Mike Pasko Cox

Ok, I will admit that this Ghibli trend was cute and fun

Happy Friday to you! ❤️💪

Without posting nudes, or something showing chest hair, I am starting to feel like this is like shouting into the void haha

Feel free to add me if anyone is playing Pokemon TCGP!

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A yacht? Does it come equipped with men and snacks? Now that would be something

Hahahaha I love this so much!

Elon Musk is targeting Social Security claiming there is widespread fraud.

Donald Trump is targeting Canada claiming there are secret fentanyl labs.

It's *all* lies.

It's just George W. Bush telling you Iraq has weapons of mass destruction again as a dishonest pretext for doing what he wanted.

The stress has been getting to me, and it’s been drastically affecting my sleep cycle. So a sleepy workout is better than no workout, I suppose.

I think about this tweet a lot these days

I never thought I would have to be fighting fascism in my forties, yet here we are

“XYZ is not a real country” is the same rhetoric that preceded the Soviet Union’s invasion of Poland in 1939 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014

Три роки тому світ похитнувся. Для нас це був день, коли вибір між страхом і гідністю став очевидним.

За три роки ми навчилися цінувати кожен новий світанок. Кожен момент з рідними. Ми навчилися бачити світ по-іншому – у світлі мужності, у відтінках болю. Але завжди з надією

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Authoritarianism thrives on isolation. The sooner you build a network, even a small one, the safer and stronger you’ll be. Be diligent in vetting people thoroughly and use secure communication methods

The United States aligning itself with Russia’s vote in regards to Ukraine? Shocking.

We need more than just a Luigi. We need a Mario.

11/ US elites have used globalization to enrich themselves while dismantling democracy. Now, it’s time for the world to turn that weapon against them. The only way to curb their influence is through coordinated global action—before their authoritarian control spreads beyond what can be reversed

10/ The world must impose sanctions on U.S. billionaires funding authoritarian movements - Ban their corporations from democratic nations unless they meet strict accountability standards - Seize offshore assets they use to evade accountability and maintain their control over global economies

9/ Billionaires have embedded themselves into Europe, Asia, and the global south. Their corps serve as infrastructure for American fascism, helping spread US oligarchic control. If their influence isn’t curbed, they will continue to reshape markets and policies to serve their authoritarian interests

8/ US fascist billionaires need to be isolated from the global economy. American oligarchs like Musk, Thiel, and Murdoch are both architects and enablers. Their influence extends far beyond America’s borders. They control social media, AI, defense contracts, and global financial networks

7/ A fascist America will use its economic power to punish nations that refuse to align with its ideology. The only way to prevent this is to make the U.S. economy less central to global stability. They will try to use its economic dominance to enforce oligarchic rule on other democratic nations

6/ The world must weaken America’s economic stranglehold by reducing reliance on U.S. financial institutions, diversifying reserve currencies to limit U.S. control over global markets, and strengthening regional trade agreements that do not depend on Washington’s influence.

5/ One of the greatest weapons of fascist regimes is economic leverage. The U.S. has long used financial dominance to impose its will on other nations. Now, under oligarchic rule, it will do so even more aggressively. The world must act to reduce its dependence on the U.S. economy

4/ The courts are packed with religious extremists. The Republican Party is fully committed to authoritarian rule. The Democratic Party has failed to stop the slide into oligarchy. The world must stop treating America as a democracy—it is a captured state serving its ruling elite.

3/ Nations built strategies around the idea that the U.S. was stable. That assumption is obsolete. The U.S. cannot be trusted to be reliable or uphold international law when its own institutions have been hijacked by fascists. Calling it a democracy only enables its ruling class

2/ The U.S. justified global military and economic dominance by presenting itself as the protector of democracy. That illusion is dead. American authoritarianism is not just a domestic issue—it’s a global security threat. Unchecked, it will reshape international politics, economies, and governance.

1/ The U.S. is no longer a stable democracy. It’s not just at risk of authoritarianism—it’s already controlled by fascist oligarchs. The world must stop pretending America is a reliable ally. How will its collapse impact global order, and how can we resist the spread of its influence?

Drop a pic of yourself and make it B&W

Hey hey everyone! With everything going on in the world lately, it can be tough to stay positive. How are you all holding up? What’s been helping you keep good spirits and stay motivated these days? Let’s share some good vibes and ideas!

We’re all in this together 🫂❤️

Just in case anyone else is experiencing the bot/spam account marathon. This block list is truly a gift

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weird interaction with a student this week. they kept coming up with weird "facts" ("greek is actually a combination of four other languages") that left me baffled. i said let's look this stuff up together, and they said ok, i'll open a search bar, and they opened... ch*tgpt

and i was like "this is not a search bar" and they were like "yes it is, you can search for anything in here" the thing that made me feel crazy is like. every kid that's using this as a browser is getting new BESPOKE false "facts." this isn't "a widespread misconception about X that stems from how it's taught in schools." each individual kid is now hooked into a Nonsense Machine with the "widespread misconception about X" you can start at a baseline. like, ok, in tenth grade we all talk about X thing from history, and that leaves us with some misguided concepts about X, but we can correct that as students get broader understandings of the world but with this, each child is getting UNIQUE wrong facts they are SURE are correct... because they did what we told them to do! they "looked it up"! they got it from somewhere! it's not a kid making up a belief on hearsay and assumption... it's something they think they LEARNED

this kid was extremely combative with me, and i understood why. i was sitting in front of him and telling him that the internet, a computer, technology, all these supposedly authoritative things... were wrong. and that i, one person, was right. he basically *couldn't* believe me. 8 135 3.8K 97K ... stillorangecrushed @stilloranged. 7h he decided that i was simply a teacher who'd made a mistake. he could check it, after all! he could look it up! he could find the REAL facts. i obviously hadn't done that, i was just an adult who'd decided i was smarter than him. hence the defensiveness. like i said: i understood 5 760 3.2K 82K stillorangecrushed @stilloranged. 7h ... it was so fucking rough. i did my best, but i am one person trying to work against a campaign of misinformation so vast that it fucking terrifies me. this kid is being set up for a life lived entirely inside the hall of mirrors

Well this is grim