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    Elon Musk’s $2 Trillion IPO is a Weapon, Not an Investment

    Resistance Media

    Resistance Media

    What Wall Street Won’t Tell You About the SpaceX Initial Public Offering.

    Published On: 05/12/2026

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    Democracy • Recommended • Surveillance • Technology

    Built to Dominate

    Alberto Toscano

    In These Times (06/04/2025)

    Palantir is designing the infrastructure of repression — and telling us why.

    Published On: 05/04/2026

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    Corruption • Democracy • Disinformation • Technology

    How to Purge Palantir

    Gil Duran

    The Nerd Reich (04/21/2026)

    And how I got permanently banned from X.

    Published On: 05/03/2026

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    Resistance Media

    Resistance Media (03/10/2026)

    Techno fascism, genocide and Trump’s “Board of Peace”

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    Molly Taft

    Wired

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    Published On: 04/22/2026

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    Artificial Intelligence • Culture • Democracy • Technology

    AI’s Promise Is Real. So Is the Threat No One’s Talking About.

    Will Robinson

    Will Robinson's Newsletter

    Beyond deepfakes, bad actors are learning to manipulate search itself - shaping what AI sees, what it surfaces, and ultimately what people believe.

    Published On: 04/22/2026

  • Special Operations Command

    Artificial Intelligence • Human Rights • Technology • Violence

    Death by A.I.

    Ken Klippenstein

    Ken Klippenstein

    New "Autonomous Warfare Center" will automate targeted killings.

    Published On: 04/22/2026

  • An image of Sam Altman with multiple facial expressions

    Artificial Intelligence • Surveillance • Technology

    Sam Altman May Control Our Future – Can He Be Trusted?

    Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz

    The New Yorker

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    Published On: 04/06/2026

  • Artificial Intelligence • Culture • Democracy • Social Media • Technology

    Something big is happening in AI — and most people will be blindsided

    Matt Shumer

    Fortune

    We’re past the point where this is an interesting dinner conversation about the future. The future is already here. It just hasn’t knocked on your door yet. It’s about to.

    Published On: 02/11/2026

  • Artificial Intelligence • Democracy • Technology • Threat Management

    The Adolescence of Technology

    Dario Amodei

    darioamodei.com

    Humanity needs to wake up, and this essay is an attempt—a possibly futile one, but it’s worth trying—to jolt people awake.

    Published On: 01/31/2026

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    Culture • Democracy • Disinformation • Technology • White Supremacy

    Joe Rogan Trained Men to Accept Authoritarianism

    W. A. Lawrence

    Glass Empires by W. A. Lawrence

    Rogan spent years grooming Trump’s base to equate toxic masculinity with strength and authoritarianism with safety. In 2026, that conditioning is locked in with force.

    Published On: 01/20/2026

  • Technology • White Supremacy

    Greenland ‘Freedom City’? Rich donors push Trump for a tech hub up north

    Rachael Levy and Alexandra Ulmer

    Reuters (April 10, 2025)

    Silicon Valley investors propose Greenland as a libertarian 'freedom city'

    Published On: 01/14/2026

  • Artificial Intelligence • Disinformation • Recommended • Technology • White Supremacy

    Extremists are using AI voice cloning to supercharge propaganda

    Ben Makuch

    The Guardian

    Researchers warn generative tools are helping militant groups from neo-Nazis to the Islamic State spread ideology.

    Published On: 12/21/2025

  • Artificial Intelligence • Corruption • Democracy • Technology

    The Authoritarian Stack

    A project led by Prof. Francesca Bria with xof-research.org

    The Authoritarian Stack (11/21/2025)

    How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

    Published On: 12/05/2025

  • Artificial Intelligence • Economy • Technology

    Peter Thiel Gets Out of Dodge

    Carole Cadwalladr

    How to Survive the Broligarchy (November 16, 2025)

    Yesterday, I published on the "Great AI Bubble". Today, Silicon Valley's Dr Evil dumps his stock

    Published On: 12/02/2025

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