Trump's Fascist Cities Reflect Tech Plan to End Public Power

Plus: My talk with Heather Cox Richardson TODAY

New Yorker shrinks Curtis Yarvin down to size

In two hours, at 10 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. Eastern), I'll join writer Wajahat Ali for a live discussion of Curtis Yarvin. Details below. The New Yorker magazine profiled Curtis Yarvin, the Peter Thiel “house philosopher” and friend of Vice President JD Vance who believes democracies

Scientist Destroys Elon Musk's Mars Fantasy: ‘BS’

“Mars is terrible. The gravity is too low. The radiation is too high. There’s no air — and the dirt is made of poison ... You would just die.” — Adam Becker In this episode of the Nerd Reich podcast, scientist Adam Becker destroys tech billionaire delusions like Mars colonization, “God-like” artificial

Is a Network State Project Taking Root in Wyoming?

Also: Network State mentioned in New York Times — kinda

‘We can call bullshit on their eugenic futures’

Dr. Ruha Benjamin’s must-see talk on tech's ‘artificial intelligentsia’

Silicon Valley's Scary New Religion: TESCREAL

A must-hear conversation with Rev. Otis Moss III and Dr. Émile P. Torres

Trump, Gaza, and the Network State: Tech Colonialism Rises

Trump’s fixation on taking Gaza, like his obsession with acquiring Greenland, reveals a clear alignment with the Network State ideology.

The Nerd Reich vs. Catholic Right in Trump’s Circle

‘At some stage a civil war is coming to the Trump movement. And I think Musk and Vance will be on two very different sides of that civil war.’

'Yarvin is the brain' behind DOGE, Washington Post reports

Beltway journalists finally catching on

How a ‘Good’ Billionaire Broke the LA Times Editorial Board

A conversation with Mariel Garza, who quit the LAT in protest

How Tech Authoritarianism Becomes Reality

Plus: The End Times Fanaticism of Silicon Valley Elites

Elon Musk, JD Vance, and the Onward March of Tech Fascism

No, Elon Musk isn't leaving government. Yes, JD Vance is a Curtis Yarvin follower