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The delirious (and misleading!) visions of the ultra rich always go to space and they make it seem so immediate (Humans in spaceships exploring the solar system in 10 years?!). NEVER do they envision a future on the most hospitable planet: EARTH.

People in Los Angeles have been protesting 24 hours for 2 weeks straight and no news outlet is covering it!
8/8/25

Ur-Fascism Umberto Eco Ur-Fascism June 22, 1995

Well, authoritarian governments more or less work in consistent ways.

A great introductory approach to fascism:
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umbe...

A useful intro to what authoritarian regimes look like and how they work:
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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I come from a country that had a dictatorship until 50 years ago, I never felt it in my bones but the stories were enough to know we don't want it. The passivity of the majority of Americans is as scary as what is to come.

Wall Street Journal headline and deck: "New York Shooting Puts Mamdani on the Spot Over Policing Views: The killing of four people in a Midtown office building rattled a city where mass attacks are rare and violent crime has declined."

It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes

This is America now.

ICE is hiring! US immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking for highly motivated, morally indifferent individuals to join our team. Open positions include: Senior Goon Racism Enforcement Office Unmarked Van Driver (Part-Time) Experience with children a plus usajobs.gov

From this month's edition of The Onion.

Didn’t want to believe this was true. It’s true.

Keep looking the other way..

Cruel.

Some immigrants seeking green cards may be placed in removal proceedings, USCIS says Immigration authorities may begin removal proceedings for immigrants who lack legal status and apply for green cards through spouses, according to USCIS guidance.

This is not about fraud. This is about breaking families, fear and control. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

US military is buying Tesla Cybertrucks to use as targets for missiles Elon Musk is getting his wish; Tesla Cybertrucks are going to be used by the US military, but perhaps not...

Finally someone found a proper usage for Tesla's Cybertrucks, nevermind the corruption: US military is buying Tesla Cybertrucks to use as targets for missiles electrek.co/2025/08/06/u...

Some cultures simply call this a bribe.

The billionaire CEO of the third richest company on the planet gives the President an actual block of gold so his company is exempted from US Government tariffs. And the whole thing is broadcast live on TV.

Anyone who can't see what is happening to this country is unsalvageable at this point.

'spicy'? Call it what it is: misogynistic, abusive pornography.

Elon Musk’s Latest AI Frontier: “Spicy” Deepfakes Of Stars Like Scarlett Johansson & Taylor Swift The "Spicy" mode on Elon Musk's Grok Imagine AI allows users to create lurid deepfake videos of Scarlett Johansson and Taylor Swift in seconds.

Would be great if this were reported like the gross violation it is rather than as a playful endeavor by a mercurial billionaire.

Get ready to get hit by the tariffs, if you voted for the orange creep I hope it really impacts your life. Yeah.. not just for the 'others' is it?!

Trump’s AI Strategy Is At War With Itself | TechPolicy.Press Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Costas Samaras, and Cole Donovan say the stated goals of the AI Action Plan conflict with the Trump administration’s actions.

Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Costas Samaras, and Cole Donovan worked on AI policy in the Biden administration. They say the stated goals of Trump’s AI Action Plan conflict with this administration’s actions, and will ultimately undermine US interests. www.techpolicy.press/trumps-ai-st...

This is terror.

Leveling Up Your #Packaging With #AugmentedReality www.forbes.com/councils/for...

Lamborghini driver sentenced over Tysons Corner street race against Cybertruck - Cybertuck wasn't fast enough to be offender share.google/mSoO5hj8azYS...

Tesla (TSLA) is not paying its bills and it is destroying small American businesses Tesla (TSLA) is not paying its bills, and this has led to at least two small American businesses going bankrupt....

Tesla (TSLA) is not paying its bills and it is destroying small American businesses. Sounds familiar? share.google/q1ZIJjb8dTSB...

FPV drones were just used to deliver an electric bike on the battlefield, Ukrainians say The 4th Brigade of Ukraine's National Guard said the new operation took heavy drones three tries to deliver the roughly 88-pound e-bike.

FPV Drones Used to Deliver Electric Bike for a soldier to escape share.google/Nec5kuTbIW64... dislike the context but so excited about the potential to save stranded people

Yes, you can store data on a bird — enthusiast converts PNG to bird-shaped waveform, teaches young starling to recall file at up to 2MB/s Who needs Starlink when you've got an actual starling

At least we can have interspecies communication...
share.google/AAZ2jBWY7Pwx...

Heard from a colleague spending a few months in the Netherlands.

"Went on a 35-mile bike ride today, entirely on bike paths, through all kinds of landscapes. Turns out I love biking, I'm just scared of biking with cars."

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Watch 66 Oscar-Nominated-and-Award-Winning Animated Shorts Online, Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada I recently heard someone quip that proposals to cut the Academy Awards are tantamount to suggesting that the NFL trim down the Super Bowl. Certainly for many who would rather watch the former any day ...

Watch 66 Oscar-Nominated-and-Award-Winning Animated Shorts Online, Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada

Nothing to see here just some eugenics and racial hygiene like the Nazis did.

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.

Longevity enthusiast Bryan Johnson says he doesn't want to run his antiaging company anymore "I don't need the money, and it's a pain-in-the-ass company," Johnson said of Blueprint.

Bryan Johnson says he's thinking of closing or selling Blueprint to focus on his religion instead share.google/KjARg9P8Vp1X... aah! Easy biz Religion doesn't need facts.

Ozzy is one of like 3 people in Decline of Western Civilization Part 2 that comes off as a decent human being and I always love the scene where Penelope Spheeris interviews him making breakfast while he explains the ups and downs of the business.