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The meaningless absurdity of life is the only incontestable knowledge accessible to man.

~Leo Tolstoy
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February 5, 2024 at 3:01 AM
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The term "Luddite" as a pejorative synonym for "technophobe" was a technocrat PR coup; that's not what Luddites were about. They were a labour movement fighting to give workers control over technologies which were advancing w/o oversight and rapidly automating them out of their jobs. Sound familiar?
February 4, 2024 at 6:41 PM
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It's really depressing but all too predictable that the average Americans' first reaction to three soldiers dying in Jordan was:

"WE GOTTA GET EVEN!" and not
"Wait... What the fuck are we doing in Jordan?"
Secret Troops In The Middle East | Ken Klippenstein | TMR
Live-streamed on 02/01/2024Ken Klippenstein, investigative reporter at the Intercept, discusses his recent reporting on the U.S.’s covert military presence i...
youtu.be
February 4, 2024 at 10:26 PM