Siegfried S
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Recently @amyremeikis.bsky.social reminded my of Umberto Eco's 14 points of "eternal fascism" in which "it is enough that one of them be present to allow fascism to coagulate around it".
And well , there is a sh*it load of coagulation happening.
And well , there is a sh*it load of coagulation happening.
September 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Recently @amyremeikis.bsky.social reminded my of Umberto Eco's 14 points of "eternal fascism" in which "it is enough that one of them be present to allow fascism to coagulate around it".
And well , there is a sh*it load of coagulation happening.
And well , there is a sh*it load of coagulation happening.
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The AFR with the list of 50 richest CEOs in Australia.
Weirdly they are counting unrealised share holdings to determine how rich they are. But the AFR has been telling us that you can't count such things when trying to tax super balances above $3m.
Guess these people aren't really rich at all....
Weirdly they are counting unrealised share holdings to determine how rich they are. But the AFR has been telling us that you can't count such things when trying to tax super balances above $3m.
Guess these people aren't really rich at all....
July 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The AFR with the list of 50 richest CEOs in Australia.
Weirdly they are counting unrealised share holdings to determine how rich they are. But the AFR has been telling us that you can't count such things when trying to tax super balances above $3m.
Guess these people aren't really rich at all....
Weirdly they are counting unrealised share holdings to determine how rich they are. But the AFR has been telling us that you can't count such things when trying to tax super balances above $3m.
Guess these people aren't really rich at all....
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This by @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social's Max Kaiser is absolutely on point.
July 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
This by @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social's Max Kaiser is absolutely on point.
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The thing that would be most in Australia's national interest when it comes to dealing with Trump is to simply ignore him, and when forced to deal his nonsense, feed it in to the bureaucratic meat grinder and respond accordingly. Governments aren't social media, everything isn't about now.
July 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The thing that would be most in Australia's national interest when it comes to dealing with Trump is to simply ignore him, and when forced to deal his nonsense, feed it in to the bureaucratic meat grinder and respond accordingly. Governments aren't social media, everything isn't about now.
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Memo to the media - it’s not your job to rehabilitate the Liberal Party.
Go find some other contacts.
You can actually hold the government to account without starting your reports “the Opposition leader today criticised…”
Go find some other contacts.
You can actually hold the government to account without starting your reports “the Opposition leader today criticised…”
May 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Memo to the media - it’s not your job to rehabilitate the Liberal Party.
Go find some other contacts.
You can actually hold the government to account without starting your reports “the Opposition leader today criticised…”
Go find some other contacts.
You can actually hold the government to account without starting your reports “the Opposition leader today criticised…”
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What a story from Carl Nassib, detailing a particular display of allyship from the Cleveland Browns’ offensive line before they even knew he was out. And kudos to Ryan Clark, Channing Crowder and Fred Taylor for channeling that same vibe. It’s what I saw in Tampa too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGqm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGqm...
May 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
What a story from Carl Nassib, detailing a particular display of allyship from the Cleveland Browns’ offensive line before they even knew he was out. And kudos to Ryan Clark, Channing Crowder and Fred Taylor for channeling that same vibe. It’s what I saw in Tampa too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGqm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGqm...
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The Coalition’s ritual boast that it is ‘better at managing the economy’ is simply wrong. Dismantling the myth that refuses to die is Dr Michael Keating, a former secretary of the Departments of Prime Minister and Cabinet. johnmenadue.com/post/2025/04...
Who will better manage the economy: Labor or the Coalition?
People are being asked to vote for the Coalition on the grounds that it is better at managing the economy. But the current evidence does not back up that claim.
johnmenadue.com
April 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The Coalition’s ritual boast that it is ‘better at managing the economy’ is simply wrong. Dismantling the myth that refuses to die is Dr Michael Keating, a former secretary of the Departments of Prime Minister and Cabinet. johnmenadue.com/post/2025/04...
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Also on Reddit today, someone thinking that I am apologetic for being a white dude. Nah, friends. I think we all know that being a white dude in the US is pretty great. My sin, if you will, is thinking everyone else should have the same latitude in life that I get just by being a white dude.
April 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Also on Reddit today, someone thinking that I am apologetic for being a white dude. Nah, friends. I think we all know that being a white dude in the US is pretty great. My sin, if you will, is thinking everyone else should have the same latitude in life that I get just by being a white dude.
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The bond market this week achieved what other institutions - the media, the courts, the universities- have so far failed to do: Stare down the Trump regime. But how long this situation can last is an open question, writes historian Adam Tooze. open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
Chartbook 374: As Trump triggers "sell America", will the result be "stage 4", the politicization of financial markets?
Everything was selling.
open.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The bond market this week achieved what other institutions - the media, the courts, the universities- have so far failed to do: Stare down the Trump regime. But how long this situation can last is an open question, writes historian Adam Tooze. open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
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We've all been there.
March 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We've all been there.
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So weird that many in the media are still acting like what Trump is doing to the economy is a result of his stupidity.
March 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
So weird that many in the media are still acting like what Trump is doing to the economy is a result of his stupidity.
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This is so much illegal bullshit and, more to the point, an obvious payback to the tech billionaires who lined up like pathetic props at the inauguration. FTC chair Andrew Ferguson is exactly the unctuous toady to oligarchs l expected him to be www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Trump expels Democratic regulators at FTC
Trump's dismissal of two Federal Trade Commission members Tuesday echo his recent moves against Democrats at other independent federal agencies.
www.politico.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is so much illegal bullshit and, more to the point, an obvious payback to the tech billionaires who lined up like pathetic props at the inauguration. FTC chair Andrew Ferguson is exactly the unctuous toady to oligarchs l expected him to be www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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I like this illustration/cartoon:
Connecting the dots---
From Data to Information to Knowledge to Wisdom to ...
(original source lost)
Connecting the dots---
From Data to Information to Knowledge to Wisdom to ...
(original source lost)
March 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I like this illustration/cartoon:
Connecting the dots---
From Data to Information to Knowledge to Wisdom to ...
(original source lost)
Connecting the dots---
From Data to Information to Knowledge to Wisdom to ...
(original source lost)
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Other than confabulating a business case for his overgrown spellchecker, Altman doesn't strike me as a particularly good judge of quality fiction
OpenAI says it has trained an AI that’s ‘really good’ at creative writing
OpenAI says it has trained an AI that’s ‘really good’ at creative writing
Watch out, fiction writers. OpenAI may have you in its crosshairs. In a post on X on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the company has trained a “new model” that’s “really good” at creative writing. He posted a lengthy sample from the model given…
tcrn.ch
March 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Other than confabulating a business case for his overgrown spellchecker, Altman doesn't strike me as a particularly good judge of quality fiction
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In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.
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Denmark has donated 19 of the F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, and now Trump has ordered an end to US support for their onboard jamming equipment, thereby helping Putin destroy this USD 291,000,000 donation.
This US administration is an enemy of Europe.
news.online.ua/en/the-us-is...
This US administration is an enemy of Europe.
news.online.ua/en/the-us-is...
The US is ending support for Ukrainian F-16s, but there is a way out — online.ua
US President Donald Trump's team has ordered the termination of vital support for F-16 fighter jet jamming equipment that Ukraine has. What is important to understand is that this could deprive the Uk...
news.online.ua
March 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Denmark has donated 19 of the F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, and now Trump has ordered an end to US support for their onboard jamming equipment, thereby helping Putin destroy this USD 291,000,000 donation.
This US administration is an enemy of Europe.
news.online.ua/en/the-us-is...
This US administration is an enemy of Europe.
news.online.ua/en/the-us-is...
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Hearing this guy speak in two years is gonna be an adventure.
REPORTER: How concerned are you that the large-scale federal government layoffs will weaken the labor market?
TRUMP: The large-scale fentanyl what?
TRUMP: The large-scale fentanyl what?
March 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Hearing this guy speak in two years is gonna be an adventure.
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Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
February 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.