2026-03-09T17:53:49Z https://yabu.me Robert J. Berger https://yabu.me/npub1cdhs3xac3wpv2lrehgte8xhqap7qg62cfw6wsj44wxh2kcqqma4q3xu04e https://media.hachyderm.io/accounts/avatars/109/283/195/735/325/707/original/febf367b806be6a1.jpeg https://media.hachyderm.io/accounts/avatars/109/283/195/735/325/707/original/febf367b806be6a1.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspv65n0lyk6mfgr4szuf8rcmjmf6k303h6qnq3yl7s0qkhws4gapgzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k52uvd5e One of <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqhykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fschugpy" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqhykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fschugpy</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…ugpy</span>)</a></span>&#39;s best posts and one of the best reasoning as to why we need to get rid of billionaires.<br/><br/>&#34;The problem isn&#39;t whether rich people believe stupid shit; it&#39;s the fact that when a rich person believes something stupid, that belief can turn into torment for dozens, thousands, or millions of people.”<br/>#billionaires <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/09/autocrats-of-trade-2/#witness-the-firepower-of-this-fully-armed-and-operational-battle-station">https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/09/autocrats-of-trade-2/#witness-the-firepower-of-this-fully-armed-and-operational-battle-station</a> 2026-03-09T17:36:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2aculqd3ylx0vu9n0k8t33zk3ss0x7h34xxp94wpyu63ykwujkhgzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5mquyut We are no longer a free country. Treasonous insurrectionists have stolen elections, not thru vote rigging but thru passing laws to make it harder to vote and thru their billionaire owner’s control of the Media. <a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/116088070271581809">https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/116088070271581809</a> 2026-02-17T22:36:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr2s2c99xdpnlsn8mejtxjywntv8shamayyxdqxnsm9yd9035d52czyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5y6sfs8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszud2p5rds6hgdvwstj2grscqj3r9h7l0t8gg42j5z4qxfkdf7htspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qhsjuzj'>nevent1q…juzj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqmm35vqtgdg3mw4v9vsvxuaapxhsapr4vpxj5yu94jegxx85alxes38yz28" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqmm35vqtgdg3mw4v9vsvxuaapxhsapr4vpxj5yu94jegxx85alxes38yz28</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…yz28</span>)</a></span> So is he worse than Susan Collins? 2026-02-13T06:38:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgrfzzpk50e8ts6kwaz96cvert90psujc5l4a4uuyjy6v22fquyygzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k52qqk8d Peter Thiel is the Stephen Miller of the TechBros 2026-02-04T19:44:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszvgtk0ek94ups82eqxnwppglkd79lvfykyvf6kvrz4x98pmhq2aczyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5e6pflv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9lnknr3yn78vqhatcqvrpl2aaqpvcrx6hx20nyl76meeus8xna0cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43q9wzrc9'>nevent1q…zrc9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqsm7p4q9qu9pkazmx3n6zuc2zuae9q3s7ec65dnhpfgdxgsfssgsq0lllgf" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqsm7p4q9qu9pkazmx3n6zuc2zuae9q3s7ec65dnhpfgdxgsfssgsq0lllgf</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…llgf</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqdv724dkppw4zrhgve0gcxz5dqfd8jzqdlxzm075ghzg8kl99wf6stuxg4c" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqdv724dkppw4zrhgve0gcxz5dqfd8jzqdlxzm075ghzg8kl99wf6stuxg4c</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…xg4c</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://holocaustcenter.jfcs.org/education-resources/ordinary-men/">https://holocaustcenter.jfcs.org/education-resources/ordinary-men/</a> is one such book (I haven’t read it though)<br/><br/>And then a nice article: We are Not &#34;Good Germans&#34;<br/>While echoes with the 1930s abound, a closer look at how Germans failed to stop Hitler suggests that America&#39;s antibodies are much stronger.<br/>By Micah L. Sifry<br/><br/><a href="https://theconnector.substack.com/p/we-are-not-good-germans">https://theconnector.substack.com/p/we-are-not-good-germans</a> 2026-02-02T19:52:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdn4vyafgxnalkgkyg2xzsxn44f67gxv0t0h6rpwdg0m9stasak7gzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5znd88f <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/21/ice-minnesota-trump">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/21/ice-minnesota-trump</a> 2026-01-22T03:10:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyyzx8gre6xn4r33syxfpqnvq42mvc04fsppnxhqgrhrvv9vlka2czyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5x0gfmv Tapper and all the Trump apologists in the Media must go. Time to take back the Media from the Billionaires (and tax the Billionaires into single digit millionaires. <a href="https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo/115667672680555988">https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo/115667672680555988</a> 2025-12-22T21:36:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgkaq8lty7m3zntnymlr60xytatsauqufytvdvfdep28thvtdncagzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5ltz088 “Simple shade from panel rows can create a gentler microclimate at ground level, cutting wind stress and helping fragile seedlings establish.&#34;<br/><br/>#solarpower <br/><a href="https://glassalmanac.com/china-confirms-solar-panel-projects-are-irreversibly-changing-desert-ecosystems/">https://glassalmanac.com/china-confirms-solar-panel-projects-are-irreversibly-changing-desert-ecosystems/</a> 2025-10-12T22:24:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd66l2ef63swtwh2duelsvh7rljhn2xky75c2qdvptzzzlqxul43qzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5m9tujk “Stephen Miller looks like he should have been one of the guys melted at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark”<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/115/358/563/798/764/574/original/d78503df89c7cc64.png"> 2025-10-12T01:19:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd4fwfs2mhc858et62w6gdyhh95mr3md3vdezhrvsutg9k2zmqmpczyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5tyqlmx “Many State Offices are concerned that Starlink proposals may be the lowest bid and alternative proposals may not be within the 15% window for consideration. What this analysis presents is that across many geographic areas Starlink may not be a qualified bidder as it may be unable to attain the required 100/20 Mbps service level (and, in deploying Starlink services, may actually degrade pre-existing users’ services to the point that they no longer receive minimal broadband speeds).”<br/><br/>#Enshitification #StarLink<br/><a href="https://communitynetworks.org/content/new-research-starlink-unlikely-meet-bead-speed-needs-scale">https://communitynetworks.org/content/new-research-starlink-unlikely-meet-bead-speed-needs-scale</a> 2025-07-23T04:16:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv3mzwen5vtw3ymncl0l6q5vct6070h92q3u8mcpfqzmyskjc9paszyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5nzrnlw Fascism in the USA: <br/>Oklahoma Set to Teach Trump’s Election Lies in Public Schools as Parents and Teachers Push Back<br/><br/><a href="https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/oklahoma-set-to-teach-trumps-election-lies-in-public-schools-as-parents-and-teachers-push-back/">https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/oklahoma-set-to-teach-trumps-election-lies-in-public-schools-as-parents-and-teachers-push-back/</a> 2025-07-01T22:48:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8tjcga2cx0kkm9zen0thfqdnqs2r4nuwc66cnu4dqjvgs8xlrmgszyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5nt52d9 American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran<br/><br/>The United States is well down the road to dictatorship. Imagine what Trump would do with a state of war.<br/><br/>#GiftArticle #USPolitics<br/><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/06/democracy-iran-israel-war-trump/683269/?gift=E9o0y7Rlfcfv2OQ1sSVCEglNGkNaOm3ulZvY2L-kUho&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share">https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/06/democracy-iran-israel-war-trump/683269/?gift=E9o0y7Rlfcfv2OQ1sSVCEglNGkNaOm3ulZvY2L-kUho&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share</a> 2025-06-25T01:19:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspzw2k9fwuc727pz57xwqnl9wrdrzmx3ll3egattj4nch0fcethrszyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5j0qvqt Over 12,000 people at San Jose #NoKings march!<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/114/684/453/055/405/549/original/4aca7171e4378a60.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/114/684/453/352/058/200/original/18c7a0101cb7d6d5.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/114/684/453/768/093/835/original/a29ce91d5f5189aa.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/114/684/454/105/086/464/original/5abbe442648c91f3.jpeg"> 2025-06-15T00:04:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9z59cmjajugdlzy7pv6kax2s5ghtmrrxljkskxmjrlnj69xgtd6qzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5glgmxn America is going to be Trump&#39;s 7th Bankruptcy<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/114/555/009/340/659/206/original/c44d1f6ef235eb8b.jpeg"> 2025-05-23T03:25:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsparr3480c7dvjlzx5tmz3hlkt56kylwf96zfft80wnaxxp45zg4gzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k56xxd6h &#34;I think it is a huge mistake for people to assume that they can trust AI when they do not trust each other. The safest way to develop superintelligence is to first strengthen trust between humans, and then cooperate with each other to develop superintelligence in a safe manner. But what we are doing now is exactly the opposite. Instead, all efforts are being directed toward developing a superintelligence.&#34;<br/><br/>#AGI #AI<br/><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/questions-answered-by-yuval-noah-harari-for-wired-ai-artificial-intelligence-singularity/">https://www.wired.com/story/questions-answered-by-yuval-noah-harari-for-wired-ai-artificial-intelligence-singularity/</a> 2025-04-27T19:48:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqexvp4lm86tgtmsx7r82vzh8sy6ah3j7gfzutlv6m6jcd06q99rczyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5emre8h &#34;The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality. The rich should be taxed more, and the revenue used to improve the lives of the poor. However frantically centrist parties avoid the issue, there is no other way.&#34;<br/><br/>#FightingOligarchy <br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/13/trump-populists-human-nature-economic-growth">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/13/trump-populists-human-nature-economic-growth</a> 2025-04-13T18:50:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxw66lmka7nv63x3uul4x75su7kftzl62vugzz67hts9a4r2xrczszyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5mqzwec In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyyacvm3585k4lrhgd54x2nz926v8c7kccr0wz4ewm4qmk0uuwxwqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qtrwagr'>nevent1q…wagr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqcz0httjzgumeecget72annjgk0cgkjw8e62crek72d037zrgf9qsfp74c4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqcz0httjzgumeecget72annjgk0cgkjw8e62crek72d037zrgf9qsfp74c4</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…74c4</span>)</a></span> I have a Bluesky account just to see what&#39;s up, hardly use it. Last weekend I decided to post a video from the Hands Off march in San Jose I shot and it ended up being marked as SPAM by the official moderators. So yeah, its not trustworthy.. 2025-04-08T16:49:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2dcfel52hx5klpzkdzfymluh9x7ntqn5cu2sth60vc4uhlvf9mmgzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k527sz5k &#34;The Republican Party is a hollow, decrepit husk. It is not a political movement. It is not a governing apparatus. It is not even an ideology with any internal coherence. It is a decaying vessel for a set of impulses: authoritarianism, greed, cruelty, nostalgia, and fear. And now, with the party marching in lockstep behind a man openly exploring how to violate the Constitution to seize a third term in office, it is fair to say the Republican Party has collapsed into something far worse than irrelevance. It is a clear and present danger to democracy.&#34;<br/><br/>#USPolitics<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theindex.media/the-gop-is-the-most-dangerous-organization-in-america/?ref=dispatches-newsletter">https://www.theindex.media/the-gop-is-the-most-dangerous-organization-in-america/?ref=dispatches-newsletter</a> 2025-04-08T04:38:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8anvpmpdffdjl2v53qxllq8xgljjzh53r9e6f53096zfyupmhklqzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k50cqgrf &#34;But Wall Street professionals, like so many other ostensibly smart people, refused to see Trump clearly, mistaking his skill as a demagogue for wisdom as a policymaker. “I don’t think this was foreseeable,” a mournful Ackman posted on X on Monday. “I assumed economic rationality would be paramount.” What an odd assumption to make about a man who bankrupted casinos.<br/><br/>Berezin thinks Wall Street still hasn’t come to terms with the cost of the nascent Trump presidency. “I do think that at this point we might have passed the event horizon, meaning that even if Trump backs off from the tariffs, there’s been enough damage done to the U.S. economy, to the global economy, to investor confidence, consumer confidence, that we’re probably going to see a recession regardless of what happens,” he said.&#34;&#34;<br/><br/>#GiftArticle #USPolitics<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/opinion/trump-stock-market-wall-street.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-E4.q7Gk.5YS3EpoLnh8C&amp;smid=url-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/opinion/trump-stock-market-wall-street.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-E4.q7Gk.5YS3EpoLnh8C&amp;smid=url-share</a> 2025-04-08T01:29:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8me6tjev95042lgzu3ddaqhy50zlwdgcd34a0nuh023lz8n5f50gzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5xhjrl2 &#34;The damage isn&#39;t theoretical. It&#39;s active. It&#39;s live. And it&#39;s reshaping the world. Trade routes are shifting. Investment is diversifying. Global power is rebalancing. China, Korea, and Japan are shaking hands. All of it is premised on a hard-earned truth: the United States cannot be trusted to lead. Not because of one man but because of what half the country has chosen to normalize. Not because of Trump alone but because every institution built to restrain him failed and then got in line.&#34;<br/><br/>#USPolitics<br/><a href="https://www.theindex.media/trust-is-dead-trump-keeps-selling-the-corpse/?ref=dispatches-newsletter">https://www.theindex.media/trust-is-dead-trump-keeps-selling-the-corpse/?ref=dispatches-newsletter</a> 2025-04-06T22:57:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst2cwug4jupx667fe0fdt7u2jkphvlnh3a0yg6tfuzq85g3hfn9fgzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5xxrkkp &#34;You should know Trump isn’t doing this on his own. The Hoover Institution has been plotting revenge against FDR since 1932. Groups like the Heritage Foundation and Heartland Foundation are generations old. The Federalist Society has been promising to overturn liberal justice since the 1960s. The Religious Right started working to overturn Roe v. Wade the day it was promulgated. All these groups have big money, and they play the long game.<br/><br/>What’s happening today is their platform, backed by their research. The fact it won’t work, that the 20th century won’t be put back into a bottle, that the Amendments put in place after 1865 somehow aren’t part of the “real” Constitution, is yet to be proven by events.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://danafblankenhorn.substack.com/p/all-in-the-family">https://danafblankenhorn.substack.com/p/all-in-the-family</a> 2025-04-06T20:00:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs23mcugruz6sp88p2cd6tmpj54fw5eamwy5r42ysavdvms2j9505qzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5z456sq &#34;These men—human beings with names, histories, dreams—were marched through a gauntlet of armed guards, beaten, stripped naked, shaved, and thrown into overcrowded cells. A photojournalist on the scene described watching men age a decade in two hours. He watched as one young man sobbed, “I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.” This man was slapped for his tears, beaten for his vulnerability.<br/>No phone calls. No visitors. No books. No talking. Just exile to a place “so cold and far from home they may as well have been sent into space, nameless and forgotten.”<br/><br/>And all of this—every slap, every sob, every stolen dignity—stamped with American approval. Coordinated with American officials. Executed with American efficiency.&#34;<br/><br/>#USPolitics<br/><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/28/what-is-it-exactly-that-being-an-american-means-to-you/">https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/28/what-is-it-exactly-that-being-an-american-means-to-you/</a> 2025-03-29T05:49:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8nzmxwtz0mlfsutqm3tggpsulfs9xwj8kx8gzvnh0pczqum50jrczyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5uurklk &#34;I&#39;ve seen smarter cabinets at Ikea.&#34; - quote of the day 2025-03-25T23:22:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswzg6t8hjc7p7397q6zqsa6wxmklyqgyrkqrs2up7vpp2r5ryw9uqzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5xu42gw Imagine saying &#34;empathy is a weakness&#34; and also wanting people to feel bad for you because your cars<br/>are being boycotted 2025-03-19T17:44:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszpy2xqzpggk74zrg4rh2rek09g992k6xcrdcpj8fqhjjr3s2pztszyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5wm8luu The role of this &#34;human in the loop&#34; isn&#39;t to prevent errors. That human&#39;s is there to be *blamed* for errors<br/><br/>The human is there to be a &#34;moral crumple zone&#34;<br/><br/>The human is there to be an &#34;accountability sink&#34;<br/>- <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqhykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fswlqz4x" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqhykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fswlqz4x</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…qz4x</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#Enshitification #AISlop #USPolitics<br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/asbestos-in-the-walls/#government-by-spicy-autocomplete">https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/asbestos-in-the-walls/#government-by-spicy-autocomplete</a> 2025-03-18T16:24:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqn843w23m8apnlvege8enps8u9ylssyf7j3ljwhkguxrztwasxkszyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5kxvcvf &#34;The authoritarian playbook exploits the machinery of democracy against itself. It uses democratic processes to undermine democratic substance. It leverages judicial independence to capture courts. It uses free speech to spread disinformation. It uses elections to install leaders who then methodically dismantle the guardrails that might constrain them.<br/><br/>And it works because not enough people care enough to stop it.<br/><br/>This isn&#39;t fatalism. It&#39;s an warning bell, and it&#39;s being rung by journalists, writers, academics, activists, and believers everywhere.&#34;<br/><br/>#USpolitics <br/><a href="https://www.theindex.media/the-parchment-barrier/?ref=daily-newsletter">https://www.theindex.media/the-parchment-barrier/?ref=daily-newsletter</a> 2025-03-18T05:23:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2h6ukmxymru047klwnt8nreusus690hqzruc6zx2c87x6lpgdytgzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5gp78gn The article has some useful context about Musk&#39;s career, notably what a sleazeball he has always been in his business and public dealings. It also points up the way governments have refused to do their regulatory jobs – and, less explicitly, how journalism has been a lapdog along the way.<br/><br/>But as it accurately points out Musk&#39;s desperate efforts to slow or reverse the well-deserved slide at Tesla, it doesn&#39;t get into the truly scary stuff. Namely, Musk won&#39;t give a damn about Tesla or its shareholders if his coup (per the first piece in this newsletter) succeeds. If he can divert U.S. government spending even more (see: SpaceX) into his bank accounts, Tesla will be an afterthought. Everything we know about this guy says there are no boundaries on his lust for money, and power. - <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqlrvmc88ck63qpt734w85t5pnxchncvam0p9k9mueuezqz0grkn6smn6gnj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqlrvmc88ck63qpt734w85t5pnxchncvam0p9k9mueuezqz0grkn6smn6gnj</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…6gnj</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#GiftArticle #USPolitics<br/><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/elon-musk-human-meme-stock/682023/?gift=E9o0y7Rlfcfv2OQ1sSVCEgkDEKZYs7EieUCMLo2g4Cg&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share">https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/elon-musk-human-meme-stock/682023/?gift=E9o0y7Rlfcfv2OQ1sSVCEgkDEKZYs7EieUCMLo2g4Cg&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share</a> 2025-03-15T08:46:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrhn6aa5ct3hql42qtq7hkcvt2yhlm9k384nxej2njtmpyfahjvkczyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k57hw3x0 Like most Democrats, I’m trained to believe that you always vote for [continuing resolutions]. Government shutdowns are a stupid idea. It’s the radical Republicans who want to shut down the government.<br/><br/>But this is a bizarre situation in which the president of the United States and this billionaire are already shutting down the government.<br/><br/>So if I’m a Democrat in Congress, why do I vote for a continuing resolution to fund programs that are not continuing? It really is just a blank check.<br/><br/>It’s like giving Trump and Musk a trillion dollars and saying, Spend it as you like…<br/>#USPolitics<br/><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/192575/transcript-trump-sinking-heres-dems-shouldnt-save-him">https://newrepublic.com/article/192575/transcript-trump-sinking-heres-dems-shouldnt-save-him</a> 2025-03-12T00:45:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs28j6pye3susshwkyysz6jyaannemnt7rta4scycqafmxwtehvs3czyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5ct8hp5 Assuming that the past six weeks are predictive of what’s next, expect an age of anxiety; expect the elimination of tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of jobs; expect the decimation of liberal institutions to go on for all four years of Trump’s second term; expect government services to deteriorate; expect reduced funding of the safety net; and expect more homelessness, hunger and disease. <br/><br/>Expect poverty; expect the financial starvation of universities and of nongovernmental organizations; and expect unannounced raids, unreliable data and an America increasingly aligned with authoritarians worldwide. <br/><br/>Expect a pervasive climate of suspicion and a preoccupation with revenge. Expect more suffering, more fear, less security and less happiness.<br/><br/>In other words, expect the worst.<br/>#USPolitics #GiftArticle <br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/opinion/trump-imperial-presidency.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1U4.8Mol.St36SiEOgZWc&amp;smid=url-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/opinion/trump-imperial-presidency.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1U4.8Mol.St36SiEOgZWc&amp;smid=url-share</a> 2025-03-04T19:34:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2k0g6u7ld5xynj3qw6gtm0z92az8h97fprd4xrpkwuq88hzqlelszyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k57x4m6r The Musk/Trump administration is committing treason, giving aid and comfort to our enemies right in front of our eyes.<br/>#USPolitics <br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/18/us-russia-ukraine-talks-riyadh-saudi-arabia">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/18/us-russia-ukraine-talks-riyadh-saudi-arabia</a> 2025-02-18T19:00:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstqmkglr477vpmcsmvx37mwku37ua880nnr7lzuxdycfhkpqgw29szyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5qnpzlk Its time to hold these treasonous fascists accountable. They swore to uphold the constitution but day after day they are attempting to shred it. <br/><br/>The VP nor President Musk nor CP (Cuck President) Trump get to interpret the Constituion as they want.<br/><br/>Constituion 101 is the separation of powers and how they are designed to check and balance the 3 branches of government. <br/><br/>We had a revolution to overthrow kings. Time to throw out the wannabe kings.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/vance-trump-federal-courts-executive-order.html?unlocked_article_code=1.v04.7CfI.zeMvHxTbrUFc&amp;smid=url-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/vance-trump-federal-courts-executive-order.html?unlocked_article_code=1.v04.7CfI.zeMvHxTbrUFc&amp;smid=url-share</a> 2025-02-10T05:47:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0r0j5j0w5cg39qzdv529rs5jg2llfzxt9zguvzq7axp3w23wmakczyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5pv6wmx Just one of the many sociopaths Musk is using to destroy our civilization.<br/><br/>&#34;Davis is known for cost cutting and running fast-paced operations, which have at times resulted in clashes with safety regulators. <br/><br/>While he was president of Boring in 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Osha) found that 15 to 20 Boring employees in Las Vegas had been burned with chemical accelerants due to hazardous working conditions at the site. <br/><br/>The company’s former safety manager told Fortune that Davis had undercut and isolated him in ways that prohibited him from doing his job, while former employees said Davis imposed difficult deadlines and encouraged a breakneck pace. <br/><br/>One Boring employee emailed the safety manager warning that workers “consistently flirted with death” while in the tunnels, according to Fortune.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/08/elon-musk-doge-team-staff">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/08/elon-musk-doge-team-staff</a> 2025-02-09T20:28:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9y96ffe4v8w9vg6042t0s2hyz2ece7h0fgkvq469wm67n30kagfgzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5q0eg20 &#34;Trump, the convicted felon, proves each day that he is unfit for the high office he holds. <br/><br/>He aims to destroy the fundamentals of American democracy: the separation of powers, civil and voting rights, secularism, free speech and equality under the law. <br/><br/>He is a menace to global peace, stability and prosperity. <br/><br/>Pushback has begun, largely through the courts. Yet a few defiant judges cannot win this huge, rapidly developing struggle. The Democrats, stunned into virtual silence, must wake up&#34;<br/><br/>#USPolitics<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/08/the-observer-view-vengeful-and-reckless-donald-trump-must-not-go-unchallenged">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/08/the-observer-view-vengeful-and-reckless-donald-trump-must-not-go-unchallenged</a> 2025-02-09T07:04:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2u28xppgn74p6ksns588mgsfsupqk5a47fcdf7kr3qjahzqtz4zszyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k55dwssz &#34;In trying to make sense of the wrecking ball that is Elon Musk and President Trump’s DOGE, it may be helpful to think about the Evil Housekeeper Problem. It’s a principle of computer security roughly stating that once someone is in your hotel room with your laptop, all bets are off. Because the intruder has physical access, you are in much more trouble. And the person demanding to get into your computer may be standing right beside you.<br/><br/>So who is going to stop the evil housekeeper from plugging a computer in and telling IT staff to connect it to the network?<br/><br/>What happens if someone comes in and tells you that you’ll be fired unless you reveal the authenticator code from your phone, or sign off on a code change, or turn over your PIV card, the Homeland Security–approved smart card used to access facilities and systems and securely sign documents and emails? What happens if someone says your name will otherwise be published in an online list of traitors? Already the new administration is firing, putting on leave, or outright escorting from the building people who refuse to do what they’re told. &#34;<br/><br/>#USPolitcs #CyberSecurity <br/><br/><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/07/1111283/elon-musk-doge-and-the-evil-housekeeper-problem-government-technology/">https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/07/1111283/elon-musk-doge-and-the-evil-housekeeper-problem-government-technology/</a> 2025-02-07T21:00:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp7qr7n96xntzmhdked0p4mn3vr8radaelnq3z5vvg8nv06welkkgzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5flqy0s Elon Musk has ordered everyone to stop donating to Wikipedia.<br/><br/>I never started, until today seeing a similar message.<br/><br/>‪donate.wikimedia.org‬ is the link, if anyone feels like disobeying a direct order from a billionaire jerkwad. 2024-12-25T20:22:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd3ut6wwmp8a0ftedayh8mgtdjgrhvc7uf59453sfpjfa450q7ueqzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5d7xuek In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgdgc5sqn2tlvd5r6etmj6vptstr627mf0dfmteaujads8s40ffvgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qlnhkpw'>nevent1q…hkpw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1g7tzlzs2fkj0en4wtwjmga6h9mty7pnlem7m42mcvyw85glfcu5s77n6x7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1g7tzlzs2fkj0en4wtwjmga6h9mty7pnlem7m42mcvyw85glfcu5s77n6x7</span> (<span class="italic">npub1g7t…n6x7</span>)</a></span> We need to have massive protests in every city and particularly in Washington DC demanding the removal of Trump Appointees from all Judicial positions and insurrectionists from Congress. 2024-03-03T05:29:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp9wsqpfvkdst9szcjmts2456fvcugh60stf6rvynftzj3pjvpm2qzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5x4jxj6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyvm6xrmy85a3m2knnjan7tr689wmygl8xjvwpx09c0l3k5x63kcspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q8j63f4'>nevent1q…63f4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gsfewnmzeylwy2673u6j93d4up6zred09ff7uhat5rw32ewdzr4q3zfhkr" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1gsfewnmzeylwy2673u6j93d4up6zred09ff7uhat5rw32ewdzr4q3zfhkr</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gsf…fhkr</span>)</a></span> I don’t understand why we’re not having huge protests against the clearly corrupt Supreme Court, Gerrymandering, and Citizens United 2024-03-03T03:43:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr4549pxv4wh665sve77kse9k49j99c5cmkh5purdhvuypgay9j9czyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5drw22f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2lvp857lpsqpgt7s7z22q2dfp2lqwjed9th26nnc6yy38mrjtctqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q62h4mn'>nevent1q…h4mn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ghazq0na5vqdfccan7c07eupmsum6fx5rfrnueev8qln29rxsvlsv7ffp5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1ghazq0na5vqdfccan7c07eupmsum6fx5rfrnueev8qln29rxsvlsv7ffp5</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gha…ffp5</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub107smp8v29sgmk0ejnh5xwl8zffx00tkx8jynhqxaf7warc8k2fyq0e4xuc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub107smp8v29sgmk0ejnh5xwl8zffx00tkx8jynhqxaf7warc8k2fyq0e4xuc</span> (<span class="italic">npub107s…4xuc</span>)</a></span> Lock him up already 2023-12-23T06:49:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf9sm6y7ktdak067syh8pv923q36nf79ze5n4d7gzydxk5crvp2xgzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5k4zrt5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfcdn7h92dy4un6k50rxtscnh4yp9lc4jmq2sk3cqyy54uvhk2pzgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qnkpkzz'>nevent1q…pkzz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub18ljjwuh8vt0lrh3fe3vsefddt40u297gtsk3d4v4ywhjnvms9zfqy480hq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub18ljjwuh8vt0lrh3fe3vsefddt40u297gtsk3d4v4ywhjnvms9zfqy480hq</span> (<span class="italic">npub18lj…80hq</span>)</a></span> Story is from the perspective of a guy who falls in love with a Rich women who tells him to meet her next Pluterday. In order to get enough money to get into Pluterday, he gets a Time Machine (that’s a funny story too) goes back in time, writes the book of the Jewish People, comes back and is super rich from royalties from the Bible… (at least that’s what I remember from reading it decades ago) 2023-11-08T08:25:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfcdn7h92dy4un6k50rxtscnh4yp9lc4jmq2sk3cqyy54uvhk2pzgzyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k5fsyk2v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgp3cwzl0ygc8nnx9cj0r9zlg9kuezmzsrp2dv7f8cwzhxg8fjzaqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q2utm3v'>nevent1q…tm3v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub18ljjwuh8vt0lrh3fe3vsefddt40u297gtsk3d4v4ywhjnvms9zfqy480hq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub18ljjwuh8vt0lrh3fe3vsefddt40u297gtsk3d4v4ywhjnvms9zfqy480hq</span> (<span class="italic">npub18lj…80hq</span>)</a></span> Where were you last Pluterday? Hilarious book originally in Dutch. The theme in the book is Pluterday, an extra day in the week which can be withdrawn if one saves enough time (e.g. by taking a plane instead of a train). Only the rich can save enough time and thus Pluterday is in practice reserved for the &#34;happy few&#34;, resulting in a class society. The existence of Pluterdays is kept secret from non-privileged people. - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_were_you_last_Pluterday%3F">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_were_you_last_Pluterday%3F</a> 2023-11-08T08:22:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswdlnlcrxkndfku9xmmgzpm5mjmd6xw24vrnl40z254x289utd3nszyrpk7zymhz9c93tu0xap0yu6ur58cprftp9mf6z2k4c6a2mqqr0k53dufz5 …the worldviews of men like Hammond and Lincoln are still fundamental to our society: Should our government protect people of property as they exploit the majority so they can accumulate wealth and move society forward as they wish? Or should we protect the right of ordinary Americans to build their own lives, making sure that no one can monopolize the country’s money and resources, with the expectation that their efforts will build society from the ground up? <br/><br/><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/september-2-2023">https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/september-2-2023</a> 2023-09-03T20:45:40Z