Hemlock #26 - Targeting the Death Star with Guillermo Zapata: Palantir, ICE Camps, Peter Thiel & the Antichrist, Vaclav Havel, Star Wars and Rogue One, Maersk/BDS, Deporting Zohran, Melancholia, Gaza

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People Mentioned:

Mahmoud Khalil

Maria Lugones

Byung-Chul Han

Lars von Trier (dir. Melancholia, 2011)

Hannah Arendt

Tyson Yunkaporta

Concepts:

Kenosis (self-emptying)

Books:

Putnam, Bowling Alone

News/References:

Zinc Mine in Georgia/https://thecurrentga.org/2025/06/20/okefenokee-mine-sale-conservation-fund/

Minister of Loneliness UK

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/minister-loneliness-appointed-united-kingdom-180967883/

Guy dies in ICE Facility

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/30/us-ice-detention-deaths

Finger Shot Off (graphic)

https://www.resetera.com/threads/los-angeles-police-blew-off-my-finger-for-protesting-ice-content-warning-amputation.1233627/

ChatGPT Datacenter Depletes Groundwater

https://energytheory.com/chatgpts-thirsty-data-centers-are-draining-water-resources/

Peter Thiel/Greta Thunberg Interview

https://archive.ph/HTIF6

Palestinian Youth Movement and Mask off Maersk

https://www.maskoffmaersk.com/

Andrew Callaghan Channel Five Uranium Mine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcPsy8734Vg&pp=ygUlYW5kcmV3IGNhbGxhZ2hhbiBjaGFubmVsIGZpdmUgdXJhbml1bQ%3D%3D