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1/ when i wrote my post on Epstein's #crypto connections I forgot #IsabelMaxwell (#Ghislaine's sister) was connected to #BrockPierce even before she invited Pierce to speak at epstein's #Mindshift conference.

Brock Pierce is a big nexus of connection from #Epstein to things like crypto and confirmed pedophile rings (other than his own).

both Maxwell & Pierce were socially close to a crypto broette named #AutumnRadke who died under extremely mysterious circumstances back in 2014. most people think she "fell out of a window", putin style.

* Epstein/Crypto: universeodon.com/@cryptadamist
* NY Post on Radke's death: nypost.com/2014/03/06/bitcoin-

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#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Epstein's Cryptic Touch

Jeffrey Epstein touched the cryptoverse in a lot of inappropriate places. While no one has yet found any kind of smoking gun tying #Epstein directly to the creation of any major #crypto firms or technologies the timing, nature, and frequency of Epstein’s touchpoints to an industry that more or less exists solely to facilitate #moneylaundering on the scale of a medium sized nation state coupled with his vast and unexplained wealth and many connections to international intelligence agencies is what the kids today commonly describe as “sus”.

Retoots appreciated.

cryptadamus.substack.com/p/cry

The Private Fiefdom as Planetary Project

Raymond Craib reviews five new books to show that we ignore “Freedom Cities” and proprietary states at our peril.

lareviewofbooks.org/article/th

We must pay close attention to these libertarian schemes, even though History shows these projects fail spectacularly, as we see the rising influence of Silicon Valley billionaires.

Los Angeles Review of Books · The Private Fiefdom as Planetary Project | Los Angeles Review of BooksRaymond Craib reviews five new books to show that we ignore “Freedom Cities” and proprietary states at our peril.

Theo Wold—senior counselor at Peter Thiel’s Palantir—celebrates the idea of revoking Washington D.C.’s home rule, thus enabling a federal takeover of D.C. Might this be a first step toward making DC a “Freedom City” & giving Thiel or one of his surrogates control of the District? #NetworkState 1/

i guess "god's wrath will throw fire upon the sodomites" is what passes for a #libertarian take in 2025, because this is one of the main guys trying to build the #NetworkState.

(he's the CEO of #Praxis, "the world's first digital nation" that's funded by a lot of the crypto bros including Peter Thiel, #Balaji, Joe Lonsdale, the #Winklevoss twins, #Paradigm (big crypto fund), a #Worldcoin guy, and a bunch of others). cc: @gilduran.com @gilduran

* the tweet: x.com/drydenwtbrown/status/193
* more on Dryden Brown: motherjones.com/politics/2023/

#pride#lgbt#Thiel

$215 million fine for a San Francisco based AI/fintech (and I'm assuming crypto) VC fund GVA Capital that was laundering money for russian oligarchs (at least until someone makes some "arrangements" with the #Trump family)

few understand the extent to which a lot of these tech VC funds exist mainly as ways to launder / re-onshore criminal assets...

(h/t @cybeardjm)
ofac.treasury.gov/media/934366

#uspol #uspolitics #nerdreich #sanfrancisco #SFpol #russia #ukraine #putin #SuleimanKerimov #corruption #NetworkState #Ukrainewar #sanctions #GVACapital #VentureCapital #AI #fintech #Putin #OFAC #crypto

Un article dans Libé du 29/05 sur le concept des "Network States" et autres "Freedom Cities" très en vogue chez les libertariens nourris aux mamelles de la Silicon Valley.

Original : liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/
Archive : archive.ph/cuAnP

PS: je travaille sur un long post sur ce sujet pour mon blog depuis un certain temps. A suivre...

Libération · «Network states» : les rêves de sécession des rois de la techBy Nastasia Hadjadji

Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale recently accused Balaji Srinivasan of “insane CCP thinking” for not getting behind the project of fusing Silicon Valley to the Pentagon.

It exposed a disagreement on how to best expand the power of the tech elite, but not on tech’s deeper right-wing turn.

disconnect.blog/p/the-ideologi

Disconnect · The ideological rift on the tech rightBy Paris Marx
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podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/

#TheNerdReich podcast : Journalist #GilDuran exposes the #NetworkState, the latest in a long line of libertarian ideologies.

Based on the ideas of people like Patri Friedman, Balaji Srinavasan, Curtis Yarvin and other such ilk, the movement aims to dismantle the American governement in favour of a network of federated states, all competing for citizens.

The ideology has found a home in the second Trump admin and is gaining momentum quickly.

This podcast discusses what it is, where it came from, and how to stop the spread

Apple PodcastsThe Nerd Reich with Gil DuranPodcast Episode · Dave Troy Presents · S3 E7 · 1h 10m