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Jason Pohlman

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They're locking them up today And throwing away the key I wonder who it will be tomorrow, you or me?

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Jason Pohlman @pohlman.bsky.social · Dec 7

NLG Know Your Rights reminder: Shut the f*** up!

YouTube video by National Lawyers Guild, Detroit & MI

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 1d

I am constantly saying this.

That old saw about how "good times make weak men" is true in the sense that stable times with material abundance create reactionaries who want to destroy the systems that protect them because they're too sheltered and stupid to understand that things can get meaningfully worse.

True decadence looks like people who are three generations removed from the cultural memory of polio refusing to vaccinate their children against deadly communicable diseases because they don't like needles and don't think there will be any consequences, not queer dance parties.

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Jason Pohlman @pohlman.bsky.social · 1d

Try saying "That sounds like white people problems to me" to a white person who is ostensibly lefty and "woke" and watch the fireworks. Sorry you're so fragile - do you need to use the fainting couch?

Jason Pohlman @pohlman.bsky.social · 1d

At home, although I'd rather use Libre Office, I use Office LTSC 2024 (no subscription) for 100% compatibility for work purposes.

I've managed to stick with the latest non-subscription version of Nitro rather than pay a subscription for Acrobat, but that might not work for everyone.

Jason Pohlman @pohlman.bsky.social · 1d

Reading Between the Lines on Compact Responses

Universities that rejected the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education emphasized merit in their responses and highlighted core values in turning it down.

www.insidehighered.com

Jason Pohlman @pohlman.bsky.social · 1d

#MusicSky
#MusicChallenge
#Howl-A-Ween

Day 24 - Dreams/Nightmares

King Crimson - One More Red Nightmare

YouTube video by King Crimson

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thewakan.bsky.social @thewakan.bsky.social · 1d

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Jason Pohlman @pohlman.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s immigration enforcers just inked a multimillion-dollar deal for AI-driven social media surveillance software used by the Israeli military and the Pentagon.

@levernews.com

ICE Just Bought A Social Media Surveillance Bot

Trump’s immigration enforcers just inked a multimillion-dollar deal for AI-driven social media surveillance software used by the Israeli military and the Pentagon.

www.levernews.com

Jason Pohlman @pohlman.bsky.social · 2d

Well, of course it sounds bad if you frame it THAT way...

Jason Pohlman @pohlman.bsky.social · 2d

LINK WRAY fire and brimstone 1971

YouTube video by SeagreenSerenade

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Jason Pohlman @pohlman.bsky.social · 2d

LINK WRAY fire and brimstone 1971

YouTube video by SeagreenSerenade

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Jason Pohlman @pohlman.bsky.social · 2d

@newsguard.bsky.social

OpenAI’s Sora Makes Hoax Videos. Here’s How to Spot Them

Tips and tricks to identify AI-generated videos, including those produced by OpenAI’s Sora 2 text-to-video model

www.newsguardrealitycheck.com

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 3d

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

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Jason Pohlman @pohlman.bsky.social · 2d

The Nine Principles of Propaganda
1. LIE BIG Big lies work better than small because the masses won't believe that anyone would lie "about that."
2. FOCUS Don't make it complicated, ignore history, keep it simple for simple minds.
3. REPEAT People cannot tell the difference between facts and familiarity. If they hear the same words repeated enough, they become true in their minds.
4. BLAME Never credit the other side, always blame, debase, defame, and dehumanize.
5. PROVOKE Outrage, fear, and resentment are more powerful than reason, logic, or facts.
6. CRISIS Issues must be life or death, good vs evil, love vs hate, us vs them. Urgency defeats objection.
7. EMOTION A person might question facts, but they will never question their own feelings. Go emotional.
8. PANDER Ignore reasonable arguments, demonize all who disagree as having bad intentions.
9. NO LIMITS Morality is for losers. The victor's morality will not be questioned. No limits.

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Phoenix Wise & The Resistance @phoenixwise.bsky.social · 2d

World Premier!
Outstanding protest rock song, The Hypocrite
5th release off the upcoming album, Songs of Protest & Passion Volume II
Rock against tRump, fascism, & all the evil & destructive RepubliKKKans!
Resist, Protest, & Imprison tRump!
theresistance-officialpage.bandcamp.com/track/the-hy...

The Hypocrite, by Phoenix Wise & The Resistance

track by Phoenix Wise & The Resistance

theresistance-officialpage.bandcamp.com

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Jason Pohlman @pohlman.bsky.social · 2d

From Inglourious Basterds, Raine is about to carve a swastika into Landa's forehead.

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Dr. Stacey Patton @drstaceypatton.bsky.social · 3d

This essay breaks down why so many white allies demand emotional reimbursement the moment a Black writer critiques whiteness.
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...

White People Hate Being Called 'White People'

The good-white identity isn’t an escape from whiteness, it’s just a the most sophisticated evolution of whiteness.

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Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 9d

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Chaos Cherub @biensur-jetaime.blacksky.app · 4d

Ngl, seeing “you’re holding the nazi tatted racist white man to impossible standards” as a Black woman, aka the demographic ACTUALLY held to impossible standards, pisses me off deeply. The bar is so low for them and they still can’t clear it, but we’re “ideological purists” for pointing that out.