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@psoutham @Lazarou nodds in agreement…

We need an "anti-#Thiel" strategy (anti- #monopolization) strategy that empowers #OpenSource, #OpenStandards and only accepts #MultiVendor & #MultiProvider solutions that are #FLOSS as well as #SelfHosting capable (both in terms of "reproduceable builds" & auditable code as well as "you can set it ou yourself" & no bullshit setup)…

Because monopolization & #enshittification with #CCSS-#SaaS + #subscriptions is just bad and inherently #AntiUser and #AntiConsumer!

Instead #incentives must be set in terms of i.e. #EU-wide public funds for #DigitalInfrastructure that #rewards #FLOSS creation and enshures the #maintenance of said prijects.

And if that means they gotta pay thousands or even a million people #FullTimeEquivalent #MinimumWage as per their #juristiction then so be it!

Philip S. 🐧

@psoutham@infosec.exchange · 3 days ago

@Lazarou To expand upon that theme. It should also be politically winning moves to take the deliberate opposite actions and to not replicate any of steps, policies, or motivations that led to the creation of the US abomination of silicon valley when trying to assert our own digital sovereignty in UK/Europe. Now that we can see that their map/path inevitably leads to the oligarchic control of citizens and stripping of liberties, all enforced and enabled by a fascist government, it seems pretty obvious that the correct path is take the exact opposite one the US did. Anyone who suggests otherwise now that we have the answer key to the questions, "what will be the outcome of this policy", is not to be taken seriously and is purposefully pushing us in the same direction.

Kevin Karhan :verified:

@kkarhan@infosec.space replied · yesterday

@psoutham @Lazarou nodds in agreement…

Because monopolization & #enshittification with #CCSS-#SaaS + #subscriptions is just bad and inherently #AntiUser and #AntiConsumer!

Instead #incentives must be set in terms of i.e. #EU-wide public funds for #DigitalInfrastructure that #rewards #FLOSS creation and enshures the #maintenance of said prijects.

And if that means they gotta pay thousands or even a million people #FullTimeEquivalent #MinimumWage as per their #juristiction then so be it!

John Carlos Baez

@johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz · 5 days ago

Things are getting even stranger:

Peter Thiel is giving a series of lectures on the biblical Antichrist, organized by the Acts 17 Collective. “Acts” stands for “Acknowledging Christ in Technology and Society”.

In these talks, Thiel argues that the time is ripe for the Antichrist to rise to power, promising peace and safety by strangling technological progress with regulation.

He has previously suggested that Greta Thunberg could be the Antichrist. Now he's being more cagey about who's the lucky winner.

But okay: regulating big tech will bring on the Antichrist.

Meanwhile, NVIDIA announced that it intends to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI, who in turn promises to build 10 gigawatts worth of data centers using NVIDIA tech - but in undisclosed locations, working with partners who have not yet been named. It may not ever happen, but it looks like circular financing where NVIDIA pays to get Sam Altman to buy its stuff, and the investors actually funding this are supposed to go along with it.

The Antichrist is looking better every day....

https://archive.li/HcoiM

https://sfstandard.com/2025/09/23/spilled-peter-thiel-s-antichrist-secrets-now-s-banned-lectures/

https://openai.com/index/openai-nvidia-systems-partnership/

By the way, the Acts 17 Collective is run by Michelle Stephens, wife of a friend of Thiel's who runs a company specialized in AI-operated weapon systems: Anduril Industries.

Tweets where a reporter K Kulkarni announces that Peter Thiel is giving lectures on the Antichrist, and Michelle Stephens, head of the group that's running these lectures, says he won't be allowed to attend any future lectures.

MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘

@MugsysRapSheet@mastodon.social replied · 5 days ago

@johncarlosbaez
"#Thiel argues that the time is ripe for the #Antichrist to rise to power, PROMISING PEACE & SAFETY ("ended 7 wars") by strangling technological progress with regulation."

Uh... I think I found him: 🤔
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/climate/trump-climate-energy-united-nations-unga.html

https://www.nytimes.com

Trump to World: Green Energy Is a Scam and Climate Science Is From ‘Stupid People’

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DrALJONES

@DrALJONES@mastodon.social · 5 days ago

"The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism & the War on Global Democracy"

Author Gil Duran, Guardian podcast:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2025/aug/22/the-nerd-reich-how-tech-billionaires-infiltrated-trumps-white-house-podcast

#siliconValleyFascism#USPol #Europol #thiel #JDVance Trump #Racism #CurtisYarvin .

the Guardian

The ‘Nerd Reich’: how tech billionaires infiltrated the White House – podcast

This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the journalist Gil Duran about his upcoming book The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Global Democracy

DrALJONES

@DrALJONES@mastodon.social · 5 days ago

"The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism & the War on Global Democracy"

Author Gil Duran, Guardian podcast:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2025/aug/22/the-nerd-reich-how-tech-billionaires-infiltrated-trumps-white-house-podcast

#siliconValleyFascism#USPol #Europol #thiel #JDVance Trump #Racism #CurtisYarvin .

the Guardian

The ‘Nerd Reich’: how tech billionaires infiltrated the White House – podcast

This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the journalist Gil Duran about his upcoming book The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Global Democracy

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beSpacific

@bespacific@newsie.social · 5 days ago

Surprise - Not!! Newly released #Epstein estate documents obtained by House Oversight Democrats reveal that #ElonMusk, #SteveBannon #PeterThiel had scheduled interactions with #JeffreyEpstein years after his 2007 #sexoffender plea deal, including a tentative 2014 island visit by #musk a 2017 lunch with #Thiel, and a 2019 breakfast with #Bannon, further underscoring Epstein’s continued ties to powerful figures. @aaronparnas.substack.com #sextrafficking #victims #girls #survivors

beSpacific

@bespacific@newsie.social · 5 days ago

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Kim Perales

@KimPerales@toad.social · 6 days ago

🚨"House Oversight Committee Dems release new info about the 3rd batch of docs it received from the Epstein estate.

Among the findings, acc to Dem press release:

—“Within docs of Epstein’s schedule,🚨there's evidence that #Thiel & #Bannon had scheduled meetings with Epstein, as well as evidence of a pending trip by Elon Musk to Epstein’s island.”

—“Prince Andrew is listed as a passenger on Epstein’s aircraft...
-M Zanona

#Trump #Epstein #Musk #Projection #Protest #USPol
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/epstein-production-3rd-tranch_456.pdf

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Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog

@somebitslinks@tech.lgbt · 6 days ago

Peter Thiel eschatology: Tech leader is full-on bonkers, seeing the Antichrist's hand in efforts to fight climate change or regulate AI
https://sfstandard.com/2025/09/23/spilled-peter-thiel-s-antichrist-secrets-now-s-banned-lectures/
#batshitinsane #climatechange #antichrist #politics #eschaton #uspol #thiel #-

Peter Thiel’s Antichrist talk details revealed in leaked notes

The off-the-record lecture series has been shrouded in mystery. But notes leaked by tech worker Kshitij Kulkarni reveal details.

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Ben Royce 🇺🇦

@benroyce@mastodon.social · 7 days ago

@StillIRise1963

i think #thiel's on drugs

he's always sweaty, jumpy, eyes bulging and darting

these tech bros take #nootropics

which of course includes many different classes of mind altering substances, many benign

but i think their cocktail regimen also includes some fancy pharmaceutical/ chemical form of #methamphetamine

#adderrall being the big example

it has valid uses. not at the dose they probably take it

they're drug addicts out of their minds

just like their hero, #hitler

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

@Lazarou@mastodon.social · 6 days ago

"Friday Night Epstein Files Dump!"

#Epstein #USPOL #ElonMusk #Musk #SteveBannon #PeterThiel #Thiel