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Malaysian officials have ordered Network School to shut down operations.
The so-called school, run by Network State cult leader (and Peter Thiel protégé) Balaji Srinivasan,
had claimed to be creating a new nation on Malaysian soil.
The Network State is a cult ideology that seeks to replace existing nations with new nations run by tech corporations.
“The State Government and Local Authorities will not compromise on any breach of laws or matters that could affect nat…

Malaysia Crushes Network School. Balaji Flees to Kazakhstan
Network State’s Zionism-inspired colonial ambitions did not go over well in the formerly colonized Muslim-majority country

Spaces of Difference and Contact Religion, Popular Culture, and Identity Formations in Colonial and Post-Colonial Bengal
https://ift.tt/G6sKEzS
full name / name of organization: Edited by Debashish Banerji, PhD Haridas Chaudhuri Professor of…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Nine-track tapes and seven-track tapes
And tapes without any tracks;
Stretchy tapes and snarley tapes
And tapes mixed up on the racks --
Take hold of the tape
And pull off the strip,
And then you'll be sure
Your tape drive will skip.
-- Uncle Colonel's Cursory Rhymes

@drhanwill.bsky.social is far too modest to share this, but it's so brilliant to see her and Meredith Martin's work on @colnet.bsky.social featured in the NY Times!
You can watch their film with Madeleine Le Cesne at https://www.colonialnetworks.org/linked-li

Scientists Uncover Lost ‘Golden Age’ of Languages That Ended 1,000 Years Ago https://www.404media.co/scientists-uncover-lost-golden-age-of-languages-that-ended-1-000-years-ago/

Appalling. #israel

UK plastic ‘waste colonialism’ found to be polluting Turkey’s farming heartland https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/04/uk-plastic-waste-colonialism-recycling-exports-contaminating-water-crops-turkey

RE: https://assortedflotsam.com/@NewsBot/117132546989183796
* colonialists

Someone else pointed out that I left out a whole bunch of racism stuff. I also realized I totally left out the settler colonialism aspect of cars which... there are books about.
Looks like I'm gonna need to revisit this a lot after I do some more reading.
Speaking of which, if you feel like there's something missing here please feel free to point it out. I know it's not exhaustive (just exhausting(.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/116931490270096063
Let me add to this: They were so focussed on their own freedom – in the libertarian/colonial sense – that they didn’t consider that their freedom – as mostly able-bodied young/middle-a…