Zonkism
@zonkism.bsky.social
Twitter refugee. Here for intelligent discourse, open minds, and healthy and sane social media experience.
Hacker, maker, and anthropologist.
I love disc golf, soccer, and gardening,
One foot in the spirit world and one foot in the technology world.
Hacker, maker, and anthropologist.
I love disc golf, soccer, and gardening,
One foot in the spirit world and one foot in the technology world.
Liberation day was really about liberating us from our 401K and investment accounts. Who could have expected this from someone who has more failed businesses than actual number of felony accounts which is astonishing in its own right.
April 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Liberation day was really about liberating us from our 401K and investment accounts. Who could have expected this from someone who has more failed businesses than actual number of felony accounts which is astonishing in its own right.
Do you see the fascism yet? Surely you are recognizing it by now....
Mocking people you arrest, using them as props for your social media content, celebrating with emojis when you kill civilians - it's all monstrous and fascist
March 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Do you see the fascism yet? Surely you are recognizing it by now....
Asking Green Day to revamp "American Idiot" for current times
March 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Asking Green Day to revamp "American Idiot" for current times
Please don't go to this website and report your local Christian private schools. And definitely don't use a LLM to generate fake reports for this form. And absolutely don't upload random large files that might fill up disk space on their server...
February 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Please don't go to this website and report your local Christian private schools. And definitely don't use a LLM to generate fake reports for this form. And absolutely don't upload random large files that might fill up disk space on their server...
another sobering article that really paints the picture...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
another sobering article that really paints the picture...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Here is some required reading that attempts to make sense of the DOGE chaos
pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/b...
pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/b...
Pluralistic: “The Fagin figure leading Elon Musk’s merry band of pubescent sovereignty pickpockets” (07 Feb 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
February 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Here is some required reading that attempts to make sense of the DOGE chaos
pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/b...
pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/b...
" More recently, researchers have found that the viral outrage disseminated on social media in response to these ridiculous claims actually reduces the effectiveness of collective action."
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
" More recently, researchers have found that the viral outrage disseminated on social media in response to these ridiculous claims actually reduces the effectiveness of collective action."
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
For those who dabble in activism, you may find this to be useful
infosecforactivists.org
infosecforactivists.org
Infosec 101 for Activists
Website: https://infosecforactivists.org/
PDF: https://infosecforactivists.org/Infosec_for_Activists.pdf
Introduction America has a strong tradition of activism, dating back to slave revolts and indig...
infosecforactivists.org
February 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
For those who dabble in activism, you may find this to be useful
infosecforactivists.org
infosecforactivists.org
It is so surreal/dystopian watching the same playbook private equity vulture capitalism uses on businesses being applied to our federal institutions...
February 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It is so surreal/dystopian watching the same playbook private equity vulture capitalism uses on businesses being applied to our federal institutions...
Ya'll it is going to get weird. Learn the new models.
February 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Ya'll it is going to get weird. Learn the new models.
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1947 yt video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K6-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K6-...
Post-WW2 Anti-Fascist Educational Film | Don't Be a Sucker | 1947
YouTube video by The Best Film Archives
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
1947 yt video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K6-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K6-...
Under no circumstances should you view or conduct anything in this field manual...
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2...
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2...
Simple Sabotage Field Manual
www.gutenberg.org
January 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Under no circumstances should you view or conduct anything in this field manual...
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2...
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2...
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if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools
January 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools
Bruh, we don't want Greenland, we want a stable economy and affordable healthcare. Read the goddamn room...
January 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Bruh, we don't want Greenland, we want a stable economy and affordable healthcare. Read the goddamn room...
Hey SkyFam. Are you worried about these authoritarians and the new techno surveillance state having all of your data? There is something you can do....
github.com/yaelwrites/B...
github.com/yaelwrites/B...
GitHub - yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List
Contribute to yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Hey SkyFam. Are you worried about these authoritarians and the new techno surveillance state having all of your data? There is something you can do....
github.com/yaelwrites/B...
github.com/yaelwrites/B...
January 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Do you want to take some kind of action instead of falling into the doom pit of despair? Nazis and Fascists really have civil liberties and your freedoms. The ACLU is your best defense.
action.aclu.org/give/pm-dona...
action.aclu.org/give/pm-dona...
Donate to the ACLU
Fight back against bigotry, injustice and inequality. Make your donation to the ACLU today.
action.aclu.org
January 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Do you want to take some kind of action instead of falling into the doom pit of despair? Nazis and Fascists really have civil liberties and your freedoms. The ACLU is your best defense.
action.aclu.org/give/pm-dona...
action.aclu.org/give/pm-dona...
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“The point of modern propaganda isn’t only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth…
And once truth is gone, they can build an empire of lies…
Just keep repeating the facts.
Stop giving equal time to lies.”
Garry Kasparov
bsky.app/profile/garr...
And once truth is gone, they can build an empire of lies…
Just keep repeating the facts.
Stop giving equal time to lies.”
Garry Kasparov
bsky.app/profile/garr...
January 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn’t only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth…
And once truth is gone, they can build an empire of lies…
Just keep repeating the facts.
Stop giving equal time to lies.”
Garry Kasparov
bsky.app/profile/garr...
And once truth is gone, they can build an empire of lies…
Just keep repeating the facts.
Stop giving equal time to lies.”
Garry Kasparov
bsky.app/profile/garr...
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New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
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In all seriousness: the last 2 weeks of TikTok posturing and Zuck grovelling, combined with the X insanity of the last year, should show you that an app with a feed that you don’t control serves *other people’s interests* - not yours.
January 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In all seriousness: the last 2 weeks of TikTok posturing and Zuck grovelling, combined with the X insanity of the last year, should show you that an app with a feed that you don’t control serves *other people’s interests* - not yours.
I see we are going to try for Manifest Destiny 2: The electric Boogaloo for the next 4 years....
January 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I see we are going to try for Manifest Destiny 2: The electric Boogaloo for the next 4 years....