Progressives Lose Their Minds Following Healthcare CEO Assassination
after united healthcare ceo brian thompson was fatally shot by a masked killer in new york city, the response from progressives was glee
after united healthcare ceo brian thompson was fatally shot by a masked killer in new york city, the response from progressives was glee
pirate wires #129 // the case for an america that grows, breaking down the moon thesis
Mike Solanaa closer look at the state of âhealth twitter,â as framed by the recent discussions of two prominent authorities at the worldâs greatest conference for heretics
Riley Norkenraged by trumpâs win, radical feminists in the 4b movement are shaving their heads and pledging no dating, marriage, sex or kids. their male relatives find it refreshing.
Ethan Holmesa brief recap of the bangers you missed at the second day of hereticon II (admit it, you have fomo)
Pirate Wiresa brief recap of the bangers you missed at the first day of hereticon II (admit it, you have fomo)
Pirate Wireshow the national park service's 'yosemite mafia' is abusing federal power to enrich themselves, quash investigations, and threaten the adventurous american spirit
Brendan Weinsteintechcrunchâs wild spiral into madness reminds us of the stakes, a brief history of ânewâ media, and notes from pirate wires â what we knew, what we learned along the way, and where weâre going
Mike Solanascientists have tried for years to determine the cause of human sexuality, but female-to-male transsexuals and roided male bodybuilders may have already figured it out
Sanjana Friedmanfrom the christ-like resurrection of americaâs frat boy to the chadification of tech, anti-masculinity is over; chad maximalism has arrived
Mike Solanaa florida law that would prevent citizens of foreign adversaries like china from buying agricultural land and land near military bases has been halted by an activist judge for being racist
River Pageis the conservative war on cultivated meat a matter of protecting the beef lobby, protecting consumers, or a third more mysterious thing (owning the libs)?
River Pagenorth face is offering a 20% discount on gear to europeans who take their anti-racism course, and river took it so you don't have to
River Pagewhy is every new disney female protagonist being pigeonholed into the girlboss archetype?
Kat Rosenfieldpirate wires #113 // taylorâs demon bowl, the coordinates of power, torched waymo brings all the commies to the yard, âtech broâ press, and rise of the new elite
Mike Solanathe industry 23 // super bowl gaslighting, the White House is on TikTok, hostile tech billionaires, tech links
Mike Solanainside the intensive, three-day, no-expenses-spared medical check-ups catering solely to the ultra-rich and selective
Will Manidisas a foundational text of the western canon and the world's largest religion, the bible is key to understanding art, literature, and occasionally, the news.
River Pagewhy now is the time to build the greatest era of human civilization â and accelerate our world into the divine age
@bayeslord and Nadia Asparouhovathere are major factual issues with jonathan m. katzâs âatlanticâ article, âsubstack has a nazi problemâ
Jesse Singalpirate wires #111 // from harvard's "yay hamas" campaign to the end of DEI?; twitter abolished the Official Narrative, now culture's up for grabs, and anything is possible
Mike Solanahappy new year: pilots on shrooms, passengers weaponizing urine, planes without windows, mid-flight emergency exit mishaps, tiffany of course, and more
River Pagepirate wires #110 // from vibe shift to backlash, DEI is under siege; court rulings, academia's refusal to comply, and tech at a crossroads
Mike Solanahow a holiday created by a LAPD-armed black nationalist and convicted torturer who advocated the genocide of all white people became mainstream
River Pagethe glory days of stampedes, brawls, and shootouts over parking spaces are over. the old black friday is dead. long live the new black friday.
River Pagea treatise against all those "confront your racist relatives at thanksgiving" articles
River Pagemuslim immigration in the west has become a hot button issue. for some, it's just hot.
River Pagehow starbucks changed the meaning of fall forever
River Pagethe story of lake sam rayburn is a reminder that america used to build real, meaningful, big infrastructure projects that brought human flourishing to entire regions. what happened?
River Pagewhy are lgbt activists in hamtramck, michigan shocked that their all-muslim city government isn't socially progressive?
River Pageis our species in danger of facing a historical fertility crisis, or are western men just insecure about their masculinity?
Jordan Castropirate wires #105 // the internet made up a group of people at a version of burning man that doesn't exist, then celebrated a catastrophe that didn't happen. it was really weird and embarrassing.
Mike Solanapirate wires #102 // the "center for countering digital hate," a little bit of barbie, and what happens when atlas (fed up soccer moms) shrug? paging karen (please come back we're sorry)
Mike Solanathe case for domesticating raccoons, capuchin monkeys, culpeos, and even dik-diks to be our companions
River Pageon the â#landbackâ movement, social media turning americaâs #1 ice cream brand into a keyboard warrior, and why you canât âbud lightâ ben & jerryâs
River Pagesolana sits down with ben smith and kmele foster for a conversation about the rise and fall of new media, internet censorship, threads vs. twitter, and the future of the press
Mike Solanaon "multiple personality" tiktok, to be is to be perceived
River Pagepirate wires #99 // an unthinkable voyage to titanic concludes, marxists seize the discourse, dehumanizing "tech bros," and a final thought on risk for glory
Mike Solanapirate wires #98 // vice magazine still exists; rogan v. "the science" (but really a jealous media); reflecting back on covid authoritarianism, and onto the next pandemic
Mike Solanaelizabeth gilbertâs pointless self-cancellation perpetuates a destructive trend toward censorship in publishing, but also hints at a hopeful vibe shift
Kat Rosenfieldafter a video game trailer featuring an aztec warrior goes viral, posters bravely stand up against human sacrifice â and the knee-jerk defense of a uniquely evil society
River Pagethrough her artistry and public persona, taylor swift has cultivated a uniquely ball-busting fanbase which is now demanding that she break up with her boyfriend. his crime? riffing with the fellas.
River Pagepirate wires #96 // google nukes a whole ass historical record, our shapeshifting internet rewires the human mind, and is this the end of history? millennials hit hardest.
Mike Solanawhat began as an innocuous customer service meme now has the power to ruin the lives of one specific group of americans: white women
River Pagethis isnât mere âdiversity in casting"
River Pagein a complicated game of cultural domination, the american activist's rapidly accelerating war on language comes for the word "homeless"
River Pagethe dawn of ai: technocracy v. the artist class, grimes trains an AI clone, simulation theory, the optimistic moral imperative, abundance, and waking up the cosmic robot gods
Mike Solanawhen a string of âaccidentalâ drownings in chicago started to seem suspicious, a tiktoker took it upon himself to investigate; millions tuned in to see if the vigilante influencer could crack the case
Nick Russoa comprehensive list of grimes ai songs, plus everything you need to know about what she's doing with ai and music
Brandon Gorrellpirate wires #95 // trans bud light the musical, the daily wire's symbiotic relationship with dylan mulvaney, and our internet's designed to make us go insane. let's fix it.
Mike Solanajordan neely's tragic death had nothing to do with race and everything to do with the state's inability to deal with chronic mental illness
River PageThere is no American culture without appropriation, the whole world is doing it now, and weâre the only ones who feel bad about it. We shouldnât.
River Pagethe biden administration has facilitated a system of human trafficking that has upended 100 years of progress on child labor. stopping 16-year-olds in iowa from serving beer wonât change that
River Pagea guided tour of the meth subreddit â a shadow-people-haunted forest of madness and intrigue
River Pagewhy women online constantly encourage one another to escalate small or nonexistent misdeeds into existential relationship threats
Diana Fleischmanstanford just overwhelmingly elected two student leaders who ran on a campaign to restore the "organic, wacky, and inclusive spontaneity that made Stanford so special"
Nick Russothat is, if you have an actual goal
River Pagean army of nameless, faceless âsensitivity readers,â emboldened by a cannibalistic institutional culture, are altering some of the most beloved works of fiction in the english language
Kat Rosenfieldthe yaoi to trans pipeline exists, the real debate is over why
River Pagetradwifes aren't about patriarchy, white supremacy, sexual fetishism, or indoctrination â it's about women staying home, a luxury most can't afford
River Pagewhy the sedate culture wars of the 80s and 90s were replaced by a world where anyone can become a âtradâ or âtransâ influencer, as long as they can guess what those audiences guess they want to hear
Oliver Bateman Does the Workfat activists and a soap company are angry about brenden fraser's oscar win for his portrayal of a fat person in the whale. why did it strike such a chord?
River Pagepirate wires #91 // anti-aging tiktok trend, change: vice or virtue?, a healthy dose of tech optimism, and remembering what matters (immortality)
Mike Solanainside the 25,000+ community of people convinced the world is coming to an end imminently, and at its most extreme, valorizes climate-anxiety suicides as martyrdom
Sanjana Friedmanthe CDC designated long covid as a protected class. why does it have a disproportionate number of women, transgender people, and bisexuals?
River Pagethe untold story of pious vegan ideologues, militant activists, and raw milk maxxers in a battle for the soul of america
Zachary Emmanuelwhy is leonardo dicaprio a âcreepâ for dating younger women, but cher is a âcougarâ for dating younger men? is 25 too young to consent to elective surgery? should 16-year-olds be voting?
River Pagefull text of the new york times response to the glaad trans letter, and glaad's response to the new york times response
Brandon Gorrellthe rainbow lobby takes on the gray lady over its trans coverage
Max Meyerwill ai-generated content put human creators out of business, or will they leverage it to create fantasies for their fans on demand?
River Pagepirate wires #89 // twitter cracks reveal a vibe shift, #metoo v. a kindly juiced up god of gym bro justice, media moves, low interest rate phenomena, and dawn of a new paradigm
Mike Solanawe've all reacted to the AI porn that portrays people who donât actually exist. but what would your reaction be if the face on the fake porn was yours?
River Pagebreaking down a developing scandal that's a near perfect mix of tabloid gossip and AI ethics
Brandon Gorrellcolorado's affluent justice zealots launder their disdain for poor people with new law that masquerades as animal welfare
River Pagepirate wires #88 // great gas stove debate of 2023, collapse of american futura (the jetsons basically), bad art is terrorism no offense, and advice for tech bros: you need to be culturemaxxing
Mike Solanaamid Americaâs intractable opioid epidemic, a fentanyl vaccine offers a tantalizing glimmer of hope, and presents us with a perilous choice: should addicts be forced to take it?
Nick Russowhy a community of depressed young men with nothing to lose is convinced the only way out of their misery is gender transition
Sanjana Friedmanready player one. what did you get done this week?
Trae Stephens and Markie Wagner40% of Americans are obese, 71.6% of adults over 20 are overweight, and for the first time in decades, life expectancy is falling due to chronic illness. wtf is going on?
Justin Maresis being gay a choice? meet ex-gay twitter, a community of bisexual men who believe they can turn themselves straight with "hetero hypnosis porn"
River Pagea primer on the jones trial, and exposing the live wires of american power
Max Meyerfrom overnight social media fame to sugar-baby side hustles, america's elite young women are changing the rules of sex and class
Nikola Buskirkamidst wide concern over the rise of the right wing "book ban," a reality check, an exploration of the activist librarian, and a question: have we lost america's neutral public spaces?
Kat Rosenfieldpirate wires #73 // bodegas: the unlikely nexus of american culture, rise of the brodega mindset, and greta thunberg's anti-bro war on nuclear power
Mike Solanapirate wires #72 // from big tech to america's classroom, what are "gay rights" in a world without gay people?
Mike Solanapirate wires #70 // who are the âelite,â and what happens when they turn on each other? the rise of musk: new kind of status for a new kind of country
Mike Solanaan interview with mitch horowitz, author of occult america, on "damned data," the stubbornly natural occurrence of the supernatural, and how to make a wish come true.
Mike Solanafederal "disinformation board" falls apart, chief censor nina jankowicz resigns, and what the hell is going on at the washington post (cont'd)
Santi Ruizfor us to solve the challenges ahead, there needs to be an "us"
Ryan McEntushpirate wires #69 // all-out partisan war on musk, the washington post's hunter biden laptop fiasco, and journos please stop tweeting (that's an order)
Mike Solanapirate wires #68 // the rise of "moderate" political censorship, "astonishing individual freedom," and nourishing the soul's desire
Mike Solanapirate wires #62 // book bans coast to coast, math is racist, and okay listen: if our only options are censor or be censored, no hard feelings but it's time to torch the libraries
Mike Solanapirate wires #59 // covid narrative whiplash, the persistent craziness of lockdown forever squad, a little bit of insurrection, and maybe we should go outside
Mike Solanapirate wires #58 // recalling UFOs, the invisible virus, war on nuclear meets the war on space, and americaâs vanishing act
Mike Solanapirate wires #57 // inflation won't happen, doesn't exist, doesn't matter, is a good thing actually; tech anti-trust croynism; and why are broken people only ever blaming things that work?
Mike Solanaa deep dive into the equity hustlers destroying American education from top to bottom
Max Meyerpirate wires #48 // bernie sanders vs. apollo, bluecheck anti-moon crew logs on, billionaires in space!, and the slow redrafting of our heroic history continues
Mike Solanaa journey into the esoteric faith shaping the american fringe
Katherine Deefrom fursuits and sex stuff to literal communism, a primer for the unlikely subculture living on the frontlines of our culture war
Sonya Mannpirate wires #23 // san francisco techxodus (fact vs. twitter), strip mining palo alto for silicon (i guess), anatomy of a city hall disaster, and fight or flight?
Mike Solanaa journey through the dream world, and home again
Mike Solanareality crash, and a new state of being
Mike Solana