- From October 27, 2024:
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David Crisafulli claims LNP victory in Queensland election ending Labor’s decade
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↳ Spectacularly terrible outcome. Fuck. — -
Microsoft fires employees who organized vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza
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↳ FAANG’s incessant and radically inhumane backing of genocide, ceaseless support for imperialism, and absolute bullshit stance on *saving the planet* is literally the end of us all. This company, by the way, is practically a nuclear power. — -
Netflix Wiped Most of Its “Palestinian Stories” Collection — and Erased the Whole Thing in Israel.
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↳ Digital epistemicide. — - From October 26, 2024:
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Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris, paper reports
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↳ You might think the billionaires have an agenda. — -
“This Is Just Terrorism”: Israel Bombs World Heritage Site in Lebanon, Threatens Major Hospital
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↳ The grab quote is dead on. Israel is a genocidal terrorist. And with deep and encouraging vitriol western racists see it as an easy way to exterminate non-whites while washing their hands of responsibility (while funding and supplying the whole fucked operation). — -
Pro-Palestine Students Face Expulsion for Using a Bullhorn
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↳ I remain honestly gobsmacked at how long they think they can enforce hegemony on this — the state is resorting to violence. I think cracks are showing. Shame so many Americans are just straight up on the Zionist train (have you read the proliferation of violent forum comments straight out of the USA? As sick as the entire Israeli regime). — -
Gen Z workers are less trusting than past generations, says one CEO: ‘They aren’t afraid to push back’
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↳ Good — maybe the resistive approach could be broadened to a resistance to capitalism altogether? — -
Microsoft CEO’s pay rises 63% to $79m, despite devastating year for layoffs
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↳ Eat the rich. — -
Man who lost home to coastal erosion loses court case against UK government
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↳ Naturally the bourgeois will absolve themselves from any responsibility. — - From October 25, 2024:
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50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says
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↳ No? Really? — -
linux: Goodbye from a Linux community volunteer
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↳ The way this was done, the potential affects, and the community division already surging may very seriously challenge Linux into the future. This divide and conquer politic sees American empire (corporations) maintain software hegemony in the growing face of a FOSS alternative if we are not careful. Naturally, if maintainers have genuine ties to Putin’s war machine, they must go, but are we really doing whole nationalities? If so can we ban Israel next? — -
‘Death sentence’: Pacific nations plead for Australia to phase out fossil fuels
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↳ If we used to care about our neighbours now is the time to return to that. — -
‘Crunch time for real’: UN says time for climate delays has run out
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↳ It’s been “real” this whole time. The billionaire classes priority is to keep you busy while they make the most possible *fake* money. — - From October 24, 2024:
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Several Linux Kernel Driver Maintainers Removed Due To Their Association To Russia
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↳ Seriously? Blimey this is not a good look for Linux. I hate the Russian state as much as the next person, but citizens open contributions properly vetted for security... suddenly invalidated due to ethnicity? — -
On forestalled innovation
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I spent a little of my time today listening to other contemporary Marxists [1] – and then wondering about how to add to some aspects of their argument/s...