6 Deaths, 3 States and the Radical Breakaway ‘Rationalists’ at the Center of the Nightmare
A charismatic figure known as Ziz is at the center of an investigation spanning multiple states and law enforcement agencies.
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The Trans Cult Who Believes AI Will Either Save Us—or Kill Us All
What the Zizians, a trans vegan cult allegedly behind multiple murders, can teach us about radicalization and our tech-addled ...
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Inside the ‘Zizians’: How a cultish crew of radical vegans became linked to killings across the United States
But Ziz's attempt to break into Silicon Valley went poorly. According to her blog, she crashed out of job after job and bounced around between insecure temporary housing, all while transitioning ...
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Alleged Ringleader of Silicon Valley ‘Murder Cult’ Arrested
LaSota, who is transgender, and identifies as a woman, is better known by her online moniker “Ziz.” For years, LaSota has been associated with a loose-knit group that stresses a bizarre form ...
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'Show her the body': Alleged kill orders, cult behavior inside the Bay Area Zizians
Ziz referred to non-vegans as “flesh-eating ... where the group imagined a rent-free life as part of Silicon Valley’s intellectual rationalist scene. “I’m a tugboat captain trying to ...
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Alleged leader of cult-like ‘Zizian’ group linked to six deaths arrested in Maryland
It is the latest twist in a bizarre saga that began in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2016 with a split in Silicon Valley’s quirky ‘rationalist’ subculture. Ziz, who expounded her version of ...