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Nate Wilcox

@kidnate.bsky.social
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Historian of dance music & fight sport

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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I enjoy making AI slop with Nano Banana. Doing my part to end the world.
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I'm now blogging as Nat Wilson Turner on substack at NatWilsonTurner.com
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
She was one of my favorite online friends for almost 20 years. I will miss her writing, her art, and our private correspondence dearly.
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I've collected my political writings at the Nat Wilson Turner substac.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
New York City to become first in US to ban deceptive subscription practices The Mamdani administration is banning companies from using deceptive subscriptions to trap customers into recurring charges & is also targeting "junk fees" that raise the price of everything from apartments to sport events
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New York City to become first in US to ban deceptive subscription practices
Rule from Mamdani administration bans companies from trapping customers into paying recurring charges and also targets ‘junk fees’
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
It is IMO important to recognise that Labour were *cheered to the rafters* by the national press and by their politician colleagues for telling their own supporters to fuck off. Probably worth bearing in mind, as we watch the same people scratch their heads and now ask: where did it all go wrong?
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 08/05/2026
🎶The wheels on the truck fall off off off, off off off, off off off. The wheels on the truck fall off off off, all through the town🎶
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PJ, Sports Enjoyer🇸🇪🇺🇸 @ptros.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This is what @kidnate.bsky.social and Zach Arnold have been covering for a long while. Give the MMA Draw a look to see what's really going on in TKO. Here's one article substack.com/@natewilcox/...
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Evil TKO's Coming Out Party: WrestleMania 42
Mark Shapiro is "freshening up" the WWE and fans hate it just like they hate his UFC
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Can't tell you how many members of Congress who *at best* had nothing to say when I asked about the Minab girls school attack. There is a profanely cold detachment inside Capitol Hill, a mode completely unrecognizable to common human decency I wish I could properly convey to you.
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Why is fash Tucker the most powerful and cogent antiwar voice in the US?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Gottheimer has received millions from AIPAC, per @TrackAIPAC — valuable for them to have a Democrat justifying Trump’s war 👇🏽
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
It's time for the 25th Amendment. We need both parties to stop backing Trump's illegal war (which we are losing badly).
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Mentoch @mentoch.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
God Frank Shamrock was great.
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Lee Casebolt @leecasebolt.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Just read this over lunch and it's really good. Recommended if you remember 90s MMA, doubly recommended if you don't.
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Wrote about my favorite fighter, the one the UFC erased from history www.themmadraw.com/p/erased-by-...
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Erased by the UFC : Frank Shamrock, The MMA GOAT of the 20th Century
His UFC title run was the peak sports-fan experience of my life
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
TKO has deep deep ties to the Gulf States. That is looking like a very bad bet at the moment. www.themmadraw.com/p/wrestleman...
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WrestleMania in Riyadh? Are We Sure About That?
The geo-political ground has shifted out from under TKO and that ain't all
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/03/2026
NEW: ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.
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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate
ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
TKO has deep deep ties to the Gulf States. That is looking like a very bad bet at the moment. www.themmadraw.com/p/wrestleman...
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WrestleMania in Riyadh? Are We Sure About That?
The geo-political ground has shifted out from under TKO and that ain't all
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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 03/03/2026
Remember what I was saying? $80 billion in debt with $30 billion in revenue (not profit) and a $15 billion market cap? They're dead. Even if they panic and try to spin off all of the properties they just bought, they'll never come close to profitable. This is why Netflix walked away.
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PJ, Sports Enjoyer🇸🇪🇺🇸 @ptros.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This was written at @kidnate.bsky.social s site, I think it's paywalled but basically Epstein dealt in a LOT of private plane stuff open.substack.com/pub/themmadr...
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Jeffrey Epstein wanted Fertitta planes & Joe Rogan. They all said no.
How DOJ's Epstein Files exposed this rancid UFC super fan's fantasies.
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Had fun making an AI slop image to commemorate this horrible moment in human history.
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Paramount Wins WBD: 5 Things Fight Fans Should Know
This is a big big deal, but maybe not as big as we think
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Most viewed MMA bouts on US TV by year. Yeah, some of this is the decline in TV viewing, and a lot of it reflects the PPV wall erected by ESPN+, but some of may be real erosion in the popularity of the sport. Can Paramount+ fix this? www.themmadraw.com/p/ufc-please...
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Graphic Policy @graphicpolicy.com · 23/01/2026
CBS News median age: 58 CNN median age: 50 TikTok: 43% of adults 18-29 get news from TikTok Ellison (and the right) are covering their demographics. Bezos' Washington Post's median age is 44, same as Joe Rogan listeners... www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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How the audiences of 30 major news sources differ by age
The median age of regular news consumers ranges from 39 for Univision to 63 for Newsmax.
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Graphic Policy @graphicpolicy.com · 23/01/2026
The people who bought CBS and lurched it into rightwing shit just bought TikTok (a major source of news) and trying to purchase CNN... They're attempting to consolidate the news to favor the right even more... Ellison was a part of the 2020 coup attempt... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Oracle’s Larry Ellison joined Nov. 2020 call about contesting Trump’s loss
The billionaire GOP donor, the biggest backer of Elon Musk’s attempted Twitter takeover, participated along with Fox’s Sean Hannity and Sen. Lindsey Graham, according to court filings and a participan...
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Total media domination ain't easy
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Bari Weiss' CBS Not an Auspicious Beginning to Total Info Control
Bari Weiss' CBS tenure shows buying a media empire is one thing, imposing total information control is another, even for Larry Ellison.
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Whoo boy
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Democrats React to Minnesota on ICE with a Total Lack of Seriousness
Democrats react to the ICE-engendered crisis in Minnesota with disorganization, incoherence, and indiscipline.
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
An attempt to put Trump's war on Minnesota in context
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Minnesota on ICE: Somaliand, Fraud, Frey, Walz and Trump
Minnesota on ICE: Minneapolis has become the frontline of POTUS Trump's incitement, and the reasons why go back decades and across the globe.
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
a decade of mutual fuckery and back-stabbing summarized in one long blog post
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The Tangled OpenAI and Microsoft Alliance Frayed Under Pressure
The partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI ignited the AI boom but frayed under pressure in 2025 as the halcyon early days ended.
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
My, er, Nat Wilson Turner's latest for Naked Capitalism.
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Microsoft's Satya Nadella Makes Microslop a Trending Term
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has made the term Microslop go viral with his admonition to "get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication."
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Do these creeps really believe they're inventing God?
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Artificial Super Intelligence: The Faith of the Tech Elite
Do moguls like Masayoshi Son, Sam Altman, and Larry Ellison actually believe Artificial Super Intelligence is imminent?
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Team Trump is targeting "pre-crime", what could go wrong?
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ICE, Antifa, and the Ever Expanding Definition of Terrorism
The Trump administration has expanded the official definition of "terrorism" and is already getting guilty pleas from alleged Antifa members.
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Dana White got an early Xmas present www.themmadraw.com/p/ufc-antitr...
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UFC antitrust judge orders Dana White to testify over evidence allegations
Merry Christmas!
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Debating with BlueAnon Shitlibs is pointless, part 10,000
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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TKO has unmatched relationships with the streaming companies
The streaming wars, cord-cutting, and the near-death of movie theaters have destroyed most of Hollywood. Once great media conglomerates like Paramount, Warner Brothers, Disney, and Fox are either fading fast, out of the game entirely, or have been swallowed up by bigger players.
Netflix, Alphabet (owner of YouTube), and Amazon are the giants now, and second-tier players like David Ellison’s new Paramount, Disney/ESPN, and Comcast’s Peacock are desperately trying to adapt and compete.
For boxing’s Big Four, this consolidation has been a near-extinction-level event.
None of them has a major media deal.
This creates a doom loop.
No media deal, no money to sign big-time fights.
No big-time fights on the horizon, no media deals.
TKO is not and never will be in this position.
Paramount was happy to pay for Zuffa Boxing, even though it’s only vaporware.
That’s because they want to keep TKO happy after betting a big chunk of their future on the UFC.
ESPN has a massive deal with TKO for WWE. They will always be willing to talk business with Ari, Mark Shapiro, and Nick Khan.
Same for Netflix, who air WWE Raw.
All of these execs know that when they sit down to talk with Ari Emanuel about a deal with TKO, he’s not just the combat sports guy, he’s the King of Hollywood, the Agent of Agents, the Influencer of Influencers.
Even if the boxing’s Big Four did combine forces, they’d still just be boxing.
TKO is boxing, MMA, and pro-wrestling. WME Group is all that plus they are agents for everything else a media company needs: talking heads, actors, directors, show runners, influencers, sports stars, and on and on.
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
themmadraw.substack.com/p/the-one-bo...
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Praise from a reader for Nat Wilson Turner's latest take down of Team Trump. www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/12/maga...
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
From Nat Wilson Turner for Ian Welsh www.ianwelsh.net/2028-red-and...
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/12/info...
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
www.ianwelsh.net/larry-summer...
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
"The people who had the worst mental and social outcomes on average were simply those who used ChatGPT the most."
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OpenAI Apes Meta's Malignant Model, Hyping Endless Expansion
OpenAI may be following Meta's malignant model by putting profits before user safety while hyping ambitious expansion plans.
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
"The people who had the worst mental and social outcomes on average were simply those who used ChatGPT the most."
nakedcapitalism.com
OpenAI Apes Meta's Malignant Model, Hyping Endless Expansion
OpenAI may be following Meta's malignant model by putting profits before user safety while hyping ambitious expansion plans.
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
www.ianwelsh.net/larry-summer...
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
The increasingly precarious state of the AI bubble that’s been propping up Silicon Valley and the entire American economy is putting more pressure on the financial underpinnings of Hasbara, Inc.
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Hasbara Ain't Cheap, Musk, Ellison, Saudis, All Tapped
The practitioners of Hasbara are desperately ratcheting up their control of American corporate and social media and are seeking Saudi help.
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Turki Alashikh's RING reported the fight. No one else has confirmed or denied. Turki's been pushing this fight since July. He wants "Jack Paul" out of boxing.
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Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua Is the Fight the Fans (and Jake) Deserve
The beating that Anthony Joshua could put on Jake Paul is the stuff of sadistic fantasy, mine.
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Turki Alashikh's RING reported the fight. No one else has confirmed or denied. Turki's been pushing this fight since July. He wants "Jack Paul" out of boxing.
themmadraw.com
Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua Is the Fight the Fans (and Jake) Deserve
The beating that Anthony Joshua could put on Jake Paul is the stuff of sadistic fantasy, mine.
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/11/teet...
Senate Dems Throw Teetering Trump a Lifeline
Posted on November 12, 2025 by Nat Wilson Turner
Senate Democrats threw a teetering Trump administration a lifeline by folding on the U.S. government shutdown.

The move has divided the national Democratic party and taken the spotlight off a teetering Trump administration’s troubles.

Eight Senators abandoned the Democratic caucus to join Republicans voting to reopen the government “in exchange for a couple of months of government funding and a vote on healthcare that they are bound to lose.”
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Nate Wilcox @kidnate.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Unbelievably, UFC’s non-stop marketing campaign of poverty promotion & “keep them hungry!” fighter pay practices has exacerbated the public relations problem with their latest gambling scandal.
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TKO overreach and UFC gambling backlash
Dana White, Ultimate Whale, is who Mark Shapiro has handling PR.
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library gavin (aka theanticool) @theanticool.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Best explainer on everything going on with the UFC fight fixing scandal atm
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pud333.bsky.social @pud333.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Fellas, we are in the golden age of grifting. Business has never been this good for the cheaters, liars and scammers. I include the robber baron billionaire class in this as well.
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