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David Z. Morris, PhD

@davidzmorris

Crypto, Finance, and Fraud - davidzmorris.substack.com "Stealing the Future: SBF and the Tech Utopians," Repeater Books Crypto OG. X-CoinDesk, Fortune. PhD UIowa 'Hardcore' - NYMag

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How Epstein Seeded The Great Crypto Grift A recording from David Z. Morris and THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali's live video

Discussing my recent Epstein-crypto piece for The Verge: open.substack.com/pub/davidzmo...

06.03.2026 22:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two badass-looking writers in the fog in South St. Seaport

Two badass-looking writers in the fog in South St. Seaport

This shot of me and @davidzmorris.bsky.social from the other night goes hard. (πŸ“Έ: Ben Schiller)

05.03.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bizarrely, unintentionally hard pic of me and @markyarm.bsky.social from a Breaker Mag reunion debauch last night

04.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Callers to Washington state hotline press 2 for Spanish and get accented AI English instead Callers to Washington state’s driver’s license agency who select automated service in Spanish are instead hearing an AI voice speaking English with a strong Spanish accent.

Callers to Washington state’s driver’s license agency who select automated service in Spanish are instead hearing an AI voice speaking English with a strong Spanish accent.

27.02.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 1988 πŸ” 734 πŸ’¬ 133 πŸ“Œ 512
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Flavor Flav Official Store: Shop Merchandise Now - Flavor Flav Official Store Shop the Official Flavor Flav store for exclusive merch, music, and more.

Put up some limited edition Public Enemy SHE GOT GAME shirts to raise money for these women athletes.

shop.flavorflavofficial.com

27.02.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 1123 πŸ” 274 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 22

Looking for recommendations of good spots to eat, drink, etc in Montmarte!

28.02.2026 10:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Verge headline: Jeffrey Epstein saw promise in Bitcoin β€” and its far-right supporters
by David Morris and Jessica Klein

Photo illustration of Jeffrey Epstein with Bitcoin spinning behind him

Verge headline: Jeffrey Epstein saw promise in Bitcoin β€” and its far-right supporters by David Morris and Jessica Klein Photo illustration of Jeffrey Epstein with Bitcoin spinning behind him

Epstein may not have fully understood crypto, but he helped shape its culture anyway.

Read more from @davidzmorris.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/tech/885252/...

27.02.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 139 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 5
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Donate to Support She Got Game: Celebrate Female Athletes, organized by Flavor Flav Flavor Flav, the legendary rapper and Hollywood personality, has long been… Flavor Flav needs your support for Support She Got Game: Celebrate Female Athletes

Many of y’all asked how you can support and donate to our female athletes and the celebrations,,, so I created a Go Fund Me. I’m hopeful this can have an impact beyond the weekend and help those that represent the best of the US

gofund.me/140322128

26.02.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 4731 πŸ” 1412 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 83

Only Larry Summers would be so stupid and naive to think you could get Alan Dershowitz to stop talking to the press.

27.02.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 1788 πŸ” 230 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 2
Today it was snowballs. Tomorrow, someone could paint a black circle on the side of a mountain, causing our officers to drive the train into the mountain, turning the train into an accordian that plays a sad little tune indicating that the officer has been seriously injured

Today it was snowballs. Tomorrow, someone could paint a black circle on the side of a mountain, causing our officers to drive the train into the mountain, turning the train into an accordian that plays a sad little tune indicating that the officer has been seriously injured

Wow

26.02.2026 00:50 πŸ‘ 4623 πŸ” 830 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 31

CSpan came to my book release back in November, and the video has been up nearly this whole time! Whoops!

Check me out reading an excerpt from Stealing the Future, and talking with my good friend and editor Ben Schiller.

Thanks CSPan!

www.c-span.org/program/book...

24.02.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WATCH OUT, LADIES, two HUNKS are on the LOOSE!

No but seriously: watch out

17.02.2026 21:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Epstein files are basically the Marshall Plan for Substack

17.02.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trumpism has entirely succeeded in making the case that 30% of Americans shouldn't have the right to vote.

It's just a completely different 30% than they had in mind.

17.02.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The absolute legend

17.02.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.

66 years old going 66 mph.

16.02.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 13351 πŸ” 2016 πŸ’¬ 452 πŸ“Œ 445

More commentary later, but Lolololol at an article chastising the "left" for not taking "AI" seriously and includes the question: "What is the ethical view of post-humanism?"

16.02.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 5

"It really has to sting for Bari. The person she wanted for the Evening News anchor chair is choosing to leave CBS altogether because of her," one CBS News staffer told me tonight. "This is 'fuck you' to Bari."

17.02.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 3641 πŸ” 769 πŸ’¬ 101 πŸ“Œ 33

When Elizabeth Holmes met Rupert Murdoch she brought a massive security detail, he brought his one long time bodyguard

14.02.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them

14.02.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 24857 πŸ” 2903 πŸ’¬ 1062 πŸ“Œ 493

Will MacAskill spends a couple of pages of the founding text of Effective Altruism arguing that being motivated to fund cancer research because you have a relative dying of cancer is immoral.

Empathy has always been their enemy.

14.02.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not sure if his audience is generally full of EAs or not, but this episode anyway seems to be doing the rounds in that part of the internet and I finally found the crowd who are offended by my boundary setting about acknowledging my humanity.

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03.02.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Ever since the Stochastic Parrots paper was published, I've been fielding the question "How do I know that you're not (just) a stochastic parrot?" ... one that I find inherently dehumanizing, as I write about here:

journals-sagepub-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/doi/10.1177/...

Short 🧡>>

03.02.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 229 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 3

Here's an example of the reaction I'm describing here, and I appreciate something this particular poster makes clear: They neither understand nor respect boundaries. There's no policing happening here, just my own decisions about who I will have a conversation with.

14.02.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 601 πŸ” 106 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 11
Epstein's Genocidal Crypto Bros Are Willing to Kill Us All For Their Techno-Fascist Paradise
Epstein's Genocidal Crypto Bros Are Willing to Kill Us All For Their Techno-Fascist Paradise YouTube video by Wajahat Ali

One of the best breakdowns I have ever seen, of the techno-fascist/eugenicist billionaire class and their sociopathic plans for the rest of us, via @wajali.bsky.social & @davidzmorris.bsky.social
youtu.be/9gnv101gTBg?...

12.02.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Apparently entering the stage of my journalistic evolution when people just tell me things as if out of pure instinct.

I emit a disclosure pheromone

12.02.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‘οΈ I Found Epstein. I Just Didn't Know it. In 2019, I investigated a Russian-led influence-peddling operation. Last week, I found out who was really behind it.

Just a heads up because, again, the email didn’t go out to everyone: There’s a link in here, right at the top, for 20% off an annual sub to Dark Markets.

davidzmorris.substack.com/p/i-found-ep...

12.02.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You might think investigative journalism is some kind of righteous crusade. It's not.

It's brutality.

I ENJOY making these people suffer.

I ENJOY watching them lose everything.

I ENJOY the moment the realize they're done.

I'm not a cop.

I'm Dexter.

davidzmorris.substack.com/p/i-found-ep...

12.02.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You are quite welcome. πŸ‘

12.02.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much!

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