Somebody recommended me this video, I was enjoying it until suddenly (ca. 23:20 ) he name-drops Scott Alexander as "a writer whom I'm a big fan of". I thought, should somebody tell him. Then I looked up and the guy has an entire video on subtypes of rationalists, so he knows, and chose to present as a fan anyway. Huh. Who is this guy anyway?

I half read, half skimmed the article. Man, what a strange, specific, and dedicated way to build buzz. This is the exact kind of weird conspiracy shit you’d expect nazi weirdos to be up to. If Indiana Jones did actual archaeology but only on the internet, this analysis would be the output. Good read.

signpost.news gives me error 500 but Ars Technica has an article on Woodard

The Forrest Gump of American Weirdos is a pretty solid description here, yeah. Also how had I not heard about the fucking Rajneeshis before now?

Some how I want to think this was paid for by Elon Musk to undermine Wikipedia