There's a wild theory going around on X, that @AdrianDittmann is actually a fake persona created by @elonmusk. This theory came to be already around 6 months ago, after which "Adrian" and Elon spoke together at a Space full of Musk fanboys.
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Dittmann has attended Alex Jones' X Spaces at least twice, and even Jones himself has suggested that Adrian is actually Elon. Some have even speculated that it could be a deepfake voice cloned from Elon's.
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Now, IF Adrian is actually Elon, he is the most egoistic, delusional person on this planet. I mean, who creates a fake persona and then comments on their own posts with praise like "You're an amazing father, Elon"?
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This wouldn't be the first time Elon is using alt accounts to interact on X. In Apr 2023, some Twitter users noticed that he had another account, on which he appeared to be tweeting as his two-year-old son.
In one tweet, the account was criticizing Elon's ex-wife Grimes.
4/6
Recently, X suspended @theliamnissan account for allegedly calling out "Adrian" and creating a @AdrianDerpman parody account. The suspension has created a huge movement (which I fully endorse!) calling to #FreeLiamNissan. Is this the free speech you were talking about, Elon? 5/6
Is Adrian Elon's alt account? Is someone using a deepfake voice to sound like Elon? Could it be a fake persona created with generative AI, maybe a promotion for Grok? Or an ad for some kind of investment org called @Rebellionair3?
Let me know what you think👇🏻
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In today’s 350th Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce an American comedian and podcaster, Dave Smith (@ComicDaveSmith). He’s best-known for his numerous appearances on the Joe Rogan Experience and for his unhinged takes on the Russo-Ukrainian War.
1/22
Smith has a massive megaphone - he’s a good friend of Joe Rogan, and he’s appeared on Joe’s podcast a whopping 16 times. Naturally, he’s also visited Lex Fridman’s podcast and frequently appears on Fox News’ Kennedy and The Greg Gutfeld Show.
2/22
Dave is part of the Kremlintarian section of the Libertarian Party called Mises Caucus. They took control of the party in May 2022, and with the help of their new leader, Angela McArdle, turned it into an extension of the MAGA Republicans:
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce a Russian journalist, Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin). He’s best-known for posing as a Russian dissident, while at the same time sneakily promoting the Kremlin’s narratives about the Russo-Ukrainian War.
1/20
On paper, Leonid doesn’t look like your typical Kremlin apologist - he’s written and worked for prestigious Western outlets like the BBC, the Guardian, and he’s even written some Lonely Planet guides for the Baltic countries!
2/20
But Ragozin’s public commentary often seems to walk a fine line: condemning the war while pushing narratives that shift blame, dilute responsibility, or quietly carry the same old imperial baggage Russia - or its opposition - has never truly forgotten.
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1/21
Raiffeisen’s Russian branch was founded in 1996 and expanded dramatically after the acquisition of Russia’s Impexbank in 2006. A year later, it was the largest bank trading in foreign capital (seventh in size) in Russia.
2/21
In the early 2000s, Raiffeisen opened new branches in Russia, including in Saint Petersburg, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and Krasnodar. After 2018, it focused on digital expansion and by 2021 it had a digital presence in more than 300 cities.
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce an Estonian lawyer, social activist, politician, and useful idiot for the Kremlin, Varro Vooglaid (@varrovooglaid). He’s best-known for promoting pro-Kremlin viewpoints under the guise of “traditional family values.”
1/20
Vooglaid has an academic background, which usually gives people plenty of credibility in the eyes of the Kremlin. Most of his academic career was spent at the University of Tartu, but he was also a researcher between 2007 and 2011 at the University of Helsinki.
2/20
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In today’s Vatnik Soup REBREW, I’ll introduce a Russian ultra-nationalist propagandist and “philosopher”, Aleksandr Dugin. He’s best-known for his blueprint on Russia’s geopolitical strategy and for his genocidal rhetoric towards Ukrainians.
1/17
In my first Dugin Soup, I covered the man’s 1997 book Foundations of Geopolitics — a manual for dismantling the West, breaking up NATO, and building a Russian-led empire. In it, he makes eerie “predictions” that seem to be playing out today.
2/17
Dugin called for destabilizing the US by exacerbating internal divisions. Fast forward to today: culture wars, conspiracy theories, far-right lunatics, and social media algorithms doing half the work for him.