@Lobster When psychological manipulation is amplified through carefully orchestrated propaganda in order to achieve goals defined by the cold hard calculus of power and greed then it becomes obvious that someone has realized it is an exacting science.
But, alas, this is just my humble opinion based on observation.
Mathematical science shows what is. It is the language of unseen relations between things. But to use and apply that language, we must be able fully to appreciate, to feel, to seize the unseen, the unconscious.
- Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace
#science #math #mathematics #mathematician #ada #lovelace #language #life #bernoulli
Remember the MAHA movement is a system of pseudoscience/grifting to finance wellness influencers. To push their various snake oils: supplements, unnecessary vitamins, ivermectin, or whatever they can buy in bulk to jack up the price, it’s essential to denigrate actual experts
https://bird.makeup/users/factpostnews/statuses/2011897223097770142
Report: New York art show: "Ms. Rachel's Colors That Survived"
Gaza's children share stories of survival through art.
"Art is the only thing that has stayed with me through everything — through losing my home, my safe space, and the life I once knew.... I keep drawing because it is the one place where I still feel alive."
~Yara, 16
https://www.newarab.com/features/ms-rachel-brings-gaza-childrens-art-new-york-exhibition
#GazaGenocide #GazaChildren #USPol #Europol #palestine #press #racism @palestine
Daughter of a “fierce” mother who was an #immigrant from #Mexico , #WonderWoman star #LyndaCarter ‘lashes out’ at #ICE goons. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14806427/lynda-carter-rant-ice-slams-los-angeles-riots-wonder-woman.html
NPR:Major plumbing headache haunts $13 billion U.S. carrier off the coast of Venezuela
"....New documents show the crew on board the United States' newest aircraft carrier are growing increasingly frustrated by design flaws that lead to regular failures in the ship's toilet system...."
The philosopher Bertrand Russell remarked that the fundamental cause of trouble in the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
I think the discourse has broken this relationship. It's not that intelligent people have become stupid. It's that the incentive structure of public conversation rewards cocksureness regardless of actual intelligence...
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-discourse-is-a-distributed-denial-of-service-attack/
I was able to get away to protest today. Just my daughter and I as the grandkids held down the home front for me.
I wore my inflatable unicorn and carried a sign that said Free Minnesota.
For a small area it was a decent turnout but it's not enough. It will only be enough when it is overwhelming enough.
I stood next to an old friend who just turned ninety. We worried about what the future holds together arm in arm with our signs in the other hand.
This rose is out in front of my house today. Looking somewhat worse for the climate it is trying to bloom in spite of.
Me too.
Interview: The rich are building tax-free, regulation-free, democracy-free, CEO-run "network states" for the rich.
"This is a long-term project. And even if the Trump thing fails, they will regroup & come back in another form. And I feel like they'll have a lot better success getting what they want".
Especially with JD Vance (creation of Peter Thiel)
~Gil Duran
At 19 min:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI5aJhTVjVo
#USPol #Europol #NetworkState #fascism #racism #broligarchy #press #TESCREAL .
If it seems to you that all the trial judge did was to restate settled law and tell DHS et al they have to obey the law, you are correct. But when faced with a lawless executive branch, it takes guts for individual trial court judges to make it clear that the executive cannot be trusted to abide by the U.S. Constitution and must be told what the Constitution unquestionably requires. 6/
The fascism has funding. Lots of it.
Democracies continue to underestimate how badly the fossil fuel industry & the rich want to retain control
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/08/30/covert-operations
https://www.desmog.com/2016/01/21/beyond-koch-brothers-scaife-olin-bradley-jane-mayer-dark-money/
These are the people funding the far right
1. Elon Musk $291,482,587
2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200
3. Miriam Adelson $148,304,900
4. Richard Uihlein $143,498,936
1/
“Republicans are allowing ICE to shoot women in the face and call them a “fucking bitch” while denying them medical attention, but they want us to believe that a trans woman hitting a tennis ball too hard at her opponent is the greater threat to women and girls.”
The Supreme Court Just Held an Anti-Trans Hatefest | The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/society/supreme-court-trans-athlete-bans/
Interview: "Meet the Man Making War Popular Again"
Peter Thiel's "Palantir CEO, Alex Karp, is one of the most dangerous men in the US."
Palantir, a company worth around $430 billion, has been described as: "A grave threat to Americans,” “The most dangerous corporation,” & “The world’s most evil company”.
What makes it so evil? Who is driving what agenda behind this notorious corporation?
Source: Zeteo, Jan 16
#USPol #Europol #Palantir #Fascism #Broligarchy #Racism #AlexKarp #Thiel .
Federal petition requiring Canadian media to be majority Canadian owned (like current Telco requirements.)
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6821
Megalomanics can do nothing without corporate power.
Big Money was watching from at least 2016 to see how far Trump would be willing to go.
Many oligarchs switched from Dems to Trump in 2024 after making a deal (incl Vance as VP).
Heritage had spent 8 yrs finalising project24. They'd already employed 1000s of magas for the new monarchy.
Fascism can't happen without a vast support network.
#USPol #Europol #Fascism #Racism #Monarchy #oligarchy #HeritageFoundation .
Mostly reclusive and carrying slightly damaged goods. A 56 yo survivor by some accounts. Definitely in need of much therapy. ;)
Staunchly anti-fascist
Bear in mind that, while I may "like" your "toot", about a person, event or particular topic, if it links to the "bird-site" I will no longer boost and inadvertently contribute to their grift. Everyone has a choice and a part to play when crimes go unpunished.
"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers".
-Elric