Gwen Snyder is uncivilDec 17, 2022

Elon is dismantling Twitter.

Thiel killed Gawker, and seems to be behind a lot of the funding of the tankie/dirtbag "left" elements that fractured & gaslit the popular left.

Whatever we do next, the left needs better eyes on these longtermist Silicon Valley dingbats.

Show threadGwen Snyder is uncivilDec 17, 2022

That's really my takeaway on all of this.

Journalists and antifascists got too good at what we were doing, especially accountability and deplatforming.

Thiel in particular figured this out and set out to destroy journalistic and then antifascist platforms and community.

Show threadGwen Snyder is uncivilDec 17, 2022
After six years of antifascist research and left organizing work where most "what the fuck, this came out of nowhere and screwed us" curveballs can be traced back to or at least linked to Thiel, I feel like I have clarity on who is doing this stuff and doing it effectively.
Show threadGwen Snyder is uncivilDec 17, 2022

Bannon and Thiel are the best manipulators of information culture I've ever seen.

Bannon's moment at the top may be over, but Thiel is just as dangerous, in other ways.

Elon's the face of these attacks on journalism right now, but it's pretty obvious that Thiel is the brains.

Show threadIt's Going DownDec 17, 2022
@gwensnyder Has there been anything written documenting Thiel's funding of the dirtbag left?
Show threadGwen Snyder is uncivilDec 17, 2022
@igd_news I haven't seen direct documentation of funding, but his relationship with Red Scare is... interesting.
Show threadTHE SEERDec 17, 2022
@gwensnyder @igd_news i've been paying attention to that podcast... v interesting in their alliances (v obvious bannon influence in my view)
Show threadCatgirl ApocalypseDec 17, 2022
@TheSeeR @gwensnyder @igd_news is red scare the one where one of them became a tradcath or something
Show threadTHE SEERDec 17, 2022
@catgirlapocalypse @gwensnyder @igd_news
redscare connection to the documentarist behind Alex's war are pretty telling. The score is by Anna Khachiyan's boyfriend. Docu was heavily promoted by glen greenwald too.
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@catgirlapocalypse @gwensnyder @igd_news
anna Khachiyan laughed off accusations of receiving Thiel's money but pretty unconvincingly. All the connections point to it. While back she was interviewed by Eric Weinstein. I don't think they hit it off. Anyway... I am here to learn more. My theory is that they are part of Thiel's attempt at pushing profiles of cultural influencers
Dec 17, 2022 at 1:37amWeb