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randahl ("Randahl Fink") wrote:

We think the US is falling apart because of Trump's reelection. But Trump is just a symptom of a bigger problem:

The US is falling apart as a result of the US allowing an insane wealth distribution, where the rich pay no taxes, because their companies are offshored and now have revenues larger than countries.

This has allowed the malignant to buy both media and social media, which has allowed them to hack democracy by polluting the minds of the uneducated, which THEN has gotten Trump elected.

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tef wrote:

historians are going to note a marked increase in a overly defensive writing tone around the early 2010s huh

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jimfenton@infosec.exchange ("Jim Fenton 🇺🇸<>🇨🇦") wrote:

Props to whoever on this plane is advertising the WiFi network “Houthi PC small group”

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MissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:

Breaking: Man who wants nothing more than to be liked set to lose hundreds of billions of dollars as a direct result of being despised.

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jik@federate.social ("Jonathan Kamens") wrote:

The Democrats on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee are holding hearings about what's going on at VA. I was invited to testify at one of the hearings (will post more about this later) and was told, "If your friends and family want to watch live, this will be streaming on the SVAC Democrats Facebook and X/Twitter feeds."
That the Dems are streaming only on Facebook and Twitter is another illustration that they're not up to the moment we're in.
#politics #USPol
I sent them this:

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davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

@timbray this thread is the best rundown I know of:

https://transmom.love/@elilla/114178587075613485

tl;dr looks like a Joe job for targeted harassment of the real Nicole

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
harold ("Harold Jarche") wrote:

Paul Parker, recording clerk for Quakers in Britain, said: “No-one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory.

“This aggressive violation of our place of worship and the forceful removal of young people holding a protest group meeting clearly shows what happens when a society criminalises protest.

“Freedom of speech, assembly, and fair trials are an essential part of free public debate which underpins democracy."

https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/quakers-condemn-police-raid-on-westminster-meeting-house

#democracy

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"Reports are now showing consumer confidence has plummeted to its lowest level in 12 years, the markets are currently tanking, analysts have downgraded predictions for stocks, core inflation is rising, GDP projections have been sliced in half or are now negative, unemployment is expected to increase, and some major corporations are projecting sales decreases."

~ David Badash

#Trump #inflation #recession #economy #tariffs #TaxCuts #StockMarket #Dow
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https://www.alternet.org/the-rich-are-worried/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
alysondecker@mstdn.social ("Alyson Decker") wrote:

The threat to shut down Federal District and Appellate Courts is humongous because it is something Congress can actually do and it would leave the administration largely unchecked, turn much of our court system on its head, and make due process for individuals in the federal criminal system basically a joke. But I guess it’s hard to understand and less exciting than Greenland so everyone is ignoring it.

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wm@mast.wmclark.com ("William") wrote:

Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Brands, Study Finds

Tesla vehicles suffer fatal accidents at a rate that's twice the industry average, according to a new report.

#TeslaTakedown #TechnoFascism

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62919131/tesla-has-highest-fatal-accident-rate-of-all-auto-brands-study/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick 🇺🇦") wrote:

If the Democratic candidate for vice president can't make this happen, are there any other Democrats who can? Because he's right. https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/114242311093927912

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helma ("Helma") wrote:

Peekaboooo #Caturday

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HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social ("Imogen") wrote:

#History #Music

Do you know the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald?

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georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

Like sour milk.

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

📰 The Omg Lol Times: Countering cruelty with kindness: https://omglol.news/2025/03/29/countering-cruelty-with-kindness

TL;DR: Someone used a derogatory slur on social.lol, and it *really* bothered me, so now we’re running a sale and I’m donating a quarter of everything omg.lol earns over the next week to Best Buddies International. :prami_contented:

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

@HopelessDemigod what modes do you like to use? do you ever play around with JS8? when the bands suck, I've often been amazed how far iot allows me to be "heard".

oh, and I am wa2rrb

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matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange ("Matthew Green") wrote:

Xiaofeng’s profile is no longer available on IU sites. So here’s his Google Scholar. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pONu-5EAAAAJ&hl=en

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matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange ("Matthew Green") wrote:

House belonged to Xiaofeng Wang.

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matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange ("Matthew Green") wrote:

I just heard that a cryptography professor at Indiana University had his house raided and was fired. Don’t know much more. https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2025/03/28/fbi-department-of-homeland-security-agents-search-house-in-bloomington-indiana/82710451007/

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jeffjarvis ("Jeff Jarvis") wrote:

Look in the mirror (as I'm suire you do often, Gavin). You have made yourself toxic. Your suit isn't empty; it's filled with a Fetterman.
California Governor Newsom Says the Democratic Brand Is ‘Toxic’ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/us/politics/newsom-democrats-toxic.html?smid=tw-share

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Captured with the Rodenstock 50mm/4.0 HR Digaron-W lens (@ f/5.6) and the Phase One back, shifted vertically a bit to maintain geometry.

This is a straightforward composition showing the front of the Smithsonian Castle, which is not actually a castle, and, despite being part of the Smithsonian, not actually a museum, either (it houses mostly offices and a small visitor center). It sits on the National Mall, which, despite the name, is not a shopping center. Lies and deceit everywhere in DC!

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Smithsonian "Castle", National Mall, Washington, DC, 2021.

All the pixels, even the ideologically impure ones, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51221570481/

#photography

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1bahcevan@mastodon.sdf.org ("Aslı") wrote:

Hundreds of thousands rally against dictatorship, demanding presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu to be released from prison. More than 2 million people on the streets of İstanbul. #turkeyprotests and none of the national tv channels making a live broadcast.

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davebauerart ("Dave bauer") wrote:

They're all my favorite but this new podcast with Mary Doctor from "Tell Me Why It's Cool" and "Show and Tell for Grown-ups" is a good one! https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/making-problems/episodes/Mary-Doctor---Tell-My-Why-Its-Cool-e30m2il

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

The University of Minnesota is the latest target of Trump's campaign of extortion.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/29/universities-need-to-fight-back/

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

It's the 21st century. Who are these ding-a-lings who want to deny the existence of sodium-potassium ATPase?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/29/the-na-k-pump-is-not-controversial-at-all/

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lewis@social.lol ("Lewis Dale") wrote:

Careful iteration leads to better API designs

nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

Sofia, what a strange city. You walk around for an hour it’s all former Soviet Union, kind of falling apart, not great, then you go into the metro and suddenly you’re in early 2000s European Union

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dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Are you in the club?

Attachments:

• gifv: ad33fb5ec0940733.mp4

nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

Snail’s House’s latest EP is just so good for running: https://music.apple.com/fr/album/alien-pop-v-ep/1802542742?l=en-GB