Alec Kerrigan
aleckerrigan.bsky.social
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/

This was absolutely true of the alt-right as well.

articles/books/etc wax poetic about historical precedents and what not, but I'd wager 75%+ of the guys who went to charlottesville were

- From the suburbs
- middle/upper middle class
- in school for good major
- just spend too much time online
February 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
IQ is probably real, in some kind of capacity, but those who obsess over it are looking for some scientific justification to ignore the needs of other human beings.
February 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Have a feeling they'll performatively fold and "settle" for a nice payday, like how Elon "settled" 10 million with Trump

www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
February 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The vibe will shift, it always shifts. In the days before August 15th 2017 dozens of online nazis thought their reputation and career would be safe being open about it. They were wrong then, they'll be wrong again.
February 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM