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Ben Tarnoff & Quinn Slobodian: What was #Doge? How Elon #Musk tried to gamify #government. Steeped in gaming and rightwing culture wars, Musk and his team of teenage coders set out to defeat the enemy of the United States: its people.

#farright #trump
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/17/elon-musk-gamify-government

What was Doge? How Elon Musk tried to gamify government

The long read: Steeped in gaming and rightwing culture wars, Musk and his team of teenage coders set out to defeat the enemy of the United States: its people

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian 7h ago

MI5 apologises and pays compensation to woman allegedly abused by agent https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/17/mi5-apologises-and-pays-compensation-to-woman-allegedly-abused-by-agent #Mi5 #UkNews #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #FarRight #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #Politics #Society

MI5 apologises and pays compensation to woman allegedly abused by agent

Woman known only as Beth says abuser claimed status made him untouchable, which terrorised her into silence

The Guardian

Joe Public 8h ago

#farright #hardright #fascism #nazi #farage #ukpoli

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:movn6xzezospl7lnkhy7nzpt/post/3mhb5mhvspk2b

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Nonilex 9h ago

Kent, a former political candidate with connections to #FarRight #extremists, was confirmed to his post last July on a 52-44 vote.

As head of the National Counterterrorism Center, Kent was in charge of an agency tasked with analyzing & detecting terrorist threats.

#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis

Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)10h ago

Right-wing MEP says he started group chat with EU conservatives that angered Merz https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-right-wing-mep-conservatives-group-chat-friedrich-merz/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Brusselsbubble #Germanpolitics #Migration #Farright #Politics

WilmanSlice 13h ago

¿Porqué seguimos permitiendo esto?

https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/mundo/rede-social-x-e-o-principal-canal-de-desinformacao-contra-ue-e-politicos-sao-o-maior-alvo_n1726965

#x #elonmusk #farright #desinformation

Rede social X é o principal canal de desinformação contra UE e políticos são o maior alvo

A rede social X é o principal canal utilizado para atividades de desinformação contra a União Europeia e os políticos são o principal alvo, refere um relatório hoje divulgado pelo serviço diplomático europeu.

Rede social X é o principal canal de desinformação contra UE e políticos são o maior alvo

Philip C James 14h ago

This article in The New World describes Peter Thiel as 'a right-wing intellectual'

Surely that's an oxymoron...?

#Palantir #UKpol #USpol
#Trump #Thiel #AntiChrist #FarRight
#ChristianNationlism
#AntiDemocracy #Starmer #Labour
#BanBillionaires #SaveOurNHS
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-can-maga-tech-firm-palantir-be-trusted-to-run-britains-data/?utm_campaign=968afe29-39e7-45b6-a2e0-e403e0d51196&utm_source=1234569

Oh, sorry Mr Thiel,... an oxymoron is "a phrase that combines two words that seem to be the opposite of each other, for example a deafening silence."

H/t The Oxford Learner's Dictionary

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/oxymoron?q=OXYMORON

Can MAGA tech firm Palantir be trusted to run Britain's data?

It's wildly overvalued, politically extreme and puts Trump first – but somehow has £1bn of deals to run Britain's tech infrastructure

The New World

Bindestrich 16h ago

The #farright loves to use generative neutral models in their propaganda, here the AFD is using it for a comic targeted at kids https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/mecklenburg-vorpommern/afd-abgeordneter-grimm-schickt-rechtsextreme-comics-an-grundschulen,afd-1050.html / also see this talk by @tante https://tante.cc/2025/07/04/fascist-ai-talk-at-loops/ #facism

AfD-Abgeordneter Grimm schickt rechtsextreme Comics an Grundschulen

Der AfD-Bundestagsabgeordnete Grimm aus Wismar bietet Grundschulen in seinem Wahlkreis gewaltverherrlichende und rechtsextreme Comics an. Der Parlamentarier hat nach NDR Recherchen eine sogenannte Bücherspende verschickt. Darin wird nach Expertenmeinung Nazi-Propaganda vermittelt.

ndr.de