Woke 2
pirate wires #162 // “woke 1 was crazy,” revolution in the democratic party, and how to talk to normie libs (or partisan hacks) who think “the DSA is just like trump”

pirate wires #162 // “woke 1 was crazy,” revolution in the democratic party, and how to talk to normie libs (or partisan hacks) who think “the DSA is just like trump”


the company didn't die because of investors, sexual harassment charges, or going 'woke' — it died because our founder stopped believing in the product that made us famous

a new musical based on the life of luigi mangione seeks to 'interrogate' political violence — the audience celebrated it

a reformed crack fiend and a charismatic online racist walk into a philadelphia motel room…

six years post-pandemic, gavin newsom has finally ordered most state employees back to the office. on r/CAStateWorkers, armageddon has commenced.

pirate wires #161 // democrats around the country are pushing for the abolition of private property. what happens to a country that turns on the men who build? a word from the vanished city of detroit

uwe boll’s film, banned in germany, features reformed cannibal armie hammer as a vigilante exacting revenge for migrant crime. is this “good right-wing art”? or bad right-wing pandering?

a star is born // the former president’s troubled son is making waves on 𝕏, talking about bar fights, and hinting at a presidential run. is it time to “take another crack with a biden?”

the chaos unfolding inside the cbs newsroom isn't about trump; it's about whether established media can learn to be... fun

looksmaxxing streamers, nineteen-year-old e-girls, and the digital disconnect between creators and superfans

an indictment of endless metropolitan noise, a history of american ruckus, and the argument for a high-tech, culturally enabled tranquility

inside rfk jr’s powwow, deep in texas hill country, to save american agriculture through the power of artificial intelligence (and capitalism)