ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Assuming they even exist I assume that neuralink guy is strapped to a gurney under a swinging bare bulb in a Fremont basement somewhere, staring a cinderblock wall without blinking and saying "Ten. Print kill me. Twenty. Go to ten." over and over again.

I really hope that this is the year that intelligent but ignorant people finally realize how fucked the planet is due to climate change.

There is no hope convincing deniers, but there is a chance to get the ignorant on board.

Anyone who looks at the Sea Surface Temperature and Air Temperature for the last two years will know that something very very bad is happening

Record high temperatures during winter, and record low snowpack

Even if you believe in Climate Change this should terrify you.

Two years ago, a full-scale war broke out. Rocket attacks, convoys of military vehicles, burning houses, millions of refugees — all of this has become a daily reality. After all, war is a very material thing. You can't hide from it behind beautiful words. You have to deal with it. You have to find the tools to defend yourself. And Ukrainian society has found them.

The response to external aggression was unprecedented solidarity and mutual aid. A social upsurge that united people and was able to thwart the invader's plans. As well as unprecedented support from around the world.

Our work is built around the same principles. For two years now, we have been doing our best to support the anti-authoritarians at the front and the people affected by war. We try to be involved in all the most important events. And also to develop. To launch new areas of activity, build solidarity networks, and inform the world about the contribution of anti-authoritarians to the victory over Russian imperialism.

Did we succeed? Let us tell you in this video.

And, of course, we would like to thank you all once again. To all of you who have been with us for two years now and who make the Solidarity Collectives possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEAtXVC7i0Q

A new investigation shows that far-Right trolls, the police, and the media who parroted their lies were all wrong - and protesters in #Portland were right.

"The research agency Forensic Architecture collaborated with survivors on a reconstruction of the attack, analyzing helmet-camera video recorded by one of the victims, police radio traffic obtained through public records requests, and the testimony of 11 witnesses – including the volunteer armed guard who stopped the rampage by shooting and disarming the gunman.

The accumulated evidence flatly contradicts what Portland’s police chief told the public and city council staff in the days after the attack: that the gunman, 43-year-old Ben Smith, had opened fire only after he had been confronted by “armed protesters”.

That false characterization of the unarmed victims as aggressors, which was repeated in dozens of local and national news reports, remains uncorrected on the website of the Portland police bureau (PPB) even today, as the survivors mark the second anniversary of Smith murdering their friend, June Knightly."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/19/blm-march-portland-shooting

@GottaLaff @atrupar Don't they realise that Trump and the other #CPAC speakers come across as insane maniacs? Or is that precisely the impression they want to give? These are very weird and #dangerous people, as well as being well funded and exceptionally well coordinated too. Quite frightening. #farright

@xwex @GottaLaff @atrupar if Mid Romney wasn't 200 pounds of bullshit in an expensive suit, he'd name names, dates and places he had those conversations and force the issue. But he is, so here we are.

I'm scrolling through @atrupar's and Acyn's video clips of #Trump's vile spew at CPAC, now in its 2nd hour..

Sorry to be redundant, but if Biden said even ONE thing in any of those clips, it would be over for him.

Yet Trump has duped The News & all too many voters into accepting him "as is."

I don't. At all. And I am not laughing at him. He's lethal. He's toxic. He's malignant.

And the GOP Fascist Party is right there with him.

We MUST do everything we can to end this nightmare.

Study links fermented foods with brain growth

Study puts fermentation, not fire, as pivot point behind our ancestors’ increasing cranial capacity.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/02/did-fermented-foods-fuel-brain-growth/

Racing, Striving, Accelerating, Winning. And Reading. - Bribery to read teaches that reading is unpleasant, Science of reading is not settled science and kids are not all alike. https://teacherinastrangeland.blog/2024/02/24/racing-striving-accelerating-winning-and-reading/ via @nancyflanagan #Reading

@mekkaokereke Reading the transcripts about the officer in OJ's hearing makes it TRANSPARENTLY clear to what extent the LAPD is just a street gang with government funding. They're not even trying to hide it. They're proud of it.

air horn levels are 61% and rising

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The increase of "Du" vs "Sie" in Germany after I moved away in 2005 remains puzzling to me (even if welcome). I just don't get the current norms at all. A bank employee used "Du" with me, so I assume Du is fine almost everywhere now? Or maybe it's regional - this was Southern Germany, would people really do this in say Hamburg, too?

Oh we’re doing “your admins can see your DMs” again?

You’ll never guess what’s true about literally every website that has a DM feature

We've seen so many interviews with trump fans, but so far heard very little directly from Americans trying to deal with the wreckage left behind by Dobbs v Jackson. Biggest story in our lifetimes, and journalism is paralyzed, unable to find the beat.

http://scripting.com/2024/02/21.html#a141513

Heritage’s recommendations for a 2nd Trump term:

(1) cripple the American immigration system
(2) force states and localities into compliance with federal administrative schemes
(3) intimidate immigrants legally living in the U.S.
https://www.niskanencenter.org/project-2025-unveiling-the-far-rights-plan-to-demolish-immigration-in-a-second-trump-term/

Of Moscow, New York and partisan perception

What was most startling about Tucker Carlson’s recent trip to Russia was his gushing over how wonderful Moscow is

While parts of Moscow offer a small elite an opulent lifestyle, Russia as a whole is more than a bit ramshackle. Around a fifth of homes don’t even have indoor toilets. For many Russians, life is poor, nasty, brutish and short: Life expectancy is substantially lower than in the U.S.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/opinion/economy-putin-tucker-carlson.html

current thirst levels are 66%

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#otd 1848 the Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, was first published. I am reading selections from these #books today to commemorate. #history #bookstodon