remember how almost a full year ago, before the general public was even talking about flock or data centers.... Peter Thiel went on a preemptive publicity tour trying to re-write Christian theology to fool people into siding with his investment strategy.

Peter Thiel: AI Regulation Would Literally Be the Antichrist

I don't have a direct link to a file but here's a clip on a regional (Nebraska) news affiliate:

https://www.ksnblocal4.com/2026/07/27/teacher-arrested-repeatedly-clapping-favor-data-center-opponents-during-city-commission-meeting/

pretty boring regular clapping. by the way, the speaker he clapped for right before getting arrested: his wife. literally applauding his wife for speaking up at town meeting.

they probably asked everyone to remain completely silent and had setup"rules" for applause between speakers... knowing that 1) they don't want people to get riled up 2) it gives them pretense to remove people who say literally anything when not standing at the podium.

article is just a "BUY GOLD NOW!" advertisement.

literally attempts to explain the history of stagnant wages since 1970 as 'because we left the gold standard'.

don't waste your time.

this is an insight I hadn't considered.

makes intuitive sense but do you have any links or references so people can learn more?

I thought drought was a major factor in beef supply drop but it's probably multiple things

people will do anything except hold companies accountable

criminalize wealth hording

we're living in the "move fast, break things" epoch of human history

hottest *so far *

it only gets worse from here on out

not imprisoning Trump in a black site indefinitely (no contact with outside world whatsoever) was the biggest mistake Biden made, imo.

Protect this man at all costs!

yeah, I also liked IW. my only gripe though... the universal ammunition should have been a toggle in difficulty settings

thanks for comment and links to the review. I'll give it a watch.

he believes there are limited niche use cases for AI, with specific stipulations about how it should be used. so no, he's not an abolitionist.

his most common catch phrase is "seize the means of computation!" which suggests he believes that powerful technologies like AI should be socially owned and directed resource. it's a nuanced take that AI absolutists don't like.

"It was just an experiment bro! stop being so serious! it's just a prank bro! get a sense of humor!"

fair, I was being quick to judge. it just feels like stories like this sometimes do little more than erode public faith in institutions. if his alterior motive was in fact to spread misinformation, it would have played out exactly the same. probably impossible to know his true intentions.

tax wealth not work

and none of that was enough. and it sure as fuck isn't enough now.

we need sweeping, aggressive, anti-capitalist reforms to reclaim what's left of the government from the hands of corporatist clowns. we need wealth redistribution like hasn't happened since the New Deal.

I appreciate you bringing facts. but those facts don't prove your argument. they prove the opposite, the Democrats were not getting it done then and still aren't getting it done now. if they understood how to actually engage in politics (ie convincing people you are aligned with their interests) then they would win more elections and get the votes needed to control the legislature.

we need a real opposition political movement and Dems ain't it. they need to be shamed and motivated to do better, or they need to get the fuck out of the way.

Deus Ex really was prescient of a lot of things. autonomous kill bots, using disasters as a cover for fucked up shit, corporatism and influence peddling, private militaries, even people becoming obsessed with AI as a weapon/salvation/god.

.... alright, time to reinstall

couple hyper rich douchebags are doing

it's not just about the individual carbon footprints of each billionaire, it's about the cumulative effect of the inefficiencies which billionaires propagate globally. for example, why is the US government currently doubling down on fossil fuels? duh, because a handful of billionaires and hundred millionaires are pushing have captured decision making in Washington. they own the legislative and executive branches outright. so instead of rule by meritocracy or rule by the smartest or the most democratic process, the whole global economy is forced to bend to the selfish desires of a few whale investors. entire sectors of the economy are being raised up or suppressed not because they are efficient or counteract climate change, but because an oligarch wishes it so.

broken promises? say it ain't so!