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I have asked the Justice Department to release all Grand Jury testimony with respect to Jeffrey Epstein, subject only to Court Approval. With that being said, and even if the Court gave its full and unwavering approval, nothing will be good enough for the troublemakers and radical left lunatics making the request. It will always be more, more, more. MAGA!
All three nuclear sites in Iran were completely destroyed and/or OBLITERATED. It would take years to bring them back into service and, if Iran wanted to do so, they would be much better off starting anew, in three different locations, prior to those sites being obliterated, should they decide to do so. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Neofeud is a Dystopic Cyberpunk adventure game in the vein of Blade Runner, but with an overlay of Game of Thrones-like political intrigue, and 1366x768, hand-painted, stylized visuals.
Big time block needed (and take down for abuse?) of mastodon.arell.ai, which basically has cloned the Fediverse with unauthorized copies of everyone. #Fediblock (3.9K copies of users)
this website recently took down their server, about 10 minutes ago, and the DNS record has been removed from their domain
seems they noticed and quickly burned the entire project, but I can confirm they cloned about 3.9k accounts at the time of checking (about 10 minutes ago)
Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Rustem Umerov, has proposed a meeting with the Russian side to take place next week. — Ukrinform.
In 1965, CBS refused to fire Morley Safer when President Johnson demanded it, after Safer reported US military burning down whole villages of our nominal allies.
Next year, Americans who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges are set to pay significantly more for coverage—and experts say policies advanced by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are at least partially to…
"No Creo (En Vivo)" is a captivating live performance that showcases Shakira's emotive vocal delivery and passionate stage presence. Released on November 5, 2002, as part of the album "Grandes Éxitos," this track highlights her ability to connect with the audience, making it a memorable addition to her discography.
"No Creo (En Vivo)" es una cautivadora actuación en vivo que muestra la emotiva interpretación vocal de Shakira y su apasionada presencia en el escenario. Lanzada el 5 de noviembre de 2002, como parte del álbum "Grandes Éxitos," esta pista resalta su capacidad para conectar con el público, convirtiéndola en una adición memorable a su discografía.
At the time of the song's release, Shakira was 25 years old.
🎵 L Y R I C S / L E T R A S🎵: Solo tú sabes bien quién soy Y, por eso, es tuyo mi corazón Solo tú doblas mi razón Y, por eso, a donde tú quieras, voy
No creo que el mar algún día Pierda el sabor a sal No creo en mí todavía No creo en el azar
Solo creo en tu sonrisa azul En tu mirada de cristal En los besos que me das Y en todo lo que digas
Solo tú sabes bien quién soy Y, por eso, es tuyo mi corazón Solo tú doblas mi razón Y, por eso, a donde tú quieras, voy
Si hablo demasiado No dejes de lado Que nadie más te amará Así como lo hago yo
No creo en Venus ni en Marte No creo en Carlos Marx No creo en Jean-Paul Sartre No creo en Brian Weiss
Solo creo en tu sonrisa azul En tu mirada de cristal En los besos que me das Y hablen lo que hablen
Solo tú sabes bien quién soy Y, por eso, es tuyo mi corazón Solo tú doblas mi razón Y, por eso, a donde tú quieras, voy
Si hablo demasiado No dejes de lado Que nadie más te amará Así como lo hago, ah-ah, yo
Quiero ser tu firmamento De tu boca una canción De tus alas siempre ser el viento
Tu terrón de sal, un rayo de sol Que donde digas que tú quieres que yo vaya, voy Eres mi desliz, mi país feliz Mi primavera, mi escalera al cielo, sí Por eso sigo aquí y camino contigo A ti nunca podría decirte que no
Solo tú sabes bien quién soy Y, por eso, es tuyo mi corazón Solo tú doblas mi razón Y, por eso, a donde tú quieras, voy
Tu terrón de sal, un rayo de sol Que donde digas que tú quieres que yo vaya, voy Eres mi desliz, mi país feliz Mi primavera, mi escalera al cielo
Si hablo demasiado No dejes de lado Que nadie más te amará Así como lo hago
Tu terrón de sal, un rayo de sol Que donde digas que tú quieres que yo vaya, voy Eres mi desliz, mi país feliz Mi primavera, mi escalera al cielo (Solo tú doblas mi razón)
Grandes Exitos
Released on: 2002-11-05
Background Vocal: Rita Quintero Harmonica, Arranger, Composer, Lyricist, Unknown, Producer: Shakira Mebarak R. 12- String Guitar, Guitar, Mandolin, Arranger, Unknown, Producer: Tim Mitchell Background Vocal: Donna Allen Guitar, Arranger, Composer, Unknown: Luis Fernando Ochoa Executive Producer: Emilio Estefan Jr. Background Vocal, Guitar: George Noriega Engineer: Sebastián Krys Dobro, Mandolin: Ben Peeler Engineer: Marcelo Añez Engineer: Scott Canto Assistant Engineer: Hardi Camsani Assistant Engineer: Tony Blanc Percussion: Ebenezer De Silva Assistant Engineer: Tony Bandelato Drums, Percussion: Brendan Buckley Assistant Engineer: Maurizio Tiella Percussion: Myriam Eli Assistant Engineer: Steve Penny Assistant Engineer: Joel Schenemun Organ, Piano: Albert Sterling Menendez Assistant Engineer: Craig Melvin Assistant Engineer: Marty Garcia Assistant Engineer: Al Centrella Associated Performer: Los Mora Arriaga Assistant Engineer: Steve Lamphere Violin: Pedro Alfonzo Assistant Engineer: Gustavo Bonnet Bass: Ricardo Suarez Assistant Engineer: Alfred Figueroa Assistant Engineer: Chris Wiggins Assistant Engineer: Tony Mardini Assistant Engineer: Ricky Blanco Mixing Engineer: Eric Schilling Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig Recording Engineer: Adam Blackburn Album Artist: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll Album(s): Donde Estan Los Ladrones, Grandes Éxitos Written by: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll Music genre(s): Latin Pop, Ballad Released: 1998, 2002 Decade for first release: #1990sMusic #2000sMusic
markdown 🇬🇧 Shakira's live performance of "No Creo" is absolutely mesmerizing! Her voice is filled with emotion, and you can feel the connection she has with the audience. The energy in the venue is electric, and Shakira's passion for the song shines through in every note. This performance truly highlights her incredible talent and stage presence.
What do you all think of this live rendition? What are your favourite moments?
🇪🇸 La actuación en vivo de Shakira de "No Creo" es absolutamente hipnotizante. Su voz está llena de emoción, y se puede sentir la conexión que tiene con la audiencia. La energía en el lugar es eléctrica, y la pasión de Shakira por la canción brilla en cada nota. Esta actuación realmente resalta su increíble talento y presencia en el escenario.
¿Qué opinan ustedes de esta interpretación en vivo? ¿Cuáles son sus momentos favoritos?
This is actually unironically one of the rare use cases where it does make some sense, especially when you keep waiting for your PDF reader to search through thousands pages of reference manual just to find out that you need to come up with yet another synonym as a search phrase.
Well, at least theoretically. Most AI integrations I've seen so far looked like they were put together with sticks and mud, probably written by that AI itself 😂
Support me this summer in the Clarion Write-A-Thon and help raise money for the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop! This summer, I'm writing "The Reverse-Centaur's Guide to AI," a short book for Farrar, Straus and Giroux that explains how to be an effective AI critic:
Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books, most recently RADICALIZED and WALKAWAY, science fiction for adults; HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM, nonfiction about monopoly …
Trump's day-one Executive Order blitz contained a *lot* of weird, fucked-up shit, but for me, the most telling (though not the most important) was the decision to defund all medical research whose grant applications contained the word "systemic":
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
In the Booming Twenties, all decision-making is about protecting the value of financial assets held by older people. Therefore, the number must go up. And nothing else matters.
My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
The Booksmith is so excited to be welcoming Cory Doctorow back to San Francisco for the release of Enshittification at Public Works. More to come, but grab a ticket and join us!About the bookEnshittification: its not just youthe internet sucks now.
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Support me this summer in the Clarion Write-A-Thon and help raise money for the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop! This summer, I'm writing "The Reverse-Centaur's Guide to AI," a short book for Farrar, Straus and Giroux that explains how to be an effective AI critic:
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@melioristicmarie There's a lot of truth in what you say, Marie. It reminded me of a funny, but also insightful book I once read, called "Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarden" @jackwilliambell @pluralistic
You picked a (bad for me) example, because there is no way I want to step into that fight. For one, I'm a man. I do not believe I have any right whatsoever to tell a woman what to do with her own body. Instead I respect what the strong women in my life think and go with that.
But it still comes down to: how has that worked for you so far? Because I don't think it has changed a single law and I doubt it has changed many minds.
1. If I knew how to make people mind their own business and act halfway decent to each other I wouldn't be an anthroskeptic semi-hermit living alone (other than a dog) in the North Cascades – but then greater minds than mine have tried and failed at exactly this
2. Saying, "Fuck off!" has a tendency to end conversations and escalate tension, meaning it is not very useful as a persuasion technique
#OtD 19 Jul 1848 the first women's rights convention in the United States began in Seneca Falls, New York. It was attended by 300 women and some men, and at its conclusion 100 participants signed a Declaration of Rights and Sentiments. More info here: stories.workingclasshistory.co…
It suits Israel to have the Syrian Takfiri project police the region to ensure the smooth transition of the Zionist Greater Israel plan. There is no going back for Israel, it has committed itself t…
You want a tip?! Alright. Here's a tip Try not to get your feelings hurt when you do that stupid little screen spin and I look you square in the eye while CONFIDENTLY pressing "No Tip".
a quick web search reveals that people with narcolepsy can drive in most places, just not professionally also it’s a thing for people with disabilities that prevent driving to own a car so a family or professional carer can drive them around
The claimed reason for PiP (I think that’s the scheme you’re referring to, I ain’t an expert on UK stuff) is to help people who can be independant to not require more involved help which does save money. As in, someone cannot manage a task normally but can with better conditions, it’s cheaper to equip them than to pay for a fulltime carer to do the task in their place.
In more broad considerations why should the taxpayer pay for welfare? Because that is the point of a state.
@mer while I agree that’s the purpose, a lot of these things are not only overkill, but also waaaay to broad in scope. The welfare bill is also unsustainable.
Why not just give them a used Toyota Aygo or something rather than having taxpayers shell out enough that they can get a brand new BMW?
>why not just give them a used Toyota Aygo or something because a used car is not a known quantity, its price and state of repair/function varies a state, just like a corporation with a vehicle fleet, will buy new because it's less trouble and then sell used vehicles regularly to recoup the high initial price which they can do since they can take the vehicle away if the recipient ceases to qualify for PIP
maybe consider why it matters? your post was about a misunderstanding of a disability you didn't bother to look up the wikipedia article for and when it's pointed out to you, you start poking at the concept of welfare in general and now it's another knee jerk reaction without a second thought to the very obvious reasons why
@mer i know businesses also sometimes have overstock, especially in markets where stuff gets overproduced and obsoleted like cell phones, so dumping those models on the state (useful for the intended purpose still, just not useful for gigging hipsters 300% markup) is another way to get shit out of the warehouse while making you look good to the public.
i have no idea if they are doing those things though. i tend to be overly optimistic at times
@icedquinn okay but to overstock you need warehousing, you could even want to replace procurement with state owned production in the context of the state that wants to be lean as possible and only ever shift money around, you have to deal with the state of the stock as it’s sold
@icedquinn first off where did we get the bmw from? the car in OP is a kia second, car overstock is a more complex problem than just making too many, there’s the whole global JiTL chain of supply thing, and if the dealer doesnt want to cut the price for individuals, why would it want to for the state who has more bargaining power? cant say economy of scale because those are low volume procurement (160 cars to narcoleptics sounds big but it’s small country wide) and you don’t buy them at once or you’d need to warehouse them
it looks like it IS possible to get BMWs, but not actually common in practice, and it is indeed basically a broker that uses the cars up to warranty and turfs them on the market.
though the article also says one of the guys put in charge of running it was somehow drawing a 2 million dollar salary, so there is definitely a problem here but it ain't the poors.
@icedquinn @mer 1 in 4 new cars are on the motobility scheme, the vast majority of them have no modifications for disabilities and are just brand new leased cars. Sure, you can say they might need it, but why do they need enough to lease top of the range executive cars? There’s lots of data on this stuff and it’s a broken system. It should not be easier to afford a BMW as somebody on welfare than a senior developer who pays taxes for that. It’s a completely broken system, and full of perverse incentives.
Why bother working when you can just fill a form in and get enough money to have a brand new car?
@icedquinn oopsie doopsie, you didn’t want the state to own its infrastructure and now the private sector you have to contract with is inflating the costs instead of being competitive! shouldn’t have slowly killed the public sector
@mer @icedquinn because people like you are destroying my country and have completely eroded the social contract? Why am I angry that my taxes go towards people following a script on “money saving expert” and getting a subsidied BMW. Why am I angry that the government pays for the insurance of people who might fall asleep at the wheel while I pay £3000 a year despite having completed advanced driving courses?
@icedquinn I'm french, the only way I'm destroying the UK is by having my energy bill subsidized by yours because your dumbass right wing led to all UK energy being directly wired to the spot market you keep reducing a welfare scheme to the most egregious scenario like it's representative of the whole thing you are barely informed about anything you're talking about, you're basically just soyfacing at tabloid headlines you have gbnews baby brain syndrome
@anemone @icedquinn @mer Federal plus state welfare bill excluding healthcare in 2022 for the US was a trillion dollars. In Britain it was 341 billion of which 177 billion was NHS.
Per capita, this works out to around $3,100 per US resident, and around $3,000 per British resident.
If we expand welfare to include Medicare and Medicaid, the US blows Britain per capita out of the water.
Of course, wages in the US are on average much, much higher than in Britain, so the impact is felt a lot less.
UK spends more as a percentage of GDP but you're right the US spends more per capita. A lot of the US's spending is tax breaks for businesses paying private health insurance companies rather than benefits to individuals. the US is basically a welfare state for the middle and upper classes.
@anemone @icedquinn @mer Britain does spend more as a % of GDP but that’s just because the US GDP is insanely high due to all of the mega corps there. Like how Ireland has one of the highest GDP per capita in the world because of the big corporations when 99% of the country looks like this
@icedquinn @anemone @mer I do think assistance with starting businesses and self employment are something that government should help with and that would be far more beneficial and sustainable
@anemone @mer i'm just gonna say if any of that is true there need to be severe audits and guillotining because there's no way the USA is actually spending more money than welfare states on citizens.
@icedquinn @anemone @mer i really need to fill a welfare application i live in a poor as shit dem state surely they have to please the sheer quantity of people stuck on welfare here
@ube @anemone @mer i have spoken to and known many legitimately disabled people in my country and they are definitely not getting 3,000$ a month its more like 600$
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With the announcement of CBS cancelling ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’, Anderson Cooper reflects on some of his favorite memories with Stephen. #Colbert.
Over the last two weeks, two banks called threatening to sue me, forcing me to file bankruptcy now; while a water heater next to my apartment exploded flooding my unit, taking the wall with it, & requiring a week of clean-up & repair.
So of course on my first day to catch up last week, Apple's lawyers email me out of nowhere now threatening to report me to the court for absurd issues that they created.
Example: I asked 3 months ago to reduce the scope of a discovery request. Apple ignored me. In this email where they threaten to escalate 3 issues to a Judge in five days, they approve my request but frame it like its misconduct I didn't pretend like they approved it 3 months ago
I had a decade of training on dealing w/ this behavior in my engineering life, but I have to say, they really do have a creative flair with this stuff I never saw in the field until now. Probably because engineering folks would get fired immediately if they tried to pull this stuff.
Shit, that really sucks. I'm so sorry to hear about the continued garbage you're going through. I'm pretty short until the end of August, but If you were to do a post mentioning the stuff you're doing to hold Apple accountable with a link to your donation page, I'd boost it to see if we can get you some support.
"Te Aviso, Te Anuncio" is a powerful and energetic track that showcases Shakira's unique blend of Latin rhythms and pop sensibilities. This song, known for its catchy chorus and vibrant instrumentation, captures the essence of empowerment and self-assertion, making it a fan favourite.
At the time of the song's release, Shakira was 23 years old.
🎵 L Y R I C S🎵: I'm warning you, announcing you I never thought love would hurt that much When it buries itself between no and yes One day it's her and another it's me You're leaving me with no heart, And no reason at all
Oh I'm warning you and announcing you that today I give up On your dirty business You know that I'm immune to you And to kicking For you I remained like Mona Lisa Not crying nor smiling May heaven and you mother take care of you I'm going, it'll be better off that way
I know that forgetting you isn't an easy thing to do You got stabbed in my body like a knife But everything that gets in has to get out And those who are there have to leave Beginning with me
Oh I'm warning you and anouncing you that today I give up On your dirty business You know that I'm immune to you And to kicking For you I remained like Mona Lisa Not crying nor smiling May heaven and you mother take care of you I'm going, it'll be better off that way, no no no no...
Perhaps you're not that for me I don't know how one can live While loving that much
It's so pathetic, Neurotic, Satirical, Psychotic, Don't you see it? Tango isn't a threesome I go on planning to escape but it goes the other way around But I'm gonna try to again and again I will...
Oh I'm warning you and anouncing you that today I give up On your dirty business You know that I'm immune to you And to kicking For you I remained like Mona Lisa Not crying nor smiling May heaven and you mother take care of you I'm going, it'll be better off that way
I'm going I'm gone Eh, eh, eh... It's better off this way
Oh may heaven and you mother take care of you I'm going, oh oh oh... Oh may heaven and you mother take care of you I'm going, It'll be better off that way
Album Artist: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll Album(s): Laundry Service, Laundry Service: Washed and Dried (Expanded Edition) Written by: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll Music genre(s): Latin Pop, Rock Released: 2002 Decade for first release: #2000sMusic
Shakira - Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango) (Official HD Video)
Official HD Video "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)" by Shakira
Lyrics: Nunca pense que doliera el amor asi Cuando se entierra en el medio de un no y un si Es un dia ella y otro dia yo Me estas dejando sin corazon y cero de razon
Ay te aviso y te anuncio que hoy renuncio A tus negocios sucios Ya sabes que estoy de ti vacunada A prueba de patadas Por ti me quede como Mona Lisa Sin llanto y sin sonrisa Que el cielo y tu madre cuiden de ti Me voy, sera mejor asi
Vídeo oficial HD de Shakira de su tema “Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)”
Letras: Nunca pense que doliera el amor asi Cuando se entierra en el medio de un no y un si Es un dia ella y otro dia yo Me estas dejando sin corazon y cero de razon
Ay te aviso y te anuncio que hoy renuncio A tus negocios sucios Ya sabes que estoy de ti vacunada A prueba de patadas Por ti me quede como Mona Lisa Sin llanto y sin sonrisa Que el cielo y tu madre cuiden de ti Me voy, sera mejor asi
markdown 🇬🇧 Shakira's "Objection (Tango)" is a captivating blend of Latin rhythms and tango influences that showcases her unique style and incredible talent. The official HD video is visually stunning, with vibrant choreography and a passionate performance that draws you in. Shakira's ability to fuse different musical genres is truly impressive, making this track a memorable addition to her discography.
What do you all think of this song? What are your favourite moments from the video?
🇪🇸 "Objection (Tango)" de Shakira es una cautivadora mezcla de ritmos latinos e influencias de tango que muestra su estilo único e increíble talento. El video oficial en HD es visualmente impresionante, con una coreografía vibrante y una actuación apasionada que te atrapa. La capacidad de Shakira para fusionar diferentes géneros musicales es realmente impresionante, haciendo de esta canción una adición memorable a su discografía.
¿Qué opinan ustedes de esta canción? ¿Cuáles son sus momentos favoritos del video?
NEW: statement from The Wall Street Journal: "We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit." 👏 With this sort of confidence, you know they have more damning evidence. 💪
I think my game is complete, but I'm not releasing it right now because I currently don't have access to a Windows computer to compile a Windows binary.
Today, the Times of India published an article about the Schiller Institute’s Berlin conference, written by Mrutyuanjai Mishra, an Indian journalist and teacher, now living in Denmark, who attended the July 12-13 conference.
Police are treating graffiti stating that “men can’t be women” as a hate crime, The Telegraph understands.
Gloucestershire Constabulary is investigating after slogans were daubed around Stroud ahead of the town’s annual Pride march.
Police said the graffiti was “targeted towards transgender people” and the incident was being treated as a “hate crime”, but did not reveal what the slogans said.
The Telegraph understands that the slogans included statements such as “men can’t be women”. Others included “you can’t change sex”, “being female is not a costume”, and “trans women are men”, according to sources.
A poster explaining why beaver ponds and dams are good for ecosystems #Conservation #Restoration #Ecosystems Thanks to @ml the original, but not the artists' names, are found! This originated at martinezbeavers.org/climate-ch… I don't have artist names, but thanks to these folks for creating a great poster
This year as I was thinking over how to educate children at the festival I thought why just rely on exhibitors, why not enlist their parents too to deliver the message? Teaching them means they can help their child AND learn something in the process.
Recently one of my professors apologized for her laggy computer "because I have so many PowerPoint presentations opened".
This is a terrible indictment of modern commercial tech. No reasonable laptop made in the last decade should struggle with ANY humanly possible amount of basic slide decks.
These university slide decks aren't any more complex than ones made in 1995 on a 66MHz Pentium 1 CPU with 16MB of RAM.
The wastefulness on display here in modern software is staggering.
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Trump's day-one Executive Order blitz contained a *lot* of weird, fucked-up shit, but for me, the most telling (though not the most important) was the decision to defund all medical research whose grant applications contained the word "systemic":
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
Now, this is an objectively very stupid thing to so. As someone with a recent cancer diagnosis whose illness is still "localized" - and who will need a lot more intensive care should his cancer become "systemic" - I would very much like my government to continue to fund systemic research.
But of course, Trump wasn't intentionally killing research on systemic forms of cancer. Rather, he was indifferent to the collateral damage to this kind of research that arose in the pursuit of his *real* target, which is killing systemic explanations for *social* phenomena.
This is absolutely in keeping with neoliberal dogma, best expressed in Margaret Thatcher's notorious claim that "there is no such thing as society."
In neoliberalism, we are all atomized individuals, members of *homo economicus*, driven to maximize our personal utility. All acts of seeming generosity are actually secretly selfish: you only tell your partner you love them because you hope it will make them fuck you and/or take care of you when you get sick; you only give alms to the poor in order to seem virtuous before people who can steer profitable business your way.
You donate to cancer research as an insurance policy against your own eventual sickness.
This selfishness is a feature, not a bug. It's only by pursuing our selfish utility-maximization that we allow the market - a giant, distributed computer - to correctly assess who should be given the power to allocate capital and direct the activities of the lesser among us.
When the invisible hand helps these born monarchs to pull capitalism's sword out of the market's stone, they are elevated to the position of power they were destined to hold, from which they can maximize all our social and material progress.
The project of neoliberal economics is to transform the social science of economics into a "hard science" grounded in empirical, mathematical proofs.
Economism is a political philosophy that says that human society should only be considered through a lens of mathematical models. As such, it vaporizes all factors that can't be readily quantized and represented in a model:
Last summer, the pandemic was in its first wave and the nation was in chaos. A lack of federal leadership left each state to figure out how to interpret the science, and many states punted public h…
If you offer to buy a kidney from me and I agree to sell you that kidney, then we have arrived at a mutually satisfactory, voluntary arrangement in which the state should not intervene. Never mind that all the people who sell their kidneys are poor and desperate and all the people who buy the kidneys are rich and powerful. After all, can we really ever be sure that someone *feels* "powerful" or "desperate"?
This is an extremely convenient political philosophy if you happen to be in the market for a kidney, or for that matter, if you want to buy the labor or bodies of any kind of worker for any kind of use.
It's a great philosophy if you never want to bargain with a union, because the union is interfering with the "voluntary" transactions between workers and their bosses, and the glittering equations (operating in a Cartesian realm with no room for "power" or other squishy factors) prove that this is "market distorting."
It's also an extremely convenient political philosophy if you are getting rich by stealing from people, or even murdering them.
If you offer me a payday loan with a ten heptillion percent APR and I accept it, that's voluntary, it's the market, and there's absolutely no reason for anyone to pass comment on the fact that 100% of the people who take those loans are poor and 100% of the people who originate them are rich:
Likewise, if you're enjoying a wildly profitable monopoly, this philosophy acts as antitrust repellent: "if people didn't prefer my monopoly business practices, they'd shop elsewhere":
It's great news if you want to destroy the planet with immortal, infinitely toxic plastic packaging, because it lets you claim that the only problem with plastics is "littering" (irresponsible individuals) and not your products:
President Biden’s July 9 Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy is a highly technical, 72-part, fine-grained memo on how to address the ways market concentration harms our lives as workers, citizens, consumers, and beyond.
It's fantastic news if you're one of a few very large fossil fuel companies who are rendering the only planet in the known universe that's capable of sustaining human life uninhabitable, because it lets you blame the problem on our individual "carbon footprints" (not your depraved greed):
This is a philosophy that is violently allergic to systemic analysis. It *must* reduce everything to a set of individual choices, taken in a power-free vacuum: to litter, to labor, to borrow, to shop. Its adherents are so saturated in this ideology that they can't even see that it *is* an ideology.
Think of Noam Chomsky's interview with Andrew Marr:
> Marr: How can you know I’m self-censoring?
> Chomsky: I’m not saying you’re self-censoring. I’m sure you believe everything you say. But what I’m saying is if you believed something different you wouldn’t be sitting where you’re sitting.
A systemic view challenges everything about the neoliberal mindset. In 2011, the streets of Hackney (and beyond) erupted in an uprising of protest, which included some looting and arson, though the vast majority of mobilization was of marching and shouting protesters outraged at the murder of a Black man by London police.
In response, then-Prime Minister David Cameron declared all systemic explanations for the uprising to be off-limits, calling it "criminality, pure and simple":
"Criminality, pure and simple" has *zero* explanatory power. Where did this "criminality" come from? Why did it spike on these days? What happened to it after the uprising was crushed by police? Did it go away?
Is it festering in the hearts of Britons up and down the country, awaiting some inaudible signal before detonating again?
How frightening it must be to believe in a world without systemic explanations! It's a world where inexplicable spirits sweep across the land, engendering population-scale effects that are the result of millions of people making voluntary, individual decisions, disconnected from any kind of social phenomena.
It must be terrifying, like living in a world secretly governed by demons or witches.
It's the world of the conspiracy fantasist.
Yesterday, I wrote about the role that the conspiratorial wing of the Trump coalition is playing in keeping the Epstein story alive, and the danger this poses to Trump:
As well they should be! Elite sex predators get away with all kinds of crimes - not just Epstein, but the whole universe of powerful men, from Harvey Weinstein to Donald Trump, who systematically abused women for decades and got away with it - bragged about it, even!
But despite these very real abusers, the conspiracists in the Trump base are mostly concerned with *imaginary* abusers - Qanon's shadowy cabal of adrenochrome-guzzling pedophiles, tirelessly freighting trafficked children from one nonexistent pizza parlor basement to the next, packed inside of very mid Wayfair home furnishings:
It's the world in which real suffering children (kids in cages, children rotting in Alligator Auschwitz, kids working the night-shift at a meat-packing plant) don't matter at all, while imaginary children (unborn children, Qanon victims, etc) take center stage.
Indeed, one of the strangest things about the Epstein case is that it's the rare instance in which right-wing conspiratorialists care about *actual* people, rather than imaginary ones.
The mirror-world dominates right-wing politics. It's a world in which systemic problems don't exist, because it's a world in which systemic power doesn't exist. It's a world where individual rich people with evil in their heart are to blame for our problems, not a world where a system of impunity for the powerful allows rich people to get away with hurting us.
This is why they call antisemitism "the socialism of fools." An antisemite blames their problems on a cabal of Jewish bankers, rather than the dominance of the political system by finance capital.
In response to yesterday's post, reader Garvin Jabusch wrote to say, "your phrase 'blame systemic problems on individuals' does a fantastic job of crystallizing how I feel about the BP-invented concept of the carbon footprint."
This is exactly right, and it's an important connection I'd never drawn before myself. Because while conspiracies have run rampant since time immemorial, the modern conspiracist is a conservative, trapped in the mirror-world:
Conspiracism - like neoliberalism - insists that the world runs on individual virtue and wickedness, not the systemic properties that make it easier or harder (or impossible) to do the right thing.
This is why Donald Trump banned the word "systemic." To any objective observer, it is plain that Donald Trump is an effect, not a cause.
He's too stupid and impulsive to do anything except fill the Donald Trump-shaped hole in our politics, after 40 years of Democrat/Republican consensus that "there is no such thing as society" and insistence that every social problem is the result of a "distorted market" and can only be worsened by state intervention.
Both neoliberalism and conspiracism insist that the world is run by great men, not by social forces. By denying that anything can be "systemic," Trump can deny that *he* is systemic, merely a conveniently shaped monster suited to our monstrous times.
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... in the sense that if we just change the coordinate system, the centripetal force disappears or is de-emphasised and a new force (centrifugal) appears.
For "centripetal", read "systemic power structures" and for "centrifugal", read something like "personal economic motives"
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🇬🇧 "Tú" is a passionate and heartfelt ballad that showcases Shakira's incredible vocal range and emotional depth. Released on November 5, 2002, as part of the album "Grandes Éxitos," this live performance captures the essence of love and devotion, making it a cherished piece in her discography.
🇪🇸 "Tú" es una balada apasionada y conmovedora que muestra el increíble rango vocal y la profundidad emocional de Shakira. Lanzada el 5 de noviembre de 2002, como parte del álbum "Grandes Éxitos," esta actuación en vivo captura la esencia del amor y la devoción, convirtiéndola en una pieza apreciada en su discografía.
At the time of the song's release, Shakira was 25 years old.
🎵 L Y R I C S / L E T R A S🎵: Te regalo mi cintura Y mis labios para cuando quieras besar, ah-ah Te regalo mi locura, ah, ah-ah Y las pocas neuronas que quedan ya
Mis zapatos desteñidos El diario en el que escribo Te doy hasta mis suspiros Pero no te vayas más
Porque eres tú mi sol La fe con que vivo La potencia de mi voz Los pies con que camino
Eres tú, amor Mis ganas de reír El adiós que no sabré decir Porque nunca podré vivir, sin ti
Si algún día decidieras Alejarte nuevamente de aquí, ah-ah Cerraría cada puerta, ah, ah-ah Para que nunca pudieras salir
Te regalo mis silencios Te regalo mi nariz Yo te doy hasta mis huesos Pero quédate aquí
Porque eres tú mi sol La fe con que vivo La potencia de mi voz Los pies con que camino
Eres tú, amor Mis ganas de reír El adiós que no sabré decir Porque nunca podré vivir
Sin ti
Album Artist: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll Album(s): Grandes Éxitos Written by: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, Dillon O'brian Music genre(s): Latin Pop, Ballad Released: 2002 Decade for first release: #2000sMusic
markdown 🇬🇧 Shakira's live performance of "Tú" is simply mesmerizing! Her voice is powerful and emotional, capturing the essence of the song beautifully. The energy in the room is palpable, and you can feel the connection she has with her audience. Shakira truly knows how to deliver a stunning performance that resonates with fans.
What do you all think of this live version? What are your favourite moments? Let's get a discussion going!
🇪🇸 La actuación en vivo de Shakira de "Tú" es simplemente hipnotizante. Su voz es poderosa y emocional, capturando la esencia de la canción de manera hermosa. La energía en la sala es palpable, y se puede sentir la conexión que tiene con su audiencia. Shakira realmente sabe cómo ofrecer una actuación impresionante que resuena con los fans.
¿Qué opinan ustedes de esta versión en vivo? ¿Cuáles son sus momentos favoritos? ¡Vamos a iniciar una discusión!
Pièce interactive en forme de conférence sociologique : pourquoi les Kévin (Ryan, Jordan, Dylan) sont si mauvais à l'école ? Vraiment excellente heure de vulgarisation sur les déterminations et la #fabriqueDuCrétn et l'#EnseignementDelIgnorance.
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Nicola Thorp, a social media influencer used by the Home Office to promote its policies, has severed ties with the Government following the proscription of #PalestineAction as a terrorist organisation.
In an Instagram post she said she could no longer “essentially promote and do PR for” the Home Office, claiming the government department is “complicit in the most abhorrent acts of violence against women and little girls in #Gaza"
"Το περιστατικό κορυφώθηκε όταν υπάλληλος του καταστήματος δέχθηκε ειρωνικά σχόλια και προσβλητική μεταχείριση εντός του καταστήματος από μέλη οικογένειας Ισραηλινών επισκεπτών. Ένας νεαρός την αποκάλεσε με χλευασμό "supporter", αφήνοντας σαφή υπονοούμενα για την πολιτική της στάση, ενώ λίγο αργότερα η μητέρα του φέρεται να την σταμάτησε στον δρόμο για να την φωτογραφίσει και να της απευθύνει ειρωνική φράση, γεγονός που θεωρήθηκε ως σαφής απόπειρα εκφοβισμού. Η επιχείρηση εξέδωσε σχετική ανακοίνωση, δηλώνοντας ότι η ασφάλεια της εργαζόμενης είναι αδιαπραγμάτευτη και πως δεν θα γίνει ανεκτή καμία μορφή επιθετικής συμπεριφοράς προς το προσωπικό."
Ισραηλινοί κατηγορούνται για πιέσεις, προσβολές και αρνητικές κριτικές σε βάρος καταστημάτων του Πλωμαρίου που πήραν δημόσια θέση για τα γεγονότα στη Γάζα
Ένας από τους σιωνιστές που στοχοποίησαν επιχείρηση αλληλέγγυα στην Παλαιστίνη, έχει ανακηρυχθεί "ευεργέτης" από τις τοπικούς αιρετούς της αυτοδιοίκησης στο Πλωμάρι.
L'histoire de Jack l'éventreur, centrée sur les victimes. Humour balourd, mise en scène assez bonne, discours convenu vaguement féministe. Sans intérêt.
Οι τουριστες ειναι ανωτεροι ανθρωποι. Οφειλετε να το καταλαβετε αυτο και να σκυψετε ταπεινα το κεφαλι. Ο Ισραηλινος τουριστας που βιαζει το παιδι σου γιατι του θυμισε ενα παιδακι στη Γαζα εχει δικιο. Νιωθει νόστο. Αυτος που σου κατεδαφισε το τζαμι επειδη ειχες την παλαιστινιακη σημαια εκει, εχει δικιο. Δε μπορει το Ισραηλ να υπερασπιστει τον εαυτο του; Ενω εσυ ποιος εισαι; Ενας απλος ραγιας που του επιτρεπουμε ως τουριστες να νιωθει ανωτερος. Οχι ομως ανωτερος και απ' τα αφεντικα του; Καταλαβες;
Très bons acteurs, bonne mise en scène et... pièce mal écrite, qui change de sujet au milieu : d'abord la relation père-fils, les difficultés des relations familiales; puis soudain, ça devient politique (le fils est facho qui chasse les migrants) en perdant toute cohérence (depuis quand les fachos violents qui font des ratonnades sont des mangeurs de quinoa écolos ?). Dommage.
Acquaintance of mine adopted a kitten but her senior cat (female) keeps attacking him. She was about to take him back to the Humane Society. I agreed to foster him for a few days to see if Momo (my senior male) accepts him. If so I will adopt the newcomer.
It’s been a while since I’ve interacted with a kitten and good lord he’s got a lot of energy. I adopted all my other cats as adults. Young adult cats have more than enough energy for me; this little guy is bonkers.
I believe it is now possible, by watching a modern movie, to identify the psychological diagnosis of the writers and what prescription drugs they are on.
Comment le chanteur HK (Ministère des Affaires Populaires, HK et les saltimbanks) a été formé par Brel. Beau, émouvant, et très belles interprétations des chansons du grand Jacques. À ne pas manquer.
🇬🇧 "Hay Amores" is a heartfelt ballad that beautifully captures the essence of love and longing. Released in 2008 as part of the soundtrack for "Love In The Time Of Cholera," this track showcases Shakira's emotive vocals and poetic lyrics, making it a timeless piece that resonates with listeners.
🇪🇸 "Hay Amores" es una balada conmovedora que captura maravillosamente la esencia del amor y el anhelo. Lanzada en 2008 como parte de la banda sonora de "El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera," esta pista muestra las emotivas voces de Shakira y sus letras poéticas, convirtiéndola en una pieza atemporal que resuena con los oyentes.
At the time of the song's release, Shakira was 31 years old.
🎵 L Y R I C S / L E T R A S🎵: Ay mi bien, que no hara yo por ti Por tenerte un segundo, alejados del mundo y cerquita de m Ay mi bien, como el ro Magdalena Que se funde en la arena del mar, quiero fundirme yo en ti
Hay amores que se vuelven resistentes a los daos Como el vino que mejora con los aos As crece lo que siento yo por ti
Hay amores que se esperan al invierno y florecen Y en las noches del otoo reverdecen Tal como el amor que siento yo por ti
Ay mi bien, no te olvides del mar Que en las noches me ha visto llorar, tantos recuerdos de ti Ay mi bien, no te olvides del da Que separ en tu vida de la pobre vida que me toc vivir
Hay amores que se vuelven resistentes a los daos Como el vino que mejora con los aos As crece lo que siento yo por ti
Hay amores que parece que se acaban y florecen Y en las noches del otoo reverdecen Tal como el amor que siento yo por ti Yo por ti, por ti, como el amor que siento yo por ti
Official HD Video "Hay Amores" by Shakira
Album Artist: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll Album(s): Love In The Time Of Cholera Written by: Shakira Mebarak, Antonio Pinto Music genre(s): Latin Pop, Ballad Released: 2008 Decade for first release: #2000sMusic
🇬🇧 Shakira's "Hay Amores" is a beautiful testament to her artistry! The emotion she conveys in this song is truly captivating, and the visuals are stunning. Shakira looks absolutely radiant, and her voice carries so much depth and feeling. This track really showcases her talent and ability to connect with her audience on a personal level.
What do you all think of the video? What are your favourite moments? Let's get a discussion going!
🇪🇸 "Hay Amores" de Shakira es un hermoso testimonio de su arte. La emoción que transmite en esta canción es realmente cautivadora, y los visuales son impresionantes. Shakira se ve absolutamente radiante, y su voz tiene tanta profundidad y sentimiento. Esta canción realmente muestra su talento y su capacidad para conectar con su audiencia a un nivel personal.
¿Qué opinan ustedes del video? ¿Cuáles son sus momentos favoritos? ¡Vamos a iniciar una discusión!
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