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onion person @junlper.beer · 3h

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 12h

There's a funny meme on that subject. Something on the lines of us cradle Catholics believe you're supposed to listen to Jesus and help the poor, but the converts want to zealously interpret and enforce obscure and esoteric texts.

I'll try to find it.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 1d

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 19h

And I don’t want to freak you out but he’s also the reason Vance converted to Catholicism

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 20h

Tomorrow in San Francisco: @jacobsilverman.com and @alexhanna.bsky.social at Litquake.

7 p.m. See you there?

litquake2025.sched.com/event/28YrM/...

Litquake 2025: Gilded Rage—Elon Musk and the Radicaliza...

View more about this event at Litquake 2025

litquake2025.sched.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

Worth every penny.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

True Story: Jacob did a better job of covering San Francisco politics from New York City than every local journalist combined. In fact, his work helped inspire my own.
I read this story in the New Republic and thought: Why didn't *I* write this?

And here we are...

newrepublic.com/article/1681...

The Quiet Political Rise of David Sacks, Silicon Valley’s Prophet of Urban Doom

Like his pals Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, Sacks is using his wealth and online clout to unite conservatives and former leftists in a reactionary movement against liberalism.

newrepublic.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

more to come!

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

Jacob describes my early struggles to take on the SF tech authoritarians, who attacked me as a “parasite” and accused me of being funded by “George Soros.”

In reality, my work was funded by “three paid subscribers” (and my savings account, gulp!)

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

Just got my copy of Gilded Rage by @jacobsilverman.com

Please buy this important book about how tech zillionaires went off the edge.

(Bonus: I’m in it!)

Book Cover of “Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley” by Jacob Silverman. Featuring Elon Musk with a makeshift crown.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

Crypto is scam.
Crypto is crime.
Crypto is corrupt.
Crypto is theft.
Crypto is harm.
Crypto is fraud.
Crypto is waste.
Crypto is pollution.
Crypto is exploitation.
Crypto is deception.
Crypto is suicide.
www.thestreet.com/crypto/busin...

www.thestreet.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

We can have democracy or we can have billionaires.
We cannot have both.

NYT: Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco (gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 1d

Next step is No Kings 10/18.

Do NOT be intimidated. No FEAR either.

There are over 2000 rallies planned. Let’s go for 10 million people plus.

SHOW UP!!!

Skip Montanaro @smontanaro.net · 2d

www.nokings.org October 18th.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

what's that from?

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

We need something like a “Fascistpedia” to keep track of those who collaborated with the regime.

Later, they'll be scurrying to hide their cowardice and moral rot.

A permanent record will guarantee enduring shame.

Let’s give them their own museum.

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 1d

Journalist here

I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04

Reposts are appreciated!

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

We can have democracy or we can have billionaires.
We cannot have both.

NYT: Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco (gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

Thiel’s main Antichrist argument is that politics should be framed apocalyptically, and that Silicon Valley—potentially an agent of the Antichrist—should be empowered to do whatever it wishes because it alone can save (or destroy) the world.

www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-...

Peter Thiel says Antichrist ‘Wants a Nobel Peace Prize.‘

Leaked Highlights from Tech Billionaire's Secret Antichrist Lectures

www.thenerdreich.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

Yes, it's weird that Peter Thiel can't stop talking up the Antichrist.

But look on the bright side—he's also the guy who:

-Gave @jd-vance-1.bsky.social his first VC job
-Funded Vance's firm
-Bought his Senate seat
-Got him the VP slot

Have a nice day!

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

coming monday!

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 2d

I believe it was free

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 2d

As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create.

So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward

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