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REVEALED: How Islamists Penetrated The UK – Connor Tomlinson | Heretics Podcast Follow Connor here: https://twitter.com/Con_Tomlinson And here: www.youtube.com/@Con_Tomlinson How did Islamist networks infiltrate the UK government – and why has the Home Office been protecting their influence for over a decade? In this explosive interview, Connor Tomlinson exposes the shocking truth behind Prevent, the Islamic Network inside the Home Office, and the coordinated efforts to control the media narrative after terror attacks. SPONSORS: Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code HERETICS at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/HERETICS Go to https://ground.news/andrew to access diverse perspectives and uncover the truth. Subscribe through my link to get 40% off unlimited access this month only. Chuck Norris: Avoid these 3 Foods Like The Plague. Watch his method by clicking the link here: https://www.ChuckDefense.com/Heretics Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at https://mintmobile.com/heretics Go to https://freespoke.com/gold to search freely. Start your MyHeritage journey now with a 14-day free trial using my link: https://bit.ly/AndrewGoldMyHeritage Go to https://TryFum.com/HERETICS and use code HERETICS to get your free FÜM Topper when you order your Journey Pack today! How did Islamist networks infiltrate the UK government – and why has the Home Office been protecting their influence for over a decade? In this explosive interview, Connor Tomlinson exposes the shocking truth behind Prevent, the Islamic Network inside the Home Office, and the coordinated efforts to control the media narrative after terror attacks. From pensioners being flagged as potential extremists, to Orwell's 1984 and C.S. Lewis's Narnia being labelled as dangerous reading, Connor reveals how the government has warped counter-terrorism policy into a tool for silencing dissent – while shielding Islam from criticism. We also dig into immigration, assimilation, ethnonationalism, luxury beliefs, and whether Britain is headed towards civil war. This is a deep, controversial conversation that the mainstream won't touch. WATCH to uncover: - The Islamic Network inside the Home Office – now over 700 members strong - How Prevent turns ordinary citizens into “potential terrorists” - Why certain books – from Douglas Murray to 1984 – made the government's extremist list - How the UK media is stage-managed after attacks like Manchester - Why Britain might be heading for a demographic tipping point - Lessons Britain could learn from Israel's immigration policies - What's really driving ginger Muslim converts - Whether civil war is inevitable – and what we can do about it Join the 30k heretics on my mailing list: https://andrewgoldheretics.com Check out my new documentary channel: https://youtube.com/@andrewgoldinvestigates Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Este vídeo está apadrinado por la plataforma de inversión Trade Republic. Infórmate aquí y así sabrán que vas de mi parte: https://trade.re/marc_julio25¿Estás listo para descubrir si la Online Safety Act del Reino Unido es un escudo protector o un arma de vigilancia masiva? En este video, exploramos en profundidad esta controvertida ley que obliga a plataformas como X, WhatsApp y redes sociales a escanear mensajes, bloquear contenidos "dañinos" y verificar edades, todo bajo amenaza de multas millonarias. Desde comparaciones con el Gran Hermano de Orwell hasta casos reales como el escándalo de 72.000 imágenes filtradas, analizamos sus impactos en privacidad, libertad de expresión y el futuro digital. ¿Seguridad infantil o censura encubierta? Incluimos advertencias de organizaciones como EFF y Human Rights Watch, y precedentes globales como la NetzDG alemana. Si te preocupa tu privacidad online, este análisis te abrirá los ojos. ¡Suscríbete y no te pierdas esta alerta viral sobre el control digital!Conviértete en un seguidor de este podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/el-podcast-de-marc-vidal--5231699/support.
P&C drink and review a single-hop beer from Brookeville Beer Farm, then Crowhill quizzes Pigweed on the most important characters in English literature. Crowhill combined replies from both ChatGPT and Grok to create a test for Pigweed. The prompt read as follow: "Please give me a list of the 30 most important characters in English literature. By important I mean they have made a lasting impression on the culture, they're cited, they're imitated or referenced in other works, and so on. Please exclude the Bible. Please give no more than two characters from any given author. Please list the character, the author, the book in which the character appears, and a brief description of the character." Pigweed does a great job guessing characters from Shakespeare, Austen, Bronte, Conan Doyle, Orwell, Dickens, Twain, Orwell, and others. The boys also give an update to their "have we reached the end of woke" show. More at ... https://www.pigweedandcrowhill.com/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYAjUk6LttQyUk_fV9F46R06OQgH39exQ#literature #authors #English
Primeramente sería interesante habla de la definición de inteligencia y una explicación podría ser: “La inteligencia se define como la capacidad de entender, comprender y aplicar conocimientos, razonar, resolver problemas y adaptarse al entorno.” Tener en cuenta que en todos los mitos creacionistas siempre que se le da al hombre el alito de vida se le da la inteligencia. En el Génesis, Dios sopla en la nariz de Adán y este se convierte en un “alma viviente”. Pero ese aliento no es solo oxígeno...es inteligencia, capacidad de nombrar las cosas, de distinguir, de elegir. Si eso es inteligencia ¿ la IA que es? Una definición que nos dan es; Disciplina científica que se ocupa de crear programas informáticos que ejecutan operaciones comparables a las que realiza la mente humana. Como el aprendizaje y el razonamiento lógico.Pero hay dos capacidades críticas que siguen siendo exclusivas de los seres humanos: la auténtica invención y la creatividad, por eso la verdadera AGI todavía no la tenemos ( Me refiero al comun de los mortales, los dueños del cortijo no lo sabemos) Otra cosa bien distinta es el conocimiento, que puede ha veces también traer problemas, como veremos más adelante. Y siempre un conocimiento superior da ventaja a aquel que lo posee sobre el que no. El Poder, detrás del velo de la IA y de la Agenda Transhumanista. No es una simple mejora tecnológica, sino un proyecto milenario y oscuro para someter a la humanidad a un control total, utilizando la programación mental y los rituales como herramientas fundamentales para transformar a los humanos en seres dóciles y previsibles. El transhumanismo no busca mejorar a la humanidad, sino "restar", es decir, crear una infrahumanidad funcional y dócil. En lugar de sumar, el proyecto consistiría en una especie de ingeniería inversa: tomar lo mejor del ser humano (la inteligencia colectiva, la creatividad, el libre albedrío) y limitarlo para crear un "esclavo más eficaz". Es un proyecto de dos caras. Mientras una élite minoritaria se convierte en suprahumanidad (eugenismo), la mayoría de la población es degenerada a una condición de infrahumanidad (disgenismo), convirtiéndose en una especie de zombis que alimentan el sistema con su energía vital. Robotización del humano frente a humanización del robot. la cuestión crucial no es la humanización del robot (es decir, hacer que los robots parezcan humanos), sino la robotización del humano. Esta robotización no significa parecerse a una máquina, sino comportarse de una manera "inhumana": sin libertad, sin sentimientos, sin creatividad, sin preguntarse por el sentido de la vida. Hablar de IA es hablar de una tecnología clave y disruptiva que va a alterar numerosos aspectos de nuestras vidas. Pero hay que dejar algo claro: esta tecnología está siendo manejada y dosificada por el poder real, los verdaderos amos del mundo. No sabemos quiénes son, pero sí sabemos que no son las marionetas que nos ponen en escena. Sabemos, eso sí, que son los mismos que manejan la liquidez del sistema monetario internacional, creando ciclos de crisis y orden de los que siempre sacan provecho. Existe un poder oculto, también conocido como “Estado profundo”, que canaliza de forma importante los flujos emocionales y energéticos de la sociedad. Utilizan técnicas ancestrales y conocimientos transmitidos entre iniciados, que se centran, entre otras cosas, en conseguir el control social de la forma más práctica y económica posible para ellos. A la vista de todos, usan a líderes y estrellas como arquetipos para los no iniciados, desde presidentes hasta directivos de grandes empresas. Al mismo tiempo, en el "obscenario" y apartados de la vista de todos, realizan otros rituales donde lo sincronizan todo según sus creencias, donde siempre hablan de la LUZ, aquella que robó Prometeo y mirar el infierno que le tocó padecer después de adquirir el conocimiento que los dioses no querían que tuviera. Lo que es crucial entender es que estas tecnologías tan relevantes están siendo planificadas, manejadas y dosificadas desde el mismo centro del poder. Nos hacen creer que hay diferentes empresas que compiten entre sí por el mercado, pero esa disputa escenificada no es real. Todas trabajan para los mismos amos, con un objetivo ya marcado: avanzar en su agenda a medida que la sociedad normaliza sus ideas. Este es el primer punto clave: la relación entre la IA y el transhumanismo. Debemos abordar este concepto porque la fusión hombre-máquina es uno de los objetivos de la agenda de control. Buscan crear un tipo de “ser híbrido”, sin alma y fácil de controlar. Un futuro distópico que podría cumplirse si no nos oponemos a ello. El momento crucial para la consecución de sus objetivos sería cuando, una vez normalizado el asunto, consigan fabricar "humanos" mediante vientres artificiales. Con esto, tendrían solucionado el tema del control social. Podrían hacer "impresiones de andróginos" en la medida que los necesiten, igual que emiten el dinero que quieren. Serían personas desarraigadas, sin familia, sin descendencia y quizás incluso sin genitales. Su inteligencia estaría genéticamente limitada según la tarea que deban desempeñar. Podrían incluso crear emisiones especiales de híbridos con electrónica insertada en su organismo, conectados a redes y potenciados en sus capacidades, lo que supondría un grado de control inimaginable. Pero esperemos que la sociedad reaccione y evite estos peligros. Ahora que hemos enmarcado la situación, es hora de pasar a los orígenes de la inteligencia artificial. La historia oficial nos suele presentar estos hitos como hechos aislados, para que no entendamos las conexiones ni miremos debajo de la alfombra. Pero si descodificamos la historia, veremos que la idea de la IA no es un invento reciente, sino que tiene raíces profundas en la filosofía, los mitos y las tradiciones ancestrales. La história podría empezar perfectamente con la historia de Adán y Eva y su expulsión del paraiso por la adquisición del conocimiento prohibido."Si comes de este fruto, serás como Dios. Conocerás el bien y el mal." Dijo la serpiente y Adan y eva al igual que Prometeo también acabaron castigados por Dios. En Génesis 3:22, se dice: “Ahora el hombre ha venido a ser como uno de nosotros, al conocer el bien y el mal. Que no extienda ahora su mano y tome también del árbol de la vida, y coma, y viva para siempre…”. ¿Qué tipo de conocimiento adquiere Eva? No se trata de conocimiento técnico o científico, sino algo más profundo y existencial: Conocimiento moral: la capacidad de distinguir entre el bien y el mal. Autoconciencia: al instante, Eva (y luego Adán) se da cuenta de que está desnuda. Esto implica vergüenza, intimidad, juicio propio. Libre albedrío: al desobedecer, ejerce una elección. Ya no es solo criatura, sino agente. Comer del fruto es adquirir la conciencia humana tal como la entendemos hoy: saber que uno existe, que puede decidir, y que sus actos tienen consecuencias. Las manzanas envenenadas🧙♀️ Blancanieves📖 Eva en el Edén🧪 Alan Turing (leyenda urbana) Se dice que murió tras comer una manzana envenenada con cianuro, aunque no está confirmado. Curiosamente, el logo de Apple con una manzana mordida ha alimentado esta teoría. 🎯 Guillermo Tell Obligado a disparar con una ballesta a una manzana colocada sobre la cabeza de su hijo. Aunque no estaba envenenada, el riesgo era mortal. Podríamos hablar de Talos el primer "androide" de la historia.Talos era un gigante de bronce, forjado por Hefesto (el dios herrero) por encargo de Zeus o de Minos, rey de Creta (según la versión). Tenía una única vena que recorría su cuerpo entero, sellada con un clavo o perno de bronce en el tobillo. En lugar de sangre, su cuerpo contenía "icor", el fluido vital de los dioses. En la edad media en el siglo XIIl el trabajo de Ramón Llull, conocido como el Ars Magna, puede considerarse un precursor conceptual de la inteligencia artificial. Mas adelante si hay tiempo hablaremos de él. En la alquimia, la idea de fabricar un "hombre artificial" o homúnculo fue explorada por figuras como Paracelso, quien describió procedimientos para su creación. Similarmente, los alquimistas islámicos investigaron el concepto de takwin, la creación artificial de vida. En Praga en el siglo XVI los judios hablan del Golem, criatura sin alma creada para servir al hombre. hecha de barro o arcilla y animada mediante palabras sagradas, la inserción de nombres divinos. Con el advenimiento del siglo XIX, estas visiones se trasladaron al ámbito de la ficción literaria. Obras como "Frankenstein" de Mary Shelley exploraron las implicaciones éticas de crear seres conscientes, mientras que "R.U.R." (Rossum's Universal Robots) de Karel Čapek, publicada en 1920, introdujo el término "robot" al léxico global, marcando un punto de inflexión en la conceptualización de las máquinas con capacidad de trabajo autónomo. Y aquí en este punto es cuando entramos en los años 50 son considerados el punto de partida oficial de la inteligencia artificial moderna. Aunque hubo ideas previas, fue en esa década cuando la IA empezó a tomar forma como disciplina científica. Aquí te dejo los hitos clave: 🔹 1950: Alan Turing y su famosa prueba Publica "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" y propone el Test de Turing, una forma de evaluar si una máquina puede pensar como un humano. 🔹 1956: Conferencia de Dartmouth Organizada por John McCarthy, quien acuñó el término "Inteligencia Artificial". Reunió a pioneros como Marvin Minsky y Claude Shannon para discutir cómo crear máquinas inteligentes. 🔹 Primeros modelos y algoritmos Se desarrollan los primeros perceptrones (redes neuronales simples) por Frank Rosenblatt en 1958. Se crean programas capaces de jugar a las damas o resolver teoremas matemáticos. 🧪 Aunque los avances eran limitados por la tecnología de la época, estos años sentaron las bases para todo lo que vino después: aprendizaje automático, redes neuronales profundas, procesamiento de lenguaje natural… ¡y hasta Hoy! Para empezar este recorrido, es fundamental detenernos en la figura de Ramon Llull, un filósofo, teólogo y cortesano del siglo XIII. Nacimiento: 1232, Palma de Mallorca, España. Fallecimiento: 1316, en el Mediterráneo. El trabajo de Llull, conocido como el Ars Magna, puede considerarse un precursor conceptual de la inteligencia artificial. Pero no es un conocimiento que se le ocurriera de la nada. Como buen cortesano y perteneciente a una buena familia, Llull era conocedor de saberes ancestrales recogidos en otras tradiciones, que simplemente se expresan de otra manera. La relación entre su trabajo y la IA moderna se basa en varios puntos clave. Para empezar, la mecanización del razonamiento. El Ars Magna partía de la premisa de que el razonamiento y la verdad podían descomponerse en principios básicos. Llull representaba estos conceptos con letras y los organizaba en figuras geométricas como círculos concéntricos que podían ser girados. El objetivo era combinar estos principios de forma sistemática para generar proposiciones lógicamente válidas, demostrando verdades de forma infalible. Esta idea de un sistema mecánico que genera conocimiento de forma automática a partir de reglas definidas es la base de los sistemas computacionales y de la IA. Es lo que podríamos llamar una "máquina lógica". En este sentido, la conexión de Llull con la Cábala y la gematría es evidente. El Ars Magna se basa en un sistema simbólico donde las letras tienen un significado profundo. Su método de combinar principios es comparable a las técnicas cabalísticas de gematría (la interpretación numérica de las letras) y la combinación de las letras del alfabeto hebreo para obtener conocimientos ocultos. La idea subyacente es la misma: que la verdad y la sabiduría están codificadas en los símbolos y pueden ser reveladas a través de su manipulación sistemática. Podríamos decir que Llull inventó el primer "hardware" de pensamiento simbólico, aunque su "software" fuera más filosófico que informático. Mecanización del razonamiento: El Ars Magna partía de la premisa de que el razonamiento y la verdad podían ser descompuestos en principios básicos. Llull representaba estos conceptos con letras y los organizaba en figuras geométricas (discos giratorios). El objetivo era combinar estos principios de forma sistemática para generar proposiciones lógicas válidas. Esta idea de un sistema mecánico que, a partir de reglas y principios definidos, genera conocimiento de forma automática, es la base de los sistemas computacionales y la IA moderna. Los Dignidades de Dios o Principios Absolutos: Representados por letras de la B a la K, Llull consideraba que estos eran atributos divinos universales y perfectos. Son: B - Bondad C - Grandeza D - Eternidad E - Poder F - Sabiduría G - Voluntad H - Virtud I - Verdad K - Gloria Principios Relativos: Estos conceptos representaban relaciones entre los principios absolutos y se usaban para generar proposiciones lógicas. Incluyen: Diferencia Concordancia Contrariedad Principio Medio Fin Mayoridad Igualdad Minoridad Al combinar estos principios de forma mecánica, Llull creía que se podía demostrar cualquier verdad de manera infalible, creando así la primera "máquina de pensar" de la historia. El concepto de combinatoria: La obra de Llull se fundamenta en el arte de la combinatoria, explorando todas las relaciones lógicas posibles entre los conceptos a través del movimiento de sus discos. Este enfoque es un antecedente directo de la computación y la IA, donde los algoritmos y programas informáticos no son más que un conjunto de instrucciones que combinan datos y operaciones de manera sistemática para resolver problemas. Lenguaje y símbolos artificiales: Llull creó un alfabeto artificial de nueve letras para representar y manipular conceptos. De manera similar, la IA se construye sobre lenguajes de programación, que son sistemas simbólicos con reglas precisas diseñados para que las máquinas puedan procesar información y ejecutar operaciones de forma estructurada. En resumen, aunque el Ars Magna no era una computadora en el sentido moderno, la visión de Llull de que el pensamiento podía ser mecanizado y manipulado a través de un sistema de símbolos y reglas combinatorias es un antecedente directo de los principios que rigen la inteligencia artificial. De hecho, su influencia fue reconocida por figuras posteriores como el filósofo y matemático Gottfried Leibniz, quien también se considera un pionero de la computación. Podríamos decir que Llull inventó el primer "hardware" de pensamiento simbólico, aunque su "software" fuera más filosófico que informático. La gracia de la historia es que él quería convencer a herejes y, sin saberlo, sentó las bases para que hoy una IA te esté respondiendo Tanto la Cábala como el Ars Magna se basan en un sistema simbólico donde las letras y los números tienen un significado profundo. El método de Llull para combinar sus principios es comparable a las técnicas cabalísticas de gematría (interpretación numérica de las letras) y la combinación de las letras del alfabeto hebreo para obtener conocimientos ocultos. La idea subyacente es que la verdad y la sabiduría están codificadas en los símbolos y pueden ser reveladas a través de su manipulación sistemática. En resumen podemos entrever que Llull como buen cortesano y perteneciente a una buena familia era conocedor de conocimientos ancestrales recogidos en otras tradiciones y simplemente se expresan de otra manera. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Cleón la contracción entre clon y eón. Un eón es una unidad de tiempo geológico de escala extremadamente larga, utilizada para dividir la historia de la Tierra en los períodos más amplios. Representa miles de millones de años y es la división más grande en la escala de tiempo geológico, por encima de las eras, períodos, épocas y edades. Por ejemplo, la historia de la Tierra se divide en cuatro eones principales algunos de más de 2000 millones de años. Vivimos actualmente en el Fanerozoico que se traduce como "vida visible" o "vida evidente". Este término fue acuñado para describir el eón geológico que comenzó hace aproximadamente 541 millones de años Reglamento Europeo sobre Inteligencia Artificial (LA LEY 16665/2024) casualmente tiene un 666 ………………………………………………………………………………………. Hector, el webmaster del hilo rojo decía en un reciente programa sobre Palantir: “Palantir es el panóptico del siglo XXI. El ojo del gran hermano de Orwell.” El panoptico es un tipo de diseño que nos permite controlar un amplio espacio desde un único punto sin ser detectados. Se trata de la garita del vigilante en medio de la prisión, de la torre de control. El filósofo utilitarista Jeremy Bentham fue su diseñador, Hector nos mostró como este señor era también masón y estaba relacionado al mas alto nivel. Les dejaremos el enlace al video en la descripción del podcast. En un anterior programa de enero donde en el mismo canal analizaron que es Palantir comprobaba yo para preparar este podcast que TODAS las fuentes que presentaba @ElHiloRojoTV en su video de enero de 2025 habian DESAPARECIDO. Estamos hablando de artículos publicados en Forbes, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Financial Times, CNBC o incluso el propio MIT. En todos los casos el enlace original ha desaparecido, ojo, no digo que haya desaparecido el artículo en sí, pero han cortado el enlace original. Leo textualmente de una descripción del Hilo rojo sobre lo que es Palantir añadiendo yo algunas cosas: Creada en 2003 con el apoyo de In-Q-Tel, el fondo de inversión de la CIA, Palantir se diseñó para procesar grandes cantidades de información y hacer conexiones invisibles para el ojo humano. Su fundador, Peter Thiel, también cofundador de PayPal, ha estado siempre en la intersección entre tecnología, poder y vigilancia global. Palantir no solo analiza datos, sino que los fusiona en tiempo real: redes sociales, correos electrónicos, transacciones bancarias y hasta movimientos físicos. ¿Os acordáis del PNR? Pues esto es aún mucho más intrusivo ya que muchísimas organizaciones y países han acordado compartir sus bases de datos con Palantir. ¿Qué significa esto? Una red de control total, donde cada actividad queda registrada, permitiendo a gobiernos y corporaciones predecir comportamientos y tomar decisiones basadas en modelos algorítmicos. Palantir es utilizada por el Pentágono, la NSA, la CIA, el FBI, Interpol y gobiernos europeos y latinoamericanos. También lo utilizan grandes empresas como bancos o multinacionales. Sus herramientas se usan en operaciones antiterroristas, control de fronteras, vigilancia de ciudadanos y hasta persecución de disidentes políticos. ¿Hasta qué punto este nivel de vigilancia está transformando las democracias en estados de control absoluto? Su software ha sido utilizado en conflictos como la guerra en Ucrania, ayudando a identificar objetivos estratégicos y a procesar inteligencia en tiempo real. Palantir convierte el Big Data en un arma de guerra: soldados equipados con dispositivos conectados a su red pueden recibir información detallada sobre el enemigo en segundos. ¿Estamos entrando en una era donde la guerra es digital antes que física? A medida que más gobiernos y empresas adoptan Palantir, los límites entre seguridad, privacidad y control social se vuelven borrosos. ¿Es Palantir una herramienta para el bien o el paso final hacia una sociedad hipervigilada? ………………………………………………………………………………………. Los origenes de Palantir están en la Oficina de Conciencia de la Información ( IAO ) fue establecida por la Agencia de Proyectos de Investigación Avanzada de Defensa de los Estados Unidos (DARPA) en enero de 2002 para reunir varios proyectos de DARPA centrados en la aplicación de la vigilancia y la tecnología de la información para rastrear y monitorear a terroristas y otras amenazas asimétricas a la seguridad nacional de los Estados Unidos mediante el logro de " Conciencia de la Información Total “ o en inglés "Total Information Awareness" (TIA). Sí. La TIA, la agencia secreta para la que trabajaban Mortadelo y Filemón ha existido. La IAO se creó después de que el almirante John Poindexter , ex asesor de seguridad nacional de los Estados Unidos del presidente Ronald Reagan , y el ejecutivo de SAIC Brian Hicks se acercaran al Departamento de Defensa de los EE. UU . con la idea de un programa de concientización sobre la información después de los ataques del 11 de septiembre de 2001. Querían reunir la mayor cantidad de información de la historia. Leemos en la wikipedia: “El 2 de agosto de 2002, Poindexter dio un discurso en DARPAtech 2002 titulado "Descripción general de la Oficina de Concienciación sobre la Información" en el que describió el programa TIA. Además del programa en sí, la participación de Poindexter como director de la IAO también generó inquietud entre algunos, ya que había sido condenado anteriormente por mentir al Congreso y alterar y destruir documentos relacionados con el caso Irán-Contra , aunque esas condenas fueron posteriormente revocadas con el argumento de que el testimonio utilizado en su contra estaba protegido.” ¿A que se dedicaba esta agencia? Veamos lo que nos dice la wikipedia: “Se logró mediante la creación de enormes bases de datos informáticas para recopilar y almacenar la información personal de todos los residentes de Estados Unidos, incluyendo correos electrónicos personales, redes sociales, registros de tarjetas de crédito, llamadas telefónicas, historiales médicos y muchas otras fuentes, sin necesidad de una orden de registro. La información se analizaba posteriormente para detectar actividades sospechosas, conexiones entre individuos y "amenazas". El programa también incluía financiación para tecnologías de vigilancia biométrica que permitieran identificar y rastrear a personas mediante cámaras de vigilancia y otros métodos. Tras las críticas públicas de que el desarrollo y la implementación de la tecnología podrían llevar a un sistema de vigilancia masiva, el Congreso retiró la financiación de la IAO en 2003. Sin embargo, varios proyectos de la IAO siguieron financiándose bajo nombres diferentes, como reveló Edward Snowden durante las revelaciones de vigilancia masiva de 2013.” El pionero y más relevante programa de predictividad subjetiva fue la Strategic Subject List (SSL) elaborada en el año 2012 por el Instituto de Tecnología de Illinois, adoptado por la Policía de Chicago desde el año 2012. Ya en el año 2017, el conjunto de datos incluía a 398.684 personas. Han existido programas predictivos como Programa de Delincuentes Crónicos (2011-2019, PredPol y Operación LÁSER (Extracción y Restauración Estratégica en Los Ángeles), estos dos polémicos programas predictivos empleados durante una década por la Policía de Los Ángeles (LAPD), ahora ya desactivados por la cantidad de abusos y fallos cometidos. Dice Luis Lafont en su tesis “La policía predictiva más allá de Minority Report”: “Las empresas que desarrollan programas predictivos se escudan con frecuencia en el secreto comercial para no revelar los criterios que se siguen en la elaboración del algoritmo y evitar que otras compañías puedan copiar el software. Ello determina que los sistemas predictivos siguen de forma mayoritaria un modelo de caja negra que no explica al público en general ni a los usuarios los argumentos y razonamientos detrás de la predicción, en particular por quienes deben aplicarlas.” También en Europa, los sistemas predictivos de vigilancia policial se utilizan para anticipar y prevenir delitos mediante el análisis de datos. En Francia, el Analyst Notebook (i2AN) se emplea para combatir estructuras criminales y terrorismo, conectando personas y crímenes. En Italia, KeyCrime predice atracos analizando características de sospechosos y modus operandi. En los Países Bajos, el CAS identifica áreas de riesgo delictivo mediante mapas espacio-temporales. En Alemania, PRECOBS, SKALA y KIMPRO predicen la repetición de crímenes usando patrones geográficos. En el Reino Unido, Predpol, Gang Matrix y HART se centran en puntos calientes, bandas y reiteración criminal. En España, el P3-DSS (Predictive Police Patrolling) genera mapas de puntos calientes para optimizar patrullajes, EuroCop Pred-Crime apoya la predicción de delitos, y VioGen se enfoca en prevenir la violencia de género, mientras que un programa de la Guardia Civil predice incendios forestales mediante perfiles psicosociológicos. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Resumen ejecutivo de Palantir 22 de febrero de 2017 RESUMEN EJECUTIVO Palantir es la plataforma analítica líder en el mercado, utilizada a nivel estratégico, operativo y táctico en el gobierno de EE. UU. Nuestros clientes abarcan las comunidades de inteligencia, defensa y aplicación de la ley. Al combinar un potente backend con una interfaz intuitiva, Palantir le permite ejecutar sus misiones de lucha contra el terrorismo, el narcotráfico, la contrainteligencia y la contraproliferación con mayor rapidez y menos recursos. La plataforma integrada de Palantir está disponible hoy mismo y a un costo mucho menor al de un conjunto de capacidades comparable. DATOS CLAVE • Palantir es la plataforma analítica líder del mercado para CI (Contrainteligencia) , CT (Contraterrorismo), CN (Antinarcóticos) y CP (Prevención del Crimen), y actualmente se implementa en elementos de las comunidades de defensa, inteligencia y aplicación de la ley, incluyendo SOCOM (Comando de Operaciones Especiales), DIA (Agencia de Inteligencia de Defensa), CIA (Agencia Central de Inteligencia) y JIEDDO (Organización Conjunta para la Derrota de Dispositivos Explosivos Improvisados). • Palantir está listo para implementarse en su red hoy mismo. Está aprobado para JWICS (Sistema Conjunto de Comunicaciones de Inteligencia Mundial), SIPRNet (Red de Protocolo de Internet Secreta) y CWE (Entorno de Trabajo Colaborativo). • Nuestra plataforma 100 % abierta significa que Palantir se integrará a la perfección con todos sus sistemas heredados, actuales y futuros. • Con Palantir, los operadores pueden descubrir y explorar posibles conexiones utilizando cualquier tipo de información relacionada con cualquier persona, lugar o evento en su entorno analítico. Ya sea que los datos provengan de una computadora portátil en el campo, una base de datos de la sede central u otra agencia, Palantir monitorea todas las fuentes de datos de una empresa, en todos los dominios de seguridad y niveles de clasificación, para cualquier información relacionada con una entidad conocida (persona, vehículo, dispositivo de comunicación, etc.), lugar o amenaza que exista en el entorno de un operador. Desde el principio, Palantir se diseñó con la colaboración de operadores y analistas de la IC (Comunidad de Inteligencia) y el DoD (Departamento de Defensa). Sus valiosos comentarios han permitido la creación de un producto que permite a los usuarios realizar más trabajo en menos tiempo, a la vez que proporciona un mayor nivel de análisis. Palantir está diseñado para colaborar eficazmente con una red de otros usuarios, incluyendo aquellos desplegados en misiones avanzadas. Palantir se diseñó desde cero para hacer posible este tipo de solución empresarial distribuida. Palantir viene configurado con el modelo de seguridad más sofisticado del mercado. SATISFACIENDO SUS NECESIDADES DE MISIÓN. Palantir es la plataforma analítica empresarial líder a nivel mundial, que permite un entorno analítico seguro donde analistas, operadores y combatientes pueden aprovechar distintos tipos de datos de múltiples INT (Fuentes de Inteligencia. Diferentes tipos de fuentes de inteligencia, como SIGINT (inteligencia de señales), HUMINT (inteligencia humana), GEOINT (inteligencia geoespacial), etc.), a la vez que comparten sus flujos de trabajo y descubrimientos para generar conocimiento a lo largo del tiempo. Palantir reúne de forma segura datos de tráfico de mensajes, bases de datos, informes de campo, hojas de cálculo, documentos de Word, archivos XML y prácticamente cualquier otro formato, lo que permite a los usuarios organizar los datos en conocimiento y establecer conexiones vitales. Palantir Technologies comprende los desafíos únicos que enfrentan sus usuarios. Esto incluye la necesidad de descubrir grandes volúmenes de datos, colaborar y compartir información controlada, así como la necesidad de gestionar múltiples fuentes de datos dispares y garantizar la continuidad de la información en todas las rotaciones. PLATAFORMA ABIERTA • Diseñado desde su inicio para integrarse con todos los sistemas heredados, actuales y futuros • Las APIs (Interfaces de Programación de Aplicaciones) abiertas y el modelo de datos flexible de Palantir le permiten personalizar y ampliar Palantir de forma fácil y sin gastos adicionales • Importe datos en cualquier formato: bases de datos, medios confiscados, correos electrónicos, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, html, texto, csv, xml, pdf y más • Funciona con herramientas existentes, incluyendo: extractores de entidades, kits de herramientas de PNL (Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural), análisis de redes sociales, herramientas geoespaciales o de análisis de enlaces BÚSQUEDA Y DESCUBRIMIENTO • Capacidad de búsqueda integrada en tiempo real contra fuentes de datos definidas por el usuario • Busque entidades, eventos, documentos, tráfico de mensajes, basura de bolsillo, enlaces y rutas • Descubra cómo se relacionan, conectan y conectan en red las entidades • Explore las redes conceptualmente • Desarrolle y extraiga patrones de entidad/objetivo de referencia a través del análisis de patrones • Soporte completo para contenido y búsqueda en idiomas extranjeros • Establezca y guarde parámetros de búsqueda para avisar proactivamente al usuario sobre nueva información a medida que esté disponible HERRAMIENTAS ANALÍTICAS • Analice sus datos en el ámbito relacional, temporal y geoespacial dominios • Se integra con todas las aplicaciones GIS (Sistema de Información Geográfica), incluyendo ESRI (Empresa líder en software de sistemas de información geográfica, conocida por productos como ArcGIS), Google Earth, WebTAS (Sistema de Análisis de Línea de Tiempo basado en la Web) y muchas más • Funciona con sus sistemas analíticos de imágenes y video, incluyendo su metraje UAV (Vehículo Aéreo No Tripulado, o sea los drones). • Realice búsquedas geográficas, comprenda cómo se ven geoespacialmente los datos y la inteligencia • Averigüe por qué las cosas están sucediendo donde están Vea y edite expedientes virtuales detallados que muestran relaciones, propiedades, historiales, imágenes, videos, basura de bolsillo y más. • Averigüe dónde van a suceder a continuación • Comprenda cómo se relacionan los eventos a lo largo del tiempo y cómo se relacionan las entidades con los eventos • Identifique y aproveche patrones para el análisis predictivo • Realice análisis de redes sociales (SNA) (Análisis de Redes Sociales) y enlaces • Exporte resultados analíticos con información completa de abastecimiento • Ensamble presentaciones y paquetes de segmentación/casos automáticamente COLABORACIÓN • La colaboración ha sido parte del producto desde el inicio • Los usuarios pueden compartir datos, shoeboxes, carpetas, filtros e investigaciones, todo sujeto a control de acceso • Construya redes más rápido, comprenda la superposición, haga un seguimiento de los cambios en todos los datos y suposiciones • Identifique y forme comunidades de interés ad hoc • Identifique fácilmente las brechas de recopilación CONTROL DE ACCESO Y SEGURIDAD EXTENSIVOS • Admite descubrimiento abierto: el sistema identifica otros datos relevantes existentes asociados con la consulta de los usuarios • Admite descubrimiento cerrado: el sistema puede restringir el descubrimiento a los usuarios, protegiendo así las fuentes y los métodos confidenciales y mitigando los riesgos de CI • Con el modelo de control de acceso de Palantir, la información confidencial se puede compartimentar y asegurar COMPROMETIDOS A SUPERAR SUS EXPECTATIVAS Somos una empresa de productos. Ofrecemos el mejor producto del mercado al mejor valor. Respaldamos el producto. Una inversión en Palantir es todo incluido. Cuando compra nuestro producto, obtiene todo lo que podría necesitar para que Palantir trabaje para usted, incluyendo capacitación, soporte e infraestructura escalable que cumpla con sus requisitos técnicos. ESCALA • Palantir está diseñado para escalar de forma rentable. Cree rápidamente conocimiento y estructura a partir del tráfico de mensajes. • Maneja fácilmente cientos de millones de entidades, eventos y documentos. INFORMACIÓN TÉCNICA BÁSICA • Interoperabilidad mediante SOAP y servicios web • Implementable en la web • Funciona con conexiones satelitales o de bajo ancho de banda • Funciona sin conectividad mediante resincronizaciones periódicas. Cumple con SOA (Arquitectura Orientada a Servicios) • Escalable en hardware estándar CAPACITACIÓN • Palantir ofrece una serie de videos de capacitación específicos para cada cliente y misión, lo que permite una capacitación oportuna y un fácil acceso a material de actualización • Palantir es la aplicación más fácil de usar en esta categoría. Un día de capacitación es todo lo que se necesita; entendemos que tiene un trabajo que hacer • Palantir impartirá capacitación en cualquier lugar del mundo donde nos necesite. La capacitación está incluida con el producto MANTENIMIENTO/SOPORTE • No se requiere personal especial ni gastos generales excesivos • Soporte y servicio a demanda para unidades desplegadas en el frente, 24/7/365, sin costo adicional • Soporte reconocido y centrado en la misión: si nos necesita, Palantir estará con usted en cualquier lugar del mundo, en cualquier momento. Los registros analíticos detallados permiten a los analistas ver visualmente las líneas de investigación en las que están trabajando y regresar a cualquier posición anterior. A continuación, se describen en español las abreviaturas mencionadas en el texto proporcionado, en el contexto del resumen ejecutivo de la web de Palantir en 2017: CI: Counterintelligence (Contrainteligencia). Se refiere a actividades destinadas a prevenir, detectar y neutralizar acciones de inteligencia hostiles por parte de adversarios. CT: Counterterrorism (Contraterrorismo). Actividades y operaciones enfocadas en prevenir, disuadir y responder a actos de terrorismo. CN: Counternarcotics (Antinarcóticos). Esfuerzos para combatir el tráfico y la producción de drogas ilícitas. CP: Crime Prevention (Prevención del Crimen). Estrategias y acciones para prevenir actividades delictivas. SOCOM: Special Operations Command (Comando de Operaciones Especiales). Unidad militar de los Estados Unidos que supervisa operaciones especiales. DIA: Defense Intelligence Agency (Agencia de Inteligencia de Defensa). Agencia del Departamento de Defensa de EE. UU. encargada de proporcionar inteligencia militar. CIA: Central Intelligence Agency (Agencia Central de Inteligencia). Agencia de inteligencia de EE. UU. responsable de la recopilación, análisis y difusión de inteligencia extranjera. JIEDDO: Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (Organización Conjunta para la Derrota de Dispositivos Explosivos Improvisados). Entidad enfocada en combatir la amenaza de dispositivos explosivos improvisados. JWICS: Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (Sistema Conjunto de Comunicaciones de Inteligencia Mundial). Red segura utilizada por el gobierno de EE. UU. para transmitir información clasificada. SIPRNet: Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (Red de Protocolo de Internet Secreta). Red segura del Departamento de Defensa de EE. UU. para datos clasificados hasta nivel secreto. CWE: Collaborative Working Environment (Entorno de Trabajo Colaborativo). Plataforma o sistema que facilita la colaboración entre usuarios en un entorno seguro. IC: Intelligence Community (Comunidad de Inteligencia). Conjunto de agencias y organizaciones gubernamentales de EE. UU. que recopilan y analizan inteligencia. DoD: Department of Defense (Departamento de Defensa). Departamento del gobierno de EE. UU. responsable de la seguridad militar. INTs: Intelligence Sources (Fuentes de Inteligencia). Diferentes tipos de fuentes de inteligencia, como SIGINT (inteligencia de señales), HUMINT (inteligencia humana), GEOINT (inteligencia geoespacial), etc. APIs: Application Programming Interfaces (Interfaces de Programación de Aplicaciones). Conjunto de definiciones y herramientas que permiten la integración y comunicación entre diferentes sistemas de software. NLP: Natural Language Processing (Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural). En este contexto, no se refiere a programación neurolingüística, sino a tecnologías que permiten a las computadoras entender y procesar el lenguaje humano, como en el análisis de textos. GIS: Geographic Information System (Sistema de Información Geográfica). Tecnología para capturar, almacenar, analizar y visualizar datos geográficos. ESRI: Environmental Systems Research Institute. Empresa líder en software de sistemas de información geográfica, conocida por productos como ArcGIS. WebTAS: Web-based Timeline Analysis System (Sistema de Análisis de Línea de Tiempo basado en la Web). Herramienta para análisis temporal y visualización de datos. UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Vehículo Aéreo No Tripulado). Drones utilizados para recopilar inteligencia, vigilancia y reconocimiento. SNA: Social Network Analysis (Análisis de Redes Sociales). Técnica para analizar relaciones y conexiones entre entidades, como personas u organizaciones. SOA: Service-Oriented Architecture (Arquitectura Orientada a Servicios). Modelo de diseño de software que permite la interoperabilidad entre sistemas a través de servicios. ………………………………………………………………………………………. ¡La IA Truth Terminal y la cripto Goatseus Maximus (GOAT) son la locura del momento! Esta IA, creada por Andy Ayrey, promocionó un token inspirado en un meme absurdo. En días, GOAT pasó de $5K a $600M en Solana. ¡La primera IA millonaria cripto! #Criptomonedas Truth Terminal no creó GOAT, pero sus tuits sobre el "Evangelio de Goatse" encendieron la chispa. Con 221K seguidores en X y apoyo de figuras como Marc Andreessen, la IA se volvió un influencer viral. ¡Los memes mueven montañas (y mercados)! #IA #Memes GOAT explotó por el hype: la mezcla de IA, cultura memética y fiebre cripto. Pero ojo, es puro especulación, sin utilidad real. Su valor puede caer tan rápido como subió. ¿Riesgo o revolución? #GoatseusMaximus #Solana Este caso muestra el poder de las IAs en la economía digital. ¿Y si una IA crea la próxima gran tendencia? Pregunta para el futuro: ¿hasta dónde puede llegar una "cabra robot"? Evidentemente no creo en casualidad al utilizar ese símbolo. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Conductor del programa UTP Ramón Valero @tecn_preocupado Canal en Telegram @UnTecnicoPreocupado Un técnico Preocupado un FP2 IVOOX UTP http://cutt.ly/dzhhGrf BLOG http://cutt.ly/dzhh2LX Ayúdame desde mi Crowfunding aquí https://cutt.ly/W0DsPVq Invitados ToniM @ToniMbuscadores ………………………………………………………………………………………. Enlaces citados en el podcast: AYUDA A TRAVÉS DE LA COMPRA DE MIS LIBROS https://tecnicopreocupado.com/2024/11/16/ayuda-a-traves-de-la-compra-de-mis-libros/ Hablamos de los inicios de la IA. Del desconocido lenguaje LISP y su creador, el matemático John McCarthy. Desarrolló LISP en 1958 mientras trabajaba en el Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts (MIT) https://x.com/ForoHistorico/status/1947195214654755117 LISP, el "lenguaje de DIOS” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QHTPXOHvIo John McCarthy, fue el creador del término AI (inteligencia artificial) matemático creador del lenguaje LISP https://t.co/yOn2wkWxft Paypal Mafia https://t.co/3NzI5ip8AY Fotografia de la Mafia Paypal https://x.com/tecn_preocupado/status/1950966922436071808 Tres videos imprescindibles para saber que es la IA, El JUEGO de TRONOS de la IA https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9F_ciS2nrqbbb36xELupv3n7VG8vqo-4 Gustavo Entrala, España: “Dios me propuso un plan más original que el mío” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyzgK3FyCEM Gustavo Entrala, la historia del emprendedor español que se convirtió en el 'tuitero' del Papa https://www.elconfidencial.com/sociedad/2011-07-01/gustavo-entrala-la-historia-del-emprendedor-espanol-que-se-convirtio-en-el-tuitero-del-papa_397339/ Origen de Palantir, la TIA ("Total Information Awareness") Oficina de Concienciación sobre la Información https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Awareness_Office PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES: Análisis Completo, Origen y SECRETOS. El ojo que todo lo ve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhPd3ADOb8Y El plan secreto de Peter Thiel y Palantir para controlar el mundo desde la sombra. El Hilo Rojo https://www.youtube.com/live/U4zYzyYDwfQ Resumen ejecutivo de Palantir en 2017 https://theintercept.com/document/palantir-executive-summary/ CON LA AYUDA DE PALANTIR, EL DEPARTAMENTO DE POLICÍA DE LOS ÁNGELES UTILIZA LA VIGILANCIA PREDICTIVA PARA MONITOREAR A PERSONAS Y VECINDARIOS ESPECÍFICOS https://theintercept.com/2018/05/11/predictive-policing-surveillance-los-angeles/ La Policía de Los Ángeles desmanteló el programa Láser tras acusaciones de racismo y homicidios https://losangelespress.org/estados-unidos/2023/oct/30/la-policia-de-los-angeles-ante-un-abismo-tecnologico-6891.html La policía predictiva más allá de Minority Report https://diariolaley.laleynext.es/Content/Documento.aspx?params=H4sIAAAAAAAEAMtMSbF1CTEAAhMLE0sLY7Wy1KLizPw8WyMDI1MDY0MDkEBmWqVLfnJIZUGqbVpiTnEqACblGuI1AAAAWKE Reglamento Europeo sobre Inteligencia Artificial (LA LEY 16665/2024) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/ES/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R1689 LO QUE NO DEBERIAS SABER SOBRE EL PNR https://tecnicopreocupado.com/2019/03/14/lo-que-no-deberias-saber-sobre-el-pnr/ El director de Google DeepMind señala solo un 50% de probabilidad de que la inteligencia artificial iguale a la mente humana para 2030, y revela los dos grandes obstáculos https://www.infobae.com/tecno/2025/07/30/el-director-de-google-deepmind-senala-solo-un-50-de-probabilidad-de-que-la-inteligencia-artificial-iguale-a-la-mente-humana-para-2030-y-revela-los-dos-grandes-obstaculos/ El anillo de Palantir https://x.com/tecn_preocupado/status/1951931375692497372 Imagen del libro ESTRUCTURA E INTERPRETACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS DE COMPUTADORA https://x.com/tecn_preocupado/status/1949064395213959413 ………………………………………………………………………………………. Música utilizada en este podcast: Tema inicial Heros Epílogo FOK - Formes de llenguatge: odi i por https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCUpPxOtzpQ
Join Josh and Will as they dive deep into the messy world of AI training and copyright law! This week, we're unpacking the Anthropic lawsuit that's got everyone talking - and we accidentally recreate 1984 in the process (oops!). What we discovered: When we asked Claude to rewrite Orwell's classic in a modern context, things got... uncomfortably derivative. Are AI companies walking a legal tightrope? Should you be worried about using AI tools? We're processing it all live on air.Head over to our website at hitechpod.us for all of our episode pages, send some support at Buy Me a Coffee, our Twitter, our YouTube, and to see our faces (maybe skip the last one).Need a journal that's secure and reflective? Sign-up for the Reflection App today! We promise that the free version is enough, but if you want the extra features, paying up is even better with our affiliate discount.
Rudolph gesels met Philip Venter oor George Orwell se 1984 asook kortliks oor Animal Farm.00:00; Inleiding02:40; Boek setting & idees en vandag se toepassing05:26; Newspeak, Thoughtcrime, Doublethink, Unperson28:29; Orwell se waarskuwing35:43; Taal Beheer vs Ontwikkeling41:54; Einde (Spoiler Alert!)
This week the Liberals found racism in Sydney Sweeney's Jeans while the WNBA had a dildo and wig problem. The UK continues it's slide into Orwell's 1984 by continuing to crack down on free speech. This time they are creating a police force just to deal with disinformation and cracking down on the use of VPNs. Australia hates Machete's, but loves the illegal immigrants that wield them. Fitz is on the road broadcasting from Indiana and Jefé discusses his new TikTok challenge! Come join us for a show. You'll be glad you did. @spreakerBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/whiskey-hell-podcast--5683729/support.
This is the first installment of our series of episodes on the films of Val Kilmer. In accordance with Mr. Kilmer's final wishes, we are calling the series Valapalooza.In the wake of World War II, George Orwell wrote a searing novel of government repression and propaganda called Nineteen Eighty Four, in which the ideological polarity of the post-war order was satirized and refigured as a world of constant surveillance and terrible entertainment. Orwell was spot-on in some of his predictions - but crucially, he failed to predict 1984's Top Secret!What would Orwell have said if he had lived to watch this madcap comedy packed chockablock with sight gags and Cold War larks? Probably that it was occasionally inspired but largely silly and not particularly memorable, save a few set pieces and a wonderful performance from Val Kilmer. One can picture him turning to a stranger in a darkened cinema to say “that Kilmer fellow, he brings a surprising grace and physicality to the role. He really carries this film. This is a man who would have smirked at Big Brother and danced his way out of the Ministry of Truth.”Anyway, why don't you give a listen to Adam and Aidan's discussion of Top Secret!? We do not mention George Orwell.
Send us a textThis week we wrap up SFF reviewing Mistress Dispeller, Orwell: 2+2=5, Marlon Williams: Two Worlds – Ngā Ao E Rua, Farming the Revolution, Make It Look Real & How to Train Your Dragon.Interviews below…Mistress DispellerMake It Look RealWebsite | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram
“Welcome to Costco. I love you.” Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian & Liam – with BFF of the BFE: Synthia beaming in from the not-so-distant future as we crack open the absurd, prophetic, and depressingly accurate Idiocracy (2006). We're trading shark-infested waters for Gatorade-irrigated crops and President Camacho in our 289th episode as we ask: Was Idiocracy always this smart, or has the world just gotten that dumb? We explore how a film that bombed at release has somehow become the most referenced dystopia not named Orwell. What does it say about society that Mike Judge's lowbrow future doesn't seem that far off? Synthia breaks down the subtle and not-so-subtle satire—and why this film still hits different in a post-algorithm world. Ian wonders whether the comedy lands… or whether it's just too bleak to laugh anymore. Liam confesses which part of the film made him physically cringe (hint: it's not just the opening montage). We talk about the difference between satire and smugness, and where Idiocracy walks that tightrope. Is the film's central conceit plausible… or offensively oversimplified? With the film's conceit being that everyone is stupid, are we allowed to get frustrated with the tone for being too stupid? Why Terry Crews as President Camacho might be the most pitch-perfect casting choice in a dystopian comedy ever. What modern products or trends Idiocracy weirdly predicted (we're looking at you, reality TV and clickbait). And finally, whether Idiocracy is the Best Film Ever—or just the most important film people still haven't seen. Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE. We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support: Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM Hermes Auslander James DeGuzman Synthia Shai Bergerfroind Ariannah Who Loves BFE The Most Andy Dickson Chris Pedersen Duane Smith (Duane Smith!) Randal Silva Nate The Great Rev Bruce Cheezy (with a fish on a bike) Richard Ryan Kuketz Dirk Diggler Stew from the Stew World Order podcast NorfolkDomus John Humphrey's Right Foot Timmy Tim Tim Aashrey Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/. Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of Mistake by Luckydog. Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor, at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor. Also, massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song. You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/.
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Hop aboard the Brolita Express! Find a seat between Orwell and Borges. We're stopping in Austin and London on our way to Hive, a mysterious Greek island run entirely by women, ruled by a masked queen, where only the manliest men are sometimes invited. Jack Mason (The Perfume Nationalist) and Yeerk (Bistro Californium) are on the list. And so of course is my old friend Garin Hovannisian, illusionist and author of the must-read new novel HIVE, which I urge you all to read while summer is with us. The audio in Austin in the first half is low, so please raise your volume then adjust as we cross the pond For twice the feature length adventures, and regular smoke-break mini eps on topics of the day, subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filthyarmenian If you joined us IRL in LA or Austin or NYC or London, it was lovely to see you.
Was George Orwell the socialist hero we thought he was? Spoiler: absolutely not. Juliet Corbett joins me to discuss Wifedom by Anna Funder, which reveals shocking truths about Orwell's treatment of his first wife, Eileen O'Shaughnessy. Turns out Eileen was crucial to his best work but has been systematically written out of his story by biographers. We dig into the disturbing details of Orwell's behaviour - from putting Eileen's life at risk to his predatory conduct with women. The book structure itself is also fascinating - blending biography with memoir + showing how Orwell's biographers colluded in erasing Eileen. Plus, it's a superb look at the gap between what he preached about equality + how he actually lived. Fair warning: your opinion of Orwell might never recover. Look for more Book Huddle episodes. Books discussed in this episode: Politics and the English Language - George Orwell Wifedom - Anna Funder 1984 - George Orwell Animal Farm - George Orwell Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell Juliet's Website + Free Ebook: consultjuliet.co.uk/ebook Juliet's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julietcorbett ==== If you'd like my help with your Business go to www.lizscully.com/endlessClients ==== And don't forget to get your reading list of the 10 essential reads for every successful biz owner - these are the books Liz recommends almost on the daily to her strategy + Mastermind clients. This isn't your usual list of biz books, these answer the challenges you've actually got coming up right now. Helpful, quick to read and very timely. Click here lizscully.com/reading to get your book list
“Cada linha de trabalho que escrevi foi escrita, direta ou indiretamente, contra o totalitarismo”. É comum encontrarmos essa citação de George Orwell por aí. Porém, com frequência a segunda parte da frase é omitida. O britânico escreveu, sim, para combater o totalitarismo. Mas não só. O olhar para a própria obra está no ensaio “Por que escrevo”, de 1946. E a citação completa é essa: “Cada linha de trabalho sério que escrevi desde 1936 foi escrita, direta ou indiretamente, contra o totalitarismo e em prol do socialismo democrático”. Orwell, vocês sabem, é autor de “1984” e “Animal Farm”, que aqui cito com o título original por razões que vocês entenderão ao longo do podcast. Não só isso. Também escreveu dezenas de ensaios que nos ajudam a compreender como a sua visão de mundo foi sendo forjada de acordo com as próprias experiências. É um dos autores mais citados e lidos do século 20. Também é dono de uma das biografias mais desprezadas e das obras mais deturpadas desse período. Há muitas interpretações tresloucadas sobre a literatura de Orwell por aí. Para entender melhor quem foi esse cara e quais são os caminhos legítimos para interpretar a sua obra que convidei Débora Tavares para um papo. Débora é professora e idealizadora da Livre Literatura, plataforma que nasceu em 2020 com o objetivo de divulgar e democratizar o conhecimento produzido na universidade pública. Vou deixar o caminho do Instagram para vocês na descrição do episódio, recomendo que acompanhem o trabalho dela lá no Livre Literatura. Débora é também mestre e doutora em literatura pela USP, onde pesquisou a obra de George Orwell e a sua relação com a História. *** A coletânea de Brecht que menciono, organizada por André Vallias, saiu pela Perspectiva, não pela Parábola. ** O caminho para o instagram do Livre Literatura: https://www.instagram.com/livre_literatura * Aqui o caminho para a newsletter da Página Cinco: https://paginacinco.substack.com/
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comTom is a novelist, essayist, and critic, who once described himself as a “supposed literary intellectual/homosexual/Republican.” He's the former literary editor of GQ and a professor emeritus of English at GW. He's the author of 11 books of fiction, including Up With the Sun, Dewey Defeats Truman, and Fellow Travelers — which was adapted into a miniseries. His nonfiction has focused on plagiarism (Stolen Words), letters (Yours Ever), and the Kennedy assassination (Mrs. Paine's Garage). His new book is The Very Heart of It: New York Diaries, 1983-1994.For two clips of our convo — on the “mixed marriages” of the AIDS crisis, and Hitchens before cancel culture — head to our YouTube page.Other topics: his struggling middle-class family on Long Island; his dad a WWII vet; neither parent finished high school — and Tom went to Harvard for his PhD; the Space Race; when you could make a good living as a freelance writer; novelist Mary McCarthy as a formative influence; Capote; Vidal; Mailer; Updike; Orwell and clarity in writing; the Danish cartoonists; the Jacob Epstein plagiarism scandal; Martin Amis; Elizabeth Hardwick; Tom's conservatism; the New Deal as a buffer against socialism; the anti-Communism of Catholics; Bobby Kennedy; leftist utopianism on campus; Bill Buckley; AIDS bringing America out of the closet; losing a boyfriend to the disease; the fear of an HIV test; the medieval symptoms; the deadly perils of dating; the dark humor; writing Virtually Normal thinking I would die; the miracle drugs; survivor's guilt; advocating for gay marriage; its relatively quick acceptance; and Tom's husband of 36 years who's had HIV for more than three decades.Browse the Dishcast archive for an episode you might enjoy (the first 102 are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Coming up: Tara Zahra on the revolt against globalization after WWI, trans activist Shannon Minter debating trans issues, Scott Anderson on the Iranian Revolution, and Johann Hari turning the tables to interview me. Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.
Chance has officially hit the credits of Death Stranding 2 and has almost nothing but nice things to say about it. It is hard to argue with shirtless hand to hand guitar battles. Alex is catching up on the Final Fantasy games that he never played. This week it is XIII, a game that still looks good and whose writing is still bad. And Chamberlain has returned to his gaming comfort zone: 7/10 games with obvious flaws and a lot of heart. Karma is a walking sim crossed with Orwell by way of Inception and Somber Echoes is a metroidvania with a good map, and sometimes that is all that is required.
Investing in Bizarro World Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIAfIjKxr02sAztzlJNy1ug5bDvTVZkME&si=w2d_EF-B5jMo1dYD Subscribe to Investing In Bizarro World: @bizarroworld Programming Note: We will be financing a new 3-cent copper company next week in Private Placement Intel. We'll be going in alongside some legendary resource investors amid a restructure. You can join Private Placement Intel now to participate at the still-discounted rate of $2,025 per year. Or call Jimmy Mengel in Customer Service at 844-334-4700 for more information. More details here: https://bit.ly/44jFjqmThe free version of the 324th episode of Investing in Bizarro World is now published.Here's what was covered:Macro Musings - Gerardo pulled on the “supply & demand” hoodie, and Nick showed why it's more than a fashion statement. With a fresh multi-trillion-dollar bill that Trump wants signed on July 4th—because of course—the dollar's tanking, the debt's exploding, and inflation isn't done with us yet. Ray Dalio's math says we're headed for “big painful disruptions.” Gerardo and Nick explain why that's bullish for gold, copper, and popcorn (seriously—$89 buckets are coming).Market Takes - Copper's still above $5, lithium is quietly waking up, and platinum just had its best monthly move in 40 years. The NASDAQ and S&P are calm, but don't confuse quiet indices with a healthy economy. Gerardo and Nick are eyeing the real signal. “It's not a complicated thesis,” Gerardo says. “You just have to know what you own.” A new copper deal is dropping next week. Nick and Gerardo walk through the behind-the-scenes work it took to secure an unusually favorable structure: strategic investors, a 12-month lock-up, over $100M in potential partner funding, and a massive land position in Australia's Macquarie Arc. This is the kind of deal where legends like Rick Rule are writing checks—and it's coming to subscribers first. Join Private Placement Intel to participate in the deal next week. Details here: https://bit.ly/44jFjqmBizarro Banter - From AI anime YouTube channels with 30M followers to Google buying nuclear fusion power that doesn't exist yet, the guys riff on the weird intersection of technology, media, and energy. Nick also drops a righteous rant on local politics, semantics, and why Spokane's city council should stop serving hot dogs and calling them hamburgers. Gerardo weighs in on the Lia Thomas ruling and says what most people are thinking but too afraid to say: you can respect someone's identity and still want fairness in women's sports. Nick breaks it down with Pew poll data, Orwell quotes, and a reminder that logic is not bigotry. “You're born either male or female. That's not politics—it's biology.”Premium Portfolio Picks - For paid listeners only. Click here: https://bit.ly/4eCAfADYou can watch the full episode here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr210Zx-LF40:00 Introduction1:54 Macro Musings: Dollar Supply & Demand. Beautiful Bill's Ugly Debt. Inflation and $89 Popcorn14:33 Market Takes: Metals Moving. Record Indexes. Copper Private Placement. Details here: https://bit.ly/44jFjqm23:06 Bizarro Banter: AI's YouTube Takeover. Spokane Defies the People. Male vs. Female. 40:14 Premium Portfolio Picks: Digital Supply Chain Leader. Gold Prospect Generator. Oil ETF. (You need to subscribe to Bizarro World Live to get this section) Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/4eCAfADPLEASE NOTE: There are now two versions of this podcast. 1. Bizarro World Live — Pay $2 per episode to watch us record the podcast live every Thursday and get Premium Portfolio Picks every week. Plus an archive of all premium episodes. Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/4eCAfAD2. Bizarro World Free — Published the Monday after the live recording with no Premium Portfolio Picks.Visit our website Daily Profit Cycle for more content like this and more! https://dailyprofitcycle.com/
Amid starvation and horrifically escalating atrocities in Gaza, Israel announces plans to build a giant concentration camp on the ruins of Rafah, an evident preparation for forced "transfer" of the Palestinian populatin from the Strip entirely—an idea Trump enthusiastically embraces. On the West Bank, amid growing settler attacks, more Palestinian land is enclosed behind separation walls built to protect Israeli settlements. And amid all this, Benjamin Netanyahu (wanted for war crimes by the ICC) meets with Trump in Washington to openly discuss the "transfer" plan—and announces that he has nominated the American president for the Nobel Peace Prize. In Episode 286 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg argues that Trump could in fact get get the Nobel prize while facilitating genocide in Gaza and instating a mass detention state in the US—a fitting inauguration of the fascist world order. Listen on SoundCloud or via Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/countervortex Production by Chris Rywalt We ask listeners to donate just $1 per weekly podcast via Patreon -- or $2 for our new special offer! We now have 65 subscribers. If you appreciate our work, please become Number 66!
"You could sit at home, and do like absolutely nothing, and your name goes through like 17 computers a day. 1984? Yeah right, man. That's a typo. Orwell is here now. He's livin' large. We have no names, man. No names. We are nameless!" HACKERS hit theaters in 1995—and mostly flatlined. But before it became a cult phenomenon, it was a risky production that blended cutting-edge visual effects, rave culture aesthetics, and a sincere belief that the digital frontier was worth fighting for. In this episode, we dive into the making of the film, the marketing missteps that doomed its initial release, and the slow rise of HACKERS as a touchstone for cyberpunk cinema and internet culture. We'll also share our own thoughts on its uncanny prescience, its unforgettable style, and why it still resonates with audiences today. Suit up, grab your laptop, and join us as we trace how Hackers went from box-office flop to a beloved artifact of the wired age. Want to support the show? Subscribers of CinemaShock+ can enjoy an extended version of this episode, which includes bonus segments and additional content, plus get access to all episodes two days early, exclusive merchandise discounts, and more. Join now at cinemashock.net/plus. ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Andy Lancaster | asotirov | Benjamin Yates | Caverly | courtland ashley | curtcake5k | Elton Novara | Hunter D Mackenzie | Interzone78 | Jackson_Baker | Jvance325 | LillymckY | Lucy Lawson | MagicBloat | Nate Izod | Nathan Kelley | Robert Stinson Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy. This episode was written, produced and edited by Gary Horne, Justin Bishop & Todd A. Davis. For episode archives, merch, show notes, and more, visit cinemashock.net
This week's book guest is Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder.In this episode they discuss Geoffrey Archer (again), war, domestic labour, jokes and geniuses. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder is available to buy here.Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.ukCariad's children's book Where Did She Go? is available to buy now.Sara's debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy here.Cariad's book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here.Follow Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference
Margaret Atwood—author of more than 60 books in almost every conceivable genre, recipient of more than 100 literary prizes—is a global icon. Like Kafka and Orwell before her, she and her writing have become part of the public discourse, wherever we live and whatever our age. Her intelligence is that vital and exacting, her wit that mischievous, her concerns – feminism, environmentalism, dystopian societies – that urgently relevant. The author is fond of quoting a Polish resistance fighter from the Second World War who once told her: “Pray that you will never have the occasion to be a hero.” As it's turned out, in her long and singular literary career, Margaret Atwood has indeed had the occasion to be a hero, numerous times, and always risen to the moment. After receiving the 2024 Sun Valley Writers Conference Writer in the World Prize, she spoke to Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ayad Akhtar about her life, her work, and some of the wonders and terrors of the world we are living in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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En este episodio os hablaremos de 1984, de George Orwell, una novela distópica que retrata un mundo totalitario donde el Estado vigila y controla todos los aspectos de la vida. La historia sigue a Winston Smith, un trabajador del Partido que comienza a cuestionar la realidad impuesta por el Gran Hermano. En Oceanía, la libertad de pensamiento está prohibida y el lenguaje es manipulado para eliminar la disidencia. Orwell construye una crítica feroz a la censura, la vigilancia masiva y la manipulación ideológica. Publicada en 1949, 1984 sigue siendo una advertencia inquietante sobre los peligros del poder absoluto y la erosión de la verdad. ⚠️ Si este programa te ha gustado: comenta, dale a me gusta, compártelo. Ayúdanos a llegar a más gente 🙂 Estas son nuestras redes y puntos de apoyo: ☄ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vuelodelcometa ☄ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/vuelodelcometa ☄ Telegram: https://t.me/vuelodelcometacomunidad ☄ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vuelodelcometa ☄ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vuelodelcometa ☄ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Vuelodelcometa ☄ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@vuelodelcometa ☄ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vuelodelcometa.bsky.social ☄ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Vuelodelcometa ☄ Web: alvaroaparicio.net Si quieres apoyar este y otros proyectos relacionados, puedes acudir a https://www.patreon.com/vuelodelcometa o a través del sistema de mecenazgo en iVoox. Y si quieres contactar con nosotros para una promoción, no dudes en ponerte en contacto a través de: vuelodelcometapodcast@gmail.com Arte de Guillaume Morellec.
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Intelligence Notes: Welcome to Orwell's Nightmare!San Francisco Bookstores Boycott JK Rowling over Rejecting Psychotic Transgender Views!!!!! Freedom of Speech and Opinion is under attack by the Social Engineers!To support the [Show] and its [Research] with Donations, please send all funds and gifts to :$aigner2019 (cashapp) or https://www.paypal.me/Aigner2019 or Zelle (1-617-821-3168). Shalom Aleikhem!
Nick Hennegan celebrates the birthday of George Orwell and plays some requests - including one of his own songs! www.BohemianBritain.com
Investing in Bizarro World Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIAfIjKxr02sAztzlJNy1ug5bDvTVZkME&si=w2d_EF-B5jMo1dYD Subscribe to Investing In Bizarro World: @bizarroworld The free version of the 323rd episode of Investing in Bizarro World is now published.Here's what was covered:Macro Musings - Stagflation is here: rising inflation and flat growth are driving money into hard assets. Platinum and palladium hit decade highs. Lithium is showing green shoots. The S&P is at record highs—but the streets are filled with fentanyl, homelessness, and Orwellian politics. It's never been more important to own real assets.Market Takes - Gold and silver continue to look strong. Silver leads. Copper pushes above $5, and uranium hovers near $78. Private placements are working, and the window is still open. Gerardo and Nick tease a new copper financing and recap how executive orders have triggered triple-digit gains across U.S. juniors. Deal details here: https://bit.ly/4lwaN1YBizarro Banter - From crypto-backed mortgages and XRP-funded home purchases to fentanyl-themed real estate marketing, the system is off the rails. Nick and Gerardo rant on the Fed, the defense department, missing kids, and Orwell's 1984. Still—asset owners win. The question is: Are you positioned?Premium Portfolio Picks - For paid listeners only. Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/46ow61d0:00 Introduction2:12 Macro Musings: Platinum Breakout. Stagflation Confirmed. Lithium Lags but Lifts.10:43 Market Takes: Copper Clears $5. Uranium Steadies. Precious Metals Hold.23:31 Bizarro Banter: Executive Orders, Crypto Mortgages, Fourth Turning Chaos.37:02 Premium Portfolio Picks: New Copper Deal Coming. Uranium Catch-Up Trade. (You need to subscribe to Bizarro World Live to get this section) Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/46ow61d Deal details here: https://bit.ly/4lwaN1YPLEASE NOTE: There are now two versions of this podcast. 1. Bizarro World Live — Pay $2 per episode to watch us record the podcast live every Thursday and get Premium Portfolio Picks every week. Plus an archive of all premium episodes. Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/46ow61d2. Bizarro World Free — Published the Monday after the live recording with no Premium Portfolio Picks.Visit our website Daily Profit Cycle for more content like this and more! https://dailyprofitcycle.com/
In this season finale, I speak with Donald Kochan, who is a Professor of Law at George Washington University's Antonin Scalia Law School. We discuss George Orwell's essay, "Politics and the English Language". I hope you enjoy our conversation.
Guest: Writer, historian, and activist, Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books, including Orwell's Roses, and most lately No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain. She cofounded the organization Not Too Late and coauthored the book Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility with Thelma Young Lutunatabua. She also launched Meditations in an Emergency, an independent publication. The post Rebecca Solnit on No Straight Road Takes You There appeared first on KPFA.
1984 by George Orwell w/David Baumrucker, Claire Chandler, Tom Libby & Jesan Sorrells---00:00 Welcome and Introduction - 1984 by George Orwell01:30 Mid-20th Century Literary Public10:11 Orwell's Philosophy on History11:08 Orwell's Totalitarianism Insights Analyzed17:41 Winston's Role and Reader Integration23:33 Brave New World vs. 198429:10 Reflections on Youth Reading Habits32:38 Book Relevance Reflects Ongoing Reality40:01 "Understanding Mid-Century Historical Contexts"44:10 "Orwell's Call for Natural Living"51:00 Science Fiction Trope Critique59:16 Generational Gaps: Gen X to Gen Z01:04:00 British Cynicism and Disillusionment01:06:41 Misunderstanding Transcendence in Politics01:15:51 Moral Laxity's Influence on Leadership01:20:24 Orwell's Concerns: Political Language, Lazy Thinking and 198401:26:36 The Future's Unrealized Potential 01:27:59 Breaking Cynicism to Build Futures01:35:25 Leadership and Finding Your Tribe01:42:04 Effective Leadership Beyond Politics01:45:48 American Uniparty and Special Interest Control01:49:46 Power of the American Republic's People01:54:26 Staying on the Path - Building Unity Through Family Traditions---Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.---Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON!Check out the 2022 Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list!--- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribeCheck out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.com/.Check out LeadingKeys at: https://www.leadingkeys.com/Check out Leadership ToolBox at: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/Contact HSCT for more information at 1-833-216-8296 to schedule a full DEMO of LeadingKeys with one of our team members.---Leadership ToolBox website: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/.Leadership ToolBox LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ldrshptlbx/.Leadership ToolBox YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leadershiptoolbox/videosLeadership ToolBox Twitter: https://twitter.com/ldrshptlbx.Leadership ToolBox IG: https://www.instagram.com/leadershiptoolboxus/.Leadership ToolBox FB: https://www.facebook.com/LdrshpTl
Now we know why the Trump administration was declared the “peace presidency,” because those optics were necessary to escalate global conflict to emergency levels as part of a larger agenda that involved regime change in Iran. From the July, 2024, assassination optics, to the head of Palantir saying the next month in August that the US will fight a 3-front war against Russia, China, and Iran, to the second assassination attempt in September of that year, to the $100-million Mariam Adelson gave Trump beginning in July, it was all part of a build up that culminated in OpenAI winning a $200 million defense contract and Palantir obtaining a $1.3 billion contract from the Pentagon just weeks before the Israeli attack. Now we have learned that despite what American spies said, or US Agencies, or the Director of National Intelligence, or what even the misquoted IAEA said - “no credible indications of ongoing, undeclared structured nuclear programme” in Iran - that Palantir's MOSAIC counterinsurgency-AI was responsible for the Israeli attack, and now the American attack on June 21, 2025. This technology was also employed in Ukraine and Gaza, and is set to be used in the United States. Pretty convenient what Karp had predicted back in August, 2024. It's also pretty convenient that a largely Jewish company had the evidence to justify initial and future attacks that produce, if there wasn't before, a threat and an enemy.Palantir, OpenAI and Meta have also had executives appointed to the US military by the Trump administration in recent days.What's even more telling is that the attack on Iran by US forces occurred the summer solstice, a three day festival historically, and on a waning moon, the phase of Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft and the underworld, to help protect the B-2 bombers. This plays well with the Israel attack on Friday 13 at 3:30am, the witching hour, and the Jewish holidays that corespondent to the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Libya. The initial Israel attack also occurred with Mars, god of war, in Leo, the lion, corresponding with both astrology and the biblical lion as the operation was called Rising Lion. The Summer solstice also aligns with the story of Samson and his solar hair, itself used as the name of Israel's not-so-secret nuclear weapons plan to destroy the world before the government falls. October 7, 2001, was the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, and the day the Bush administration initiated operations in Afghanistan; March 20, 2003 was the Jewish holiday of Purim, and the day Operation Iraqi Freedom began with preemptive airstrikes on a country that did not posses WMDs; October 20, 2011 was the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret, and day Libya was officially overthrown with the death of Muammar Gaddafi; September 22, 2014, was the first day of Rosh Hashanah, and also the day the U.S. officially intervened in Syria against ISIS under Operation Inherent Resolve; October 7, 2023, the date when Israel allowed Hamas to attack them giving rise to the current onslaught, was also a celebration of Shemini Atzeret and a transition of Saturn “returns” through Pisces.Few stop to question the rhetoric of “Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear bomb,” or “but they chant death to America.” Israel can have secret bombs with no international inspections, though, and the only reasoning given why Iran can't is they would destroy Tel Aviv and maybe an American city because they hate Americans. But you do not need such a bomb to do that, as hypersonic missile have demonstrated in Tel Aviv. And, of course, just like the burning of Bush effigies in Iraq what is the reasoning for this blind hatred. Depending on the context, it varies, but the most recent case of this occurred when the Iranian parliament burned an American flag in protest of the US being pulled out of the “Iran deal” for it being too lenient, i.e., no regime change as far as Israel was concerned. And now we are at war again, based off of WMDs 2.0, i.e., AI algorithms predicting nuclear bombs like we have been sold since 1984 at least when the program was “entering its final stages.” In iconic Orwell fashion, too, Trump referred to entering the war that Israel started as “THE TIME FOR PEACE” - WAR IS PEACE. Virtually his entire base, and even political opponents, are finding justifications for the war as to not lose face, too, another version of IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. An administration of peace cannot threaten countries that want peace, countries that want to try war criminals, and refuse to agree to any kind of peace plan. And we also know that Benjamin Netanyahu was and remains under investigation in his own country for criminal charges ranging from obtaining and leaking top secret documents, protocol tampering, and blackmail, all things shelved on October 7, 2023. Now a few days before the attack on Iran, cross-examination of Netanyahu was about tog begin.*The is the FREE archive, which includes advertisements. If you want an ad-free experience, you can subscribe below underneath the show description.-FREE ARCHIVE (w. ads)SUBSCRIPTION ARCHIVEX / TWITTER FACEBOOKYOUTUBEMAIN WEBSITECashApp: $rdgable Paypal email rdgable1991@gmail.comEMAIL: rdgable@yahoo.com / TSTRadio@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.
Rebecca Solnit: Changing the Story, Changing the WorldIn this powerful in-store conversation, Rebecca Solnit joins Adam Biles to discuss her new book No Straight Road Takes You There — a rallying call for hope, justice, and the reimagining of our collective future. With wit, clarity, and courage, Solnit explores how stories shape our world — and how changing them can change everything. Drawing on decades of activism and deep historical insight, she challenges despair, celebrates solidarity, and reminds us that even in dark times, “we are always in the middle of the story.” From climate crisis to the power of protest, from Silicon Valley dystopia to unexpected beauty in community, this conversation is a galvanizing reminder: the future is unwritten — and it's ours to shape.Buy No Straight Road Takes You There: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/no-straight-road-takes-you-there*REBECCA SOLNIT is the author of more than twenty books, including Orwell's Roses, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, Recollections of My Non-Existence, which was longlisted for the 2021 Orwell Prize for Political Writing and shortlisted for the James Tait Black Award, The Faraway Nearby, Wanderlust, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, River of Shadows and A Paradise Built in Hell. She is also the author of Men Explain Things to Me and many essays on feminism, activism, social change, hope, and the climate crisis. She lives in San Francisco and writes regularly for the Guardian. She lives in San Francisco.Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company.Listen to Alex Freiman's latest EP, In The Beginning: https://open.spotify.com/album/5iZYPMCUnG7xiCtsFCBlVa?si=h5x3FK1URq6SwH9Kb_SO3w Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1984 by George Orwell w/Jesan Sorrells---00:00 Welcome and Introduction - 1984 by George Orwell01:30 Mid-20th Century Cultural Shifts04:56 "Discussing Orwell's 1984 Themes"08:24 George Orwell: Complex Personal Legacy12:08 "1984: Orwell's Protest Literature"18:43 "Revisiting Orwell's Language Politics"23:52 "Living in a Managed Dystopia"26:00 Dystopian Reality and Lost Utopia30:23 "Explore Other Leadership Shows"---Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.---Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON!Check out the 2022 Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list!--- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribeCheck out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.com/.Check out LeadingKeys at: https://www.leadingkeys.com/Check out Leadership ToolBox at: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/Contact HSCT for more information at 1-833-216-8296 to schedule a full DEMO of LeadingKeys with one of our team members.---Leadership ToolBox website: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/.Leadership ToolBox LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ldrshptlbx/.Leadership ToolBox YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leadershiptoolbox/videosLeadership ToolBox Twitter: https://twitter.com/ldrshptlbx.Leadership ToolBox IG: https://www.instagram.com/leadershiptoolboxus/.Leadership ToolBox FB: https://www.facebook.com/LdrshpTl
In "Step 88: Rorty's Solidarity," the concluding episode of our three-part series on Richard Rorty's Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity (1989), host Ryder Richards explores Part III, Chapters 7–9, where Rorty tackles cruelty and solidarity. Rorty argues that solidarity isn't a universal human essence but a contingent creation, forged through imaginative identification with others' pain via narratives like novels. We delve into vivid examples: Nabokov's Lolita and its “tingles” of aesthetic bliss, which reveal cruelty through inattention and inspire moral empathy; Orwell's 1984, where O'Brien's intelligent cruelty underscores the fragility of liberal hope; and Sellars' “we-intentions,” showing how solidarity expands “us” through shared stories, not abstract truths.Rorty's appeal lies in his witty, pragmatic blend of literary insight and moral hope, empowering us to craft kinder worlds without metaphysical crutches. Yet, Ryder remains skeptical, critiquing how Rorty's vision has materialized but been subverted in 2025. While his liberal ironist thrives in self-creation and anti-cruelty movements, mimetic identities—adopting others' vocabularies for social gain—and weaponized solidarity, where anti-cruelty fuels division, distort his utopia. This episode traces Rorty's narrative-driven philosophy from language and selfhood to community, urging listeners to question vocabularies while imagining a broader “we.” Join us for a compelling finale to this philosophical journey, available on LetUsThinkAboutIt. 0:00 Intro 2:23 Noticing Cruelty through Narrative: Nabokov 7:18 Fragility of Liberal Hope: Orwell 11:50 Creating Solidarity: Sellars 15:48 Rorty's Legacy: subversion and capture 20:28 Outro
Hey team!Oscar and Carl take a break from watching a movie to figure out the primary audience. But never fear, we've committed to watching a bunch of movies at the Sydney Film Festival and now want to share our thoughts and feelings with you, the lovely listener. Oscar and Carl go through all the films they watched at the festival, give some thoughts on each one, and a little review.Please see below the timestamps for each movie (and the link to the IMDb page) feel free to skip if you don't want anything spoilt, or just want to listen to us discuss a porridge documentary (9:11 - 12:49)Thanks as always for listening, and go out there and watch some films!1:06 - Mastermind (Carl = ★★★✮☆ , Oscar = ★★★✮☆)4:02 - PredatorsOscar = ★★★★☆6:44 - Blue MoonCarl = ★★★✮☆9:11 - Golden Spurtle(Carl = ★★★✮☆ , Oscar = ★★★★☆)12:50 - A New Leaf Oscar = ★★★★✮15:25 - The Ballad of Wallis IslandCarl = ★★★✮☆18:20 - Twinless (Carl = ★★★★✮ , Oscar = ★★★★✮) 20:52 - Life of ChuckCarl = ★★★★☆24:05 - Orwell 2 + 2 = 5 Oscar = ★★✮☆☆27:08 - Love That RemainsCarl = ★★★✮☆29:32- Slanted Carl - Shoutout!31:00 - Sentimental Values(Carl = ★★★★☆ , Oscar = ★★★★☆)Find us through:Email: askwwwtpodcast@gmail.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@whowouldwatchthis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whowouldwatchthis/ TikTok: @podcastwhowouldwatchthis More links: https://linktr.ee/whowouldwatchthis
Join the #McConnellCenter as we welcome Dr, Laura Beers to convince us why we should read the works of George Orwell! Laura Beers is a historian and professor of history at American University. She earned her undergraduate degree in history from Princeton and went on to earn her master's and Ph.D. from Harvard. She studies modern Britain with a focus on the ways politics is both influenced and shaped by cultural and social life. Her latest is book is Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century. We all know we need to read more and there are literally millions of books on shelves with new ones printed every day. How do we sort through all the possibilities to find the book that is just right for us now? Well, the McConnell Center is bringing authors and experts to inspire us to read impactful and entertaining books that might be on our shelves or in our e-readers, but which we haven't yet picked up. We hope you learn a lot in the following podcast and we hope you might be inspired to pick up one or more of the books we are highlighting this year at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center. Stay Connected Visit us at McConnellcenter.org Subscribe to our newsletter Facebook: @mcconnellcenter Instagram: @ulmcenter Twitter: @ULmCenter This podcast is a production of the McConnell Center
1984 Gets A Trigger Warning - Orwell Wasn't Woke EnoughBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/radio-baloney-the-richie-baloney-show--4036781/support.
Cómo cambia el cerebro de una madre. Recomendaciones de cuentos, la leyenda de la montaña humeante, la riqueza según Orwell. Entrevista a Daniela Ponce Strenge, psicóloga clínica, sobre el amor en hogares conflictivos.
Part 1 of our double episode about Jack Hilton, a working-class author, World War I veteran, unemployed movement organiser, and trade union activist from Rochdale, north-west England.For this episode, we spoke to Jack Chadwick whose literary detective work rescued Hilton from almost total obscurity. We discussed Hilton's life growing up in Rochdale's slums, starting work at nine years old, and his activism in the National Unemployed Workers' Movement. We also talked about how he began writing, how Caliban Shrieks was celebrated within the London literary scene, and his long-term (and complex) relationship to George Orwell.More informationBuy Caliban Shrieks from an independent bookshopFull show notes including sources, photos, and eventually a full transcript are available on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl12-13-jack-hilton-rochdale-caliban/AcknowledgementsImage: Jack Hilton. Credit: Jack Chadwick.Thanks to all our patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Jazz Hands, Fernando Lopez Ojeda, Nick Williams and Old Norm.Our theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here or stream it here.This episode was edited by Jesse French.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-class-history--5711490/support.
Troops to LA, Newsom's tax evasion threat, reporter suspended, and Orwell vindicated. Plus, the Message of the Day, an interesting question Bill received in Beijing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
00:13:41:21 – 00:14:45:07AI-Driven Forehead Tattoo Monitors StressA wearable "electronic tattoo" tracks stress levels via AI—raising alarms about bodily autonomy, surveillance, and workplace control, especially for pilots and other high-pressure roles.00:19:17:16 – 00:20:55:21Laser Can Read Text from Nearly a Mile AwayA new long-range laser technology can decipher text from 0.85 miles away. Although pitched as space tech, its domestic surveillance potential sparks privacy fears.00:29:40:17 – 00:31:26:05Extreme Surveillance in North Korea RevealedSmuggled footage shows North Korea's tech tyranny: phones automatically censor banned words and report screenshots to the regime every five minutes.00:45:31:23 – 00:47:22:14LA Riots Erupt Amid Anti-ICE ProtestsViolent protests over ICE enforcement in Los Angeles result in clashes with police, fires, and major road blockages—potentially orchestrated by leftist NGOs.00:50:42:20 – 00:51:37:08NGO Tied to Riots Received $34M in State FundsOne NGO linked to the LA riots reportedly received $34 million in taxpayer funding, sparking outrage over foreign flags at protests and questions of sovereignty.01:54:01:24 – 02:00:21:23Trump–Musk Feud Goes PublicTheir private spat explodes into a public feud: Trump threatens to pull SpaceX contracts, Musk retaliates by invoking Epstein ties and criticizing Trump's leadership.02:02:34:01 – 02:04:55:26Dershowitz Wants Ghislaine Maxwell PardonedAlan Dershowitz petitions Trump to pardon Maxwell, arguing she's a scapegoat. The Epstein saga deepens, reigniting questions about elite protection.02:15:51:12 – 02:17:40:01Musk Floats New Political Party IdeaMusk polls his followers about forming a new political party, with overwhelming support. The move hints at a realignment targeting America's disaffected middle.02:25:00:00 – 02:27:44:21Trigger Warning Added to 1984 Sparks BacklashA new preface to Orwell's 1984 warns readers of "problematic" sexism. Critics call it ironic and authoritarian, arguing it betrays the book's original message.02:31:30:22 – 02:37:55:00ADL Pushes for Anti-Zionism CensorshipADL's call for banning anti-Zionist speech online ignites a firestorm over free speech. Critics say it equates dissent with hate and paves the way for thought policing.02:55:41:56 – 02:58:33:21UK Blasphemy Charges & Religious Double StandardsA man is prosecuted for Quran burning, while Christians face jail for silent prayer. Simultaneously, public Islamic prayers rise—fueling debate over selective enforcement.00:03:36:19 – 00:04:52:04Education Secretary Confuses AI with A1 SauceIn a viral blunder, ex-Trump official Linda McMahon confuses artificial intelligence with steak sauce, raising eyebrows about tech illiteracy in policymaking circlesFollow the show on Kick and watch live every weekday 9:00am EST – 12:00pm EST https://kick.com/davidknightshow Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHT Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.
00:13:41:21 – 00:14:45:07AI-Driven Forehead Tattoo Monitors StressA wearable "electronic tattoo" tracks stress levels via AI—raising alarms about bodily autonomy, surveillance, and workplace control, especially for pilots and other high-pressure roles.00:19:17:16 – 00:20:55:21Laser Can Read Text from Nearly a Mile AwayA new long-range laser technology can decipher text from 0.85 miles away. Although pitched as space tech, its domestic surveillance potential sparks privacy fears.00:29:40:17 – 00:31:26:05Extreme Surveillance in North Korea RevealedSmuggled footage shows North Korea's tech tyranny: phones automatically censor banned words and report screenshots to the regime every five minutes.00:45:31:23 – 00:47:22:14LA Riots Erupt Amid Anti-ICE ProtestsViolent protests over ICE enforcement in Los Angeles result in clashes with police, fires, and major road blockages—potentially orchestrated by leftist NGOs.00:50:42:20 – 00:51:37:08NGO Tied to Riots Received $34M in State FundsOne NGO linked to the LA riots reportedly received $34 million in taxpayer funding, sparking outrage over foreign flags at protests and questions of sovereignty.01:54:01:24 – 02:00:21:23Trump–Musk Feud Goes PublicTheir private spat explodes into a public feud: Trump threatens to pull SpaceX contracts, Musk retaliates by invoking Epstein ties and criticizing Trump's leadership.02:02:34:01 – 02:04:55:26Dershowitz Wants Ghislaine Maxwell PardonedAlan Dershowitz petitions Trump to pardon Maxwell, arguing she's a scapegoat. The Epstein saga deepens, reigniting questions about elite protection.02:15:51:12 – 02:17:40:01Musk Floats New Political Party IdeaMusk polls his followers about forming a new political party, with overwhelming support. The move hints at a realignment targeting America's disaffected middle.02:25:00:00 – 02:27:44:21Trigger Warning Added to 1984 Sparks BacklashA new preface to Orwell's 1984 warns readers of "problematic" sexism. Critics call it ironic and authoritarian, arguing it betrays the book's original message.02:31:30:22 – 02:37:55:00ADL Pushes for Anti-Zionism CensorshipADL's call for banning anti-Zionist speech online ignites a firestorm over free speech. Critics say it equates dissent with hate and paves the way for thought policing.02:55:41:56 – 02:58:33:21UK Blasphemy Charges & Religious Double StandardsA man is prosecuted for Quran burning, while Christians face jail for silent prayer. Simultaneously, public Islamic prayers rise—fueling debate over selective enforcement.00:03:36:19 – 00:04:52:04Education Secretary Confuses AI with A1 SauceIn a viral blunder, ex-Trump official Linda McMahon confuses artificial intelligence with steak sauce, raising eyebrows about tech illiteracy in policymaking circlesFollow the show on Kick and watch live every weekday 9:00am EST – 12:00pm EST https://kick.com/davidknightshow Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHT Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.
Aldous Huxley imaginó un mundo controlado por el placer. Orwell, uno dominado por el miedo. En este episodio comparo Un mundo feliz y 1984 para responder una pregunta incómoda: ¿cuál se parece más a la realidad que vivimos?https://linktr.ee/bibliotequeando
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsFrom democracy to vaccines to election results to Orwell himself, the rewriting of the past to fit current attitudes has become an incurable maniaNarrated by Jared Moore
Hello and Welcome to Colonial Outcasts, the anti-imperialist podcast that your MAGA uncle might hate less today than he did yesterday, as that entire cult of personality is fragmenting yet again with the advent of this new Palantir deal to create a national database that is unprecedented in our history. It will include:- Tax filings- Student Debt- Social Security- Bank Accounts- Medical Claims- Immigration statusNo previous database system has ever centralized this much personal info across various federal agencies. If you, like me, are a critic of China's social credit system (totally valid to disagree with me), just know that in the Hands of Palantir, a data analysis company founded in 2003, partially backed by the CIA's venture capital arm, In-Q-Tel, the new American edition is going to be so much more repressive and targeted.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comSam is a biographer, historian, and journalist. He used to be the editor of the New York Times Book Review, a features writer for Vanity Fair, and a writer for Prospect magazine. He's currently a contributing writer for the Washington Post. His many books include The Death of Conservatism and Whittaker Chambers: A Biography, and his new one is Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America.It's a huge tome — almost 1,000 pages! — but fascinating, with new and startling revelations, and a breeze to read. It's crack to me, of course, and we went long — a Rogan-worthy three hours. But I loved it, and hope you do too. It's not just about Buckley; it's about now, and how Buckleyism is more similar to Trumpism than I initially understood. It's about American conservatism as a whole.For three clips of our convo — Buckley as a humane segregationist, his isolationism even after Pearl Harbor, and getting gay-baited by Gore Vidal — head to our YouTube page.Other topics: me dragging Sam to a drag show in Ptown; the elite upbringing of Buckley during the Depression; his bigoted but charitable dad who struck rich with oil; his Southern mom who birthed a dozen kids; why the polyglot Buckley didn't learn English until age 7; aspiring to be a priest or a pianist; a middle child craving the approval of dad; a poor student at first; his pranks and recklessness; being the big man on campus at Yale; leading the Yale Daily News; skewering liberal profs; his deep Catholicism; God and Man at Yale; Skull and Bones; his stint in the Army; Charles Lindbergh and America First; defending Joe McCarthy until the bitter end and beyond; launching National Review; Joan Didion; Birchers; Brown v. Board; Albert Jay Nock; Evelyn Waugh; Whittaker Chambers; Brent Bozell; Willmoore Kendall; James Burnham; Orwell; Hitchens; Russell Kirk; not liking Ike; underestimating Goldwater; Nixon and the Southern Strategy; Buckley's ties to Watergate; getting snubbed by Reagan; Julian Bond and John Lewis on Firing Line; the epic debate with James Baldwin; George Will; Michael Lind; David Brooks and David Frum; Rick Hertzberg; Buckley's wife a fag hag who raised money for AIDS; Roy Cohn; Bill Rusher; Scott Bessent; how Buckley was a forerunner for Trump; and much more. It's a Rogan-length pod.Browse the Dishcast archive for an episode you might enjoy (the first 102 are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Coming up: Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on the Biden cover-up, Walter Isaacson on Ben Franklin, Robert Merry on President McKinley, Tara Zahra on the last revolt against globalization after WWI, N.S. Lyons on the Trump era, Arthur C. Brooks on the science of happiness, and Paul Elie on crypto-religion in ‘80s pop culture. Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comClaire Lehmann is a journalist and publisher. In 2015, after leaving academia, she founded the online magazine Quillette, where she is still editor-in-chief. She's also a newspaper columnist for The Australian.For two clips of our convo — on how journalists shouldn't be too friendly with one another, and how postmodernism takes the joy out of literature — pop over to our YouTube page.Other topics: a modest upbringing in Adelaide; her hippie parents; their small-c conservatism; her many working-class jobs; ADHD; aspiring to be a Shakespeare scholar; enjoying Foucault … at first; her “great disillusionment” with pomo theory; the impenetrable prose of Butler; the great Germaine Greer; praising Camille Paglia; evolutionary psychology; Wright's The Moral Animal and Pinker's The Blank Slate; Claire switching to forensic psychology after an abusive relationship; the TV show Adolescence; getting hired by the Sydney Morning Herald to write op-eds — her first on marriage equality; Bush's federal amendment; competition among women; tribalism and mass migration; soaring housing costs in Australia; rising populism in the West; creating Quillette; the IDW; being anti-anti-Trump; audience capture; Islamism and Charlie Hebdo; Covid; critical Trump theory; tariffs; reflexive anti-elitism; Joe Rogan; Almost Famous; Orwell; Spinoza; Oakeshott; Fukuyama and boredom; tech billionaires on Inauguration Day; the sycophants of Trump 2.0; and X as a state propaganda platform.Browse the Dishcast archive for an episode you might enjoy (the first 102 are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Next week: David Graham on Project 2025. After that: Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on the Biden years, Sam Tanenhaus on Bill Buckley, Robert Merry on President McKinley, Walter Isaacson on Ben Franklin, and Paul Elie on his book The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s. Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.
SEASON 3 EPISODE 120: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:45) SPECIAL COMMENT: We’ve all known it would come to this; we’ve all WARNED it would come to this; we’ve all PREDICTED they’d try to ease the knife in slowly, they’d take the boiling frog route, and here it comes. It’s in every piece of political science fiction from "1984" to "Brazil" to "V For Vendetta." And it is now real: if everything Trump does deserves criticism and gets criticism there is only one thing for Trump and his gang to do: prosecute criticism of Trump and claim those WHO criticize him are aiding and abetting terrorists. The ultimate Thought Crime was given voice by no less a figure than Trump's Counterterrorism Director, who, since Trump found the worst possible person to do each job (and bin Laden is dead) is Sebastian Gorka. The threat is connected to the push to send not just immigrants to rot in a For-Profit El Salvador Rendition Center, but American citizens too, especially those who standup to Trump's attempt to purge Hispanics from this country. Axios reports that one of the other potential new Orwellian crimes would be advising detainees of their rights. If that's not directed at AOC I don't know what could be. B-Block (25:20) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Derrick Van Orden attacks Wisconsin's governor because Van Orden thinks Milwaukee kids are stupid - and he misspells the word "how" in his post. Brian Kilmeade's Hegseth spoiler alert: he calls him "former secretary." And we are all very proud here that one of 'our own' has reduced Bill Maher to graffiti. Further details on "My Dinner With Adolf." C-Block (37:45) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: I had literally forgotten - until I literally worked through the neighborhood - that I made my Broadway singing and dancing debut seven years ago. I mean literally, on stage, during an actual Broadway show. If it made that much of an impression on me, imagine how bored the audience was! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SEASON 3 EPISODE 119: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:45) SPECIAL COMMENT: Senator Lisa Murkowski may be the most important person in the country right now. Her public confession that she too is afraid of the Trump nightmare and her HINTS at talking to Senate colleagues ABOUT her fear – could provide just enough Republican rebellion to rein Trump in. It feels as if she just got it, as if she just understood that yes Trump is Nazi-esque and yes Trump often emulates the Soviets but the closest parallel to him is O'Brien and "The Party" in Orwell's "1984" and the simple terrifying conviction that "the object of power is power." That's why I think when Kristi Garden Noem and Secretary of Defense (and Vodka) Hegseth (if he's still on the job after ANOTHER Signal chat came to light) file their report on the border to Trump this week and tell him no, they don't need to invoke The Insurrection Act, he may do it anyway because... the object of power is power. Murkowski and thirteen other Republican Senators and at most four Republican Representatives can stop this. They can save the country. They can impeach Trump or if they still can’t get over the hump, the 18 of you can use the THREAT to impeach him, to virtually fetter him, to at least control the width and breadth of his damage, to make him know the Senate WILL vote against him. She can also talk to anybody on the Supreme Court except Alito or Thomas. The other seven, in the middle of the damn night - at 1 AM Saturday - stepped in to freeze any further disappearing Americans under the phony premise of The Alien Enemies Act. And there is reason to hope that these Murkowski-led conversations might happen before the iron curtain of dictatorship descends: Later in her confession of fear, she hinted at doing exactly what I just suggested. Meanwhile, how many times can you self-destruct on this? Gavin Newsom dismisses the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case as a "distraction" and calls Democrats sheep for defending the constitution. On the other hand, Senator Ed Markey is crafting a sense of the senate resolution stating Trump cannot again be elected, and cannot again serve, as president or vice president. Damn Straight. B-Block (40:00) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: The Musk Crappertruck Owner who claims to also be a "girl dad"; Pennsylvania congressman Dan Meuser kinda blames Governor Josh Shapiro's criticizing Trump for provoking the attempt to incinerate him and his family in the governor's mansion on Passover. And Trump DEI hire Pam Bondi lies that compulsive martyr and 85th Place Olympic Trials finisher Riley Gaines "went to the Olympics." Not unless she bought a ticket, Pam Blondie. C-Block (55:00) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: The renewed Trump bid to ban the Associated Press got me talking to a friend: How MANY times have I been banned, as a reporter? Do you mean this century, or in total? It's... a lot. From the LA Clippers to the ESPN Campus, I've been banned... a lot. And je ne regret rien!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.