Donald Trump’s obsession with Greenland has escalated into a full-blown international crisis. He is threatening military action against NATO ally Denmark and imposing tariffs on European countries that don’t support his quixotic quest to own the icy island. ...
Joe Lonsdale, a billionaire member of the “PayPal Mafia” who is also a co-founder of Palantir, wants a return to draconian punishment and public executions in the United States. ...
In an unusual op-ed in the Washington Post, a former Palantir official named Wendy R. Anderson warns Democrats: bow down to Silicon Valley oligarchs or lose the future: ...
Mark Carney has earmarked a billion dollars in the new federal budget to build a “sovereign” AI cloud and made-in-Canada quantum computing. The goal, he says, is to retain the ability for Canadians to regulate our own digital realm and protect our privacies. ...
If you were an authoritarian seeking to influence another head of state, you might offer him a luxuriously appointed Boeing 747 airplane. You might spend big at his hotels or invest in one of the many companies owned by him and his children. You might buy his sneakers, NFTs and other branded products. In the case of President ...
Earlier this week, I obtained transcripts of four private lectures Peter Thiel delivered to San Francisco tech elites about the coming of the Antichrist...Yes, really. ...
Some Good News: Curtis Yarvin, the anti-American “Dark Enlightenment” guru credited as “the philosopher behind JD Vance,” believes the Trump administration is doomed to fail. ...
“The strange thing is that, if you look at any of these narratives—science fiction, Lord of the Rings, The Bible—the tech billionaires are obviously the villains in all of those books. Right? But they have such bad comprehension of reading—or maybe it’s a willful misinterpretation—that they somehow think they’re ...
The Sámi people have a word to describe the feeling you get when a wolf has started to hunt you, but you can’t see it. Oavnjistit. Explaining this feeling in a recent interview, Sámi artist Máret Ánne Sara describes it as ‘a kind of haunting’. ...
According to new testimony by Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein was perpetually busy working — on the phone and having meetings. But towards what end? Speculation abounds, but there has been relatively little inquiry into his activities outside of the allegations of sexual abuse. And while those claims are material, they ...
When Elon Musk met Ghislaine Maxwell at a 2014 gala, she reportedly asked him if “there were a way to remove oneself from the internet,” and encouraged Mr. Musk to destroy the internet. ...
Elon Musk has a go-to move of sorts. I call it sleazy optionality. (1) He makes a dramatic proposal. (2) It is unclear whether he is serious or not. (3) That uncertainty causes a reaction from his counterparty. (4) It is only in the aftermath of their reaction that he decides whether to commit to the proposal or back off. He ...
For years, Dryden Brown has been promising to build a new tech city called Praxis, which he claims will be the world’s first Network State (and, possibly, a new global superpower). Brown, 29, claims to have raised half a billion dollars in financing to build the dystopia. ...
Musk, whose wealth has lately hovered well over $400 billion, has enough money that he could, should he desire, end world hunger and still have billions to spare. If Jeff Bezos had a mind to, he could eliminate homelessness in America and still be one of the richest people in the world. ...
Frustrated Democrats experienced whiplash recently when Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) voted to confirm Charles Kushner, a longtime ally, as ambassador to France just eight weeks after a marathon 25 hour anti-Trump filibuster. And while that spectacle scratched a specific itch to ‘fight back’ that many Democrats felt had been ...
‘Committee of Vultures’: Tech Billionaires Circle Greenland ( www.thenerdreich.com )
Donald Trump’s obsession with Greenland has escalated into a full-blown international crisis. He is threatening military action against NATO ally Denmark and imposing tariffs on European countries that don’t support his quixotic quest to own the icy island. ...
Palantir Co-Founder Calls for Public Hangings ( www.thenerdreich.com )
Joe Lonsdale, a billionaire member of the “PayPal Mafia” who is also a co-founder of Palantir, wants a return to draconian punishment and public executions in the United States. ...
Silicon Valley’s Extortion Letter to Democrats ( www.thenerdreich.com )
In an unusual op-ed in the Washington Post, a former Palantir official named Wendy R. Anderson warns Democrats: bow down to Silicon Valley oligarchs or lose the future: ...
Tracking Canada’s ‘Nerd Reich’ ( thetyee.ca )
Mark Carney has earmarked a billion dollars in the new federal budget to build a “sovereign” AI cloud and made-in-Canada quantum computing. The goal, he says, is to retain the ability for Canadians to regulate our own digital realm and protect our privacies. ...
Crypto: A Weapon of Mass Corruption
If you were an authoritarian seeking to influence another head of state, you might offer him a luxuriously appointed Boeing 747 airplane. You might spend big at his hotels or invest in one of the many companies owned by him and his children. You might buy his sneakers, NFTs and other branded products. In the case of President ...
Leaked: Peter Thiel says Antichrist ‘Wants a Nobel Peace Prize.‘ ( www.thenerdreich.com )
Earlier this week, I obtained transcripts of four private lectures Peter Thiel delivered to San Francisco tech elites about the coming of the Antichrist...Yes, really. ...
Curtis Yarvin Plans to Flee the USA ( www.thenerdreich.com )
Some Good News: Curtis Yarvin, the anti-American “Dark Enlightenment” guru credited as “the philosopher behind JD Vance,” believes the Trump administration is doomed to fail. ...
Peter Thiel, Nazi Philosophy, and Lord of the Rings ( www.thenerdreich.com )
“The strange thing is that, if you look at any of these narratives—science fiction, Lord of the Rings, The Bible—the tech billionaires are obviously the villains in all of those books. Right? But they have such bad comprehension of reading—or maybe it’s a willful misinterpretation—that they somehow think they’re ...
Peter Thiel Antichrist Fiasco Sparks International Concern ( www.thenerdreich.com )
The global reviews are in: Peter Thiel’s Antichrist speeches are alarming and bizarre. Spiritually bankrupt. Intellectually hollow. ...
Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump’s America ( www.wired.com )
In Trumpworld, Larry Ellison gets more credit than anyone else for operating in the shadows. ...
Censorship, Charlie Kirk and the Commons ( beiner.substack.com )
The Sámi people have a word to describe the feeling you get when a wolf has started to hunt you, but you can’t see it. Oavnjistit. Explaining this feeling in a recent interview, Sámi artist Máret Ánne Sara describes it as ‘a kind of haunting’. ...
Libertarianism, 13, Dies in Argentina Chainsaw Accident ( www.thenerdreich.com )
The political ideology known as libertarianism died yesterday in Argentina at the age of thirteen. ...
What was Jeffrey Epstein doing in Santa Fe? ( america2.news )
According to new testimony by Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein was perpetually busy working — on the phone and having meetings. But towards what end? Speculation abounds, but there has been relatively little inquiry into his activities outside of the allegations of sexual abuse. And while those claims are material, they ...
Sorry, Billionaires - There’s No Escape ( www.wsj.com )
The World After Society for which the billionaires are preparing is a world without money. ...
We mapped Jeffrey Epstein's social network. Here's what we found. ( america2.news )
When Elon Musk met Ghislaine Maxwell at a 2014 gala, she reportedly asked him if “there were a way to remove oneself from the internet,” and encouraged Mr. Musk to destroy the internet. ...
Is Musk serious about the America Party? ( davekarpf.substack.com )
Elon Musk has a go-to move of sorts. I call it sleazy optionality. (1) He makes a dramatic proposal. (2) It is unclear whether he is serious or not. (3) That uncertainty causes a reaction from his counterparty. (4) It is only in the aftermath of their reaction that he decides whether to commit to the proposal or back off. He ...
Praxis CEO's Bigoted Rant Raises Questions ( www.thenerdreich.com )
For years, Dryden Brown has been promising to build a new tech city called Praxis, which he claims will be the world’s first Network State (and, possibly, a new global superpower). Brown, 29, claims to have raised half a billion dollars in financing to build the dystopia. ...
Billionaires become less empathetic, more narcissistic, and increasingly disconnected from reality as their wealth grows. ( www.rollingstone.com )
Musk, whose wealth has lately hovered well over $400 billion, has enough money that he could, should he desire, end world hunger and still have billions to spare. If Jeff Bezos had a mind to, he could eliminate homelessness in America and still be one of the richest people in the world. ...
Democrats Should Think Twice Before Betting on Cory Booker ( america2.news )
Frustrated Democrats experienced whiplash recently when Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) voted to confirm Charles Kushner, a longtime ally, as ambassador to France just eight weeks after a marathon 25 hour anti-Trump filibuster. And while that spectacle scratched a specific itch to ‘fight back’ that many Democrats felt had been ...