Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@qoto.org

Same fucking morning I get an extortion notice on the iPad that I really should upgrade iCloud storage otherwise something bad might happen to all of my nice data

Of course I have to give in to the racket—these devices are useless even for local use if you don’t have iCloud space—but fuck-me is Apple absolutely fucking dedicated to destroying every single shred of goodwill I had from having used macs on and off since I was a kid almost forty fucking years ago. Malevolent hellbeast of a company

Timothy Snyder, who knows more about fascism than you and almost anyone else, speculates here about why journalists are so meekly hypocritical when it comes to giving Trump even a taste of the pounding they're giving Biden right now.

Maybe they're afraid. Fear in weak people creates cowardice.

Do they think this will protect them if Trump gets back into the White House? (Actually, it might if they become public quislings.)

https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/fascist-froth?r=5wdm&utm_medium=ios

h/t @kegill

I know we were on track to shoot past 1.5C of warming, but it looks like we've already done it 😰

Temperatures 1.5C above pre-industrial era average for 12 months, data shows
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/08/temperatures-1-point-5c-above-pre-industrial-era-average-for-12-months-data-shows?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Extreme heat — exceeding 35 degrees Celsius — is expected across a broad swath of Japan from the Tohoku to Kyushu regions on Sunday, with dangerously high temperatures approaching 40 C forecast for the parts of the Kanto and Tokai. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/07/japan/japan-extreme-heat/ #japan #heatwaves #tokyo

PhyloBench: A Benchmark for Evaluating Phylogenetic Programs https://buff.ly/4bu4dDJ #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper

Right Wing media claims VP Kamala Harris is the “DEI” candidate or "Didn't Earn It," which is wild because in reality, generating historic wealth through 2 billion acres of stolen land from Native Americans, enslaving Black people for 300 years, banning Asian immigration until 1965, & banning women from financial access til 1974 — all without paying a single red cent in reparations or restitution — is the living breathing example of not earning it.

Every MAGA accusation is a confession.

The Onion doesn't miss.

https://www.theonion.com/clarence-thomas-torn-over-case-where-both-sides-offer-c-1851566812

#uspol

@dioramic_life If you haven't already, I'd suggest you read @pluralistic's article on how systems like Ticketmaster's are held together by digital duct-tape from all their endless mergers.

Definitely worth a read:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/28/dealer-management-software/

"When Keir Starmer says he will govern “without doctrine”, what he is not recognising is that centrism at home and “progressive realism” abroad is a doctrine, one that excludes the sort of compassion and solidarity that means so much to others. You can agree or disagree with Labour’s approach, but it would be partisan (dare I say, sectarian), to not recognise that it is based on an ideology that excludes many.."
Nesrine Malik

#Gaza #UKPolitics #Labour #Starmer

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/08/pro-palestine-sectarian-dangerous-mistake-labour

#COVID19 is over?

Thus far in 2024, COVID has caused 300,520 hospitalizations and 32,048 deaths in the US.

In SIX MONTHS, COVID has killed:

More than twice the ANNUAL death toll from gun homicides.

75% of the ANNUAL death toll in motor vehicle accidents.

4x the number of US fatalities incurred during the decades-long war on terror.

How is this anyone's definition of “over”?

https://bnonews.com/index.php/2024/07/us-covid-update-july-7/#google_vignette

Conservatives say raising the minimum wage would drive up inflation.

But the federal minimum wage hasn't gone up since 2009.

Average CEO pay has gone up about 60% since 2009.

Whose pay is contributing to inflation?

In France, the left coalition comes in first, Macron second, the far-right third. The best way to defeat fascism is not centrism, it’s a strong left.