a 'zero-sum holy war' www.alternet.org/maga-holy-war/

Part 2 of 3 on Silicon Valley pro-extinctionism, an extremely important topic (imo) that almost no one is talking about right now. Lots of people in Silicon Valley WANT our species to die out in the near future by being replaced by AGI. Some receipts: www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/meet-the-r...

I often feel like I don't get enough done, especially on days like today, when I finished another chapter of my book, started a new chapter, and also published a piece in a major national publication. An unhealthy little mindwarp I got while working for politicians. But, hey, it keeps me going.

The Antichrist Playbook: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley Apocalypse Hype (full podcast with historian and theologian) www.youtube.com/watch?v=KegS...

This is near Windsor Castle where Trump will be.

wow this guy seems seriously out there and dangerous, i hope he isnt super rich or influential over the vice president or something

"But Thiel’s Antichrist checklist—a paranoid obsession with apocalypse, control, and surveillance—describes Thiel himself." newrepublic.com/article/2004...

What’s up with Peter Thiel’s secret Antichrist lectures? Let us pierce the veil. For the @newrepublic.com I studied his past Antichrist speeches to decode his message—a chilling fusion of Nazi political theory and scripture. Consider this an urgent warning: newrepublic.com/article/2004...

"Thiel claims the Antichrist will be … focused on existential threats and apocalypse, and … will usher in a totalitarian world government under the slogan of ‘peace and safety.’ But Thiel’s Antichrist checklist—a paranoid obsession with apocalypse, control, and surveillance—describes Thiel himself."

A key point: The only other political figure obsessing over the Antichrist as much as Thiel is Alexander Dugin, the Russian propagandist known as "Putin's Brain." He gives nearly the exact same speech! In his version, Russia is fighting a "holy war" against the Satanic west. Coincidence?

The Washington Post was the paper of my teen dreams -- whose courage helped convince me to chose a life in journalism. Monday's firing of the Post's moral beacon, Karen Attiah, proved that a newsroom I'd believed in is now dead to me Why I finally ditched the Post www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

NEW from me: CBS News staffers who spoke with The Independent said that new owner David Ellison has "lost the trust" of the newsroom because he "lied" to them about not wanting to politicize the network and company. "He's just a liar," one told me. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

especially unfortunate since he installed his religious extremist minion as vice president of the united states

Great read, you should keep yourself informed about the Freaks who are taking overt steps to control things.

Peter Thiel gets roasted to hell & back in this amazing @sfstandard.com story. Pro Tip: Thiel should fire his entire staff—and all of his dumb friends—for allowing him to pursue this fanatical fiasco! Great reporting by @eshugs.bsky.social and Garrett Leahy. sfstandard.com/2025/09/16/p...

Ace reporting on one our more grotesque villains and the weird relations between Big Tech and the Evangelical Right