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The U.S. labor market added 139,000 jobs in May, but the economy saw a loss of 696,000 workers in the household survey.

Three sectors - healthcare, hospitality, and social assistance - accounted for over 90% of the job gains. Manufacturing, construction, and temp work saw declines.

Wages rose 0.4% in May and 3.9% year-over-year, with wage inflation a concern for the Federal Reserve.

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#usa #economy


Disguise of Stability

139,000 jobs added. 696,000 workers gone. 625,000 left the labor force.
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oh i hear thunder i think...

got a bit of a headache when i woke up from my nap for some unknown reason. i haven't taken tylenol in many weeks which means i must be doing something right, i guess. probably from welding flux and grinding fumes this morning under the car is my guess.

i normally don't like to do flux core welding except on metal that is dirty and can't easily be cleaned, like car exhaust pipes. tig is just way nicer and cleaner but not that easy to get under a car

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it's becoming apparent why the demon rats were so interested in their MS13 gang member friend from el salvador kilmar garcia, going to visit him and trying so hard to bring him back - he was a high level cartel human smuggler and they were completely in on it and working directly with the cartels

i've said this many times, nobody crosses that border without paying the cartels money. if they do they're taking a huge risk. the democrats and deep state know this and they have a long history of working with cartels on all sorts of other nefarious activities like smuggling drugs and guns

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Shit happens all around the same gang


New fork of X.org xserver
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc.nar…

Hello,

I do not think the original post, by Enrico Weigelt, to the xorg-devel
mailinglist made its way thru, tho freebsd-x11 was CC'd.

Anyways, if anyone missed it, here it is:

Hello everybody,

this morning, Redhat employees banned me from the freedesktop.org gitlab
infrastructure - so censored all my work (not just on Xorg). They killed
my account, my git repos, my tickets in Xorg and closed all my merge
requests. And then making fun on social media about it.

They fired the shot that's heared around the world.

So much for freedesktop.org being "independent" and embracing freedom.
Perhaps we should nominate them for the next Orwell award.

It's now clear that freedesktop.org is the Redskirts, and they want
to kill X. By the way, the same corporation that tied to proprietarize a
lot of FOSS code, including the Linux kernel (and I've been one of those
who warned them about terminating our license grants them).

My most evil heresies probably were:

a) forking Xorg and making actual progress
b) talking to a journalist whose name must not be spoken in many other
Redhat/IBM tax evasion outlets, like GNOME (they're also banning
honorable long time contributors for just mentioning that name)
c) inviting anybody to join me, without discrimination

I don't know why, but it really looks they're quite scared by one guy
that's just trying to actually bring X11 forward. Hard to find he right
words for telling how honored I'm about that.

This didn't actually surprise me, I knew this would be coming for about
a year now. Just didn't expect them to do such an extremely irrational
and dumb move. Now I'm taking great pleasure seeing the Streisand effect
kicking in (my inbox is exploding). Thanks for that great publicity.

It's not the first time this happens in FOSS world, and it's not the
first time it's happening in X: remember what Xfree86 board did to
the honorable Keith Packard, back about two decades ago - what lead to
the birth of Xorg and the death of Xfree86. Same is happening again.

History repeats itself.

And now the Redskirts placed me onto the same stage as the great
honorable Keith Packard. WOOOOW.

Just to be clear, I didn't want to fork, I tried my best to work
together with the Xorg team. But I knew for long time, this day would
come. Xorg has been captured by Redhat, in order to get rid of destroy
competition. The necessary consequence is a fork, more competition.

For those interested in bringing X forward, feel free to join the
mailing list:

freelists.org/list/xlibre

Git repo:
github.com/X11Libre/xserver.gi…

I'm expecting to be banned from whole freedesktop.org mail system, too.
Excommunication unfortunately had become a common thing in the so-called
"free software" world - GNOME is just one of many examples. So if you
don't hear anymore from me on freedesktop.org lists, you know what's
going on.

Join the xlibre mailing list to stay tuned.

Together, we'll make X great again.

have fun,
--mtx
--_
To health and anarchy_


#joborun #linux


GitHub - X11Libre/xserver

Contribute to X11Libre/xserver development by creating an account on GitHub.
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« Apple's internal forecasts estimate potential annual losses of "hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars" »

Err, reduction in monopoly profits are not losses.

apple.slashdot.org/story/25/06…


Apple Faces Billions in Losses as EU Comma Interpretation Ends External Purchase Fees - Slashdot

Apple will lose the ability to collect commissions on external iOS purchases in Europe starting June 23, following a European Commission ruling that hinges on the grammatical interpretation of a single comma in the Digital Markets Act.
apple.slashdot.org

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Having just watched the Watergate mini-series, this is exactly what Nixon did to John Dean, told the press Dean had researched and created the internal Dean Report, exonerating the top white house officials, it was a lie. John Dean had never compiled such a report. From then on, John Dean knew he was being set-up as the fall guy.
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djsumdog

DOGE was a completely irrelevant number of cuts and executive spending grew after those cuts. The Trump admin made a big deal about the social programs growing points for things that don't amount to much. Any CIA activity basically just moved back to the State Dept, so they probably saved some overhead on having to lie about certain programs. USAID was always a conduit for CIA operatives to infiltrate foreign governments. People who defend it (and I have a friend who worked directly for a USAID program in DC and defends it) sadly are not aware of just how entrenched the CIA was in those affairs (and still is). During the Kennedy years the number of operatives on the CIA payroll in US embassies outnumbered those employed by the State Department.

Most of what we've seen is performative, including this kayfabe with Elon and Trump. It's all narrative building bullshit, meant to build division and drama, when both of them are going to get everything they want. The spending bill is just a means to continue the slow collapse of the US and world economies with ever growing irreclaimable debt.

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astarsscreams ☀️🍉

@LaylaAlexandrovna @djsumdogTrump seems to care more about keeping the tax cuts than anything else. The bill had that in it, so he’s happy with it. Individual Republican representatives added things based on their own constituents and companies in their districts. There is spending that is obligatory. They agreed (mostly) on rather large cuts to Medicaid over the next few years, which is actually a big ask for them to pass and they will probably pay for it next year in elections since republican districts tend to have more people on Medicaid. They always add tons to the department of defense, which imo needs a fucking audit instead since we’re talking about waste/fraud/abuse. And then apparently no one read the bill.

Besides which, Congress was never going to go along with all of the spending cuts that Trump and Doge came up with and Congress is the one who controls the budget per Constitution. The President has no control over the budget himself, but he can ask and work with Congress to implement what he wanted. Doge’s ‘cuts’ were mostly a show for the media I think.

Additionally, the Senate is already refusing to vote for the bill as is and they’re rewriting it. It’ll probably take a good portion of the summer before anything gets passed. The senate generally moves slower than the house.

The shenanigans over passing it were for the media, which has been criticizing Mike Johnson for over a year now for not passing a budget since he became the Speaker if I remember correctly.

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Ubuntu Touch on the Pinephone - is this the best Linux mobile interface?

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I already covered Phosh, the mobile port of GNOME, and Plasma Mobile, both running on the pinephone. Now it's time to take a look at the other main alternative for mobile Linux interfaces, the one that has been around for a while now: Ubuntu Touch, or Lomiri. Let's take a look at how well it runs

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This shell is based on gestures starting from the screen edges. A short swipe from left to right will bring a launcher with the default applications pinned to it, and your current open applications as well, appearing on top of the pinned shortcuts.
A longer swipe from the left edge will bring the whole list of applications.

If you swipe from the right towards the left in a short motion, you'll switch to the next open app. If you make a long swipe from the right edge, then you'll get to a multitasking view, with apps displayed in a 3D layout.

You can swipe an app's card up to close it, or tap an app to resume it.

Finally, a swipe from the top edge of the screen will bring the notifications, and the quick settings, which don't display as on most other operating systems: they're in a straight line, that you can scroll from left to right, and tap each icon to get to a quick few shortcuts, like enabling or disabling a specific feature, or dive deeper into the settings.

The Applications


Out of the box, you get a nice calculator that handles rotation beautifully to display more options, and lets you swipe from the bottom in portrait to still get access to these options. The default calendar app looks good, with an Agenda view that shows your various events in order, a day, week, month, and year view.

I won't dwell on the camera app, as support for the pinephone camera is still in its infancy, it's rare that it even displays an image.

The Clock application lets you add various clocks from all around the world, start a timer, or use a stopwatch. Swiping from the bottom in the "clock" tab lets you create alarms, although I would have preferred alarms to be a full tab in the app instead of hiding that behind a swipe.

The contacts app does what you'd expect, list your contacts and allow to set some as favorites and you can swipe from the bottom to create a new one. The file manager looks good, although it's a bit slow to start, and lets you create files, and change how the directories look.

The messaging app works as you'd expect, letting you type messages and send them to your contacts. You can also swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to start a new message.

The web browser is alright, if a bit slow to start.It lets you pick your search engine and homepage, and display web pages in desktop mode, but there are no sync capabilities for history, bookmarks, or passwords, so it's not going to be fantastic to use.

There is also a terminal app that looks really good and has quick aliases in the bottom left corner. The Notes app is also pretty competent, letting you swipe up from the bottom to create a new note, and syncs with evernote.

This leaves us with the phone dialer, letting you pick a contact, or just type the number you want to call, and the weather app, which is really black and white and pretty spartan, and it reminds me of a windows phone app.

The Settings


The settings page uses a sensible icon grid.

Ubuntu Touch is pretty barebones in that regard: in terms of customization, you can change the wallpaper, the ringtone for calls and messages, and that's about it. A few apps let you switch to a dark mode in the settings, and some offer to respect a "system preference", but that's not something I could find in the settings.

The AppStore


The OpenStore serves as the App Store for Ubuntu Touch. It's not a package manager like you could find on other Mobile Linux alternatives: no way to download a desktop program here, at least not graphically.

You'll get apps that were made specifically for ubuntu touch, and there are around 400 of these in total.
You can also get a few Matrix clients, and a nice email client called Dekko 2, among other applications.

Updates are handled in the system settings, with over the air updates for the system itself, and for the apps, grouped at the same place.

Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games

Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.
Discord
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#DigitalSovereignty is at the top of the political agenda, finally, that's good. But strange things (or not so much) are happening.

Like this one: The Luxembourg gov is moving to Google Distributed Cloud, see datacenterdynamics.com/en/news… and it is framed as "sovereign".

The Dutch minister for Digital Affairs (outgoing) is so inspired and might follow.

But wait a minute: a managed cloud service by Google, how much sovereignty does that give to you?

Seems more like a case of #SovereigntyWashing

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Wouter Tebbens

About Google Sovereign Cloud, and Distributed Cloud hosting:
"giving customers flexibility and choice",

-> yes, of course, but always dependent on Google HQ, and the Capitol.

cloud.google.com/sovereign-clo…


Sovereign Cloud from Google

Sovereign Cloud from Google offers solutions that provide sovereignty, choice, and security for customers across the world.
Google Cloud
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Wouter Tebbens

What happened to the ICC - being blocked by Microsoft at Trump's orders - can happen as much with these sovereignwashing clouds from Google, isn't it?

If you didn't read about the ICC being cut of from their email and cloud, read this: techzine.eu/news/privacy-compl…


Microsoft's ICC blockade: digital dependence comes at a cost - Techzine Global

The International Criminal Court has been paralyzed by sanctions. Microsoft cooperates with the US government and therefore poses a risk.
Erik van Klinken (Techzine)

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For many years, several of my colleagues, a few ex-students, and at least one former romantic interest have fervently hoped that I would become an extinguished professor.

Their prayers were for naught. I outlasted them.

cs.purdue.edu/news/articles/20…

Spafford Named Distinguished Professor of Computer Science - Department of Computer Science - Purdue University

Professor Eugene H. Spafford was named a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science in recognition of his exceptional impact on the field.
www.cs.purdue.edu

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The parent company of the Big 4 sewing pattern brands (Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, and Vogue) has been sold to a liquidator
craftindustryalliance.org/pare…
#sewing

Parent Company of the Big 4 Sewing Pattern Brands Sold to a Liquidator - Craft Industry Alliance

The legacy sewing pattern brands Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, and Vogue, commonly referred to as the Big 4, have been sold to a liquidator.
Abby Glassenberg (Craft Industry Alliance)

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WOW! Has anyone seen this? Nancy Pelosi on the Phone talking about the Blocking of the National Guard on Jan 6.

A Lot Of These Security Videos Were Seen Right After J6 2021 But Were Blocked From Most People Seeing It!
My Personal Opinion Pelosi Setup The Whole J6 Event ! She Wanted To Finish Trump Off !

Byrd Who Was Her Personal Security Supervisor When She Was Inside The Capital I Believe Was Told By Pelosi To Shoot Someone So They Could Blame Trump For It!


Chuck Lawler on GETTR : WOW! Has anyone seen this? Nancy Pelosi on the Phone talking about the Blocking of the National Guard on Jan 6. A Lot Of T...

GETTR - The Marketplace of Ideas
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HunDriverWidow

And Security Video Shows Byrd Walking The Long Corridors Texting The Whole Time From The Other End Of The Capital And Just Walked Up There To Shoot Turned Out To Be Ashli Unarmed Who Even Had 3 Capital Police On Both Sides Of Her With There Long Guns Hanging Off There Shoulders ! There Was Nothing Going On !

And Mayor Bowser Was In On It !
She Ran The DC Prison Where She Said She Would Make Those J6 Prisoners Wish They Never Came To DC !
And We Saw The Abuse ! That Was Bowser !

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We're in the process of scanning 48 bankers boxes of the MIT MULTICS archive. We'd like to get a decent high speed document scanner to make this process go easier. Can you help us with a donation? sdf.org

Once the scanning is complete all of these will be made available online for everyone.

#archiving #scanning #documentation #archive #mit

a stack of bankers boxes containing the MIT Multics archive
a stack of bankers boxes containing the MIT Multics archive
a stack of bankers boxes containing the MIT Multics archive

SDF Public Access UNIX System - Free Shell Account and Shell Access

sdf.org

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Teddy Roosevelt Jr.: Son of the Rough Rider and a Hero at Normandy

breitbart.com/politics/2025/06…


Teddy Roosevelt Jr.: Son of the Rough Rider and a Hero at Normandy

On this day, 81 years ago, tens of thousands of young men from ordinary backgrounds hit the beaches of Normandy and faced the most intense fire any group of attackers has ever faced in the history of modern warfare.
Dylan Gwinn (Breitbart)
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Parker Higgins

I wrote up some thoughts about how this site came together and what we get out of different data visualizations. For a long time I've been resistant to building web stuff, and I think that might have finally broken parkerhiggins.net/2025/06/new-…

A new website for Malaika, tracking crossword publications

A few weeks again, my friend Malaika Handa nerd-sniped me with an interesting request. She is a very prolific crossword constructor (think: multiple publications a week) and she keeps comprehensive records of those publications in a spreadsheet that …
Parker Higgins (parker higgins dot net)

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NEW: An Italian parliament inquiry concluded that the Italian government used Paragon's spyware to hack activists working to rescue immigrants.

The committee, however, said it did not find any evidence that Italy's intelligence agencies (nor anyone else) spied on journalist Francesco Cancellato.

The report leaves a this, and other, key questions unanswered.

techcrunch.com/2025/06/06/ital…


Italian lawmakers say Italy used spyware to target phones of immigration activists, but not against journalist | TechCrunch

A parliamentary investigation answered some — but not all — the questions related to a spyware scandal involving the use of the Israeli company’s spyware, Graphite.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)
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Friday afternoon reminder to not empty your inbox at the expense of someone else's. I've been away from my normal routine for a week and getting back to even some of it just feels super weird. everyone can do their part to help make everybody's weekend just a little more predictable. Have a good weekend.

Image credit: Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, on Flickr Commons
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Black and white photo of a man in an old-time clown suit with a white pointed hat gesturing towards a mop he is holding as if it were a person

Duffy's Circus, 'Funny George', the Clown

Creator: H.F. Cooper Photographer, Strabane Date: c.1911 Original Format: Glass Plate Negative Description: Duffy's Circus, 'Funny George', the Clown PRONI Ref: D1422_B_17_85~ALL~A Copying and copyright: Please see www.proni.gov.
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Technologies that promise to track, manage, and supervise workers, increasingly using artificial intelligence, are getting entrenched in the developing world, according to a new report by Coworker.org, a labor rights nonprofit based in New York.

restofworld.org/2025/employee-…


Employee surveillance software is spreading with VC funding. - Rest of World

Startups are deploying employee tracking tools in low-regulation markets with help from Silicon Valley venture capital.
Gayathri Vaidyanathan (Rest of World)

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Talking Heads release the first official video for 'Psycho Killer'

openculture.com/2025/06/talkin…

#music #TalkingHeads


Talking Heads Release the First Official Video for "Psycho Killer": Watch It Online

On social media, the Talking Heads teased a major announcement on June 5th, leading fans to wonder if a reunion—41 years after their last tour—might finally be in the offing.
OC (Openculture.com)

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Every time I see estimated costs for Trump's birthday parade, and $15m of the budget is allocated for road repairs afterward, I wonder about the gullibility of both the people putting together these estimates and those reporting on it

So, a quick poll

The damaged roads in DC will be repaired:

  • before the end of the year (0%, 0 votes)
  • before the end of Trump's term (0%, 0 votes)
  • lol (100%, 62 votes)
62 voters. Poll end: 2 months ago

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Old bastard

They have shitty sleep because their own jowls choke them at night. So much of life is out of bounds to them because they can't move properly. They simply choose to "live" this way.

It is very strange.

I know people who are slowly drinking themselves to death. Bad teeth from sugary alcohol. They're probably on the fast track to alzheimer's. This is preferred over... life? Reality? It's almost like these people— extremely well-to-do sportsball fans and system-believers— are burdened by some vague consciousness of what we "wrongthinkers" know, but can never acknowledge.

Like they have some suspicion that the future is an ugly place, not worth showing up to. :cirnoShrug:

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#BlenderStudio is looking for a composer for their new short film project. Is this an opportunity for #BonkWave or #NotBonkWave to be in a soundtrack?

studio.blender.org/projects/si…


Singularity - Blender Studio

When an ominous cosmic event swallows the icy home of a small space critter, he must find refuge among a group of luminous creatures watched over by a mysterious celestial being.
Blender Studio

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Israel arms ISIS-jihadists to fight against Hamas just like they armed Hamas to fight against the PFLP.

You may ask yourself “when will they ever learn?” but that's assuming the Israeli government's goal is to live in peace. Why should they need to learn, when arming terrorist groups that destabilize and escalate this conflict isn't a mistake?

Considering how much genocide, ethnic cleansing, settler colonialism and hence the expansion of their borders they have been able to justify due to hamas; considering their main argument behind stopping the entry of humanitarian aid was because they were sometimes raided by terrorist militias, which as it now turns out they funded, it was a worthy investment.

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@unknownpseudoartist we both put out music with cats. you and i understand the internet 😛
i also like that you have your own site! im at work but got a tab open for you. ill be checking out your tunes when i get home!

also, you should check out indieart.support and shout out with your artist details @hello to get on the directory!

IndieArt.Support - A Community for Independent Artist Support

Celebrating independent art, community, comraderie and as direct as possible support for artists.
indieart.support
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benda

so im inclined to scold you for all your self-deprecation but then i would be a hypocrite. but i do like this part:

"Basically this is that kind of music you'd expect to find in a random MySpace or Soundclick profile in the 2000s. That kind of thing you'd get 128k MP3 downloads in a static HTML site. That kind of stuff that would normally be done by some passionate young person who just discovered they can do cool stuff to share online in a cyberworld full of people willing to discover and listen more random, creepy stuff like this. "

and i think you'll find plenty of company around here. especially as a #caturday-er.

anyways, you do a really good job with bass sounds. the overall tonal quality and just getting bass synth sounds. often times better than actual bass guitar but let's not awaken the bassists, right? i aint tryna die right before the weekend.
favorite track on the placeholder of something... i think gotta be absurd. ill check out the other album after this last listen.

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Unknown Pseudoartist

hey thanks a lot for listening! this means a lot to me ❤️ (even if I don't agree with my fake bass sounding any better than real bass haha)

Regarding the self-deprecant comments... well, it's complicated, but let's say I was in a bad time and dealing with a bad situation in certain communities regarding harsh criticism and I was tired of that, and just felt the need to break with that and go more my way without any pressure. Feeling a lot better about that already, so no worries 😀

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benda

thats good to hear. theres a lot of pressure from our economic and societal systems to make the creation of art something that turns a profit, or needing to be a certain amount of prolific. all nonsense. the point of making art is the part where you are making it. that journey, that mindset. the best therapy, imho (or at least thats what i keep telling myself bc hell no i;m not paying for therapy lol).
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Unknown Pseudoartist

heck yeah! Couldn't agree more. In fact sometimes it's not even about economic stuff but more like some folks pretending to be Yngwie Malsteen (even when Yngwie seems to be not that arrongant anymore haha), or obsessing on production/mixing (which can be kinda elitistic, since oftentimes that's more a matter of money and expensive tools rather than simply doing stuff). Art should be more about having fun and expressing things, not about bratting or obsessing on getting better at it!
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Unknown Pseudoartist

and yeah, I like the idea behind the paragraph you quoted! I can't say I was a huge fan of everything that was done in the internet in the mid-late 2000s, and it wasn't the greatest times for many people (too much of bigot bullsh*t, you know). But when it comes to art and creatives stuff, definitively missing that special charm and the prominence of more amateur-ish attitude, in the best way. I just love the underground side of music and art 😀 and it's a pity some of that got lost.

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It’s easier to understand conservatives when you realize that they operate on a system of vertical morality while we operate on a system of horizontal morality. In a system of horizontal morality, something is right or wrong based on whether it causes harm, violates consent, etc regardless of the social status or class of an individual. In a system of vertical morality something is right or wrong based solely on whether an authority figure says so or not
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Danielle Foré

This is why they say things like, “without god what’s to stop you from going around murdering and raping?” In their system of morality, those things are only bad because an authority said they were bad. And when the authority says they are okay, they’re okay. Which looks inconsistent to us, but makes perfect sense to them.

This is why they also think that abolishing the police would result in the purge for example. They can’t conceptualize morality independent from authority

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Danielle Foré

So when you wonder, “How can they flip flop on liking Elon?” It’s easy: Elon is good when their authority tells them he is good and he’s bad when the authority tells them he is bad. It doesn’t matter that Trump is a rapist or a cheat or racist or anything else, because the authority said he is good. That is the only requirement. Everything is built on appeal to authority

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So some Democratic politicians actually got the memo, but clearly others are flailing. To help them out, I’d like to offer my sage political wisdom. Try the following message:

1. Kick Trump out.
2. Tax the living shit out of billionaires.
3. Use the money to get folks back on their feet and clean up this mess.

Just that. Simple and direct, no fussing around. Give that a try and see how it lands. Float a trial balloon in some minor swing district election and see what happens.

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tried watching a restream of the game fes bullshit show

couldn't last more than 5 minutes before an illogical discomfort and rage took handle of me so i decided to stop

i don't think i can ever go back to watching those shitshows tbh
not now knowing that majority of it is slop(with denuvo mind you) if not outright subversive leftoid shit

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Lots of talk today about having more apps than users on Nostr with the rise of vibe coding. What if I told you... that's the strategy? 👀

From the #OsloFreedomForum last week:

youtube.com/watch?v=XOeWLSLGwj…


The State of Decentralized Social Media | Project Spotlight

Soapbox Chief Executive Officer Alex Gleason explores the current landscape, challenges, and future of decentralized social media and censorship-resistant co...
YouTube

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My frens @mk and @alex
RT: mostr.pub/objects/8fe2022c3735…

MK Fain

2025-06-06 20:21:05

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Lots of talk today about having more apps than users on Nostr with the rise of vibe coding. What if I told you... that's the strategy? 👀

From the #OsloFreedomForum last week:

youtube.com/watch?v=XOeWLSLGwj…



The State of Decentralized Social Media | Project Spotlight

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Occasional renewal of the prediction that Trump will not finish his term, and I think it's even plausible he'll be out by the midterms.

The current situation is unsustainable, even for the people who are benefiting most from it. Those people will, of course, try to keep him in place as long as they can, but it's a losing battle. With a lot of ugly tradeoffs in the meantime.

Sadly, Dem leadership are among the ones who believe they benefit. They don't even try to hide it. Schumer and Jeffries, like the fash faction and theocrat faction, want to keep Donny Littlehands in the Oval Office as long as possible, because they think that's what's best for them. Lesser techbros will start turning on Trump now, with Musk and Thiel paying the bills, but they can't do much harm without getting hurt back. And the bigger techbros (Goog, MS, FB, Apple, Amazon) are basically part of the Big Bidness faction. That faction isn't going to defect until the very very last minute.

BTW if you want to be horrified go look for Jeffries's response when a journalist asked if he was planning to do anything about Trump having crossed Jeffries's "red line" of congressional arrests. When I say he'll be much worse than Pelosi that's what I mean. Pelosi was good at procedure and knew how to use money to whip. The only things Jeffries is good at are passing the buck and reassuring donors.

That means the rest of us just have to hope we survive, and that midterms don't get derailed by a terrorist attack, and Trump doesn't get martyred in a way that cements GOP power, or any of a dozen other obvious that could wreck the possibility of Dems regaining control of one or both chambers.

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