Lawrence Meckan
@absalomedia.bsky.social
Tech unicorn with a difference. a11y, i18n, eCommerce, SASS, UX, AI/ML are my forte. Known for cancelling Nazis. RTs are food for thought & ≠ endorsements.
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memories from the campaign trail that are relevant right now
Trump says ‘violent day’ of policing will end crime
The remarks at a campaign rally Sunday did not amount to a policy proposal allowing police retaliation, the former president’s campaign said.
www.politico.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:39 AM
memories from the campaign trail that are relevant right now
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Get ready for the return of “Pope Endorses Donald Trump” and other similar viral bullshit.
This is part of the redefinition of “freedom of speech” to mean “freedom from moderation,” where any limit on algorithmic boosting or virality at all is “”censorship””.
www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
This is part of the redefinition of “freedom of speech” to mean “freedom from moderation,” where any limit on algorithmic boosting or virality at all is “”censorship””.
www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
Meta just flipped the switch that prevents misinformation from spreading in the United States
The company built effective systems to reduce the reach of fake news. Last week, it shut them down
www.platformer.news
January 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Get ready for the return of “Pope Endorses Donald Trump” and other similar viral bullshit.
This is part of the redefinition of “freedom of speech” to mean “freedom from moderation,” where any limit on algorithmic boosting or virality at all is “”censorship””.
www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
This is part of the redefinition of “freedom of speech” to mean “freedom from moderation,” where any limit on algorithmic boosting or virality at all is “”censorship””.
www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
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"Learn CIA-proven tactics to build better relationships" is such a hilariously dark pitch, jesus christ MasterClass
December 21, 2024 at 8:36 PM
"Learn CIA-proven tactics to build better relationships" is such a hilariously dark pitch, jesus christ MasterClass
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hour #4 hunched over my big red plastic ipad w/ headphones at carrabbas watching analysis tubers yell at bojack horseman like hes a real guy
December 19, 2024 at 4:17 AM
hour #4 hunched over my big red plastic ipad w/ headphones at carrabbas watching analysis tubers yell at bojack horseman like hes a real guy
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The government is going to get shut down because this oligarch dipshit believes blatant lies from the dumbest person on Twitter.
December 19, 2024 at 4:17 AM
The government is going to get shut down because this oligarch dipshit believes blatant lies from the dumbest person on Twitter.
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Robodebt. The sports gambling and pokies industries. Kicking people off the NDIS. The housing/homelessness crisis. Climate change. Health outcomes in coal communities. Attacking minorities for political gain.
People are dying/have died from all. People chose to do it.
People are dying/have died from all. People chose to do it.
![Abstract
In 1845, Friedrich Engels identified how the living and working conditions experienced by English workers sent them prematurely to the grave, arguing that those responsible for these conditions -- ruling authorities and the bourgeoisie -- were committing social murder.
The concept remained, for the most part, dormant in academic journals through the 1900s. Since 2000, there has been a revival of the social murder concept with its growth especially evident in the UK over the last decade as a result
of the Grenfell Tower Fire and the effects of austerity imposed by successive Conservative governments. The purpose of this paper is to [ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cq6h3thy634ss5y4rzb3j3x6/bafkreidn5kthoyjoprc3oaonhc47dvsm4s2uo2nyeyzkfqn2faniyay4ze@jpeg)
December 9, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Robodebt. The sports gambling and pokies industries. Kicking people off the NDIS. The housing/homelessness crisis. Climate change. Health outcomes in coal communities. Attacking minorities for political gain.
People are dying/have died from all. People chose to do it.
People are dying/have died from all. People chose to do it.
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What if I told you the gun rather than the mask should be the subject of both policy concern and social stigma
Mayor Eric Adams is continuing his anti-mask war on disabled people. He truly has incredible priorities. I imagine a mask ban is imminent because won't someone think of the billionaire CEOs. It goes without saying that banning masks or forcing people to unmask will disproportionally impact POC.
December 9, 2024 at 8:10 PM
What if I told you the gun rather than the mask should be the subject of both policy concern and social stigma
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i just emailed NYPD:
December 9, 2024 at 12:07 AM
i just emailed NYPD:
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As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment. hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...
Two Very Different Manhattan Murder Investigations
The NYPD spent countless hours and resources searching for a CEO’s killer, but has made little evident progress on the fatal stabbing of a migrant teen.
hellgatenyc.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:19 PM
As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment. hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...
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In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising.
I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.
If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.
If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
December 5, 2024 at 9:12 PM
In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising.
I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.
If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.
If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
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a cloak believed to belong to the shooter transformed into a dozen beautiful white doves and flew away, Authorities said,
December 8, 2024 at 1:32 AM
a cloak believed to belong to the shooter transformed into a dozen beautiful white doves and flew away, Authorities said,
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"Tech" leadership is overrun with financiers who cosplay as inventors.
December 3, 2024 at 12:29 AM
"Tech" leadership is overrun with financiers who cosplay as inventors.
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Woolworths takes $50m hit as strike leads to empty shelves
Woolworths takes $50m hit as strike leads to empty shelves
The supermarket giant filed an urgent application with the Fair Work Commission to end industrial action blocking distribution centres
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Australia’s biggest supermarket chain, Woolworths, says it has lost $50m in grocery sales since the start of industrial action that has disrupted the flow of goods into some of its stores.
More than 1,500 Woolworths warehouse workers have been on strike since 21 November, seeking better pay and safety on the job. Industrial action has affected up to five distribution centres, impacting supplies in some stores in Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT.
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December 3, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Woolworths takes $50m hit as strike leads to empty shelves
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While on the topic of crypto industry Trump donors actively being sued/investigated by the SEC:
• Marc Andreessen: $5.35 million (received letters from SEC re: Uniswap, invested in targets of SEC incl Ripple, Coinbase)
• Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss: $2.6 million (co-founded Gemini, sued by SEC)
• Marc Andreessen: $5.35 million (received letters from SEC re: Uniswap, invested in targets of SEC incl Ripple, Coinbase)
• Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss: $2.6 million (co-founded Gemini, sued by SEC)
Call me crazy, but I think Justin Sun, a Chinese national being prosecuted for fraud by the SEC, sending Trump $18 million should be a bigger story
The direct enrichment of Trump by a foreign national weeks before he takes office has merited no coverage in the NYT or Washington Post
The direct enrichment of Trump by a foreign national weeks before he takes office has merited no coverage in the NYT or Washington Post
A Chinese national, charged with fraud by the SEC, just sent Donald Trump $18 million
Chinese Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun paid $6.2 million for a banana — sold by Sotheby's as conceptual art — and then ate it last Friday.
popular.info
December 3, 2024 at 1:31 AM
While on the topic of crypto industry Trump donors actively being sued/investigated by the SEC:
• Marc Andreessen: $5.35 million (received letters from SEC re: Uniswap, invested in targets of SEC incl Ripple, Coinbase)
• Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss: $2.6 million (co-founded Gemini, sued by SEC)
• Marc Andreessen: $5.35 million (received letters from SEC re: Uniswap, invested in targets of SEC incl Ripple, Coinbase)
• Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss: $2.6 million (co-founded Gemini, sued by SEC)
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This is it, exactly. Why it’s vital to specify whether “tech” means “the richest dudes in the history if the world, who are fascists”, or “immmigrant workers on visas who are threatened with deportation if they complain”. anildash.com/2023/07/07/v...
November 30, 2024 at 7:30 PM
This is it, exactly. Why it’s vital to specify whether “tech” means “the richest dudes in the history if the world, who are fascists”, or “immmigrant workers on visas who are threatened with deportation if they complain”. anildash.com/2023/07/07/v...
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Be the internal server error you wish to see in the world
November 25, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Be the internal server error you wish to see in the world
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Louder, for the people in the back:
I don't fight because I'm sure I'm going to win. I do it because I know that a world in which I don't fight will be worse.
I don't fight because I'm sure I'm going to win. I do it because I know that a world in which I don't fight will be worse.
November 26, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Louder, for the people in the back:
I don't fight because I'm sure I'm going to win. I do it because I know that a world in which I don't fight will be worse.
I don't fight because I'm sure I'm going to win. I do it because I know that a world in which I don't fight will be worse.
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Oh no
Oregon Trail was made and distributed by a software company directed owned and operated by the state of Minnesota. Actual socialism!
November 26, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Oh no
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I swear to fucking god if y'all don't cut this shit out i will climb back there
November 26, 2024 at 6:37 AM
I swear to fucking god if y'all don't cut this shit out i will climb back there
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This is also a great and comprehensive guide for evaluating your own threat model and taking steps to protect yourself.
Surveillance Self-Defense
We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an independent non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and y...
ssd.eff.org
November 25, 2024 at 10:21 PM
This is also a great and comprehensive guide for evaluating your own threat model and taking steps to protect yourself.
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One of the anti-trans groups has written a submission in favour of the social media ban because social media can lead to "catfishing, grooming and other propaganda and brainwashing techniques".
November 25, 2024 at 11:03 PM
One of the anti-trans groups has written a submission in favour of the social media ban because social media can lead to "catfishing, grooming and other propaganda and brainwashing techniques".
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There are plenty of shitty amoral climbers like Nancy Mace who insincerely pretended to be tolerant before and now are being super bigoted — not out of any genuine conviction, but to get attention and votes and out of sociopathic indifference to the people it hurts.
NEW: Nancy Mace as recently as 2023 called herself “pro-transgender rights” and said she supported children exploring gender identities with different hairstyles, clothing and pronouns — Mace is now calling trans people “mentally ill” and targeting Rep. Sarah McBride. www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/p...
Nancy Mace, now targeting transgender lawmaker, called herself ‘pro-transgender rights’ in 2023 | CNN Politics
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace as recently as last year called herself “pro-transgender rights” and said she supported children exploring gender identities with different hairstyles, clothing and preferre...
www.cnn.com
November 25, 2024 at 11:40 PM
There are plenty of shitty amoral climbers like Nancy Mace who insincerely pretended to be tolerant before and now are being super bigoted — not out of any genuine conviction, but to get attention and votes and out of sociopathic indifference to the people it hurts.
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Hungary’s blood trade www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Hungary’s most deprived people donate blood plasma to survive – photo essay
The documentary photographer Béla Váradi spent months photographing the lives of people who see plasma donation as a way to get by
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Hungary’s blood trade www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...