2022-09-30
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I can't even - Charlie's Diary
Worse: the Screaming Jeezus People account for an unholy proportion of the European Research Group membership: the same dominionist agenda seems to be at work behind the scenes in the UK as in the US Republican party (added twist—the UK is majority no-religion/atheist, so it's less visible). The anti-trans witch hunt and escalating culture wars hysteria are symptomatic of the intent behind this: a lot of US Christian lobbying money seems to find its way into funding stuff like anti-abortion protest groups in the UK and moves to criminalize homosexuality in African nations.
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NASA Considers Using SpaceX Crew Dragon to Extend Hubble Telescope’s Life.
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Same-sex couples from China are getting married in Utah over Zoom
Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering
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YouTube Says Giorgia Meloni Video Was Removed in Error, Restores It After Inquiry
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Peter Thiel’s Palantir Had Secret Plan to Crack UK’s NHS: ‘Buying Our Way In’
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One reason we don’t is that it’s gotten significantly harder to care about the state of the world at large. A decade of culture warring and developing a mild-to-medium hatred for at least 2/3 of humanity will do that to you. General misanthropy is not a state conducive to productive thinking about global problems. Why should you care about the state of the world beyond your ark? It’s mostly full of all those other assholes, who are the wrong kind of deranged and insane. At least you and I, in this ark, are the right kind of deranged and insane. It’s worth saving ourselves from the flood, but those other guys can look out for themselves.
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Federal Reserve announces major ‘pilot exercise’ for ESG social credit score system
Musk
Trump / War against the Right / Jan6
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Little evidence of political argument before teen's death - ABC News
“I can’t get into details about what the witnesses are describing to us. But what I can tell you is that this is not political in nature at all,” he said, adding: “There is no evidence to support Brandt’s claim on the 911 call that Mr. Ellingson was a Republican extremist. There is no evidence to support that all through our continued investigation.”
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Salon: first they come for the transgenders, then they will come for you
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THE WAR ON POLITICAL OPPOSITION
You're welcome to believe that actually following the law has any meaning any more. But you ought to consider that, if you're going to be arrested and jailed, you might as well do something that actually justifies the charge. The reality is that you will pay the same penalty whether you kill twenty pedophile leftists or whether you just put your feet up on Piglosi's desk. Which better advances liberty and freedom and protects your friends and families?
Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult
Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation
Media / ShowBiz / Advertising
TechSuck
Crypto con games
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The FTX Future Fund needs to slow its charitable spending way down
This last group, the rent-seekers, is who really worries me, even more than the grifters. These aren’t people who are capable of solving a problem themselves or are really interested in it. These are people who see a large sum of money and think that they can appropriate some of it to make themselves wealthy and have some degree of status. If they can convince Clearer Thinking into thinking they’ve identified a problem, they hope that they will personally be able to direct and control the people who can actually solve the problem.
Economicon / Business / Finance
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UK pensions hit with margin calls as gilts and sterling slide | Hacker News
it does seem to be the case that in sum total we see, decade after decade, a cumulatively destabilizing effect on both financial markets and the financial security of everyday folks: somehow the emergent system either is or really, really fucking appears to be privatizing profits while socializing losses while simultaneously driving up the swings of the business cycle.
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Would You Invest $10k in a Friend’s Startup? Are You Friends If You Don’t?
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Florida's home insurance market was a mess before Ian. It's about to get worse
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Euro zone inflation soars to a record 10%, piling pressure on the ECB
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Facebook scrambles to escape stock’s death spiral as users flee, sales drop
Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making
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How the Mises Caucus Took over the American Libertarian Party
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There's No One Driving the Bus - Charles Eisenstein
The reflex to ask, “Who is doing this to me?” comes from the same consciousness as “Who can fix it for me?” It is the consciousness of looking toward someone-in-charge for salvation or blame. This is an abdication of our innate sovereignty. Yes, there are rescuers and abusers in this world, and sometimes that lens is useful in understanding events. But as a basic habit of thought, as a go-to explanation for the way of the world, it is part of a self-perpetuating victim consciousness that takes for granted authoritarianism’s premises.
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Biden and Education Department accused of muzzling conservatives.
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AOC says companies favor abortion bans ‘to force poor people to work more’
Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security
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FBI allegedly engaging in ‘purge’ of conservative employees, retaliating against whistleblowers.
"During the course of this investigation, we have received protected whistleblower disclosures that the FBI is engaging in a ‘purge’ of employees with conservative views by revoking their security clearances and indefinitely suspending these employees," Jordan wrote, noting that "many of the formal notices" for those personnel actions had been signed by Moore. Jordan also wrote that he has information suggesting Moore has "retaliated against at least one whistleblower who has made protected disclosures to Congress."
External Security / Militaria / Diplomania
Russia Bad / Ukraine War
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Cyber and Information Warfare in Ukraine: What Do We Know Seven Months In?
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In my experience when anything involving energy-industry hydrocarbons explodes … well, sabotage isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. And honestly, when it comes to a pipeline running natural gas under Russian (non)maintenance, an explosion means that it’s Tuesday. Or Friday. Or another day of the week ending in “y”.
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The Russian economy will ‘die by winter’ because of the military mobilization
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Putin announces annexation of Ukrainian land, Europe's largest since WWII
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Putin annexes four regions of Ukraine in major escalation of Russia’s war
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I really want to go back and re-listen to his words and phrasing, but I believe Vladimir may have just repudiated every arms treaty, strategic or otherwise, in effect. That Russia would not be bound by efforts to reduce her defense by other powers who were already in violation of said treaties and using them to keep the Rodina down. Huge, and I suspect this is going to get overlooked in the short term.
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Illegal annexation shows gulf between Putin's wants and what his forces can hold
Health / Medicine
Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda
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Bill Gates: You’ll never solve climate change by asking people to consume less
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More than 1,700 environmental activists murdered in the past decade – report
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Virtual Children Will Be Commonplace in 50 Yrs and Help Combat Overpopulation
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Climate Activists Attacking Fertiliser Use, Mass Produced Food.
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Honestly? The Link Between Climate Change and Hurricanes Is Complicated
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Pakistan floods: How bamboo shelters are empowering displaced communities
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Ian is no longer a normal hurricane as it lashes South Carolina
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As atmospheric CO2 has increased by 25 ppm, Greenland warming “is not evident”