I agree with the storyteller: the experience of having a slave is abhorrent, simulated or not, and this story is a window into something •deep• about the present moment. Even without having slaves, we are all in danger of having a •slaver mindset•. It’s a disease that’s running rampant now in billionaire-shaped techno-utopian circles.
I wrote this thread on the topic earlier:
https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/113295613785073188
…and even having written that, it’s still shocking — not surprising, exactly, but shocking — to hear those thoughts expressed so baldly by the colleague in the story above.
Mekke Okereke wrote:
Here's a challenge: find an adult Black man that has spent any significant time in New York as a teenager, that *hasn't* ever been detained by a cop with a gun.
This isn't rhetorical, and it's not a trick question.
It is possible to find!
A decent percent of Black men in New York have avoided this!
About 10%!
Entwicklung der Kapazitätsgrößen von #Batteriespeichern von Unternehmen in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 01.11.2025.
289 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Walter Martin:
🎵 Watson and the Shark
#WalterMartin
https://waltermartinmusic.bandcamp.com/track/watson-the-shark
https://open.spotify.com/track/1aW2sreoUdHQb5kNgC23Cb
USA tar Venezuelas president. "SOON" postar närstående till Vita huset om Grönland. Tre imperier. En ordning som faller. Europa manar till återhållsamhet. Det räcker inte. Nu är tiden att agera.
https://carlheath.se/den-starkes-ratt-berattel…
Sources: Cisco is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity company Axonius for $2B; Axonius has raised ~$700M and was valued at $2.6B during earlier rounds (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bjxge1de11l
Entwicklung der Kapazitätsgrößen von #Batteriespeichern von Privatpersonen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 01.11.2025.
289 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: Ei…
In #Lemwerder hat Landwirt Henning Kruse den größten #AgriSolarpark Deutschlands erfolgreich in Betrieb genommen.
Auf 18.000 Hektar Anbaufläche für #Tierfutter wurden 26.000