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06/04/2026
The Chapo boys spent a decade hyperstitioning a symbolic position that summoned the most racist guy on the internet.
How Chapo Trap House MADE Chud the Builder Read it for yourself here: https://theoryunderground.substack.com/p...
06/01/2026
05/26/2026
Paternity leave update, halfway through. Being absent from the attention economy means we take our losses, but it's the kind of sacrifice you gotta make if you can.
Why Baudrillard thought we would all stop wearing shirts by 2030.
He called the cops on students who were threatening him with lead pipes and who wouldn't allow the lecture to continue. Adorno catches a lot of flack for this from student activists but TBH he did nothing wrong. Students who shout over lectures and threaten professors should go straight to gulag.
05/04/2026
Big things afoot.
Not Big Foot, mind you...
Just big things.
Here's a glimpse of life at the close of this chapter.
04/30/2026
We read it aloud so you can listen to it while working. So special Easter egg stuff at the end. Premiering right now!
Snopes to the rescue.
The honest framing: a coordinated ring of ~1,000, sitting inside a much larger passive consumer audience probably in the tens of thousands. HORRIFYING either way, but three to four orders of magnitude off from 62 million.