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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world by Carole Cadwallardr (Substack link omitted):

> The revelations of the Epstein files are, I believe, momentous. (And if you’re reading this in America, I have no idea what your press is doing, the New York Times, in particular, has been wholly missing in action.*)

The New York Times and others are hoping this all washes over so that they don't have to crucify their masters.

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cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

You make soup in a big bowl. You serve it in a smaller bowl. And then you convey it, using a spoon, to your mouth. But what is the spoon? Simply a smaller bowl still

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

My bet is on Technocracy. Fascism rents its systems from neoliberalism—ICE, the police state, mechanisms for bribery and corruption. For fascism to take over, it necessarily must steal these systems away and maintain power. Tricky stuff.

Technocracy, conversely, owns its levers of power outright. It owns the means of communication, and the steel and glass required to operate the Internet. They don't have bullets, but they control the computational power that guides the barrel of the gun.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

We don't actually have a viable opposition ready to take the reins when neoliberalism dies. That's just a fact.

#NoKings, MeidasTouch, The Lincoln Project, etc. are corporate-approved outrage farms that don't stand for anything. They're the antithesis of activism. They're deactivism, because they deactivate the masses away from real change, and towards branded content and IG photo shoots.

So, as it stands, when neoliberalism dies, it's fascism or technocracy that will take over.

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

novel one today!

Connections
Puzzle #972
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https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections

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anne@toot.cat ("Annie") wrote:

@fromjason

Was just reading this today as part of our school's in-service day work, focusing on social justice in our educational practices.

It was an ah-ha moment for me to remember that "the abolition
movement was the foundation of virtually all social justice movements in the U.S." We would all do well to study it, I think.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/%5Fpda/2018/04/If%5Fthere%5Fis%5Fno%5Fstruggle.pdf

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

The ravens are still in town. #photos #iceland #nature #birds #ravens

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

✨ my new website has a sparkle emoji ✨

(don't panic, all will be explained next week!)

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“What's the Matter with Florida? An Interview with Zachary Levenson”

https://groupthreat.com/p/what-s-the-matter-with-florida-an-interview-with-zachary-levenson

> The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None.

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benoitlx wrote:

Just published a new version of kanash !

This version introduces the use of Ratzilla and leverages WebGL2. (big thanks to junkdog and @orhun )

src: https://github.com/benoitlx/kanash
link: https://kana.rezoleo.fr
ratzilla: https://github.com/ratatui/ratzilla

It needs a bit more polish, but here's what it looks like:

#ratatui #terminal #katakana #japanese

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

In today's voice note, I share my thoughts on #AKnightOfTheSeven Kingdoms and the #Fallout TV series.

All voicenotes can be found https://chriswere.wales/voicenotes/

Attachments:

• audio: A voice note where I share my thoughts on AKotSK and Fallout.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

My streak of not drawing much lately continues. But I occasionally pick up the pencil still. These are some:

#doodles #yaombaaa

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I keep reading Letter From a Birmingham Jail. Dr. King lays out the purpose of a protest. I can't help but notice how divorced the #NoKings movement is from those tenants.

If a protest doesn't have a call to action or a means of pressure to bring decision makers to the negotiating table, then it's not a protest. It's a gathering.

I fear so much of mainstream "direct action" is a way to keep us busy and feeling accomplished. We don't know any better because we don't have real activist leaders.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Hey remember when our government tried to convince us that they found aliens and then never mentioned it ever again?

Like, it's so easy to spot when republicans use distraction and fear tactics because it's like "oh no a caravan of Mexicans are coming to kill us." It's always so obvious.

But Dems do that shit too. They just have to use different types of aliens for it to work on liberals.

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Read that shit into the Congressional Record.

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/06/epstein-files-congress-unredacted-doj-raskin

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javi@goblin.band wrote:

honestly, tumblr being down has an ominous feeling that is not there when other services get down

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Gonna lay in bed and listen to the new J. Cole album. #HipHop

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maxleibman@beige.party ("Max Leibman") wrote:

No, I do not want to install your app.

No, I do not want that app to run on startup.

No, I do not want that app shortcut on my desktop.

No, I do not want to subscribe to your newsletter.

No, I do not want your site to send me notifications.

No, I do not want to tell you about my recent experience.

No, I do not want to sign up for an account.

No, I do not want to sign up using a different service and let the two of you know about each other.

No, I do not want to sign in for a more personalized experience.

No, I do not want to allow you to read my contacts.

No, I do not want you to scan my content.

No, I do not want you to track me.

No, I do not want to click "Later" or "Not now" when what I mean is NO.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Always read Elizabeth Lopatto (🎁🔗):

https://www.theverge.com/tech/874721/epstein-thiel-musk-trump-metoo?view%5Ftoken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IjBvOXY5ZnhHRWciLCJwIjoiL3RlY2gvODc0NzIxL2Vwc3RlaW4tdGhpZWwtbXVzay10cnVtcC1tZXRvbyIsImV4cCI6MTc3MDg1MzA4NCwiaWF0IjoxNzcwNDIxMDg0fQ.LdUgPAYzNQzNohns77pUjAiMMB9fcCcvYUb6QGs8saM&utm%5Fmedium=gift-link

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aparrish@friend.camp ("allison") wrote:

hi fediverse, in your opinion which is the lisp-like language that best maximizes for (a) usefulness and (b) non-toxic community? (i'm trying to pick one to learn and maybe actually get good at?)

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SecureOwl@infosec.exchange ("Mike Sheward") wrote:

as suspected, clean

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inpc@go.mxtthxw.art wrote:

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a2_4am ("4am ❧") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mcc/116025752963855521

One of these will push you into an oubliette of self-hatred and self-harm from which few people ever financially or emotionally recover, and the other is heroin.

jwz wrote:

AI-poisoned Y-Combinator pick-me lickspittle throws parade: Derik Kauffman insists it's not a joke. He's actually planning to hold a March for Billionaires in San Francisco this weekend. And he says he's doing so because he's opposed to a proposed...
https://jwz.org/b/yk3G

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brucelawson@vivaldi.net ("Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊") wrote:

I'm certainly astonished to learn that Trump is a colossal racist. And I'm similarly confident that all those who have previously supported him (such as leaders in the tech industry) will now publicly condemn him.

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netopwibby@social.coop ("netop://ウィビ") wrote:

My article for Good Internet Magazine is live! In it I talk about GreedCorp™ (better, more accurate name for “Big Tech”) and my vision for a future beyond them.

https://goodinternetmagazine.com/weaning-off-greedcorp-building-a-user-owned-future-for-computing/

After you read my article, check out the other ones and buy the print version! https://goodinternetmagazine.com/issues/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
dressupgeekout@bsd.network wrote:

I'm a published writer! You can read my article about putting old computers to "serious" work in the latest issue of Good Internet magazine! https://goodinternetmagazine.com/unlocking-a-better-future-with-old-computers/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I know the accepted narrative for the RAM shortage is AI data center demand, but is anyone checking to see if any part of this is just artificial scarcity?

They did it with diamonds. Why not computer?

We're nearing a point where only five or so companies can build computers. That's gotta be idk, illegal? lol what is happening.

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ivanvector@oceanplayground.social ("Greg Burrell :pei_flag:🦞🚴🥔") wrote:

@richardgrant @liquor_american @jaffathecake @duke_of_germany @firefoxwebdevs @davidgerard The way that I interpret this discussion with Jake, even if it was not Jake who was personally involved, is that:

- Mozilla was always going to plow ahead with AI anyway
- Mozilla knew that Mastodon represented its largest group of its most enthusiastic supporters and promoters, and that this group is traditionally against AI creep
- They sent someone into this community feigning to solicit feedback in an effort to manufacture consent
- This failed predictably and spectacularly, and that hurt the representative's fee fees
- Now that Mozilla has, through naught but their own actions, completely alienated this community, they can claim that WE don't support THEM (c.f. Jake's false victim complex) and can claim moral high ground doing the thing they were so obviously going to do anyway.

So anyway, I've been a vocal supporter of Mozilla and its predecessors since the days of Netscape Navigator. A week ago I installed Vivaldi, and don't plan to go back.

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mweagle@hachyderm.io ("Matt Weagle") wrote:

There are two problems in computer science:

1. We could do this better
2. We should not do this at all