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Dave Troy Profile picture
@davetroy
Feb 4, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
The #Parler meltdown, a timeline:

Nov 13: I exposed opaque funding and Matze’s Russia ties

Nov 14: WSJ exposes Rebekah Mercer as funder and co-founder

Jan 6: Parler used to organize and amplify insurrection

Jan 8-9: Google and Apple remove app from stores
Jan 11: Amazon AWS terminates hosting; researchers harvest data

Jan 17: Parler puts up static page on Epik/DDOS Guard/Russian IP

Jan 21: House Oversight Chairwoman Maloney asks FBI to investigate Parler, its funding, and Matze’s Russia ties

Jan 29: Mercer + board fire Matze
Feb 3: Matze reveals he has been fired; Bongino denies, incorrectly

Even if it can somehow get back online, it will never be a viable company without implementing real moderation practices. Mercer seems intent not to do so. Parler is, without a serious upheaval, over.
And in case you missed this news.

usatoday.com/story/tech/202…
Here's the Nov 13 thread that kicked things off...
And now House Oversight's @RepMaloney has asked for even more documentation from #Parler.

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Nov 18
1/Evidence is mounting that Musk believes he is a messianic figure who is also aligned with Putin’s Noosphere policy agenda. He wore this idiotic “Omega point” pendant to the UFC fight. Bots on Here and other proxy outlets are amplifying it. Image
2/This has been brewing for some time, and Putin adopted the “Noosphere” policy agenda (of Vernadsky/Teilhard) back in 2000. Search my feed, read my threads and articles. This is all well-documented and Musk thinks he is a messiah who will “end” America. More below.
3/More on Russian Cosmism, Vernadsky, TESCREAL, etc here. We’re in deep, folks. The gap between “The Sunday Shows” and any of this is nearly insurmountable, so no one has any idea what’s going to happen to them or their 401(k)s.

washingtonspectator.org/understanding-…
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Nov 17
1/Hearing a lot of people talk about tariffs and "what it will mean." It's likely to mean nothing.

1) Lots of other terrible chaos happening; no time for tariffs.

2) "Tariffs" were a campaign dogwhistle to people who want to eliminate the income tax.

Focus on the fascism.
2/Here's a good piece on why Trump's blather is BS nonsense.
piie.com/blogs/realtime…
3/And here is some history of tariffs in the US. It really is as simple as "you don't want to pay income tax? Cool, we'll roll things back to the way they were in 1913." Coming next? Elimination of the Federal Reserve.
whitehouse.gov/cea/written-ma…
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Nov 16
1/There is nothing more embarrassing than watching hordes of liberals willingly herd themselves into a pen funded by Russian capital. Blue sky’s principal funder Blockchain Capital LLC is run in part by Kirill Dorofeev, who also works for VK, Russia’s state social network. Image
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2/Be aware you are effectively operating behind enemy lines. It may be tactically useful to do so, but don’t pretend there is anything “good” happening here. For all the talk about critical thinking, folks could try using some for once. 🤦
linkedin.com/posts/joecardi…
3/Here is another Blockchain Capital LLC partner with a stupid hat, Jimmy Song, just today dunking on people because they are not bought into Bitcoin. And yet, Bluesky is gonna be “good.” Okay. I have some municipal real estate with a sweeping view of the East River to sell you. Image
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Nov 14
🚨Artem Klyushin appears to be a key advisor to Elon Musk and Donald Trump as they plan out their cabinet. Klyushin also seems to have "nudged" the selection of Amy Coney Barrett a month before she was announced in 2020. Anybody home, @FBI?🚨 Image
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More background on Klyushin's longtime connection to Trump's network, going back at least over a dozen years.
And because it can't be said enough, this is the design Klyushin, Putin, Musk, and Trump are pursuing, and it has nothing to do with "making money," selling cars, kompromat, or whatever else you may think. They are re-ordering the entire world.
web.archive.org/web/2019042803…
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Nov 12
1/IMPORTANT thread about Bluesky, for those fleeing there. Folks know that it was seeded by Jack Dorsey around a libertarian vision of a magical network that wouldn’t need moderation because it would be decentralized and baked into a protocol (somehow).
2/The people who aided Dorsey in pursuing this vision were other libertarian/post-rationalists connected with effective altruism and other online anarchist movements. One network called TPOT (‘that part of Twitter’) was instrumental. It carried over into Bluesky’s founding DNA. Image
3/Someone made the visualization above in 2023, showing the TPOT/EA network quite clearly. EA as you know is part of TESCREAL and the belief systems that have driven Sam Bankman Fried and Elon Musk. SBF also put money into Musk’s Twitter buy.

knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultu…
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Nov 9
A few notes on various election integrity questions I'm getting privately from people:

1. Thankfully, we now overwhelmingly use paper ballots, which means they can be hand recounted.

2. If folks have probable cause to think there are irregularities with tabulation, they should definitely pursue hand recounts. That's why we use paper.

3. I architected the technology for a nationwide election monitoring campaign in 2008 with some major media outlets (NPR, CBS, etc) and know a lot of experts in that space, and have asked them what they hear.

4. I am not hearing any chatter from those experts about hacking concerns. These are the people who get called in when there are problems, and their phones are silent.

5. The bomb threats were illegal and disruptive interference, however, local authorities need to decide if they posed any material issue. So far, it doesn't sound like there is strong evidence to suggest they did.

6. There is no reason not to do hand recounts where folks have questions. However there is not a lot of reason to believe that would change any outcomes at this time.

No one, from local officials, to the Harris campaign, to leading experts has information suggesting material issues with vote total manipulation. However, there is no harm in doing some spot recounts if it would increase confidence in the outcome.

The best way to initiate any kind of recount is for local whistleblowers to contact the Harris team with evidence that would help justify spot checks in a given locality.
Here is some background on our 2008 election monitoring project (Twitter Vote Report), for those interested.
npr.org/2008/11/01/964…
Here are some facts about paper ballots in the US, which now account for 98% of votes cast in the country. In fact, this is the legacy of work done by advocates in previous cycles. Paper ballots are needed to insure election integrity.
brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…
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