skells @skells@qoto.org

Harsh Euro truth of the day:

> this is a terrible idea, conceived in malice and a lack of fore-thought

"I've always been baffled by the technologists who pursued control over liberation: surely their own formative experiences were of the liberatory power of technology. After experiencing that power, how could these Vichy nerds lend their skills to the project of forging digital shackles?"

– Cory Doctorow

[via @pluralistic]

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get_baest-SGrEyj.mp4

And then there is this -- the biggest reason not to trust the media...

And you wonder why they are lockstep in their collective coverage.

https://www.transcend.org/tms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/wikileaks-media-council-foreign-relations-usa3.png

Dad joke. I know, it’s a bad hobbit of mine.

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The new way to get banned on Twitter. Saying the titanic was just a movie.

With all this drama going on its no surprise that I keep thinking of this quote over and over....

(my own #calligraphy )