Joshua Jiraffe
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Hey what if we rewrote Trump's latest EO for good things? www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
"By the authority vested in me as a citizen by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Bill of Rights, the Civil Rights Act, and the National Labor Relations Act...
"By the authority vested in me as a citizen by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Bill of Rights, the Civil Rights Act, and the National Labor Relations Act...
Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency
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February 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Hey what if we rewrote Trump's latest EO for good things? www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
"By the authority vested in me as a citizen by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Bill of Rights, the Civil Rights Act, and the National Labor Relations Act...
"By the authority vested in me as a citizen by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Bill of Rights, the Civil Rights Act, and the National Labor Relations Act...
For those of you wondering if there's already a term for "taking a long term ownership position" in another country, why yes! Yes there is! today's word of the day is "ANSCHLUSS"
February 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
For those of you wondering if there's already a term for "taking a long term ownership position" in another country, why yes! Yes there is! today's word of the day is "ANSCHLUSS"
Law is not power. It simply disguises the power of the ruling class to arbitrarily impose their will on the powerless.
Law will not protect us from the crimes of our government.
The one power we have, as the people, as the masses, is to resist. They do not outnumber us, therefore they fear us.
Law will not protect us from the crimes of our government.
The one power we have, as the people, as the masses, is to resist. They do not outnumber us, therefore they fear us.
February 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Law is not power. It simply disguises the power of the ruling class to arbitrarily impose their will on the powerless.
Law will not protect us from the crimes of our government.
The one power we have, as the people, as the masses, is to resist. They do not outnumber us, therefore they fear us.
Law will not protect us from the crimes of our government.
The one power we have, as the people, as the masses, is to resist. They do not outnumber us, therefore they fear us.
And the reality of shutting down science funding means your small town sewage treatment and water testing is gone.
They're not doing this because they love fecal coliform bacteria. They're doing this so they can deny the ability to live to people they want to control, oppress, exploit, or expel.
They're not doing this because they love fecal coliform bacteria. They're doing this so they can deny the ability to live to people they want to control, oppress, exploit, or expel.
This is to take one example a total shutdown of American science
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
January 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
And the reality of shutting down science funding means your small town sewage treatment and water testing is gone.
They're not doing this because they love fecal coliform bacteria. They're doing this so they can deny the ability to live to people they want to control, oppress, exploit, or expel.
They're not doing this because they love fecal coliform bacteria. They're doing this so they can deny the ability to live to people they want to control, oppress, exploit, or expel.
When they say things like DEI "does not improve the lives of those we serve," they really are spelling out exactly who they think the government serves, and who they think it should not.
NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
January 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
When they say things like DEI "does not improve the lives of those we serve," they really are spelling out exactly who they think the government serves, and who they think it should not.
Breaking news! Next Ross Douthat is going to interview Fritz Thyssen about how Weimar liberals drove the Ruhr Industrialists into Hitler's arms with cabaret shows and a minimum wage.
January 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Breaking news! Next Ross Douthat is going to interview Fritz Thyssen about how Weimar liberals drove the Ruhr Industrialists into Hitler's arms with cabaret shows and a minimum wage.
People who were previously so angry that Biden did socialism to make eggs expensive are suddenly discovering bird flu. I wonder what changed?
January 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
People who were previously so angry that Biden did socialism to make eggs expensive are suddenly discovering bird flu. I wonder what changed?
I find it very amusing that all the authoritarian cheerleaders in the US are out in full force arguing that undocumented immigrants are "Not subject to the jurisdiction" of the US government, which implies they cannot be arrested or charged with crimes by US law enforcement.
a man in a suit is holding a wallet with two id cards in it and says " diplomatic immunity "
Alt: In a scene from the film Lethal Weapon 2, a man in a suit is holding a wallet with two id cards in it and says "diplomatic immunity."
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January 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I find it very amusing that all the authoritarian cheerleaders in the US are out in full force arguing that undocumented immigrants are "Not subject to the jurisdiction" of the US government, which implies they cannot be arrested or charged with crimes by US law enforcement.
Important to understand this a direct and deliberate tactic of dictatorship. When they say that people who don't inform on their coworkers will be punished, they mean you will be punished not for what you do, but what you do not do.
the email template the office of personnel management sent out to federal agency heads for laying off their DEI teams in compliance of trump’s executive order is absolutely unhinged.
January 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Important to understand this a direct and deliberate tactic of dictatorship. When they say that people who don't inform on their coworkers will be punished, they mean you will be punished not for what you do, but what you do not do.
I found this article ont YES BUT helpful. It's usually is said as if the person to whom it's said is naively uninformed, as in X says, "it's great the prisoner was released"; Y, "yeah, but not all prisoners were released."
Lots of yeah but here these days. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-...
Lots of yeah but here these days. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-...
How a Yabut Can Kill a Conversation
Nothing sucks the blood out a great idea faster than the dreaded "Yabut." Yabuts need to feel in control and by adding the word "but" they discount everything leading up to it.
www.psychologytoday.com
December 22, 2024 at 7:10 PM
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If you want to understand what I'm concerned the Trump Administration will do to oppress opposition, just go learn about the Chicago Police Department's Homan Square Facility.
Things are going to be much simpler than you imagine, and having the legal right to operate a signal jammer won't help you.
Things are going to be much simpler than you imagine, and having the legal right to operate a signal jammer won't help you.
December 22, 2024 at 7:07 PM
If you want to understand what I'm concerned the Trump Administration will do to oppress opposition, just go learn about the Chicago Police Department's Homan Square Facility.
Things are going to be much simpler than you imagine, and having the legal right to operate a signal jammer won't help you.
Things are going to be much simpler than you imagine, and having the legal right to operate a signal jammer won't help you.
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The value in understanding state surveillance capabilities is not to make yourself safe through countersurveillance, but to understand that you simply do not have the privacy you think you do, and that you should always live your life as if what you are doing is public, because it is.
December 22, 2024 at 7:07 PM
The value in understanding state surveillance capabilities is not to make yourself safe through countersurveillance, but to understand that you simply do not have the privacy you think you do, and that you should always live your life as if what you are doing is public, because it is.
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Counter surveillance will not protect you from authoritarian persecution because authoritarian persecution does not rely on evidence. For authoritarians an accusation alone is sufficient evidence to arrest someone, and there are much simpler ways of manufacturing accusations than surveillance.
December 22, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Counter surveillance will not protect you from authoritarian persecution because authoritarian persecution does not rely on evidence. For authoritarians an accusation alone is sufficient evidence to arrest someone, and there are much simpler ways of manufacturing accusations than surveillance.
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#CriticalVoices: "To humanize at least one of the countless people whose lives hang in the balance here, we offer the reflections of a Russian anarchist volunteer in northeastern Syria who has participated in the revolutionary experiment in Rojava for many years."
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CrimethInc.: News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava
On the Collapse of Assad, the Future of Russia, and the Looming Turkish-Backed Invasion
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are...
anarchistagency.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:42 AM
#CriticalVoices: "To humanize at least one of the countless people whose lives hang in the balance here, we offer the reflections of a Russian anarchist volunteer in northeastern Syria who has participated in the revolutionary experiment in Rojava for many years."
anarchistagency.com/crimethinc-n...
anarchistagency.com/crimethinc-n...
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While Elon Musk has been parroting for the Far-right AfD in Germany, even capitalising on the tragic terrorist attack in Magdeburg.
Turns out the attacker, Taleb Al Abdulmohsen, is an atheist who is fond of both the AfD and Elon himself.
"I and AfD are fighting the same enemy to protect Germany"
Turns out the attacker, Taleb Al Abdulmohsen, is an atheist who is fond of both the AfD and Elon himself.
"I and AfD are fighting the same enemy to protect Germany"
December 21, 2024 at 12:54 AM
While Elon Musk has been parroting for the Far-right AfD in Germany, even capitalising on the tragic terrorist attack in Magdeburg.
Turns out the attacker, Taleb Al Abdulmohsen, is an atheist who is fond of both the AfD and Elon himself.
"I and AfD are fighting the same enemy to protect Germany"
Turns out the attacker, Taleb Al Abdulmohsen, is an atheist who is fond of both the AfD and Elon himself.
"I and AfD are fighting the same enemy to protect Germany"
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But George, a. I'm an anarchist, not a liberal, and b. I don't despise Constitutional Originalism, I think it's intellectually bankrupt. Just ask any History Ph.D. for the definition of the concept "Presentism" and ask them if they think it would be a good basis for interpreting the law.
December 20, 2024 at 8:03 PM
But George, a. I'm an anarchist, not a liberal, and b. I don't despise Constitutional Originalism, I think it's intellectually bankrupt. Just ask any History Ph.D. for the definition of the concept "Presentism" and ask them if they think it would be a good basis for interpreting the law.
The right understands law differently from centrists.
Centrists see the law as about fairness and protection for all.
The right sees the law as about power of "us" to subjugate "them."
In their view, sharing information is bad because it threatens their ability to dominate.
Centrists see the law as about fairness and protection for all.
The right sees the law as about power of "us" to subjugate "them."
In their view, sharing information is bad because it threatens their ability to dominate.
"These are just what they are, information sharing, correct information about our legal and constitutional rights everyone regardless of the persons immigration status has rights," said Malou Chavez, the executive director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. 9/26
December 13, 2024 at 12:48 AM
The right understands law differently from centrists.
Centrists see the law as about fairness and protection for all.
The right sees the law as about power of "us" to subjugate "them."
In their view, sharing information is bad because it threatens their ability to dominate.
Centrists see the law as about fairness and protection for all.
The right sees the law as about power of "us" to subjugate "them."
In their view, sharing information is bad because it threatens their ability to dominate.
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There is a meme format going around Bluesky where people share an image of an arrow pointing to the bottom right, where the alt badge is on Bluesky. The gag or punch line of this meme is that when the user selects the alt badge, they get a joke. This is not the intended purpose of alt text.
December 12, 2024 at 7:08 PM
There is a meme format going around Bluesky where people share an image of an arrow pointing to the bottom right, where the alt badge is on Bluesky. The gag or punch line of this meme is that when the user selects the alt badge, they get a joke. This is not the intended purpose of alt text.
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The real problem with violence is simple: it doesn't actually solve the problem. This CEO will be replaced by another CEO who will do the exact same thing. We need systemic change, and if we confuse cathartic personal violence with systemic change, we remain captives of the status quo.
December 12, 2024 at 10:50 PM
The real problem with violence is simple: it doesn't actually solve the problem. This CEO will be replaced by another CEO who will do the exact same thing. We need systemic change, and if we confuse cathartic personal violence with systemic change, we remain captives of the status quo.
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Funny when the far right literally harasses and intimidates everyone who is different off of Twitter, nobody calls Twitter a far right echo chamber (which it is) they say it's a space for "free thinkers" but wherever all the people harassed off of Twitter go, that's what they call the echo chamber.
December 12, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Funny when the far right literally harasses and intimidates everyone who is different off of Twitter, nobody calls Twitter a far right echo chamber (which it is) they say it's a space for "free thinkers" but wherever all the people harassed off of Twitter go, that's what they call the echo chamber.
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People forget: oppressive governments will not use billion dollar computers to crack your encryption when they can just cook up a false pretense to arrest you and hold you indefinitely.
Proof: it is already happening.
Encryption protects us from each other, not from states.
Proof: it is already happening.
Encryption protects us from each other, not from states.
December 10, 2024 at 9:10 PM
People forget: oppressive governments will not use billion dollar computers to crack your encryption when they can just cook up a false pretense to arrest you and hold you indefinitely.
Proof: it is already happening.
Encryption protects us from each other, not from states.
Proof: it is already happening.
Encryption protects us from each other, not from states.
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Things that can be traced back to chattel slavery:
- managerial practices
- accountancy practices
- actuarial principles, as applied in the insurance industry
- payment models for healthcare services (capitation)
- common carceral practices
- modern policing
- non-compete clauses
- managerial practices
- accountancy practices
- actuarial principles, as applied in the insurance industry
- payment models for healthcare services (capitation)
- common carceral practices
- modern policing
- non-compete clauses
ICYMI the original “noncompete clause” was invented by former enslavers:
“Some planters attempted to make it as difficult as possible for Freemen to change their homes, by declaring that a negro should not hire again within ten miles of his former home.”
“Some planters attempted to make it as difficult as possible for Freemen to change their homes, by declaring that a negro should not hire again within ten miles of his former home.”
December 10, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Things that can be traced back to chattel slavery:
- managerial practices
- accountancy practices
- actuarial principles, as applied in the insurance industry
- payment models for healthcare services (capitation)
- common carceral practices
- modern policing
- non-compete clauses
- managerial practices
- accountancy practices
- actuarial principles, as applied in the insurance industry
- payment models for healthcare services (capitation)
- common carceral practices
- modern policing
- non-compete clauses
So, I've been thinking about it, and Santa Claus is definitely eating the reindeer, right?
December 10, 2024 at 6:22 AM
So, I've been thinking about it, and Santa Claus is definitely eating the reindeer, right?
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Jesse Singal is a liar and a fraud of a journalist and I will prove it as an unassailable fact in this thread.
I'll also talk about why I don't think BlueSky moderation will do anything about him afterwards so stick around or maybe just skip to that if you don't want to read the boring details.
I'll also talk about why I don't think BlueSky moderation will do anything about him afterwards so stick around or maybe just skip to that if you don't want to read the boring details.
December 9, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Jesse Singal is a liar and a fraud of a journalist and I will prove it as an unassailable fact in this thread.
I'll also talk about why I don't think BlueSky moderation will do anything about him afterwards so stick around or maybe just skip to that if you don't want to read the boring details.
I'll also talk about why I don't think BlueSky moderation will do anything about him afterwards so stick around or maybe just skip to that if you don't want to read the boring details.
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I'm beginning to suspect we might have slightly mis-identified what kind of simulation we are living in.
December 9, 2024 at 8:01 PM
I'm beginning to suspect we might have slightly mis-identified what kind of simulation we are living in.