Posts by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AxDrmhsWvHTZAbO6Hw by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-08-16T09:09:35Z
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@aral I would go further and say that venture capital funded Silicon Valley Big Tech is the very worst form of late-stage capitalism ...destroying all other institutions, including democracy, for it's own complete domination.
(DIR) Post #AxGDrAqxixI3V26rDs by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-08-17T12:27:18Z
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@Nonilex A key thing to watch will be WHERE the DC meeting takes place.If in the Oval Office, Trump's preferred location to assert maximum pressure, look out.
(DIR) Post #AxVDjnrjhuH1Y6M7mK by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-08-24T18:06:38Z
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@Nonilex Maybe, hear me out, the Smithsonian should focus on the experience of poor whites and how slavery was bad for them (at least economically)
(DIR) Post #AxdO05lNUCIsUqT0eu by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-08-28T16:39:17Z
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@futurebird Excellent point.Every LLM should come with a massive disclaimer at each startup. Something like "This service will NOT give accurate answers or offer any genuine interaction, only plausible sounding slop that reinforces whatever you tell it"
(DIR) Post #AxiyMjAoD0GpEhFqCG by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-08-31T09:19:29Z
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@aral 🎯Not enough people understand how techbros choose horrible user interfaces and design/moderation decisions to turn people against even the most basic and essential customer safety regulations. I believe the current age-gating outrage is astroturfed too.
(DIR) Post #AxmOYsjzdwn6fO31Rg by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-09-02T00:58:01Z
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@Nonilex Where are the unions?Why aren't they leading a series of rolling #GeneralStrikes ?
(DIR) Post #Ay3hDLL5psudoBA9Sq by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-09-10T09:07:17Z
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Hmmm... the impoverished masses rebelling against corrupt leaders and #nepokids #Nepal just may be a sign of the future.For Nepal’s Protesters, Wealthy ‘Nepo Kids’ Are a Source of Outrage https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/world/asia/nepal-protests-nepo-kids-social-media.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
(DIR) Post #Ay47rdYG8igigVCAV6 by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-09-10T14:15:42Z
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@Nonilex Whether the Russian drone entered Poland accidentally, or worse on purpose, the problem is the massive drone strikes on western Ukraine.#NATO needs to focus on ending those. Demand Russia stop attacks within 200-300 miles of NATO countries ...and extend NATO air cover over those portions of Ukraine.This is yet more testing by Putin, who must be made to lose.
(DIR) Post #AynDpIV5jFjGIgetZA by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-10-02T08:23:45Z
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@aral By "the West", I assume you mean those amplified by mainstream (corp) media and online (techbro) algorithms, right?Because a vast number of people are horrified, march in the streets and seem to go unheard.(Of course, the silent majority are just trying to live their lives according to what works in the system they're given).
(DIR) Post #B0BdgQDJRWMgtp3XeK by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-11-13T00:59:26Z
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@Nonilex September: I know the secret to life. As do I. May every day be a wonderful secret.November: I don't even know the guy.
(DIR) Post #B1NvNxncEvJ3RDSHWi by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-12-18T21:06:25Z
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@Nonilex Sure, that's true.But who is going to *make* then follow the rules?That's the rub - and why people need to understand America is already a dictatorship.#ThisIsAmericaNow
(DIR) Post #B1QALq1o35RUNySOyO by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-12-19T21:36:40Z
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@cdarwin YupRomney is wrong about most things, but his opinion piece does have a few good ideas to #TaxTheRich
(DIR) Post #B1Vd4dVpStwLZiCjCa by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-12-22T14:18:56Z
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@Nonilex Shouldn't the Ellisons be answering questions about this too?
(DIR) Post #B1khjesyZtW8tYFKrI by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-12-29T20:48:52Z
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@thecyberwitch @catnipmedia Pitting individuals against the massive power of corporate bodies is futile. That's one reason we form governments.Not all laws or regulation are bad.We need functioning democratic processes to make laws that balance competing interests - and transparent governance to enforce themReflexively saying all laws bad if the rationale includes ABC is nonsense. Just like calling for total non-regulation of any industry is extremely naive. We all know "power corrupts"
(DIR) Post #B1kp59s3Gq5Oko0rke by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-12-29T21:26:42Z
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@thecyberwitch Sure, but there is no industry that effectively self-regulates. Even the Catholic Church (famously).If we should fight for anything, it's not to reflexively attack attempts at regulation. It should be to demand a more effective democratic process.Better to break/weaken the government-corporate dependency than leave it alone and expect it to behave
(DIR) Post #B1rGuSNC6PTOcL1aUa by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2026-01-02T00:54:13Z
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@Nonilex In a #CorruptSCOTUS packed full of cartoon villains, Roberts may be the one who has done the most damage.It will take decades to restore the US judiciary.
(DIR) Post #B2DeUxnRzyk5yd7JiK by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2026-01-12T20:02:11Z
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@Nonilex The MAGA DOJ charging anyone for lying to Congress or lying on a mortgage form is quite rich given their SCOTUS candidates' lies to the Senate and their POTUS's felony convictions for lying on banking forms.
(DIR) Post #B2FWICNW3vLw7TJBxo by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2026-01-13T17:38:25Z
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@Nonilex Exactly. It's all about framing - and the media is helping the GOP frame the Clintons.They need to do like Hunter Biden, and hold a public statement in front of the Capitol. Say they have provided written testimony and would agree to public questioning, but NOT closed door.They need to SEIZE the media spotlight. And this ain't doin it.
(DIR) Post #B2Hi6mObuYeS7L3szA by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2026-01-14T19:01:30Z
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@Nonilex This touches on what I long suspected - Trump wants Greenland *solely* because it's as big a land deal as Alaska.As ever, it's self-promotion (and grifting)
(DIR) Post #B2ZcSxoOlfYgkb9E8G by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2026-01-23T10:22:25Z
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@aral Axis of Evil was already taken