Mark Slatin
novachaser.bsky.social
Mark Slatin
@novachaser.bsky.social
Bit of an odd idea here imo, but solid in as far as the math goes. The scale of money involved could be really significant if even a small amount were diverted towards the indigeneity that Cameron is cosplaying.

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Share Profits from Avatar with Indigenous Artists
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July 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Israel has killed more journalists in Gaza than in both world wars, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and Afghanistan combined, says Costs of War project aje.io/te831k
April 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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SeaWorld Visitors Delighted By Live Garbage-Patch Feeding
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April 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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This is the difference between Trump 1 and Trump 2. First time around, all his cronies were named stuff like Joey Macaroni and wanted to commit tax fraud and go on Dancing With The Stars. This time, they have names like John Hitlerfuhrer and have spent the last 15 years blogging about phrenology.
The federal government's new top HR attorney has said "Consent is probably modern society’s most pernicious fetish" and "Slaves owe us reparations," according to a new report from @pogo.org. www.pogo.org/investigatio...
“Raging Misogynist” Now Federal Government H.R.’s Top Lawyer
The Office of Personnel Management’s new general counsel has a history of racist and sexist social media posts.
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January 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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someone who thinks AI companies should be able to scrape copyrighted data to remix for their output explain to me why what DeepSeek did here should be illegal
January 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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When you feel yourself becoming complacent or surrendering to hopelessness or apathy, remember that everything that exists today exists because someone(s) dreamt it up and decided to put in the work to make it a reality. We can create new ways of doing things, new ways of being, new worlds.
January 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
What Now?
YouTube video by Sophie from Mars
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January 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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California's state of emergency bans price gouging for a range of goods and services, including rental housing.

Any rent increase above 10% since the start of and for the duration of the crisis is illegal.

Violations can be reported here:
Consumer Complaint Against A Business/Company
oag.ca.gov
January 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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my phone interrupts me writing things to ask if i want to use some AI assistant to do it. there is no option to tell it to fuck off forever, only 'okay' and 'maybe later' i would punch the person responsible for this in the teeth if i could
January 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM