@timbray@cosocial.ca2025-12-16 07:18:14
Brutal.
Aristotle on Democracy - Existential Comics
https://existentialcomics.com/comic/633
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-15 16:25:41
The euphoria on the right after the unjustifiable kidnapping of Nicolšs Maduro has ended an era of illusion.
No more is Donald Trump’s movement interested in posturing for the credulous as restorers of peace.
No more is there outward deception or internal struggle over the meaning of Trumpist foreign policy.
There is only violent, extractive dominance politics abroad
to match violent, extractive dominance politics at home.
America First is moving closer to i…
@bourgwick@heads.social2026-01-17 22:02:13
acid tests @… forensics update: an eagle-eyed head noticed that the merry pranksters' full film includes 45 seconds of silent footage of the velvet underground (!), likely shot at the exploding plastic inevitable in LA or san francisco, may 1966. …
@stsquad@mastodon.org.uk2026-01-17 09:09:58
Had a great night out catching up with old geek friends in Manchester last night. Topics over interest covered 3dprinting, ISAs (both sorts) the inevitable AI discussion as well as how our kids are dealing with growing up in our future.
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it2026-01-14 18:34:07
We outnumber the pigs. By a lot.
They don't win by using force. They don't win by shooting us, or kidnapping us, or locking us up. If anything, that kind of thing backfires. They don't win by making us afraid or angry.
They win through propaganda, by making us turn on each other, by making us feel hopeless or that any of this is inevitable. They win by leading us to believe that any of their behavior is justified.
Take care of yourself and each other, and shut d…
@pavelasamsonov@mastodon.social2026-01-12 15:06:50
If you're in #tech and struggling to figure out what your career look like now — this piece is my answer. You've heard "it's here to stay" or "it's better than nothing."
Reject these frames.
Look at the system being built around you. Manufacturing validation for "inevitable" success. Rewriting our roles from human-centered creative to featu…
@Dragofix@veganism.social2025-10-27 00:11:44
@primonatura@mstdn.social2025-12-12 14:00:32
"‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’"
#FossilFuels #Environment #Nature
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social2025-12-13 15:49:09
Just finished "Endgames" by Ru Xu, sequel to "Newsprints." I was happy to see the characters from the first book get their endings, but Xu feels incredibly out of her depth writing about the politics of empire and the power/complicity of the press, which completely dampened my enjoyment.
As just one example, there's a ton of interesting nuance to explore behind the idea of a disabled imperial ruler and how disadvantage/persecution (from which you have been effectively shielded) does not justify harming others. This book explores none of that.
I think it does serve as a great example of how severely one limits one's own imagination when one buys into the myth of nationhood as natural/inevitable/good. It's not that Xu's politics are especially authoritarian, I think, but that she's just (been kept?) resoundingly naïve, and so her plot resolution feels childish (or perhaps that's an insult to children).
#AmReading #ReadingNow
@aardrian@toot.cafe2025-11-10 16:05:24
A bit surprised SCotUS left Obergefell in place (legalizing same sex marriage). Even more surprised Thomas didn’t write a dissent that telegraphed exactly what a petitioner must do for him get all the other conservatives to overturn it on the inevitable next effort.
I suppose Kim Davis can kiss Trump’s ass and ask for an EO.