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Jeffrey Epstein Invested With Peter Thiel, and His Estate Is Reaping Millions

Also telling that over 8 hours of lectures, Thiel seems to make no mention of Epstein, who some might consider the embodiment of the "antichrist."

Gotta wonder why.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/b...

This isn't to say you shouldn't do stories on what he says, but perhaps to include a little more context or skepticism. He's a (very successful) capitalist maximizing returns who likes saying provocative stuff to get a rise out of people.

If you listen to enough Thiel, you realize that he repeats himself. In the past, there have been repeated references to Star Wars and Star Trek. Recently, he's been fixated on comparing Greta Thunberg to the antichrist. Just because he's packaged stuff into "off record" lectures doesn't mean its new

Most of the time Thiel speaks publicly or does a flurry of press, it's part of a branding strategy. He's once-again establishing him as the zany contrarian. It sets him apart as he's going out to invest or raise funding.

It's strange seeing a bunch of outlets pub stories about Thiel's antichrist lectures and label them as exclusives. For one, they aren't exclusive if a source offered the same material to half the tech press.

It's also kind of silly for folks just to parrot Thiel when he's saying this:

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

we were on adam's pod a year ago and gave him a book! nice to see him feature it there.

yea lol i was his reporting partner on that

lol

California enacts law to prevent sexual abuse in K-12 schools following Business Insider investigation The new legislation comes after a 2023 Business Insider investigation into sexual misconduct at a California high school.

Business Insider wrote up a story on how some of their past investigative work led to a new California law. The story is strangely unbylined.

The reason perhaps? The publication recently laid off the reporter behind that investigation, Matt Drange.

www.businessinsider.com/california-e...

Elon Musk once said he would pursue former Twitter execs to the ends of the earth. Instead, he just settled their $128 million lawsuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

thank u Kitty

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

I told them I would pay!!!!!!!

Hell yea hope he enjoyed

thanks TJ!

If you've been waiting to read Character Limit because there's been a lot going on (or you just had better shit to do), our book is available today only in the UK on Kindle for £0.99.

www.amazon.co.uk/Character-Li...

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

let’s do the fucking news

But sure let’s judge her based on her “business”.

If that’s the case, what are her business metrics? I haven’t seen anything about the FP’s underlying numbers and whether or not they justify a reported $150 million purchase price.

Ah yes let us not judge her based on the words that come out of her own mouth but rather whether or not she created shareholder value

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love to pollute a city and use up its water supply so that people can be horny online

How Elon Musk Is Bringing Sexy A.I. Chatbots to the Mainstream

she did it. @kateconger.com got waifus into the gray lady.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/t...

It’s two sentences

thank you!

New article from The Free Press My Favorite Actress Is Not Human “Not everyone is happy about this gorgeous innovation,” writes Tyler Cowen. Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI. By Tyler Cowen 10.02.25

Paramount is about to pay $150 million for this

‘Biometric Exit’ Quietly Expands Across U.S. Airports, Unnerving Some

who voted for this www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/t...

On one hand, not smart of Harris to call Ulbricht this given fentanyl took off a few years after he was arrested in 2013.

At the same time, I don't think "I didn't help distribute fentanyl but actually it was other drugs" is a particularly effective argument for Ulbricht.

how do you do fellow kids