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@gostack.bsky.social
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• Ending Bad Ideas Forever® • 100 y/o in internet yrs • 🇵🇷 Raised in The Bronx • Start-up Techie • Ex-Pat Scot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 • Ex-Pat Dutchie 🇳🇱 • Prefers bikes • Polyglot - EN/SP/NL & Celtic Languages • Worker First • 🚫 Crypto

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Roberta Metsola @president.europarl.europa.eu · 02/10/2026
Thank you Prime Minister Rob Jetten for an excellent exchange this afternoon in The Hague. Together, we want a Europe that is more competitive, more secure and better prepared for the future 🇪🇺🇳🇱
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I started building a foundation for our new tiny house that is going to be completely clean and dry and will discourage any bugs or animals living under the house. The supports I got can be adjusted so that if a corner sinks it can be levelled again with a tool. It's an actual support system.
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"OpenSI, Anthropic SI, Meta SI" ¿Si o no?
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I present to you the face of Health and Human Services:
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Jehiah @jehiah.cz · 28/09/2026
Still no appetite to rigorously ticket cars on sidewalks The most black and white of black and white parking issues. Mamdani + Tisch need to appoint someone to clean up parking enforcements act. No more skipping vehicles. No more looking the other way at vests on dashboard. No more corruption
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am become Travolta meme
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John Travolta Confused: What Huh
ALT: John Travolta Confused: What Huh
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is a feel good story for me. Someone needs to make a new type of gofundme but instead of worthy causes they are scammers telling you that they need to scam you so they can scam more from you later. I love the honesty. It's heartwarming.
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Parks And Rec: Jenny Slate as Mona Lisa Saperstein - Money Pwease!
ALT: Parks And Rec: Jenny Slate as Mona Lisa Saperstein - Money Pwease!
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H.E. Cas Piancey @cascoinfoundation.org · 26/09/2026
Hello. Peter Thiel has literally been saying being evil is good for two years. This is not a new talking point!
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Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
His DOGE counterpart, Luke Farritor, who hand-deleted PEPFAR payments and destroyed USAID, is now funded by Andreessen Horowitz for a military AI company, and they tout him as a *mentor* at their new residential school for “uncommonly ambitious” 16-22yos. Lock them up. All of them.
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In the Netherlands today I went to the emergency room for a damaged finger. I Showed up at 11am and was out of there by 11:27am. No bill. Single payer healthcare systems are dope. Especially in small places where you don't have to wait. Any rural American that votes against it is a stupid lemming.
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Oubao Moin 𓆏𓆌𓆉𓆈𓆚 🇵🇷🇱🇧|🍉🌻🌿 #VivaPuertoRicoLibre @astrophobia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The amount of DSA candidates running for Congress that support Puerto Rican decolonization and independence is refreshing tbh
El Nuevo Día: Pennsylvania Democratic congressional candidate supports Puerto Rico independence [Chris Rabb photo]
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sometimes it feels like New York is the only place that does things that resemble justice and law enforcement. Except when it comes to Placard Abuse and traffic enforcement for and from NYPD. They still totally suck at that.
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You can actually use AI to take power away from tech corporations, but noone wants to have that conversation.
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Gonna integrate this project into my home hosted media repo. I'm basically trying to have the same features as google photos but completely self-hosted and private. This organizes your photos and videos with AI. Facial recognition, meta-data, et al. github.com/photoprism/p...
https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism
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Ben McKenzie @benmckenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Spoiler alert: they did it with crypto www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...
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The ‘Monster’ Behind Russia’s Global Effort to Evade Western Sanctions
A Moscow firm uses shell companies and cryptocurrency to launder money, and a custom app to forge trade records, to help Russia bypass sweeping financial restrictions.
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Jehiah @jehiah.cz · 23/09/2026
I love it... but when will it show up in open data @nyc-dot.bsky.social ? Can you automate updates for this dataset (ycrg-ses3)? Last Update: April 2026.
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Fast Buses: Mayor Mamdani Completes the Bronx’s First Busway on Tremont Avenue
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My hedge against climate change and rising energy prices is that I built a low-energy tiny house in a food producing region of the netherlands. I couldn't think of a better idea unfortunately.
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Shia LaBeouf: Just Do It Motivation
ALT: Shia LaBeouf: Just Do It Motivation
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AI is officially a part of the zeitgeist.
Graffiti that reads "AI fuck AI"
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm working on eradicating my google storage bill by eliminating Google Photos and Drive from my life. I'm using syncthing to achieve this. So, I'll be self-hosting this portion of my digital life. My next goal is to get rid of cloud provided email hosting. docs.syncthing.net/intro/gui
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An Intro to the GUI — Syncthing documentation
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I don't agree with this at all. If anything, wood log burners just need to be regulated for efficiency but an all out ban just causes energy dependence for heat during the winter. You shouldn't ban our most powerful and earliest invention. It also makes for more govt hate from the average Brit.
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Wood burner owners set to face £5,000 fine rule | UK | News | Express.co.uk
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Like, half the 70-80 y/o I know died last year. Which I think is the major driver for this trend.
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I became a fan of 'We are not friends' today. A decent indie shoegaze band. They remind me of filter but the without lyrics. music.youtube.com/watch?v=LT-d...
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Save the World
YouTube video by We Are Not Friends - Topic
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 17/09/2026
Amazon only has 4 copies left. Bookshop is backordered. But never fear—more copies are on the way! THANK YOU all for making this happen. This is far beyond my wildest dreams. But it's not about me or my book. It's about how we save our future from dangerously insane AI-crypto fascists.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 07/09/2026
Presidential failson launches crypto scam gift article (registration may be required) www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
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Exclusive | Hunter Biden (and His Laptop) Enter the Cryptosphere With New Meme Coin
The personal computer that launched a thousand memes will debut this week as a digital token.
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Homey loved being the Emissary tho. He tried to play it off like he wasn't into it, but everybody knew he was.
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
That's a wrap on the Tinyhouse build. I designed it in blender, made the floorplan in inkscaoe and then got with some neighbors to realize the vision. Now it's done. That's how easy it is to build an eco house if you put your mind to it.
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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 31/08/2026
New from me and @spencerwoodman.bsky.social: The crypto giant Tether claims it subjects its primary customers to strong due diligence. Documents obtained by ICIJ show that a number of early Tether customers were later implicated in financial crimes. www.icij.org/investigatio...
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Crypto giant Tether promised careful vetting. Some early customers were later implicated in financial crimes. - ICIJ
Financial records obtained by ICIJ show that they included individuals later accused of or sanctioned for money laundering and other financial crimes.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 31/08/2026
He doesn't get enough attention, but Coinbase's Brian Armstrong is one of the most radicalized billionaires in the USA. He's part of the Network State cult that seeks to build new tech nations. Now he's leading the crypto cartel's takeover of our electoral system newrepublic.com/article/1857...
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The Most Powerful Crypto Bro in Washington Has Very Weird Beliefs
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the U.S. is in “decline” and embraces a cultish tech movement to build “network” societies beyond the reach of nation-states—and he’s got Congress eating out of his h...
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"The big private equities houses killed my father. Well, they hurt him bad. They really hurt his feelings."
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I met the founder of MapQuest and his wife in London. He basically made it in their bedroom and she supported him the whole way according to them. A real garage band tech startup. You really don't get those anymore.
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Politicians behind bulletproof glass is a real bummer. First amendment < Second Amendment
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 28/08/2026
The @wajali.bsky.social fan club showed up in force at the @cwclub.bsky.social. Little-known secret: Wajahat has the magical power to launch your book straight to the NYT bestseller list. Seriously: He has tirelessly championed my book and—boom!—here we are. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMM6...
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Gil Durán and Wajahat Ali: The Rise of "The Nerd Reich”
YouTube video by Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Just a reminder for the world that Milo still owes me $6,000 in unpaid rent from 2013.
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The NYPD has two and rarely uses them. Also, fyi there are laws that they can never have weapons attached to them.
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
They could have easily released those 4 minutes as a cinematic trailer.
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We should call this psychosis Financialization Brain.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
FFS
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Best description of modern movies I've ever seen. No notes.
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How Did People Become So Bad At Watching Movies?
YouTube video by Some More News
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
@benmckenzie.bsky.social is a punk rocker. youtu.be/z4K7cduV5u8?...
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'Largest Ponzi scheme in history': Ben McKenzie on his crusade against crypto
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 27/08/2026
We did it! “The Nerd Reich” is a New York Times Instant Bestseller! My book debuts at #3 on the non-fiction list. Thanks to all who pre-ordered /bought the book—or requested it at the public library or promoted it on social. Without you, I’m just an unemployed guy with a laptop. But with you…
Image: Nerd Reich book cover, a New York Times Instant Bestseller
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Remember glassholes? The people who wore google glass on their faces and acted like they were cyborgs? Those were just geeks that thought they were creating a star trek world. Social media focused people are deeply insecure morons who want to be special. So in a way, this is worse.
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
When combined with empathy, high intelligence creates deeply cooperative, fair, and prosocial behavior. But when intelligence lacks empathy, it does not stop bad behavior. It simply turns a clumsy cheater into a highly effective, manipulative liar. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Are Intelligent People Better Liars? Relationships between Cognitive Abilities and Credible Lying
Lying is essential to social communication. Despite years of research, its detection still poses many challenges. This is partly because some individuals are perceived as truthful and reliable, even w...
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Just wear one, it costs you nothing and if you want to take up the time of EMS workers that could be saving someone else, then it's you that is being the selfish asshole along with the carbrains. I wear one in NL if I know I'm going to be mixing with cars which happens when I go from town to town.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/08/2026
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This video is about to get taken down from YouTube (Saturday) because this dude preaches on tech oligarchs. @gilduran.com is one of my favorite journalists as of late. Check it out before it goes away. And also, buy his book! youtu.be/6-bockMdk-c?...
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The Billionaire Plot to Destroy Democracy: Gil Durán on ‘The Nerd Reich’ book
YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My Mexican oregano just arrived from America. My rice and beans game is about to go CRAZY. And just in case you wanted to know what makes Mexican tacos and burritos mad fire, this is the secret ingredient.
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Too real.
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Gabriel @gostack.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
¡Qué horror!
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