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Jeffrey Epstein Advised an Elon Musk Associate on Taking Tesla Private The financier recommended adding Margaret Thatcher to Tesla’s board, even though she had been dead for five years.

In 2018, after Musk infamously claimed that he had the funding to take Tesla private, his PR consultant went to Jeffrey Epstein for help convincing the Saudis to put up the cash he didn't actually have. Epstein also strategized on press coverage of Musk and recommended names for Tesla's board.

LEVINE: “.. you know, IRAN can look at Polymarket. .. You have not literally emailed the war plans to Iran, but in some probabilistic indirect Hayekian financial-markets-as-information-processors way, you kind of have.”

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Bluesky Map Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

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Exclusive | SpaceX Seeks Early Index Entry as It Prepares Massive IPO Advisers to company CEO Elon Musk have reached out to major index providers seeking ways to secure earlier inclusion in market benchmarks to lift shares

WSJ: SpaceX trying to push the bag onto index investors ASAP.

Can’t describe how predatory this is and if index providers carve out an exception for them or other large IPOs it’ll be a huge hit to their credibility IMO.

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Issue 100 – Freedom of all kinds is worth fighting for As masked agents execute people and terrorize communities, crypto executives who spent years posting about freedom fall conspicuously silent — except when writing checks for the politicians enabling i...

As ICE terrorizes communities, crypto executives who spent years posting about freedom have gone conspicuously silent. But behind the scenes, they’ve contributed at least $315 million — more than double their record 2024 spending — to elect more lawmakers to enable this administration.

he's gonna do some dumb shit like merge X, SpaceX, and xAI just so he can name the new company "XXX"

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Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

It was inevitable.

Maybe they had bone spurs...

DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.

Having followed Pulte's meme stock shinanigans and his stupid Brandon Jones SLAPP lawsuit and was drug into it, it is wild to me that such an incompetent loser that even his own family doesn't like is in the position he is in.

YouTube video by Patrick Boyle Why the DOJ is Suing Jerome Powell

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🤔 In 2021, Kip Mock of Moscow ID accidentally set his pal, Elijah Froh, on fire by pouring diesel on a fire. Mock & Froh were later were hired by Valar Atomics—founded by their pal, Isaiah Taylor, a high school dropout from Moscow, ID who somehow landed a DOE contract to build a nuclear reactor. 1/

Adventures in Post-America.

The Epstein Files Are Worse Than You Think | Patrick Boyle

I was interviewed by Demetri Kofinas on Hidden Forces this week about the Epstein files and why these things are difficult to discuss on YouTube. Here is a link: open.spotify.com/episode/7Jqq...

H/t to @mayfaircynic.bsky.social who suggested the Secret Maps exhibit at the British Library.

Where else would you see a beautiful map of the world, an Enigma Machine, an AirTag and Lady Mountbatten’s underpants.

YouTube video by Patrick Boyle Trump vs. The World

An exhaustive and dispassionate analysis of the new US foreign policy doctrine based on might makes right, by @pboyle.bsky.social.

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Republican bullies deploy more threats against the UK to protect their big tech corporate allies.

I’ve complained about a lot of outlets’ coverage of this but WIRED has been covering it pretty well

The whole article is incredible…

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That’s why HAVN designed the EMF-blocking beanie. Powered by our proprietary WaveStopper™ Technology, it forms a barrier that blocks over 99% of WiFi, 5G, and Bluetooth radiation right where it matters most: your brain.

They gentrified the tinfoil hat

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Time magazine AI architects cover except they’re all Lyle Lanley