still finishing a doctorate on the Silicon Valley ideology @oxfordhistory
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quite extraordinary that he hasn’t even bothered to read the Wikipedia article on the British constitution - and yet he will co-lead the entity radically reforming the US state
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Elon vs NOLS hacks is something I did not see coming
This is illegal
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This is not illegal. As per FEC “Although foreign nationals may not make contributions or expenditures in connection with any federal, state or local election, an individual who is a foreign national may participate in campaign activities as an uncompensated volunteer.”
fec.gov/help-candidate…
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Sci-fi as theology is indispensable to understanding Silicon Valley ideology
I just want to remind everyone, that I’m drawing from professed atheists. Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Gene Roddenberry, the list goes on. Look at all their work. It’s the same religious jargon that they condemned Christians for. Why?
Because Atheism is really boring. /7
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An essential thread on how the Treasury Brain currently embraced by the new government is an historic millstone on the UK’s economic potential
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Waiting for David Starkey to conclude that far-right rioting was caused by whites becoming too white bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-1451351…
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the culture warriors have decided they don’t like history after all
Fuck, and I mean this politely, off.
We paid the director of the National Gallery almost 300 grand in 2022-23 and gave his institution 31 million in taxpayer cash
How about in return not desecrating one of our greatest pieces of cultural heritage?
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07…
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The dystopian power of social media was overhyped, but the amount of far-right content X is now pushing onto feeds is concerning
Andy Haldane - Abandon caution, embrace risk: a growth recipe for Labour on.ft.com/4cuKoxD
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Anecdotally saw lots of people reposting Greens’ message that it was safe not to vote Lab this time all over Instagram
