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"We have met what's going to save our ass and it is us." - Vinge

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pvonhellermannn, (edited ) to random
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#Budget #UKPolitics This article by Gary Stevenson is so good, please read every word of it.

“Whatever Jeremy Hunt says, traders know the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer. And they’re paid millions to bet on it.”

This is what the world is - it is run by a minute elite for a minute elite and the rest of us, the masses, the natural world, we just don’t count. It is a #TragedyOftheNonCommons (will reshare my own piece on this below 1/n)

#FollowTheMoney

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/05/banker-budget-mega-rich-traders-jeremy-hunt?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

grumble209,
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@jackofalltrades @pvonhellermannn Look at capitalism from the perspective of the mid-18th century: it's a fantastic way to take the little surplus in society and create a larger surplus. The fact that the surplus is not shared equitably is less important than the idea of making more surplus, because almost everyone is one bad harvest or one new virus away from an early death.

Now it's 300 years later. The planet mostly creates enough calories for our massive population to live without the constant threat of starvation. We've got enough medical care to live most people a decent life span.

Now we can afford to reign in the excesses and transition to something more equitable.

In the meantime, #EatTheRich

StillIRise1963, to random
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In the world we live in, a person is paid $6M to sing 17 songs to a rich man and the person who teaches your child how to read and write isn't paid a living wage.

grumble209,
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@StillIRise1963 Don't hate the singer for finding a good gig.

grumble209,
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@StillIRise1963 The inequity is totally fucked up, and, being married to a teacher, it really sucks.

But I'm married to a *music *teacher and it's nice someone got a paying gig and not just exposure.

VeryBadLlama, to random
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dear diary, it has been 437 days since my husband disappeared under mysterious circumstances. alas, I am unable to inform the police, for I am a mere woman.

grumble209,
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@VeryBadLlama Let's call it the "Marry Your Victim" law.

futurebird, to random
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"If schools become integrated, people with a biblical objection to such situations will face judgement and prejudice for their desire for segregated schools"

This is how Thomas and Alito talk about gay marriage.

"If you let this exist people who think it shouldn't exist will be seen as out of step with progress. "

Just ignoring the whole telling other people how to live aspect. And there is no such thing as a "right" to have your religious ideas seen as progressive. WTF.

grumble209,
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@futurebird Put yourself in the shoes of Alito and Thomas. If they didn't stand up for people with out of step ideas, they might have to pay for their own vacations.

CrimethInc, to random
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“This Is What Our Ruling Class Has Decided Will Be Normal”

On Aaron Bushnell’s Action in Solidarity with Gaza

https://crimethinc.com/AaronBushnell

On February 25, we received an email from a person who signed himself Aaron Bushnell, announcing that he was going to engage in an act of protest against the genocide of the Palestinian people.

Shortly afterwards, Aaron set himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC.

All afternoon, while other journalists were breaking the news, we discussed how we should speak about this. Some subjects are too complex to address in a hasty social media post.

Here, we share some of our thoughts about tragedy, urgency, and sacrifice.

grumble209,
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@CrimethInc The world is shaped by two things:

  • what the ruling class decides
  • what the working class will tolerate

It's fun to blame the rich assholes for the wars, but it's regular assholes carrying out the atrocities and complacent assholes not revolting.

textfiles, to random
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I enjoy someone is working on an open-source DOS, but this line in their webpage makes me laugh, laugh, and also laugh.

grumble209,
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@textfiles Seems like it has versions...

GottaLaff, to Russia
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Yes. Do it.

Via Kyle Griffin:

WASHINGTON (AP) - White House promises 'major sanctions package' on on Friday in response to the death of opposition leader .

grumble209,
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@GottaLaff When you care enough to do the very least... more sanctions.

grumble209,
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@GottaLaff If the US gave a shit, we'd deploy troops. If any country in NATO gave a shit, they'd deploy troops.

Since no one will even mention deploying troops, it's kind of clear how seriously they take the situation. Ukraine is, sadly, fucked.

grumble209,
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@GottaLaff Without escalation, Ukraine is going to end up a wasteland.

Western governments are clearly not going to escalate.

You do the math.

Free_Press, to news
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PLEASE...PLEASE...PLEASE...

"We are not asking for much. We just need artillery shells and aviation. Leave the rest to us!"

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN. DEMAND AID FOR UKRAINE!

grumble209,
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@Free_Press I don't want to contact any GOP congressmen.

Let's drop our GOP congressman on Russia. They are the bomb.

noondlyt, to random
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entering the far less serious portion of the evening

Santos sues Jimmy Kimmel, alleging he misused Cameo videos https://www.axios.com/2024/02/18/george-santos-jimmy-kimmel-cameo-suing

grumble209,
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@noondlyt Thank God it was only Cameo and not OnlyFans.

StillIRise1963, to random
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Fuck those House nazis.

grumble209,
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@StillIRise1963 Fuck them in the neck with a grapefruit spoon.

mondoweiss, to Palestine
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The last American war

The U.S. supports Israel unconditionally because it sees the entire Western project in the Middle East at risk today in Gaza. While it may seem these our darkest days, it is also clear that the U.S. and Israel are bound to fail.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/the-last-american-war/


@palestine @israel

grumble209,
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@mondoweiss @palestine @israel Don't mistake US commitment to the status quo in the Middle East with ideological support for Israel.

The (defense) money in the middle east is in Israel and Saudi Arabia, so that's what who the US supports. When Libya and Iran wanted to spend money with US, we supported Libya and Iran.

GottaLaff, to pakistan
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suspends the entire country's mobile phone service on election day - Bloomberg

grumble209,
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@GottaLaff Someone's planning for a v-e-r-y unpopular coup.

thomasfuchs, to random
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Periodic toot about my astonishment that a lot of “techies” don’t know that macOS is a true UNIX operating system going back in a direct line to the original UNIX (and BSD). ¯_(ツ)_/¯

grumble209,
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@mmu_man @thomasfuchs Unix existed before X11.
Unix will persist after X11.

"Worse is better" will outlast us all.

raf, to random
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Open thread

What's your favourite pencil? If you have multiple ones split them out by wooden and mechanical

grumble209,
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@raf Staedtler Mars Lumograph HB, paired with a Pentel Clic eraser.

When I was writing a whole lot more than now, I used a Uni Kuru Toga mechanical in 0.7mm.

w7voa, to random
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NYT: RNC’s Ronna McDaniel has told Donald Trump she’s planning to step down shortly after the South Carolina primary. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/us/politics/ronna-mcdaniel-rnc-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

grumble209,
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@w7voa "Mitt Romney's niece announces she's tired of defending Trump to RNC donors"

Free_Press, to news
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This is what a traitor to the United States looks like in 2024.

His name is Tucker Carlson.

He took a large amount of money from Vladimir Putin to interview him, give him a hyped up positive spin, and then blame President Biden for the war in Ukraine.

Putin paid Trump to block US aid to Ukraine and now he's paying Tucker Carlson to shine his image and throw dirt on President Biden.

There are no words...

video/mp4

grumble209,
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@Free_Press "Putin paid Trump to block US aid to Ukraine and now he's paying Tucker Carlson to shine his image and throw dirt on President Biden."

Hooray! Plutocracy works!

Don't worry - the market for democracy will regulate itself. (lol).

DrALJONES, to Israel
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    grumble209,
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    @DrALJONES "Suspending new activities" sounds impressive, if there was a lot of new activity on the horizon.

    Does their decision stop ongoing activities? Are there ongoing activities?

    Edit to add: Wow - ITOCHU does an assload of business with everyone else in the Middle East. Makes sense they might not want to piss off their current partners just for Elbit.

    https://www.itochu.co.jp/en/about/network/middle_east/index.html

    grumble209, to random
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    I propose an amendment to the US War Powers Act. Let's call it the "Skin in the Game" clause.

    Any combat deployment of US Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Farce, or Coast Guard, shall include, for every 1000 troops deployed, one randomly selected member of the House of Representatives; for every 5000 troops deployed, one randomly selected Senator, and for every 15000 troops deployed, one randomly selected member of the President's Cabinet. These deployments shall last 12 months, or until the end of the combat mission. The deployments shall be with forward deployed troops, not "in the rear with the gear".

    grumble209, to random
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    Can we please just drop Bolton, personally, on Iran? He can even have a parachute.

    I'm so sick and tired of old farts wanting young people to go fight for them.

    https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4445811-bolton-pushes-us-to-strike-iran-directly/

    pluralistic, to random
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    Rooftop solar is the future, but it's also a scam. It didn't have to be, but the US decided the best way to roll out distributed, resilient, renewable energy was to let Wall Street run the show. They turned it into a scam, and now it's in terrible trouble. which means we're in terrible trouble.

    If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

    https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/27/here-comes-the-sun-king/#sign-here

    1/

    grumble209,
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    @thestrangelet @pluralistic The nice old lady next door had dudes out last summer to install solar panels on the south side of her roof.

    A week later, they were back installing more panels on the north side of her roof.

    We're at 49N - there's not a lot of light on the *south *side ffs.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Via FordNews:

    After posting this picture Dylan4America ["UNHLaw
    Alum'] was asked to leave and never comeback.

    This picture was taken after Alina asked the judge for a delay in the trial because she was ill and her parents may have tested positive for COVID.

    grumble209,
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    @GottaLaff If you want to be a rock star attorney, you have to win some cases.

    Habba is the Paris Hilton of attorneys. Famous for who she hangs around with more than any personal accomplishments.

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    grumble209,
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    @thepoliticalcat @futurebird No, I said that IF Willis is boinking her subordinate, with whom she has a business relationship, THEN she'd better have covered her ass with the proper disclosures. IF Willis has not complied with whatever disclosures apply, THEN she's a fucking idiot.

    I hope there's no relationship, so that this idiocy will go away and we can get back to watching the conspiracy fall apart as folks cop pleas and turn on Trump.

    I hope that, if there is a relationship, that Willis covered her ass by fully complying with whatever she needs to comply with, so that this idiocy will go away ...

    If Willis did not comply, this idiocy will derail the prosecution, perhaps fatally. It will derail, not because of good legal reasons, but because of a rookie mistake of Willis tripping over her own dick, so to speak.

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