Two decades opposing neoliberalism, then neofascism, & now fascism. Complexity theorist. Norwich fan. Bioregional ecosubsidiarity + sociocracy is the way.
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If the military have smart fridges, then give it enough time and there won't be a world war three, just a sudden & system-wide shutdown of the entire US military capabilities that renders the question mute.
Not because of the fridges, but what they represent, & the track of AI.
BREAKING: Pentagon investigates suspected cyberattack after freezers at 6 US military bases mysteriously malfunctioned, spoiling large quantities of food, per Reuters.
In at least one of the cases, the freezers did not simply stop working. Instead, the cooling units’ temperatures were cranked up overnight, yielding massive amounts of wilted or melted food in the morning.
It comes as the Pentagon prepares every major US military base to operate for at least 90 days without outside electricity, fuel, water or supplies, anticipating a major war.
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You forgot control of means of production. Part of the reason they amassed such control, is they sit as overlords of junctures of essential production.
"The International Community"
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Despite what the media constantly tells you, the United States is the true rogue state in the world.
Started to get into chess. Forgot how much I liked playing as a kid.
How hard is it to get to 1000 elo?
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Bad news. Looks like Narco Rubio's thugs in Bolivia are going to arrest Nadia Beller, the lawyer who blew the lid off the US-Israeli black op to steal elections and empower the far right across Latin America -- the same Big Tech/CIA conspiracy that just fell short in Brazil.
SCOOP: Nadia Beller, the Bolivian whistleblower who survived an assassination attempt ordered by Trump associate and political operative Fernando Cerimedo, tells me authorities are seeking to arrest her as soon as Friday. According to sources within the Bolivian government and police, the case will argue that her (brave) testimony against Cerimedo’s crimes—which range from U.S. backed election interference to drug trafficking—is evidence she had prior knowledge and failed to report.
Beller, a lawyer herself, cites multiple legal grounds for immunity and says this is an obvious attempt to silence her for exposing a corruption network spanning from Washington DC to Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, and beyond. Beller’s whistleblowing prompted investigations in Argentina and Chile, including a congressional commission probing Cerimedo.
The Bolivian attorney general who arrested and charged Cerimedo with femicide for the attack on Beller was sanctioned by the U.S. and later detained by Bolivian authorities.
Beller says she fears for her life and the life of her unborn child, which Cerimedo allegedly fathered. She is calling on the international community to support her in the face of political lawfare, attempted femicide, and state repression. Please share far and wide.
There's something poetic about how all the fash exiles are moving to a place that will literally be underwater in a few decades.
Throughout all of my education, there was only one time where my hyper-focus landed on actual, relevant, study.
At the start of repeating college having flunked first time around; every single test & homework assignment was marked an A.
It lasted about 2 months.
Mum gave up.
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0.1% of people on the planet emit more CO2 than the poorest 3.5 billion people combined.
One year’s worth of emissions from the top 1% will result in an estimated 1.3 million excess deaths from extreme heat.
Just a few stats from Oxfam's incredible new report.
Natural disasters aren’t natural. A storm doesn’t decide who has insurance, savings or somewhere safe to go. People built the systems that leave others exposed. People can change them.
Read #DisasterDivide:
oxfam.org/en/research/disast…
#ClimateJustice #MakeRichPollutersPay
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Everyone in America refuses to believe its no longer the 1980s. Drug dealers play RDR2 for 8 hours a day while texting clients "roll thru bro".
"Hitler came to power by preaching equality"
- @RandPaul
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David Graeber's Debt: The First 5,000 Years is a better contribution to our understanding of money, and debt than anything Carl Menger wrote.
I understand this is deeply upsetting to Austrian Economists, but anthropology doesn't give a fuck about your origin myths.
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god i hate the way tech people talk. did i really think that pressing the delete button deleted my photos? yeah! obviously i did ya fucking dick
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"University researchers built a satellite that tracks people from low Earth orbit and dispatches a 5 kg payload to within .1 meter of their position, traveling at Mach 25 to anywhere on Earth in under 5 minutes. They suggest it could be used to deliver greeting cards."
Purdue University's IDEAS Lab built an autonomous drone that tracks runners through dense forests completely without GPS or cloud networks.
By running 3D LiDAR mapping and obstacle-avoidance AI entirely on-chip, it can weave under tree canopies and predict target movement through blind spots in real time.
Massive implications for next-gen search & rescue and edge AI.
In an age where political candidates routinely betray their ideological principals, one man stands true..
I was wish-casting, but fingers crossed!
"Democracy Has Failed": Bolsonaro Says Lula's Socialist Regime Seized His Passport zerohedge.com/political/braz…
One silver lining is that Bernie Sanders will have to stop pretending it’s all about Netanyahu.
