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Stop buying new technology & slow down Crapitalism
Sick of Copilot, Grok AI, or the upcoming Googleization of Siri? Disgusted with the insane prices for RAM and storage? Tired of watching prices rise for video games, the proliferation of subscriptions for everything, and crapitalists monetizing everything and buying stuff just to kill it off? Well, you can’t affect change on your own, but we, as in “We the people…”, can make a real dent in their appetite with one simple modification to our behavior:
Don’t buy any new technology for one year.
That’s right. It’s that simple. If you were going to get a new desktop or laptop or tablet, put it off for a year. If you can’t wait an entire year, buy used or refurbished. Now I’m not suggesting …
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Hoo boy. #Digg is dead… again. #Crapitalism strikes again. So fun. #capitalism #internet #aislop
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Wow. This is so stupid. Does he have nobody to tell him how long it would take to ramp up drilling in California and how little would be produced? Dumb. #california #politics #TFG #Newsom #capitalism Trump administration orders restart of oil drilling along California coast amid Iran war
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Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company Whelp, it looks like #Google Fiber’s dead, getting sucked up by one of countless private equity firms, all of which are doing the same thing. Yay for toxic #capitalism, I guess. #crapitalism #internet
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This is WhiteHouse.gov, the nation’s official webpage for the Executive branch of the US government. Apparently this is the new “humor” we’re supposed to be “enjoying” in #TFG’s AmeriKKKa. Disgusting. Don’t fall for the distractions, but remain aware. #uspol #idiocracy #NoFacists
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The decimation of the Fourth Estate continues
The decimation of the Fourth Estate continues. #cbs #bariweiss #news #maga #uspol
‘We Just Got Elon Musk-ed’
Bari Weiss’s first major move as CBS News chief has staffers on edge—ordering every journalist to submit a written memo justifying their work, in an apparent Elon Musk-style loyalty test.
Hello and happy Saturday,
Bari Weiss is taking a page out of Elon Musk’s playbook. Days after taking over as editor in chief of CBS News, Weiss sent the network’s journalists an email Friday that set off alarm bells. Every staffer, she said, must write for her a memo by Tuesday detailing how they spend their working hours, what they’ve produced, what’s broken, and how they’d fix it.
In her memo, The Free Press founder framed the …
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Ugh. #television #journalism #news #CBS #uspol #MAGA www.salon.com/2025/10/0…
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A Word to the Weiss | An Unauthorized Reprint
David Ellison has quietly courted Bari Weiss for a possible role at CBS News—a move that hints at how he may steer the network if his merger goes through.
by Oliver Darcy - June 24th, 2025 [Source]
David Ellison and Bari Weiss. Bari Weiss (Status Illustration/Leigh Vogel/Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Late last year, during a trip to New York City, David Ellison quietly made time for a meeting that said as much about his worldview as it did about his interest in media. According to people familiar with the matter, the Hollywood scion set time aside on his busy calendar to meet with Bari Weiss, the founder of The Free Press. Ellison, like a number of C-suite executive types, has long been an admirer of Weiss’ style of journalism, …
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I’ve decided I’m going to start a mobile carrier. TKN-Mobile has already started installing billions worth of 10G towers and our AI robots are crafting phones in America with magic. $5 a month for unlimited! Pre-orders open next week! #TFG #capitalism #scams #uspol appleinsider.com/articles/…
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Bots from the likes of #Microsoft, #Amazon, #Oracle, #Tencent, #Russia and countless others are destroying the #OpenWeb. The latest casualty is Ric Ford’s legendary #MacInTouch. So terrible and disappointing. #apple #news #internet #capitalism #bullshit mjtsai.com/blog/2025…
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LOLZ. Yes. Very much. #ElonMusk is not a genius. And “fake it ‘til you make it” isn’t magic. He had money, made more money, and hired the right people. Big whoop. Or, as this article puts it, he’s not Tony Stark but Michael Scott #capitalism #tesla #tech www.thebulwark.com/p/elon-mu…
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This. #capitalism #uspol #truthbomb #language #alliteration www.youtube.com/shorts/Xe…
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A comprehensive list of all of #ElonMusk’s “achievements”. After all, he is the wealthiest human on the planet, so he’s “achieved” a lot of things… right? #tech #oligarchy #uspol #DOGE #scams #vaporware #tesla #spacex #robotics #capitalism www.wired.com/story/the…
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This is about as bullshit as it gets. Just having this article up in my news reader makes it stink in here. #ai #capitalism #tech #artistsrights #kleptocracy tech.slashdot.org/story/25/…
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Oh yeah. Everything’s fine. Nothing to see here in #AI La-La Land. We’re on the road to an amazing future for everyone. #Capitalism promises! Pinkie swears!! They’re all rich and powerful so we should believe them! #tech #BewareTheSingularity #HumanApocalypse slashdot.org/story/25/…
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IAPWE won't leave us alone!
We are being harassed by the International Association of Professional Writers and Editors, also known as IAPWE. We signed up for memberships a few years ago, then cancelled after our first year. We found no benefit to the membership. Now, despite cancelling everything we could find on PayPal, speaking with the credit card servicer who can do nothing, and emailing IAPWE over and over and over again, they continue to charge us.
We both subscribed using PayPal, and we’ve no clue how they got our card details to charge us directly! I’m going to assume they can see all those details in the PayPal dashboard, which is frightening. The image above is a receipt from earlier this year, but the charges have not stopped.
This has been …
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Earlier today #ElonMusk said he’d, “done enough.” I agree. He’s already set #DOGE in motion and now it can prosecute the business of destroying American #democracy from the inside. Without Musk, the “news” outlets don’t care what they do. #uspol #capitalism arstechnica.com/tech-poli…
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So… are those really going to be the doors on a taxi? A two-seat taxi? This is as much a taxi as #ElonMusk’s #Tesla sewers is mass transit. Does it really take so little for the “masses” to think you’re a genius? #idiocracy #SIASD #tech www.jalopnik.com/1865786/e…
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A surprise to nobody, aside from its sudden appearance, #TFG’s pick to run the #IRS, one Billy Long, is on tape promising “friends” favors once he’s installed. Who’s got the receipts? Why, #Oregon’s Sen. Ron Wyden. #news #uspol #grifters thehill.com/business/…
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Oh #Adobe. You’re such a glutton for punishment. #Capitalism hasn’t yet learned the true meaning of #FAFO, but I have a feeling this might finally tip the cow. Pixelmator Pro is $50. Period. No subs. #AdobeCreativeCloud #AI #bullshit slashdot.org/story/25/…
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BWAHAHAHAHA… cough - cough …HAHAHAHA. Oh my, this is so very satisfying news! I cannot tell you how pleased I am to see even the suggestion of this, whether it pans out or not. #ElonMusk #Tesla #FAFO www.reuters.com/business/…
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You don’t say… #microsoft #windows #copilot #ai #tech #stupid www.engadget.com/ai/it-see…
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I submit the thesis that everything is effectively pirated. Exhibit A is the “You Wouldn’t Steal a Car” anti-piracy campaign from the naughty aughts. #piracy #internet #tech #capitalism #LOLZ boingboing.net/2025/04/2…
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If you are able to tie your #MAGA loving friends, family or neighbors to a chair and force their eyes open so they must watch this, then please do so. #AdamSomething on #YouTube has a perfect explanation of why #TFG is an idiot. #uspol #finance #capitalism www.youtube.com/watch
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Too late. Don’t care. #marvel #jumpingtheshark #movies www.slashfilm.com/1841490/m…
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OMFG, are these people serious?! With every new story about #capitalism’s ever-expanding braindead imbecility, I am losing hope that we can claw our way out of this morass of stupid. #AI #journalism #tech #news #idiocracy slashdot.org/story/25/…
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Well, #FAFO ya jerk. #tesla #capitalism #ElonMusk #FelonMuskrat #politics #uspol gizmodo.com/elon-soun…
Dipshit…
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Not sure if you’ve noticed yet, but #ElonMusk is an idiot. He’s been so fixated on terraforming American #politics to better support Billionarian life, after decimating #Twitter, he’s let his money machines wither. Not that his presence will make things better. #uspol #tesla www.salon.com/2025/04/2…
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Tired of being lied to? Well, too bad because the lies will keep coming and there will continue to be truthbombs blowing them up. #Germany ran a 3-year study on #UniversalBasicIncome and have once again proven that people keep working. Period. #UBI #economics #mentalhealth yro.slashdot.org/story/25/…
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A pal ‘o mine apparently tossed my logo into an #AI machine and it spat this retro classic out. Of note, we have no idea where the brain robot got the “HUSSAN” at the bottom, so that’s hilarious! Also, that’s not really me, but it’s fun. #NotQuiteArt #AritificialHallucination
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So, this #techbro wannabe was so far up his own ass that he overpromised and had to fake it. Don’t believe these idiots and their claims over #AI. This is as legit as companies worth billions that don’t make any revenue. #tech #scams #fraud #FAFO #capitalism yro.slashdot.org/story/25/…
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I’ve blogged about #advertising before. I hate it, and I’m not alone. Kōdō Simone feels the same way and calls for abolishing all advertising, not just regulating it. I’m all in for this idea. It’s a cancer… a disease… a blight and it needs to go. #capitalism boingboing.net/2025/04/0…
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As heartbreaking as it seems, #Nintendo’s pricing for the #Switch2 and its games is not an increase over previous years. For more details on the why and how of that, check out Nintendo Forecasts' video on the matter. #videogames #inflation #economics www.youtube.com/watch
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Um… yeah. Realign your perspective on #AI. #Capitalism doesn’t intend to leverage AI for the betterment of humanity. Instead, they plan on using it in conjunction with a range of other technologies to eliminate humans from the money-making process. #tech arstechnica.com/tech-poli…
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Ford brought a version of the #Ford #Sierra over here and called it the #Merkur XR4Ti. Despite being better, it barely sold thanks to shitty dealerships upselling buyers to shitty #Lincolns for higher commissions. This is why we can’t have nice things. #cars #capitalism www.youtube.com/watch
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This appears to be a thing now. #amazon #deleteamazon #capitalism #corporatebacklash #howto www.engadget.com/big-tech/…
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Ok. I’m pretty sure that for putting sarcastic sticky notes on a #Tesla to be considered a “Hate Crime”, the Tesla itself would need to be recognized as a “protected class”. I may have the terminology wrong, but I think I’m generally correct. #uspol #WashingtonDC #police boingboing.net/2025/03/2…
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When the #Tesla #Cybertruck is dead and gone it will have achieved an “honor” I don’t believe has ever been been bestowed upon another vehicle; The first to be tanked by the sheer incompetence of its execution and how much people hate the CEO. Discuss. #DOGE #uspol #tech #cars www.autoblog.com/electric/…
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Douglas Adams would have hated this… and Elon… and everything going on right now in the US and UK. #tesla #elonmusk #hhgttg #capitalism boingboing.net/2025/03/2…
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Anyone who would advocate for the arrest of John Cusack and call him a “marginal success” clearly has no sense, an agenda, or both. These are the same people claiming Tesla protests are terrorism and school shootings are normal. #uspol #fascism #capitalism boingboing.net/2025/03/2…
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Well, I’m an #Apple user and I can easily say that I will never consider a #GM product of any kind if I am disallowed from using my preferred platform. Last I checked, 35% of mobile devices users in the US are using #iOS devices. Solid marketing, dorks. #tech #cars #stupid www.theverge.com/news/6337…
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Good news, everyone! #VideoGames workers now have a #union covering the #US and #Canada called United Videogame Workers, an off-shoot of the Communications Workers of America union. And it’s a Direct-Join union. Support it. #tech #FightCapitalism www.engadget.com/big-tech/…
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Good lord, this is so very #Microsoft now. How the once innovative, at least for a brief time through the #Windows 7 to Windows 10 era (ignoring Windows 8), have fallen. Stupid #capitalism. Stupid #AI. Stupid #advertising. #tech #Switch2Linux #UninstallWindows www.theverge.com/news/6323…
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LA is my hometown. The #Capitalism segment of #Hollywood is dwarfed by the creatives who make the media we love. They should be paid and not replaced by #AI. Now watch Mikey’s video about the sign. #film #TV #animation #music www.youtube.com/watch
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See? It is THIS! THIS crap that should give us serious pause about the rampant blood fever gripping #capitalism over #AI. Are we ready for AI-powered #malware? No. We can’t even deal with the human-powered kind! Embrace the open web. Boycott capitalism. #tech #security www.axios.com/2025/03/1…
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You don’t say! #ElonMusk #fascism #apartheid #racism #DOGE #Xitter #Tesla #capitalism #NaziSalute #cybertruck #chainsaw boingboing.net/2025/03/1…
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Gosh! That sounds like a 1st Amendment violation of the first order… don’t you think? Of course, #ElonMusk has been a “champion” for free speech while clamping down hard on the free speech of others on #Xitter. So… #FAFO. #uspol #fascism gizmodo.com/republica…
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The only, and I MEAN only, reason #capitalism is having conniptions over jamming #AI into everything is to spur development, but not to make life easier. No. Their only goal is to eliminate the one thing they cannot control: humans. #tech #dystopia www.wired.com/story/dee…
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Considering current geopolitical conditions, we may need SRL to develop these devices further. When #capitalism’s robots come for the resources of Earth and humans fight them to save our only viable home, we’ll need powerful weapons. #science #tech #electricity www.youtube.com/watch
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#Musk is investing even more millions into his #fascism startup venture formerly known as #America, and #TFG, #MAGA, the #GOP, #Capitalism, and the #ReligiousRight are letting him in hopes that circumstances will let them grab power. That & more. #uspol rimaregasblog42.substack.com/p/things-…
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OMFG, #CNN!! Stop saying #ElonMusk is brilliant!! He is NOT! He is a con, not a genius. He buys things. He does not invent things. He didn’t even invent the concept of taking credit for the work of others!! This person has no original ideas. #capitalism #grifters #tesla #spacex
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While #Capitalism touts the amazing benefits that #AI will bring us (don’t concern yourself with when) and jams it into everything it can and forces it into everything it cannot, everyday people are cornered into dealing with the toxic fallout. #tech #bullshit news.slashdot.org/story/25/…
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I’m not fond of this, @macworld.com. The idea that the Touch Bar, that was mostly unsupported by both #Apple and app developers, was coveted is specious, at best. If it was, we’d still have it today. And no mention of this being a refurb until the end? Wow. #capitalism www.macworld.com/article/2…
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The factions, which only teamed up because they were tired of losing alone, are already starting to clash over ideological priorities. If this wasn’t horrifying I’d be laughing my ass off, having seen this coming years in advance. #uspol #Musk #MarcoRubio #clusterfuck thehill.com/homenews/…
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Not to be a pedant, but #TFG and the #MAGA #GOP are trying to erase anything not white and/or “christian” and/or #capitalism and/or climate change and/or not explicitly for the limited benefit of their fragile egos. #BLM #uspol #fascism www.theroot.com/you-wont-…
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Today’s Blog #42 from Rima Regas covers the #Trump congressional address of last night and a lot more. #uspol #tariffs rimaregasblog42.substack.com/i/1584522…
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If anything at all makes sense in these insane times, it’s that Musk’s #DOGE is acting on the barrage of lies the #GOP and #MAGA have been slinging at the Federal government for years now. #Capitalism wants it to leave them alone so they can plunder at will. #uspol gizmodo.com/doge-prep…
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This makes me sad. Panos was the beating heart of #Microsoft PR when they were being really innovative. Then #Windows 11 with ads, projects dropped off the map, #Copilot, & other #enshittification. Now he’s hawking shit at #Amazon. Booo to all of it. #capitalism
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Not surprising. #Microsoft makes tons of money from #advertising and #ManifestV3 helps facilitate that. Extensions like uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, and other ad and script blockers actively eliminate revenue streams for them. #tech #internet #capitalism tech.slashdot.org/story/25/…
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Utter madness. #Capitalism is out of control and the willfully ignorant are in control. How’s that making shit great again working out for you? #finance #banks #citigroup news.slashdot.org/story/25/…
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I cannot express how utterly hilarious I find this. I mean, I’ll hand it to #TFG. He may not be a good negotiator, but he’s a damned good liar, and he’s snowed millions of Americans into believing that what he’s doing is for them. #cryptobros #idiocracy #capitalism arstechnica.com/tech-poli…
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Like sociopaths testing the boundaries of society (sound familiar?), #streaming services keep raising rates to see how far they can stretch consumers, and they’re doing it again. We’re starting to get tired of this, and considering dropping a few. #capitalism #pricegouging www.theverge.com/23901586/…
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Anyone else surprised by the bombastic #hypocrisy of #TFG all hot for freedom and independence and the power of #capitalism, but pissed his pet project to disenfranchise #BIPOC Americans is being ignored by #Apple? It’s like he thinks he’s king or something. #uspol #tech appleinsider.com/articles/…
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PROTIP For #Apple designer Susan Kare: Ditch the bling and make them affordable to actual human beings, and I bet you sell a lot more. Wouldn’t it be nice to sell many thousands instead of a few dozen? I think so. Nice designs, though. #tech #blockchain #capitalism www.theverge.com/news/6182…
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#Musk and #TFG and the #MAGA masses are so accustomed to lying and getting away with it, they just spew meaningless garbage without a care in the world? Something now immediately contradicts something said a week or so ago? Who cares! It’s not like anyone gives a damn, anyway, and if they do there’s nothing they can do to stop it, so again… who cares!
Take #Xitter’s #CommunityNotes as an example. They were great because Musk didn’t need to pay people to keep toxic shit off the Official Social Network of Shitposting® because the “community” would handle that. But now that those same notes are being “gamed” by filthy libs, “he” is going to have to “fix” them, so I …
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If you’re confused about why some people don’t seem to “understand” how revolutionary #ArtificialIntelligence is for humanity, let me explain: If jobs are replaced by #AI, how will people earn money to buy capitalist shit? #tech #capitalism www.youtube.com/watch
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In #entertainment news, #Amazon now has complete creative control over the James Bond property. Amazon bought MGM & wanted to create a James Bond Cinematic Universe, and Barbara Broccoli hated it. She lost. #enshittification #movies #007 www.polygon.com/news/5263…
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This took a while. #Amazon has announced that they will be shuttering their #Android #AppStore on August 20th of this year. They clearly thought they’d eat #Google’s lunch with their Kindle Fire tablets, but that never happened. #Apple ate that market. #capitalism #tech slashdot.org/story/25/…
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#AI is little more than institutionalized piracy sanctioned by #Capitalism and ignored by lawmakers and regulators, at least while they still have jobs. Of course, this is what capitalists have done forever; exploit the value & lives of others. #fascism #oligarchy slashdot.org/story/25/…
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The #facism is being televised, and not enough Americans give a damn… Oh well. Guess I’ll just play #MarvelRivals while #ElonMusk dismantles our democratic institutions. Also, Squirrel Girl is a hottie! #apathy #uspol #capitalism kottke.org/25/02/the…
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How DARE you gutter trash have lives and needs and opinions outside of your indentured servitude to your corporate overlords! Your job is your identity that we, #Capitalism, have generously granted you and we can take it away with the crook of a withered finger! #WFH slashdot.org/story/25/…
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And another thing about this Gulf of Mexico thing… I was under the impression that #TFG’s America was about the Freedom™ of #Capitalism? But #Google just caves to Dear Leader’s petulant colonialist demand like it was State Run? How pathetic. #tech #capitalism #fascism gizmodo.com/google-ma…
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RE: RFK Jr. being sworn in as #HHS Secretary; Every last one of #TFG’s appointments have been people who either owe #DearLeader for their acceptance into #MAGA, have been licking his boots clean for years, or gave him money… oh, and are white and “camera ready”. #uspol #fascism #capitalism
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One of life’s purest examples of #FAFO. #cyberdumptruck #tesla #elonmusk #nazi #oligarchy jalopnik.com/gold-cybe…
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No wonder the #oligarchy is hell bent on protecting #AI. After slowly murdering #education, they can then use #AI to replace it with #agitprop and #revisionistHistory to save their precious #Capitalism from the clutches of meaningful #regulation. #tech #uspol gizmodo.com/chatgpts-…
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I find this infuriating, and for one simple reason: #Microsoft won’t stop forcing #AI down the throats of its customers for any reason, much less some study they commissioned. #tech #CarnegieMellon #education #criticalthinking #capitalism #fascism gizmodo.com/microsoft…
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Move fast and break shit shouldn’t be a thing one can do to a society… I’m just sayin'. #elonmusk #TFG #uspol #fascism #toxiccapitalism #americanoligarchy www.theverge.com/elon-musk…
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I wasn’t aware that it took #Hitler 53 days to destroy #Germany’s #Democracy, but I wouldn’t be surprised if #TFG is following a similar process, what with #ElonMusk’s #Nazi salutes and blatantly illegal rampage through our governmental infrastructure. #uspol kottke.org/25/02/the…
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Unfettered, uncontrolled, unregulated #Capitalism is essentially crime since they do what they want, say what they want, harm whomever they please, break any laws they choose, and are never held accountable. Those who help them are criminals, as well. #ai #piracy #books arstechnica.com/tech-poli…
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Per usual, trying to ‘fix’ the symptom instead of working on the cause, isn’t working, not that peeps ever seem to learn that (or any other) lesson. We need fundamental change for social networking, not in-school phone bans. Better for all of us. #tech #mentalhealth mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/…
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The violation of #American #democracy continues apace with #ElonMusk gyrating at the center of the criminal typhoon #TFG has unleashed on our country. And all of this felonious activity is neatly justified using grade-school gaslighting techniques by the GOP. #uspol kottke.org/25/02/mus…
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Reason #WTF Cares to uninstall #Microsoft #Windows and migrate to #Linux or #Mac: Microsoft has now made it harder to install Windows 11 on unsupported but entirely capable hardware so, you know, screw you. Can’t afford new? Oh well. Sucks to be you! #tech #capitalism tech.slashdot.org/story/25/…
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Both sad & hilarious, Kazuya Ishikawa’s “Salaryman Eraser” is goes bald with proper use, mirroring the difficult conditions Japanese business people face. Note that #Japan hasn’t updated the term to include the fairer sex yet. #capitalism #officesupplies kottke.org/25/01/jap…
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Remember when you watched #Idiocracy and laughed at how absurd and over-the-top it was? Are you laughing now? #uspol #ElonMusk #TFG #fascism #capitalism #MAGA #FAFO www.salon.com/2025/01/3…
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Yet another reason to abandon #Microsoft… The lunatics in Redmond are adding a $400 premium to Intel-powered #Surface devices that have the exact same specs are their #ARM-powered counterparts. Silly #Capitalism. #SwitchToLinux or get a #Mac. it.slashdot.org/story/25/…
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I think I should remind people of one simple fact: human beings are not corporations.
While #Capitalism may be kissing #TFG’s ass we, as individuals, don’t have to. Stop shopping at that store. Stop using that website or service. Keep speaking out. #uspol #donotobeyinadvance onefoottsunami.com/2025/01/3…
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Wow! Yet another in the stupendously accurate predictions #ElonMusk is legendary for! I’m sure it couldn’t have anything to do with the precipitous drop in #Tesla’s stock value. No, that would be silly, silly head. #tech #capitalism #toesInTheWater www.theverge.com/news/6027…
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security
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The one thing that repeated #security breaches clearly indicates is that none of these corporations really know WTF they’re doing. Either that or they don’t care. I’m 50/50 on which. I can’t be the only one getting really sick of this crap. #tech #capitalism #cars yro.slashdot.org/story/25/…
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Open your eyes and look. It’s critical for you to see what is happening. #TFG & Co. are going after so-called “#Entitlements” because billions are funneled to help #underprivileged and #disabled Americans and not into the pockets of the #oligarchs. #uspol #capitalism #theRapingOfAmerica www.newsweek.com/how-snap-…
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In the continuing saga of All The Reasons I Hate #Meta #US and #Canadian #Facebook and #Instagram users #Fuckerberg’s #AI Chatbot will take your user data and there’s nothing you can do to stop it… unless you #UninstallMeta. What’re you waiting for? #socialnetworking #capitalism tech.slashdot.org/story/25/…
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I’ve said it for decades now. Rich people aren’t smarter than those of us not blessed with a lack of morality. In fact, they’re often far less intelligent. They simply have the financial wherewithal to avoid the repercussions of stupidity. #tech #capitalism #walgreens slashdot.org/story/25/…
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Uh… wait a minute… wasn’t the #WSJ one of the boosters for #TFG? I guess all that bluster about fixing the economy and shit that’s not happening kind of soured them on his racist ass. I could be wrong… #uspol #capitalism #fascism www.salon.com/2025/01/2…
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If everything else #Meta wasn’t bad enough already… now this. I’m so glad I no longer use any Meta (cr)apps. I dropped it in 2018, went back in 2023 for some friends, & dropped it again in later 2024. If you’re still there, just get out. NOW. #tech #internet #DumpMeta www.theverge.com/2025/1/24…
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Um, sure. Cool story, bro. Amazon closing a recently unionized warehouse to go back to contract-based workers is like trying to compare motor oil to French toast. Just cost cutting. “SQUIRREL” [POINTS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTION] #capitalism #amazon #Canada #Quebec #unions gizmodo.com/amazon-sh…
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Wow #Canon. This is lame. Apparently, if you want to use your camera as a webcam, you have to pay them $5 a month. Now, that gets you “PRO” features like 60FPS, watermarks, and setting hotkeys, so… you know. #tech #capitalism #wtaf romanzipp.com/blog/no-y…
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In a move designed to protect #Mastodon, founder Eugen Rochko is ceding control to be wholly owned by a non-profit organization to establish that “…the intent that Mastodon should not be owned or controlled by a single individual.” #tech #capitalism arstechnica.com/tech-poli…
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Adam Something put out a great new video this morning about how #ElonMusk won the election and reminds us what is at stake, most of which doesn’t concern the bulk of humanity, but is super important to Musk’s bank account size and level of control. #uspol #capitalism www.youtube.com/watch
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linux
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Ugh. More #Microsoft bullshit to deal with. This is a few days old as I’m catching up on my news feeds but is important to know if you’re one of the unlucky ones using #MicrosoftEdge on #Windows 10 or 11 (or just 11 in general). Switch to #Linux or #Apple already! mjtsai.com/blog/2025…
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#TheVerge has a helpful guide on how to delete your #Facebook account, which seems more likely now that you can count on it even less for accurate information about #politics and #news. I guess now all we can count on is that it will be a haven for #disinformation. #capitalism www.theverge.com/22231495/…
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technology
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It’s a toaster… for your iPhone 14/15/16… and it only costs $570, but only if you buy the bundle of the “toaster” and one case. Though it doesn’t charge your phone, it just swaps in a fresh battery. Baby steps on the way to robot domination. Whee… #WeirdCES #CES2025 #tech www.macworld.com/article/2…
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While I can’t speak to other motivations, it’s clear that #WallStreet didn’t need to be pressured by #MAGA #Republicans to leave the #NetZeroBankingAlliance. It’s just a convenient excuse. This is how #Capitalism works. Not for you, but for money and power. #uspol #finance www.salon.com/2025/01/0…
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It is no longer a rumor. The #Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 is real, will cost $3500, and I hate it. I also hate the fact that it has been proven true that Lenovo has dropped the legendary #TrackPoint input device. Maybe hate is too strong a word. Let’s go with “I’m done with Lenovo”. #WeirdCES #CES2025 #Tech www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/…
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I don’t really care if #Honda is involved. I don’t want a #Sony #Playstation on wheels. Especially not for $90k for a “base” model. #WeirdCES #CES2025 #tech #cars www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/…
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#Dell has announced that they are dropping the #XPS, #Latitude, #Inspiron, and Precision product names and will be simplifying to Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max for the consumer, professional, and workstation markets, respectively. #tech #marketing #news arstechnica.com/gadgets/2…
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We don’t yet have #StarTrek style automatic doors for humans yet, but your dogs get them… AND RGB… starting at $500. Since it uses a Bluetooth dog tag, do you need to recharge your dog? #WeirdCES #CES2025 #tech #pets www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/…
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IT’S A DOOR HANDLE FOR $700!! I don’t care what it can do!! #WeirdCES #CES2025 #tech #capitalism www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/…
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Continuing the trend of #Capitalism bilking every vulnerable segment of society, Elvie’s new $800 automatic baby bassinet and baby bouncer is only supposed to last six months. Wow. #WeirdCES #CES2025 #tech www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/…
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For a time I was mad at #Microsoft for breaking their promise that #Windows10 would be the last #Windows, but then #Windows11 turned into a wet dream of #capitalism, bristling with ads, bloat, and AI features nobody wants while tracking users every move. Now ten months remain before MSFT pulls the plug on Windows 10 support, but 62.7% of all Windows users still use it. In fact, a number have ditched 11 to go back to 10. I’m bustin' a gut over this. Just buy an #Apple #Mac. #tech #news tech.slashdot.org/story/25/…
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Longform
Substack charging for "setting up" custom domain names you own is extortion
That sour, disappointed look flooded onto my wife’s face. She was upset. I asked her what was wrong, and she explained to me that her Wordpress stats weren’t working like they used to. I poked around and couldn’t find anything obviously amiss in the Jetpack plugin settings, so I told her it was likely a glitch and would clear up. About a week later I got the email.
Wordpress had determined that my wife’s social justice and political analysis blog (https://rimaregas.com) was now deemed a commercial website and that she’d need to pay up in order to continue getting the vital stats she needs to run her site. It is important to note here that we don’t use Wordpress hosting, but Name.com website hosting, so …
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I cannot BELIEVE that #Substack has the gall to charge $50 to use a custom domain!! Hey #networking #nerds, how much does it cost Substack to “host” a domain name #tech #internet #capitalism
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Wow. Good job making your customers think their computers were infected with a virus, ASUS. #stupid #capitalism #tech tech.slashdot.org/story/24/…
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Oh god, what a disaster. It was bad enough that #ElonMiusk’s #SpaceX was shooting thousands of satellites into orbit, but now others are doing it. There are countless factors to blame for this, not the least of which are #Capitalism and toxic power fantasies. arstechnica.com/space/202…
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I think Sam Elliot kinda nails it… to the wall… with his special brand of gravitas and casual Southern snark. #politics #TFG #capitalism
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I’VE DONE IT!! I’ve found the single most stupid product on #Amazon!! I introduce you to the “Anti-Cat Keyboard Cover, Laptop Keyboard Covers cat Proof, Clear Keyboard Protector, PC Desk Stand for Keyboard Storage Acrylic Monitor Stand Riser and Laptop Stand Riser”. Sure, Amazon product names have become ludicrous, eschewing the need for an actual name and leaning 1000% into SEO, but this is ridiculous. If that wasn’t bad enough, it’s $50. #capitalism #caturday
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#OMG! Is there no low Elongated Muskrat won’t stoop to? Well, that’s a dumb question… I know. Maybe Lord #TFG will declare him Regent of the Sovereign Kingdom of teXas. See what I did there? Clever, no? #idiocracy #xitter #elonmusk gizmodo.com/elon-musk…
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Um. Wow. Okay… So, it’s a banana… and it’s taped to a wall… with a strip of standard silver duct tape. And it just sold at auction for $6.24 MILLION DOLLARS. Aside from being the easiest art to forge, I applaud artist Maurizio Cattelan for creating “Comedian” since it pokes the art industrial complex in the eye and the winning bid makes fools of every last art “speculator” out there. It also peeks under the veneer of stupid we’re running on these days. #art #banana #stupid www.nbcnews.com/news/us-n…
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As one might say, “Must be nice.” I mean, it’s not like dropping a cool quarter million plus to go on a #cruise for four years is an option for all of the people whom #TFG is likely to cause harm with his addled concepts of ideas. It certainly appears to be a thing, though. #escape #uspol www.salon.com/2024/11/1…
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dollarnomics
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Longform
Save The Web: Advanced Dollarnomics
In the first part of this series I started last year, I spoke about the idea of Dollarnomics, describing it in some detail. If you want to get the basics of the concept, then you should go read that first. It’s not a long piece and I’ve linked it below. I do outline a few ideas there, but there needs to be some additional context so that you might fully understand the power that I believe resides both in the $1 bill and in the people who are tired of always being on the bottom of the economy, even if you only have a few million dollars in the bank, an amount that is nowhere near as comforting as it was a decade or two ago.
Saving the Internet for Humanity: Dollarnomics 101
Here in this second part, I will be outlining how certain groups …
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Longform
Advertising is dead. Please flush on your way out…
Ads are almost literally everywhere.It is rare, but every once in a while I presume to speak for everyone. It’s not like this is breaking news or a controversial hot-take, either. No need to sit down or get a stiff drink:
Nobody, but NOBODY likes advertisements… except ad people.
When I was working IT at Saatchi & Saatchi LA back in the mid-2000’s, Toyota was paying them tens of millions a year to make a handful of splashy national ads. Sure, they were epic, for ads, but all that money floated a five story building bursting with 500 worker bees that would pump out a half dozen ads a year.
This is the kind of crap SSLA would spend their massive budget on. All this for a 30-second TV spot. This ad was made just before the Great Recession …
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Longform
Saving the Internet for Humanity: Dollarnomics 101
Or not…The Internet of 2023 sucks.
Every site, every service, every entree and every destination on the modern Web of today is controlled by corporations. Blood and treasure is expended, our personal data and real money is hoovered up to feed bottomless C-suite salaries…
While the World Wide Web may be comprised of an endless cavalcade of corporate entities vying for ultimate control, there remains a much, much larger contingent that has yet to stand up and take it’s own power: we average peeps.
Yup. The rest of us. The rank and file, as it were. The NOT 1% of Americans who just want to get on with life minus all the drama and violence.
So, within this unpleasant and difficult context, I’d like to offer my thoughts on fixing our ailing …
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Does our future require Capitalism?
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A neighborhood in Mexico City that shows a stark divide between the wealthy and powerful and those who cannot afford to live in a safe, clean place. [SOURCE: BoredomTherapy]
There is an existing dynamic between capitalism and science which fosters a high stakes game of one-upmanship among different corporations and organizations to find the “killer app” and crush the competition. An enormous component of this dynamic is the winner-take-all mentality that is a core tenet of today’s current hyper-capitalism.
Proponents of capitalism claim that it is the market that is the catalyst for the competition that has created all of our advanced technologies and drives our future. Without capitalists being allowed to do whatever they …
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Why outrage doesn't matter anymore
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Here's the thing. We, as Americans, have lost the ability to lash indignant hellfire at those who violate our collective sensibilities. Cops outright murder Black people almost every day, and we get mad, but nothing changes. Our politicians lie, cheat, steal, and send dick pics to minors, and we get mad, but nothing changes. Companies like Facebook, Google, Uber, the entire oil industry, the entire pharmaceutical industry, the medical establishment sell each of us for $12 a year, tricks hundreds of thousands of people into indentured servitude, skirt the law with impunity, and price gouge with lip-licking voraciousness, and nothing changes. Banks, housing, dialysis, the battle for a living wage, the death of education, …
