- Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship ↗︎ « Yet another reason why gate-keeping closed source app stores should be outlawed. Just let people install software on their computers the way we have for decades. —
- “Middle East crisis live” ↗︎ « What a joke, The Guardian. Israel is a terror state and you should report it as such — not reproduce colonial propaganda. —
- AFP launches ‘prohibited symbols’ taskforce after Hezbollah flags seen at Melbourne rally ↗︎ « Insanity. These little pigs need a life. —
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- Australia’s PM warns against pro-Palestinian rally as police seek ban ↗︎ « Between protest bans, tone policing, and the rampant hegemonic propaganda the choice at our next election is: fascism now, or fascism really soon. Fuck this government and their racist genocidal bullshit. —
- Calls grow in Germany to ban far-right AfD ↗︎ « Someone will listen to these calls, right? Right? —
- I investigated millions of tweets from the Kremlin’s ‘troll factory’ and discovered classic propaganda techniques reimagined for the social media age ↗︎ « The volume of junk generated by these farms, which simultaneously destroys the planet through propaganda and power use, is breathtaking — and all it does is platform fascism in the mainstream over and over. To the point the mainstream media parrot it back. —
- Tennessee plastics factory staff killed in Hurricane Helene reportedly told not to evacuate ↗︎ « “Die for your work” — capitalists, literally. —
- Albanese stood beside antisemitism envoy. Journalists weren’t even invited to Islamophobia envoy launch. ↗︎ « Albanese and his entire government are comprised of racist, sexist, fascist, landlords — and it’s leaking. —
- Iran begins attack on Israel ↗︎ « I wonder how mainstream media will depict this in a desperate attempt to defend israhell. —
- Another year, another mountain of cash for the Murdochs and their friends ↗︎ « Oligarchs who dictate the public agenda. Sick fucks. —
- Pro-Palestinian protesters call NSW police attempt to block rally on 7 October ‘an attack on fundamental democratic rights’ ↗︎ « Some more evidence of us slipping into a fascist state. —
- Watch out, Microsoft Outlook could soon give away when you're sneakily working from home ↗︎ « Think what the capitalists could achieve, positively in the world, if they focussed their energies on *not* being sociopathic pieces of shit… —
- Amusing Ourselves to Death by Stuart McMillen ↗︎ « Colonialism and capitalism. —
- Critics stunned as Trump caught ‘endorsing The Purge’ as a real policy at his rally ↗︎ « This is, legitimately, terrifying because it’s not one of those “weirdly contextual” situations — he just straight up wants open unadulterated murder (“for a few hours”). —