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troytop
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Software guy and p̶a̶r̶t̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶ f̶a̶i̶l̶e̶d̶ retired musician.

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Every once in a while, one of the disjoint belief spheres created by compartmentalized influence campaigns overflow their boundaries into the common public awareness. This produces surprise in one segment of the population, as the sentiments programmed into the other segment surge to the surface […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
September 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Alright, this took way longer to make than I am willing to admit. But the fact it didn't exist bugged me.
#shitpost #meme #eattherich #nobillionaires
July 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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No Gods. No Masters.
April 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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3.5 Million people were marching in the streets of the US yesterday.

That’s 1% of the entire population that came out.

More than the populations of Vermont, Minnesota, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota combined.

Almost the entire population of Austin, Dallas, and Houston together.

The […]
Original post on xeno.glyphpress.com
xeno.glyphpress.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Quoting @pluralistic again: "Trump has torn up the rules to the labor game, but that doesn't mean the game ends. That just means there are no rules." I just found the perfect analogy for what the #democrats are up against: #stockfish vs. #chatgpt https://www.reddit.com/r/AnarchyChess/s/SPTjxaAPKY
Cory Doctorow
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow. Archived at pluralistic.net I post long threads. If you don't like these in your timeline but want to read them, I suggest unfollowing me here and subscribing to my RSS, or my newsletter, or any of my various long-form feeds. Links at https://pluralistic.net.
mamot.fr
April 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Ready to shout into the void about #cdnpoli in #vancouver, but if VoteWell is going to try to throw our star NDP MPs under the bus, it must be said: You don't vote for the leader, you vote for your MP. Look at who they are.

388canada has this projection for […]

[Original post on mastodon.top]
April 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
He could not force himself to understand how banks functioned and so forth, because all the operations of capitalism were as meaningless to him as the rites of a primitive religion, as barbaric, as elaborate, and as unnecessary. In a human sacrifice to deity there might be at least a mistaken […]
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mastodon.top
March 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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The last time I was in New Zealand I gave what I think of as my most important the least good talk. Friends, I was out over my skies in a big way. People did not enjoy that talk. But I was trying to say something so important. More than any other talk. I think @dymaxion and I got some of it out […]
Original post on social.circl.lu
social.circl.lu
March 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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"Move fast and break things" only works for the people who've never had to clean up after themselves.
February 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Trump has torn up the rules to the labor game, but that doesn't mean the game ends. That just means there are no rules." https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/29/which-side-are-you-on-2/#strike-three-yer-out
January 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
You're a fraud @ttopnik.bsky.social but you come by it honestly.
January 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM