matt

matt

@skeptocapital.com

Investor anti-technofascist @ www.skeptocapital.com I run a lot Go Blue!

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There’s never been anyone whose involvement more completely and immediately poisons vibes and destroys joy. No good thing survives contact.

REBECCA LOWE: alexi, what do you think of this inclement weather LALAS: well, it ruins the momentum, players need to adapt ZLATAN: Alexi is the antichrist and I will strike him down with a terrible fury HENRY: (face that says “Sacre bleu!”) #worldcup

Well, I mean, I don’t know if anyone expected turkeys to be able to play soccer, their legs are pretty short

CBS Sports Golazo@cbssportsgolazo-m.bsky.social

Yes, you're reading this correctly 😳 Tough scenes for Türkiye ➡️

Humility is the last thing anyone in Peter Thiel’s orbit practices

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD VANCE: I was a critic of Donald Trump back in 2015 and '16 and now I'm sitting here as the vice president BEHAR: Yeah. What happened? VANCE: Well, Joy, a little humility, actually

Who knew that gawker outing Peter Thiel would butterfly effect its way to the destruction of journalism at the hands of tech leaders a decade later

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

> @nytimes.com $PSKY www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/b...

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the president is raiding the treasury to put your tax dollars into this mans personal checking account as a reward for what hes doing in this picture

This is how we end up with tech leaders touting California Forever, Network States, and recall campaigns for reasons like “too woke” Cc @gilduran.com

Quinta Jurecic@qjurecic.bsky.social

The problem—which both the GOP and the milquetoast institutionalists seem to not be grappling with here—is that the more you close off avenues of political change through the democratic process, the more you push people to see extra-institutional mechanisms as their only option

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I will seriously vote for any politician who runs on a dual platform of: 1. Prosecute DOGE 2. Find out whose hand Kash Patel’s girlfriend was holding

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This bullet point from Alex Karp/Palantir’s latest diatribe strikes me as the best representation of the whole project. “The elite’s intolerance of religious beliefs…” Let me stop you right there, Alex. You just made that up. That isn’t a thing in 2026 America.

In case anyone is wondering, that’s definitely Jerry Falwell Jr. he’s healing

Joe Sonka 😐@joesonka.lpm.org

He posted this right after the “Pope Leo is weak on crime and foreign policy” post

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Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that. Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best. Welcome home, Integrity crew!

I know this is unpopular, but... it is possible to be both pro-tech/pro-innovation *and* also to be fiercely opposed to this current presidential administration - arguably the most corrupt in our lifetimes.

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This isn’t normal and we have to say that out loud.

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social

JUST IN: Trump unleashes two big rants against #SCOTUS & Boasberg, judge who blocked the Powell grand jury subpoena. Trump makes clear a deep-seated grudge against the justices, particularly for not intervening in 2020 election

It’s really simple: Trump’s donors (anduril, palantir, and the Gundo Bros) make more from war than from building infrastructure at home

Let’s be honest, Garry tan would try to get Mamdani recalled for this

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Extremely predictable (in fact, predicted by basically everyone) but still a little shocking that Team USA had its best Winter Olympics ever and the Trump administration didn’t celebrate any of the winners until the men’s hockey team, which they are celebrating A LOT

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Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum. Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.

Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams

Bari is leaving to become a Partner at Founders Fund

Ben Mullin@benmullin.bsky.social

NEWS: Bari Weiss will hold an all-hands meeting to discuss the future of CBS News tomorrow, per note that just went out to employees.

Can someone explain why ICE raids aren’t taking place in Miami, or Orange County, or South Dakota, or suburban Philadelphia? Oh, because Stephen Miller doesn’t have a need to create fear in them.

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This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars

Any congress that hadn’t totally abdicated its responsibility would be dragging Kristi Noem in front of a committee right now at worst, calling for her resignation at best.