Matty G's Serfdom Blues
@matt-g-blues.bsky.social
Watching the slow burn of our demon haunted world...but still fighting for the good things.
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We don't recognize the role lead poisoning has had in humanity's history...if we make it another thousand years we will look back and call these times the lead years.
We don't recognize the role lead poisoning has had in humanity's history...if we make it another thousand years we will look back and call these times the lead years.
January 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We don't recognize the role lead poisoning has had in humanity's history...if we make it another thousand years we will look back and call these times the lead years.
I must be taking crazy pills, or I'm in a coma
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A disturbing pattern of repression is emerging in Europe
Authoritarianism is creeping into Europe under the guise of cracking down on pro-Palestinian activism.
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January 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I must be taking crazy pills, or I'm in a coma
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So, since most of nature is looking like it has intelligence, can we please stop f****** destroying it?
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r...
Researchers 'Translate' Bat Talk. Turns Out, They Argue—a Lot
A machine learning algorithm helped decode the squeaks Egyptian fruit bats make in their roost, revealing that they "speak" to one another as individuals
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
So, since most of nature is looking like it has intelligence, can we please stop f****** destroying it?
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r...
"The Moscow-based Center for Geopolitical Expertise (CGE), founded by OFAC-designated Aleksandr Dugin"
Ukraine tried to take him out for good reason. Dugin is the mastermind behind Putin's foreign policy. You'd think we'd talk about him more.
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
Ukraine tried to take him out for good reason. Dugin is the mastermind behind Putin's foreign policy. You'd think we'd talk about him more.
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
Treasury Sanctions Entities in Iran and Russia That Attempted to Interfere in the U.S. 2024 Election
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating a subordinate organization of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and a Moscow-...
home.treasury.gov
January 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"The Moscow-based Center for Geopolitical Expertise (CGE), founded by OFAC-designated Aleksandr Dugin"
Ukraine tried to take him out for good reason. Dugin is the mastermind behind Putin's foreign policy. You'd think we'd talk about him more.
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
Ukraine tried to take him out for good reason. Dugin is the mastermind behind Putin's foreign policy. You'd think we'd talk about him more.
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
There are many in the GOP that consider this a "goal".
apnews.com/article/russ...
apnews.com/article/russ...
Russian man arrested for allegedly running LGBTQ+ travel agency found dead in custody
A Russian man arrested for allegedly running a travel agency for gay customers has been found dead in custody in Moscow.
apnews.com
December 30, 2024 at 11:48 PM
There are many in the GOP that consider this a "goal".
apnews.com/article/russ...
apnews.com/article/russ...
Need children for wage-slavery or war. Doesn't matter which one as long as you are born in a desperate situation you'll end up there.
apnews.com/article/abor...
apnews.com/article/abor...
Takeaways from AP's report on social safety nets in states that ban abortion
Recent research and an analysis by The Associated Press found states with restrictive abortion laws have more porous safety nets for mothers and young children.
apnews.com
December 30, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Need children for wage-slavery or war. Doesn't matter which one as long as you are born in a desperate situation you'll end up there.
apnews.com/article/abor...
apnews.com/article/abor...
18 environmental journalists killed last year in Honduras
apnews.com/article/hond...
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He fought to save jungles in Honduras. Now his killing haunts environmental defenders
Seven bullets pounded into Juan López outside a small white church on a sunny September afternoon. Another environmental champion in Honduras was dead after leading the fight to protect dense jungle a...
apnews.com
December 30, 2024 at 1:50 PM
18 environmental journalists killed last year in Honduras
apnews.com/article/hond...
apnews.com/article/hond...
Musk: American workers aren't DEDICATED enough. We need to import talent from countries where their people are DESPERATE to escape. It's going to take a little bit until our policies make things desperate enough to here to work 70 hours weeks all year.
#musksucks
#musksucks
December 28, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Musk: American workers aren't DEDICATED enough. We need to import talent from countries where their people are DESPERATE to escape. It's going to take a little bit until our policies make things desperate enough to here to work 70 hours weeks all year.
#musksucks
#musksucks
Reposted by Matty G's Serfdom Blues
Elon Musk Under Federal Review for Brazen Flouting of Clearance Rules
The world’s richest man and close Trump ally is under investigation for hiding info on meetings with foreign leaders.
newrepublic.com/post/189501/...
The world’s richest man and close Trump ally is under investigation for hiding info on meetings with foreign leaders.
newrepublic.com/post/189501/...
Elon Musk Under Federal Review for Brazen Flouting of Clearance Rules
The world’s richest man and close Trump ally is under investigation for hiding info on meetings with foreign leaders.
newrepublic.com
December 28, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Elon Musk Under Federal Review for Brazen Flouting of Clearance Rules
The world’s richest man and close Trump ally is under investigation for hiding info on meetings with foreign leaders.
newrepublic.com/post/189501/...
The world’s richest man and close Trump ally is under investigation for hiding info on meetings with foreign leaders.
newrepublic.com/post/189501/...
Just curious if this is too far enough...asking for a group of humans being eradicated.
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‘Barbaric’: Israeli troops raid, torch Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza
Gaza’s Health Ministry calls on international community to stop Israel’s destruction after troops torch hospital.
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December 28, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Just curious if this is too far enough...asking for a group of humans being eradicated.
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Why things always stay the same. It's on purpose, stay strong.
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Two-thirds of US adults tuning out political news, poll finds
After months of presidential election coverage, new poll highlights years-long trend of political fatigue in US.
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December 26, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Why things always stay the same. It's on purpose, stay strong.
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People are fed up everywhere.
"The colossal protests in Kenya in mid-2024 provide a real-time testimony of the disenchantment of youth ready to fight in the streets for their rights, fed up with elite political classes and interests and disservice by the government."
www.iol.co.za/news/politic...
"The colossal protests in Kenya in mid-2024 provide a real-time testimony of the disenchantment of youth ready to fight in the streets for their rights, fed up with elite political classes and interests and disservice by the government."
www.iol.co.za/news/politic...
The flame of liberation parties in Africa is but a candle in the wind
The political landscape of Africa underwent a seismic shift in 2024, as elections across the continent reshaped governments and challenged the dominance of long-standing liberation movements. Yet, the...
www.iol.co.za
December 25, 2024 at 11:27 PM
People are fed up everywhere.
"The colossal protests in Kenya in mid-2024 provide a real-time testimony of the disenchantment of youth ready to fight in the streets for their rights, fed up with elite political classes and interests and disservice by the government."
www.iol.co.za/news/politic...
"The colossal protests in Kenya in mid-2024 provide a real-time testimony of the disenchantment of youth ready to fight in the streets for their rights, fed up with elite political classes and interests and disservice by the government."
www.iol.co.za/news/politic...
Good article pointing to the court system run outside of public view in which corporations sue governments for acting on climate change, civil rights, and other things that would progress humanity. Let alone these countries.
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Colombia is defending its sovereignty from the power of global corporations
Anyone who cares about democracy and climate action must support them.
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December 25, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Good article pointing to the court system run outside of public view in which corporations sue governments for acting on climate change, civil rights, and other things that would progress humanity. Let alone these countries.
aje.io/10mcoy
aje.io/10mcoy
Centrist Dems are complicit in the undoing of America. Pelosi is just as responsible for America going to fascism as Trump.
www.mediaite.com/politics/bre...
www.mediaite.com/politics/bre...
Progressive AOC Loses Vote to Lead Key Committee to Centrist Democrat
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) beat out Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to become the next Democratic leader of the powerful House Oversight Committee. AOC lost the House Democrats' Steering and Poli...
www.mediaite.com
December 17, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Centrist Dems are complicit in the undoing of America. Pelosi is just as responsible for America going to fascism as Trump.
www.mediaite.com/politics/bre...
www.mediaite.com/politics/bre...
Being 39, I friggin love South Park. They publicly express their thoughts and evolve when shown information otherwise. Not everytime but nobody's perfect.
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South Park Was Surprisingly Great on Trans Issues
When we found out South Park was doing an entire episode about gender identity this season, a few of my trans friends were worried we were about to...
slate.com
December 14, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Being 39, I friggin love South Park. They publicly express their thoughts and evolve when shown information otherwise. Not everytime but nobody's perfect.
slate.com/human-intere...
slate.com/human-intere...
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT! Two huge grocery chains can’t merge, a junk-fee loophole gets plugged, crypto fraud goes to trial, and the Supreme Court has a big day off. www.levernews.com/you-love-to-...
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Big Grocery’s Merger Diet
Two huge grocery chains can’t merge, a junk-fee loophole gets plugged, crypto fraud goes to trial, and the Supreme Court has a big day off.
www.levernews.com
December 14, 2024 at 4:57 PM
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT! Two huge grocery chains can’t merge, a junk-fee loophole gets plugged, crypto fraud goes to trial, and the Supreme Court has a big day off. www.levernews.com/you-love-to-...
All these billionaires are flocking to Trump knowing the presidency is open for sale. Deliberate, open faced corruption that has been screamed about during the election, has come to full fruition. It's the Harding era again.
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-d...
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-d...
www.yahoo.com
December 14, 2024 at 2:22 PM
All these billionaires are flocking to Trump knowing the presidency is open for sale. Deliberate, open faced corruption that has been screamed about during the election, has come to full fruition. It's the Harding era again.
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-d...
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-d...
They need to regulate this
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/p...
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/p...
Florida Republicans grow supermajority as Tampa Democrat switches sides
For Florida Democrats, the move is another blow for a party on a severe losing streak.
www.tallahassee.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:38 PM
They need to regulate this
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/p...
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/p...
The next election can't come soon enough...VA is trying to revert hard into full MAGA. Only reason he's the gov: All the Dems campaigned on was "McAuliffe isn't endorsed by Trump but, by the Central Dems who are backed by different donors...so we're better"
www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Gov. Youngkin wants to pull state funding from 'sanctuary cities' in Virginia: 'We are protecting Virginians'
Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday that part of his budget proposal includes a ban on "sanctuary cities" in Virginia.
www.wtvr.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:58 PM
The next election can't come soon enough...VA is trying to revert hard into full MAGA. Only reason he's the gov: All the Dems campaigned on was "McAuliffe isn't endorsed by Trump but, by the Central Dems who are backed by different donors...so we're better"
www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Chesterfield Virginia School Board voted, last night, to: dead name trans kids, force them to use bathrooms based on birth certificate sex, "Compel" teachers and counselors to out kids to their parents, among other things. This was out forth by the Family Foundation of Virginia. It's a huge loss...
December 11, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Chesterfield Virginia School Board voted, last night, to: dead name trans kids, force them to use bathrooms based on birth certificate sex, "Compel" teachers and counselors to out kids to their parents, among other things. This was out forth by the Family Foundation of Virginia. It's a huge loss...
Nothing to see here, just some old fashioned empire type stuff.
Have we gotten anywhere as a species?
apnews.com/article/isra...
Have we gotten anywhere as a species?
apnews.com/article/isra...
As Israel advances on a Syrian buffer zone, it sees peril and opportunity
The dramatic downfall of Syrian President Bashar Assad presents possible danger, and an opening, for neighboring Israel.
apnews.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Nothing to see here, just some old fashioned empire type stuff.
Have we gotten anywhere as a species?
apnews.com/article/isra...
Have we gotten anywhere as a species?
apnews.com/article/isra...