Nadja Oertelt
nadjaohnadja.bsky.social
Nadja Oertelt
@nadjaohnadja.bsky.social
Science + Media + Technology
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Turns out if you absolutely hollow out the consensus formation machine to protect your class' most miserable dipshits from facing any consequences for their actions then you cant actually just form the consensus anymore by putting in enough money to make it go
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Pikachu was spotted amongst anti-Erdoğan protesters fleeing from police in Antalya, Turkey last night.
March 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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"people should start saving now" is an awful shitty thing to say to the 7.5M disabled people on SSI who legally cannot save more than $2k without losing their benefits which are a max of $943 a month to fucking begin with

www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...
Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says
New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.
www.cnbc.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Vicky finished part two of her essay about the Silicon Reich, a broad overview of all the ways tech has already contributed to building a fascist society, from white-supremacy to the housing crisis to ecological destruction to total individual alienation
The Silicon Reich (part two)
Six weeks since Trump's inauguration, there is less and less question as to whether or not Trump and Musk are pursuing a coup. The forces of normalization are failing in the face of the destructive an...
www.cawshinythings.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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guy who just ate some bread and is about to go to the circus: you know things are going pretty great for me
March 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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1/ Here's my take on what's happening with DOGE.

I've got fed experience through contracting with Health & Human Safety, Head Start, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and DOD. I get brought in when people need to get shit done. Other people here have way more experience than me.
does anyone _really_ want any more opinions about DOGE and what it's doing and how from someone like me
February 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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January 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM