P. Orin Zack
@gznork26.bsky.social
Spent a career in IT stacking bits and stringing words.
High point: NASA/JPL's Deep Space Network during Voyager 1's encounter at Saturn.
Wrote 3 novels & 200+ short stories.
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Help fix the OS of our self-governance.
#gOS_2.0
High point: NASA/JPL's Deep Space Network during Voyager 1's encounter at Saturn.
Wrote 3 novels & 200+ short stories.
klurgsheld.wordpress.com
Help fix the OS of our self-governance.
#gOS_2.0
They found a way to present reality that serves their needs, but is utterly false, because they have no concern for others, and think there will be no consequences.
It is a cult.
It is a cult.
December 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
They found a way to present reality that serves their needs, but is utterly false, because they have no concern for others, and think there will be no consequences.
It is a cult.
It is a cult.
And you have a taste for fiction about how people might counter anti-protest tech, browse Cory Doctorow’s novels.
December 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
And you have a taste for fiction about how people might counter anti-protest tech, browse Cory Doctorow’s novels.
Does anyone here have insight about how their stance changed over time? Was it due to internal or external influences? Which people or organizations were instrumental in how it went down? What was the timeline?
December 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Does anyone here have insight about how their stance changed over time? Was it due to internal or external influences? Which people or organizations were instrumental in how it went down? What was the timeline?
Other workers can come together as well. Democracy is not just for government.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQMZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQMZ...
We Found A Solution To America's Inequality. It's Not Where You'd Expect.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Other workers can come together as well. Democracy is not just for government.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQMZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQMZ...
I prefer Twain's: "The War Prayer", which he forbid publication until after his death. (I have a copy of the illustrated edition in the picture.)
ia800306.us.archive.org/14/items/War...
ia800306.us.archive.org/14/items/War...
December 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I prefer Twain's: "The War Prayer", which he forbid publication until after his death. (I have a copy of the illustrated edition in the picture.)
ia800306.us.archive.org/14/items/War...
ia800306.us.archive.org/14/items/War...
Scrap what's left of the desecrated WH in a ceremonial televised cleansing by fire, followed by building a replacement in parallel with developing a new Constitution without the flaws that allowed this to happen.
December 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Scrap what's left of the desecrated WH in a ceremonial televised cleansing by fire, followed by building a replacement in parallel with developing a new Constitution without the flaws that allowed this to happen.
Winston Smith probably got lists like this to remove from the dictionary. They're leaning into the Sapir-Worf Hypothesis: if you don't have a word for something, you can't even think about it. Beware of more orders to remove words. That way lies Thought-Crime.
December 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Winston Smith probably got lists like this to remove from the dictionary. They're leaning into the Sapir-Worf Hypothesis: if you don't have a word for something, you can't even think about it. Beware of more orders to remove words. That way lies Thought-Crime.
There will be more to do once he’s removed from office.
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
There will be more to do once he’s removed from office.
I'll take it as read that the for-profit school in the for-profit family prison won't have any oversight, so it can brainwash its captives. Disgusting.
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I'll take it as read that the for-profit school in the for-profit family prison won't have any oversight, so it can brainwash its captives. Disgusting.
When you're pitching to rubes who won't question your claims, the only important thing is that price. It's disingenuous by the pitchman, manipulative, and shows how little they think of the target of their propaganda.
December 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
When you're pitching to rubes who won't question your claims, the only important thing is that price. It's disingenuous by the pitchman, manipulative, and shows how little they think of the target of their propaganda.
A bunch of years ago, one of my kidneys failed. The specialist I was referred to said that it would only get worse, and then I would die, but it could be put off with dialysis once the remaining one got bad enough. I left.
Since then, my one kidney has been stable.
Since then, my one kidney has been stable.
December 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A bunch of years ago, one of my kidneys failed. The specialist I was referred to said that it would only get worse, and then I would die, but it could be put off with dialysis once the remaining one got bad enough. I left.
Since then, my one kidney has been stable.
Since then, my one kidney has been stable.
Far more than removing Trump is needed. This was enabled through people in public office, those using money to corrupt the system, and bugs in the Constitution.
December 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Far more than removing Trump is needed. This was enabled through people in public office, those using money to corrupt the system, and bugs in the Constitution.
Knowing how our system of self-governance has been corrupted by such people, we must alter that system to prevent recurrence. Elected or appointed roles are user accounts to gov't; they should have role-specific requirements, limitations, and consequences for violation.
December 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Knowing how our system of self-governance has been corrupted by such people, we must alter that system to prevent recurrence. Elected or appointed roles are user accounts to gov't; they should have role-specific requirements, limitations, and consequences for violation.
Reposted by P. Orin Zack
It goes hand-in-hand with them believing that being rich means that you are chosen of god, and therefore god asserts that they are superior to those who are not.
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It goes hand-in-hand with them believing that being rich means that you are chosen of god, and therefore god asserts that they are superior to those who are not.
How about this...? It's in quotes because he knows he's just a figurehead/frontman, and the actual work is done by other people. He gets the adulation he craves this way, and he's protected from responsibility, like he has been all his life.
December 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
How about this...? It's in quotes because he knows he's just a figurehead/frontman, and the actual work is done by other people. He gets the adulation he craves this way, and he's protected from responsibility, like he has been all his life.
Thus demonstrating that the person making decisions about any technical field MUST have knowledge of that field as a firm job requirement.
December 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Thus demonstrating that the person making decisions about any technical field MUST have knowledge of that field as a firm job requirement.
Don't forget to subscribe to the AltGov labeler, so you won't get taken in by impostors.
December 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Don't forget to subscribe to the AltGov labeler, so you won't get taken in by impostors.
Makes me wonder what they're going to do about any mention of historical sites related to solar eclipses. After all, the bible says god created day and night. That makes an eclipse non-binary!
December 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Makes me wonder what they're going to do about any mention of historical sites related to solar eclipses. After all, the bible says god created day and night. That makes an eclipse non-binary!