Posts by rberger@hachyderm.io
(DIR) Post #AVIxNXEbR3qujSce5w by rberger@hachyderm.io
2023-05-04T02:02:40Z
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"The simple reality is that MAGA fascists are embarrassed by the word fascism. Hitler gave it a bad name, particularly — in the minds of today’s American fascists — when he lost World War II.And that’s why we must use the word to describe them when they promote fascist policies, which, tragically, is now a daily occurrence."https://hartmannreport.com/p/trump-town-hall-is-cnn-normalizing
(DIR) Post #AVasbOSiKW5TDhZzge by rberger@hachyderm.io
2023-05-12T23:17:48Z
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CNN's Trump town hall was a fascist ritualhttps://open.substack.com/pub/aaronrupar/p/cnn-trump-town-hall-fascism
(DIR) Post #AVlfq1C86IZQ3X8sqW by rberger@hachyderm.io
2023-05-18T04:17:40Z
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"In December, Musk even likened himself to Batman, tweeting an image of the superhero perched ominously on a rooftop, surveying the troubled city below.“Some nights,” wrote Musk, implying a desire to mimic the Caped Crusader even though the billionaire Twitter CEO reportedly can’t use the office crapper without a bodyguard in tow."https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/elon-musk-san-francisco-18103350.php
(DIR) Post #AVoWVT2L4aOSDDZIEy by rberger@hachyderm.io
2023-05-19T03:51:37Z
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Doom co-creator John Carmack is headlining a 'toxic and proud' sci-fi convention that rails against 'woke propaganda'https://www.pcgamer.com/doom-co-creator-john-carmack-is-headlining-a-toxic-and-proud-sci-fi-convention-that-rails-against-woke-propaganda/
(DIR) Post #AVtFDbjR0xDpSpkd3g by rberger@hachyderm.io
2023-05-21T19:52:49Z
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Initially thought this was another NIMBY story. Realized that building giant centralized solar farms is just another way Corporations are stealing abundance for all and pocketing all the wins of technology.Putting solar on rooftops need to be the top priority, but power companies hate that since they don't get to charge for it. Through their regulatory capture, California Utilities were able to dramatically cut the incentives for people to put solar on their roofshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/21/solar-farms-energy-power-california-mojave-desert
(DIR) Post #AW7iImsCdTdSLm75cG by rberger@hachyderm.io
2023-05-28T19:22:46Z
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'Ordinary' is just what you're used to. This may not seem ordinary to you right now, but after a time it will. This will become ordinary.”— Aunt Lydia re-educating detained Handmaidshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/29/trump-e-jean-carroll-verdict/
(DIR) Post #AYSumKEW82QZ585Aci by rberger@hachyderm.io
2023-08-06T20:32:29Z
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“That is why the fight against all this — spearheaded by Jack Smith’s prosecution of Trump — matters so much. It’s not just about Trump not being above the law — it’s about demagogues not becoming the law. For that to happen, democracy’s justice system must prevail, and hold them to account. Trump being indicted is a sign that, no, he isn’t above the law. But finding him guilty would be a demonstration that he shouldn’t become the law.” #USpolitics #FuckFascists https://open.substack.com/pub/umairhaque/p/the-acceleration-of-american-fascism
(DIR) Post #AZBVTPNBkG6lv7Kmv2 by rberger@hachyderm.io
2023-08-28T04:02:55Z
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Sounds like they are asking tech and white collar workers to unionize. #RemoteWork https://www.businessinsider.com/return-to-office-mandates-restore-ceo-power-2023-8
(DIR) Post #AZCYW9rkLo0DiOafPk by rberger@hachyderm.io
2023-08-28T06:43:21Z
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@evanwolf I have no idea. Which points to a major problem. The path to organizing is not at all clear to people in tech (assuming I am any kind of sample)
(DIR) Post #Aa7Aa8N5mx8HwWKKx6 by rberger@hachyderm.io
2023-09-25T04:23:37Z
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“Look, I’m a trial judge. I am not anyone that understands the industry and the markets in the way that you do. And so I take seriously when companies are telling me that if this gets disclosed, it’s going to cause competitive harm. And I think it behooves me to be somewhat conservative in thinking about that issue, because, you know, I can’t see around every corner.”In other words, Mehta is deferring to Google on the need for secrecy.#AntiTrust #Googlehttps://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-to-hide-a-2-trillion-antitrust
(DIR) Post #AaLWIb9owV2pDGbMuW by rberger@hachyderm.io
2023-10-01T20:34:18Z
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“Thirty years ago, if I told you that a bunch of billionaires and intellectuals on the right are waiting in the wings to impose a dictatorship on the United States, you would have said that I was insane,” he said.“But it’s no longer insane. It’s now real. There are those people out there,” Linker added. “The question is: will they get their chance.”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/01/red-caesar-authoritarianism-republicans-extreme-right
(DIR) Post #AbXOFWPSM0FLpvKv7Q by rberger@hachyderm.io
2023-11-05T19:08:01Z
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@revoluciana So obvious. We also have to be clear that this is Hamas and the Netanyahu government that are the killers. The people of Palestine and Israel are the victims.
(DIR) Post #Ac4gLEtLrcAMGrKQpE by rberger@hachyderm.io
2023-11-22T19:35:43Z
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@tante
(DIR) Post #AdBPKtFnmTSOuMm5jc by rberger@hachyderm.io
2023-12-25T20:39:10Z
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Startling new landmark research [By the British Institute and Faculty of Actuaries!] has just been published. It's conclusion? Climate Change will destroy half of our economies by 2070. Let me emphasize that again: 50% of GDP. By 2070. Gone. Burned, drowned, incinerated, levelled, flooded. How bad is that? It's even worse...than it might sound.#ClimateChangehttps://www.theissue.io/how-bad-is-climate-change-going-to-get-you-dont-want-to-know/
(DIR) Post #AiUy6BTbUjkEpT5DKi by rberger@hachyderm.io
2024-06-01T20:01:21Z
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The entire top management of Boeing needs to removed and proscecuted for endangering the lives of millions while destroying a key industrial capacity of the USA. They should be replaced by people with engineering and safety mentalities.https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/01/boeing-safety-crisis-response-union-busting?CMP=share_btn_url
(DIR) Post #AiWQdRhLCDJcZQ7KJE by rberger@hachyderm.io
2024-06-02T06:52:33Z
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All the Blue states should make it illegal for felons to run for office, like Washington
(DIR) Post #AjEgjudCQYrKoY63qi by rberger@hachyderm.io
2024-06-23T20:04:09Z
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Louisiana now mandates that a poster-size display of the Ten Commandments in "large, easily readable font," be required in all public classrooms. Here you go.
(DIR) Post #AjHnU1GXH7hjuWkDhI by rberger@hachyderm.io
2024-06-25T06:21:57Z
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The GOP’s Abortion AlbatrossJust as reproductive rights motivated voters in 2022 and 2023, new polling shows how Republicans’ crusade to control women’s bodies could propel Democrats in November.BY MOLLY JONG-FAST#USPolitics https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/abortion-rights-2024-election
(DIR) Post #AjjTZCBaHiTL29snSK by rberger@hachyderm.io
2024-07-08T20:59:59Z
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@aral Us privileged only THINK we can opt out. It’s a mater of survival for everyone now. Climate change at a minimum, but short term fascism is at our door. No one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition or being shipped off to camps.
(DIR) Post #AlQXhLNRnNF9ttc0iu by rberger@hachyderm.io
2024-08-28T06:18:23Z
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@kims Cryptocurrency: Grift on top of scam on top of Ponzi scheme