California writer. Ida Tarbell stan. Beat: tech fascism, billionaire extremism, network state, crypto cartels.
Writing: “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Global Democracy.”
The Nerd Reich: http://www.thenerdreich.com
Gil Durán
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perv glasses are in europe’s crosshairs. i definitely want to see quick progress on this.
INVESTIGATION: 🚨 A Polymarket exec used a personal PayPal account to pay major political influencers like Riley Gaines and Brian Krassenstein, who then hyped how "accurate" Polymarket is at predicting outcomes.
We uncovered $350,000+ flowing to influencers this way
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
Cameras in spectacles have lawmakers and regulators alarmed of surveillance risks.
www.politico.eu
The company’s chief marketing officer, Matthew Modabber, used a personal PayPal account to send money to content creators, according to records reviewed by POLITICO.
It’s official: a nutty former Fox host will face an empty suit Democrat in the California governor’s race.
O tempo! O mores!
Gil Durán
A 5-minute video on how Vance is entirely Thiel's creation & if Vance becomes president, it will be Dubya & Cheney redux with Thiel as Cheney.
The scary thing is you know all these points. But he pulls them tight enough to make you want to loosen your collar.
Today on The Daily Blast, @gregsargent.bsky.social talks to @gilduran.com about why the California contests infuriate Trump, why this saga represents a larger failure of Trump-MAGA online propaganda, and why that has heartening deeper implications. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
