Chemicaltao
@chemicaltao.bsky.social
B Grade Iconoclast, Retrotechnologist, Civil Rights Attorney
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"The fact that JD Vance has openly cited Curtis Yarvin as an inspiration and that Thiel is the person most responsible for creating Vance as a politician should be viewed as a national emergency."
My comments to @thorbenson.bsky.social
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My comments to @thorbenson.bsky.social
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We need to talk about JD
Not nearly enough news coverage has focused on JD Vance's influences and his extreme views.
madness.ghost.io
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"The fact that JD Vance has openly cited Curtis Yarvin as an inspiration and that Thiel is the person most responsible for creating Vance as a politician should be viewed as a national emergency."
My comments to @thorbenson.bsky.social
madness.ghost.io/we-need-to-t...
My comments to @thorbenson.bsky.social
madness.ghost.io/we-need-to-t...
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NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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I will say it again; the Democrats need openly create a list of civil servants called the Dirty Dozen that will be subject to impeachment in 2026, The Constitution provides that “… all civil Officers of the United States” are subject to removal from office upon impeachment.”
November 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I will say it again; the Democrats need openly create a list of civil servants called the Dirty Dozen that will be subject to impeachment in 2026, The Constitution provides that “… all civil Officers of the United States” are subject to removal from office upon impeachment.”
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#ResistanceUnited
If you live in the Northeast, you're likely paying for high-voltage interconnections for hyperscale data centers. A new study finds that regulatory gaps in that region allow utilities to pass on billions of dollars in costs to consumers.
www.datacenterfrontier.com/energy/artic...
If you live in the Northeast, you're likely paying for high-voltage interconnections for hyperscale data centers. A new study finds that regulatory gaps in that region allow utilities to pass on billions of dollars in costs to consumers.
www.datacenterfrontier.com/energy/artic...
Study Finds $4B in Data Center Grid Costs Shifted to Consumers Across PJM Region
A new analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists reveals that most high-voltage interconnection costs for large and AI-scale data centers in the PJM region are being socialized...
www.datacenterfrontier.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#ResistanceUnited
If you live in the Northeast, you're likely paying for high-voltage interconnections for hyperscale data centers. A new study finds that regulatory gaps in that region allow utilities to pass on billions of dollars in costs to consumers.
www.datacenterfrontier.com/energy/artic...
If you live in the Northeast, you're likely paying for high-voltage interconnections for hyperscale data centers. A new study finds that regulatory gaps in that region allow utilities to pass on billions of dollars in costs to consumers.
www.datacenterfrontier.com/energy/artic...
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Those who say "Trump is taking us back to the Gilded Age" are thinking way too small:
He's taking us back to a pre-Magna-Carta world.
For all their talk about borders, Trump & the broligarchs & the autocrats of the world don't care abt nations: they aim to rule as warlords over personal empires.
He's taking us back to a pre-Magna-Carta world.
For all their talk about borders, Trump & the broligarchs & the autocrats of the world don't care abt nations: they aim to rule as warlords over personal empires.
October 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Those who say "Trump is taking us back to the Gilded Age" are thinking way too small:
He's taking us back to a pre-Magna-Carta world.
For all their talk about borders, Trump & the broligarchs & the autocrats of the world don't care abt nations: they aim to rule as warlords over personal empires.
He's taking us back to a pre-Magna-Carta world.
For all their talk about borders, Trump & the broligarchs & the autocrats of the world don't care abt nations: they aim to rule as warlords over personal empires.
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My guess is that it's any of the aforementioned authoritarian regimes.
October 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My guess is that it's any of the aforementioned authoritarian regimes.
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In case anyone was wondering where they’re trying to go with this, it’s clearly targeting the children of undocumented immigrants:
The “mere-presence-at-birth rule…rewards illegal behavior in a manner no drafter or ratifier of the Citizenship Clause endorsed.”
The “mere-presence-at-birth rule…rewards illegal behavior in a manner no drafter or ratifier of the Citizenship Clause endorsed.”
24 states have filed a brief at the Supreme Court in support of the Trump administration's effort to curb birthright citizenship, suggesting that it is not correct to say the issue is "settled and beyond debate."
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
October 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In case anyone was wondering where they’re trying to go with this, it’s clearly targeting the children of undocumented immigrants:
The “mere-presence-at-birth rule…rewards illegal behavior in a manner no drafter or ratifier of the Citizenship Clause endorsed.”
The “mere-presence-at-birth rule…rewards illegal behavior in a manner no drafter or ratifier of the Citizenship Clause endorsed.”
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We can even make a game show out of it, “Who Wants to Dodge .50BMG for M4A”, like that one Korean Netflix series everyone wouldn’t shut the fuck up about
October 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We can even make a game show out of it, “Who Wants to Dodge .50BMG for M4A”, like that one Korean Netflix series everyone wouldn’t shut the fuck up about
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The thing is, we all see now that the U.S. Constitution was incapable of preventing autocracy, as has been the case for so many countries that patterned their governments after ours.
The goal should not be a return to normal. The goal should be creating a new, more resilient democratic government.
The goal should not be a return to normal. The goal should be creating a new, more resilient democratic government.
October 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The thing is, we all see now that the U.S. Constitution was incapable of preventing autocracy, as has been the case for so many countries that patterned their governments after ours.
The goal should not be a return to normal. The goal should be creating a new, more resilient democratic government.
The goal should not be a return to normal. The goal should be creating a new, more resilient democratic government.
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Trump Empowers Election Deniers, Still Fixated on 2020 Grievances
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Remind me:
What’s the word for an ideology that fuses corporations, religion, and the state in pursuit of military glory?
What’s the word for an ideology that fuses corporations, religion, and the state in pursuit of military glory?
Katherine Boyle, former Peter Thiel intern, says government is an enemy of families.
So she's investing in high-tech weaponry...for the government.
I shared my thoughts on her "American Dynamism" — a VC pitch-deck version of Christian nationalism.
NYT gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...
So she's investing in high-tech weaponry...for the government.
I shared my thoughts on her "American Dynamism" — a VC pitch-deck version of Christian nationalism.
NYT gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...
The Tech Right Gets Its Own Phyllis Schlafly
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Remind me:
What’s the word for an ideology that fuses corporations, religion, and the state in pursuit of military glory?
What’s the word for an ideology that fuses corporations, religion, and the state in pursuit of military glory?
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The American Mind, a Claremont publication, is coming for birth control, declaring in a new article by Scott Yenor that the birth control pill has had “grave consequences for our society...” 10/20/25… 1/ americanmind.org/salvo/rfk-sh...
RFK Should Grill the Pill
Though the perceived benefits of birth control are loudly and publicly celebrated, its costs need to be fully exposed.
americanmind.org
October 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The American Mind, a Claremont publication, is coming for birth control, declaring in a new article by Scott Yenor that the birth control pill has had “grave consequences for our society...” 10/20/25… 1/ americanmind.org/salvo/rfk-sh...
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Newsom will have to go beyond simply mimicking Trump, but for now he's at least jamming the conversation, and thank heavens he stopped trying to be a right-wing influencer.
Pritzker brings a moral seriousness and courage that has been lacking—making it clear he's not afraid to be arrested.
Pritzker brings a moral seriousness and courage that has been lacking—making it clear he's not afraid to be arrested.
October 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Newsom will have to go beyond simply mimicking Trump, but for now he's at least jamming the conversation, and thank heavens he stopped trying to be a right-wing influencer.
Pritzker brings a moral seriousness and courage that has been lacking—making it clear he's not afraid to be arrested.
Pritzker brings a moral seriousness and courage that has been lacking—making it clear he's not afraid to be arrested.
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NEW RESEARCH confirms:
Countering far-right messaging by repeating it mainstreams extremist ideas and amplifying extremist terminology cedes the framing of the issues to the right.
(I’ll add that social media “dunking” only serves to spread undesired content.)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Countering far-right messaging by repeating it mainstreams extremist ideas and amplifying extremist terminology cedes the framing of the issues to the right.
(I’ll add that social media “dunking” only serves to spread undesired content.)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
NEW RESEARCH confirms:
Countering far-right messaging by repeating it mainstreams extremist ideas and amplifying extremist terminology cedes the framing of the issues to the right.
(I’ll add that social media “dunking” only serves to spread undesired content.)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Countering far-right messaging by repeating it mainstreams extremist ideas and amplifying extremist terminology cedes the framing of the issues to the right.
(I’ll add that social media “dunking” only serves to spread undesired content.)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
October 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
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Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"
October 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Tesco had no rosemary yesterday.
On my way home I saw a huge rosemary bush in a garden, so I asked if I might have a single sprig.
The owner me gave me more rosemary than I’ll get through in a year, and lots of sage!
He told me to help myself any time.
Should we all have communal herb gardens?
On my way home I saw a huge rosemary bush in a garden, so I asked if I might have a single sprig.
The owner me gave me more rosemary than I’ll get through in a year, and lots of sage!
He told me to help myself any time.
Should we all have communal herb gardens?
October 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Tesco had no rosemary yesterday.
On my way home I saw a huge rosemary bush in a garden, so I asked if I might have a single sprig.
The owner me gave me more rosemary than I’ll get through in a year, and lots of sage!
He told me to help myself any time.
Should we all have communal herb gardens?
On my way home I saw a huge rosemary bush in a garden, so I asked if I might have a single sprig.
The owner me gave me more rosemary than I’ll get through in a year, and lots of sage!
He told me to help myself any time.
Should we all have communal herb gardens?
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You know, the Pope could excommunication this guy for being a lying dick
Also, punching down on the “least of these” because it scores points with the hateful MAGA base doesn’t seem very, you know, Christ-like
Also, punching down on the “least of these” because it scores points with the hateful MAGA base doesn’t seem very, you know, Christ-like
Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"
October 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
You know, the Pope could excommunication this guy for being a lying dick
Also, punching down on the “least of these” because it scores points with the hateful MAGA base doesn’t seem very, you know, Christ-like
Also, punching down on the “least of these” because it scores points with the hateful MAGA base doesn’t seem very, you know, Christ-like
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I keep saying the Supreme Court majority is stealing judicial power from the lower federal courts. The second paragraph of Kagan's dissent today illustrates precisely what I mean.
Justice Kagan writes a dissent, joined by Sotomayor and Jackson. The majority has “enabled the presidential usurpation of Congress‘s power of the purse”.
September 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I keep saying the Supreme Court majority is stealing judicial power from the lower federal courts. The second paragraph of Kagan's dissent today illustrates precisely what I mean.
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Wounded Knee is a dark stain upon our nation’s history. We must remember it for what it truly was, not for what white nationalists would have it be.
September 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Wounded Knee is a dark stain upon our nation’s history. We must remember it for what it truly was, not for what white nationalists would have it be.
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I'm going to start posting my Realtime Techpocalypse Newsletter articles on YouTube. Here's the first one -- on the diabolical reasons that Peter Thiel is obsessing over the Antichrist and Armageddon!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EuU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EuU...
Political Power of Eschatological Thinking: This Is Why Peter Thiel Is Talking About the Antichrist
YouTube video by Realtime Techpocalypse Newsletter
www.youtube.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I'm going to start posting my Realtime Techpocalypse Newsletter articles on YouTube. Here's the first one -- on the diabolical reasons that Peter Thiel is obsessing over the Antichrist and Armageddon!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EuU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EuU...
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Petition to Costco to continue providing mifepristone. Please sign:
sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
Tell Costco: Don't Cave to Extremists—Dispense Mifepristone Now!
Costco has announced that its pharmacies will NOT dispense mifepristone—a safe, FDA-approved abortion pill used in the majority of abortions nationwide. This dangerous decision is a concession to anti...
sign.moveon.org
September 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Petition to Costco to continue providing mifepristone. Please sign:
sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
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in the 23rd century historians are going to need have their Routledge Handbook of 21st-Century Internet Memes, their Cambridge Companion to 4Chan, and their Oxford Guidebook to Computer Gaming Culture handy to make sense of the rise of American fascism and the fall of the United States
September 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
in the 23rd century historians are going to need have their Routledge Handbook of 21st-Century Internet Memes, their Cambridge Companion to 4Chan, and their Oxford Guidebook to Computer Gaming Culture handy to make sense of the rise of American fascism and the fall of the United States
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A famous tech fascist recently lectured me on how "California was great in the 1970s"—before Democrats supposedly ruined it.
It was clear he had never heard of Gov. Pat Brown— or of Prop. 13, which slashed the public funding that created said greatness.
Computer intelligence ain't everything
It was clear he had never heard of Gov. Pat Brown— or of Prop. 13, which slashed the public funding that created said greatness.
Computer intelligence ain't everything
September 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A famous tech fascist recently lectured me on how "California was great in the 1970s"—before Democrats supposedly ruined it.
It was clear he had never heard of Gov. Pat Brown— or of Prop. 13, which slashed the public funding that created said greatness.
Computer intelligence ain't everything
It was clear he had never heard of Gov. Pat Brown— or of Prop. 13, which slashed the public funding that created said greatness.
Computer intelligence ain't everything