Alec Kerrigan
@aleckerrigan.bsky.social
Software Engineer and Writer
Editor of Out the Pipeline, a newsletter about getting into, and out of, online extremism. From someone with experience.
https://outthepipeline.substack.com/
Editor of Out the Pipeline, a newsletter about getting into, and out of, online extremism. From someone with experience.
https://outthepipeline.substack.com/
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Alec Kerrigan
@aleckerrigan.bsky.social
· Feb 10
I Don’t Want J.D. Vance’s Cheap Grace
What a former white nationalist would say to the Vice President
open.substack.com
For my first piece in Out the Pipeline, I talked about The Vice President's attempt to forgive someone who clearly isn't sorry.
open.substack.com/pub/outthepi...
open.substack.com/pub/outthepi...
The Median American voter vs Danish Parliament competing to see who has the least coherent ideology
March 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The Median American voter vs Danish Parliament competing to see who has the least coherent ideology
Okay but googling this guy I went down a rabbit hole about how confusing Danish politics are
He's part of the "Conservative People's Party" which seems to be a center right historically fascist sympathizing marxist party in coalition with communists against socialists and a free market party
He's part of the "Conservative People's Party" which seems to be a center right historically fascist sympathizing marxist party in coalition with communists against socialists and a free market party
March 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay but googling this guy I went down a rabbit hole about how confusing Danish politics are
He's part of the "Conservative People's Party" which seems to be a center right historically fascist sympathizing marxist party in coalition with communists against socialists and a free market party
He's part of the "Conservative People's Party" which seems to be a center right historically fascist sympathizing marxist party in coalition with communists against socialists and a free market party
Groyper DOGE kids cutting funding to extremism exit orgs (some I am personally familiar with) is the ultimate burning of the boats.
If/when this whole "vibe shift" falls apart, they're won't be anyone left to help them!
If/when this whole "vibe shift" falls apart, they're won't be anyone left to help them!
I recently spent time looking through extremist/terrorist cases last year, and the prevailing takeaway was just how many attacks were foiled or failed. Prevention programs and resourcing on the issue, though imperfect, does work. This is a bleak move
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Killing Grants That Have Saved Lives: Trump’s Cuts Signal End to Government Work on Terrorism Prevention
Tens of millions of dollars slated for violence prevention have been cut or are frozen as DOGE steamrolls the national security sector. “This is the government getting out of the terrorism business,” ...
www.propublica.org
March 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Groyper DOGE kids cutting funding to extremism exit orgs (some I am personally familiar with) is the ultimate burning of the boats.
If/when this whole "vibe shift" falls apart, they're won't be anyone left to help them!
If/when this whole "vibe shift" falls apart, they're won't be anyone left to help them!
NEW from Out the Pipeline: I was asked what I thought about the "xenophobic nationalist" woman from Jubilee, so here's that take!
outthepipeline.substack.com/p/sam-seder-...
outthepipeline.substack.com/p/sam-seder-...
Sam Seder, What Does the Scouter Say About Her Power Level?!
On Jubilee's latest ragebait
outthepipeline.substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
NEW from Out the Pipeline: I was asked what I thought about the "xenophobic nationalist" woman from Jubilee, so here's that take!
outthepipeline.substack.com/p/sam-seder-...
outthepipeline.substack.com/p/sam-seder-...
A lot of people forget that the central thesis of The Bell Curve was not "non-white races are inferior" (although he def felt that)
It was that certain people are *genetically* beyond help, which is why welfare/social programs are a waste of time.
The book mostly as a permission slip to be cruel.
It was that certain people are *genetically* beyond help, which is why welfare/social programs are a waste of time.
The book mostly as a permission slip to be cruel.
being obsessed with IQ is a good sign that you have nothing in your life to give you actual meaning. (also a good sign you have bell curve-esque beliefs about human equality)
Coming around to the view that a certain kind of narcissist simply needs Musk to be a genius rather than a fraud, because they want to believe there’s a hereditary Brahmin class of accomplished, beautiful minds—and that they’re a part of that class.
February 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A lot of people forget that the central thesis of The Bell Curve was not "non-white races are inferior" (although he def felt that)
It was that certain people are *genetically* beyond help, which is why welfare/social programs are a waste of time.
The book mostly as a permission slip to be cruel.
It was that certain people are *genetically* beyond help, which is why welfare/social programs are a waste of time.
The book mostly as a permission slip to be cruel.
It really has to be hell for some of the workers there, being made to take illegal action by someone who think they're subhuman.
BREAKING — I've confirmed the DOGE staffers at SSA. They are Marko Elez (who was previously fired for racist posts and then reinstated), Ethan Shaotran, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gautier Cole-Killian.
This is per Social Security Works, a non-profit working to protect/expand Social Security.
This is per Social Security Works, a non-profit working to protect/expand Social Security.
February 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It really has to be hell for some of the workers there, being made to take illegal action by someone who think they're subhuman.
Man this has gotta be up there in the pantheon of "crazy ways of getting owned"
February 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Man this has gotta be up there in the pantheon of "crazy ways of getting owned"
Ron Unz is obviously a nazi, but I feel a common error is being made here often made about young white supremacists:
The "books" and "readings" are ad-hoc. They are radicalized by 4chan and podcasts. They say it was something more profound after the fact to sound smarter (to themselves and you)
The "books" and "readings" are ad-hoc. They are radicalized by 4chan and podcasts. They say it was something more profound after the fact to sound smarter (to themselves and you)
February 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Ron Unz is obviously a nazi, but I feel a common error is being made here often made about young white supremacists:
The "books" and "readings" are ad-hoc. They are radicalized by 4chan and podcasts. They say it was something more profound after the fact to sound smarter (to themselves and you)
The "books" and "readings" are ad-hoc. They are radicalized by 4chan and podcasts. They say it was something more profound after the fact to sound smarter (to themselves and you)
For my first piece in Out the Pipeline, I talked about The Vice President's attempt to forgive someone who clearly isn't sorry.
open.substack.com/pub/outthepi...
open.substack.com/pub/outthepi...
I Don’t Want J.D. Vance’s Cheap Grace
What a former white nationalist would say to the Vice President
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
For my first piece in Out the Pipeline, I talked about The Vice President's attempt to forgive someone who clearly isn't sorry.
open.substack.com/pub/outthepi...
open.substack.com/pub/outthepi...