I agree with this. I heard Chris Walton Cover "I Don't Want to Be a Billionaire" by Theo Stockman last night and it was mind-blowing. It was funky, and it was PROTEST. Wasn't that one of the purposes of folk music?
what the actual fuck, this must be deliberate
6/7 This is exactly why European lawmakers are sounding the alarm over Palantir.
You cannot hand the sensitive data of nations to a company run by insecure technofascists who want to socially engineer the globe and weaponize everything they touch.
The risks are massive
I have been shrieking about this for a year.
This feels like a distinctly American message, weirdly. Or... used to, anyway.
the scene at the northern virginia democrats' redistricting party is wild. as balloons and streamers fall, party members are rolling their eyes back in their heads and levitating in a circle as chants of "blood. blood. blood" echo through the auditorium. it's exciting to see the base this fired up
UK friends: save yourselves. Actually, save us too. youtube.com/shorts/Z4Tzy...
Indeed. Complaints about redistricting are invalid. Republicans did it everywhere and invalidated a Constitutional Amendment so they could do it on explicitly racial lines.
There are two choices: use the same levers of power as Republicans do, or let them win. There is no "principled" opposition.
Listen, they are building concentration camps and threatening genocide against a country of 90 million people. There is not a single remotely legal tactic that is impermissible when it comes to stopping them.
What doesn’t get said loudly or clearly enough is that what @rincewind.run said right here 👇 is a summary of the ENTIRE Republican project. “Fuck the voters” is always their goal, not just on the gerrymandering issue — it’s their fascist endgame.
The bar for "dumbest thing I've ever seen from people who are supposed to be in charge of things" keeps getting lower.
Just what American air travel needs: precision surveillance, faulty logic. Can't wait!
I am down a deep, deep MD rabbithole at the moment.
BREAKING: The so called 'SAVE' Act has FAILED in the Senate and will not become law.
I wrote this piece on how in reality, this is the Voter Restriction Act to prevent women from voting. It is fascism and would have installed Trump as a permanent dictator. www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-save-a...
Now Playing: @mikedoughty.bsky.social "Light Will Keep Your Heart Beating in the Future." youtu.be/X463j6US4l0?...
Enormous balloons
holy crap
Translation:
This deal is about to be exactly like the JCPOA, minus Obama’s signature
why do things like this never happen to me
chisel his name off the kennedy center
take down the dumb banners with his dumb face
stop the ballroom bunker and restore the east wing
make sure his name and face don't appear on US currency
I AM
BREAKING: Donald Trump just boosted Democrats’ chances of taking the House.
He said the quiet part out loud, “fair elections” means he loses power.
That’s not a warning, that’s a confession.
Hear me out: Pope Leo... 2028?
Like a year ago!!! Maybe less!
Gil Duran tweet: TLDR: Fascism in response to Palantir's long fascists screed on X.
"Your Account is Suspended" Message on X
The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X.
I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!).
So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.
Karoline Leavitt @PressSec Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump is Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness
we've noticed and i'm glad he's getting help
Similarly, Palantir calls for national military service. This is a common and unfortunate affliction of middle-aged and older men, akin to an interest in the Roman Empire or World War II. Its simply not something you see many men in their 20s promote for obvious I-would-prefer-not-to-die reasons. Charitably, it reflects a sense of a desire for creating shared meaning among the young that the elderly perceive is lacking, or to coerce the elite into sharing the cost of military conflict. Uncharitably, it is the old telling the young how to live and risk their lives.
We all have personal views, but the manifesto completely merges Palantir and Karp's vision. Why should a tech company have a manifesto that includes rearming Germany or Japan, or calls for national military service?
Turning opinions into political manifestos demands allegiance or opposition.
New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally.
It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...
Zero transparency, zero accountability.
Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.
