"Men who sell machines that mimic people want us to become people who mimic machines. They want techno feudal subjects who will believe and do what they’re told. We, as people, are being strategically simplified. This is a fascist process."

organizingmythoughts.org/some-thought...

What if mad cow, but for the internet.

"The medical system has not failed. It has been systematically dismantled through a sustained military campaign that has willfully violated international humanitarian law. Civilians are now dying not just from the constant airstrikes, but from acute malnutrition, sepsis, exposure and despair.

International doctors and healthcare workers report they’re increasingly being blocked by Israel from entering Gaza, with specialists approved for exits but denied new entry visas in what advocates are calling an “undeclared medical siege.”

www.democracynow.org/2025/5/29/he...

"It’s impossible not to worry about the cuts, especially as the grand plan is to create a southern Appalachian flood and hazard centre to better understand and prepare the entire region’s mountain communities for extreme weather and related hazards, including flash floods, landslides and tornadoes."

This is terrible and I really wish scientists had heeded the warnings from colleagues in the liberal arts

literally nothing

I did some math today about the #NEH Preservation Assistance Grants that were cancelled. The grant usually funds about 65 institutions a year and the max award is $10K. The base cost for a 2025 Cybertruck is about $70K, so the whole PAG program costs less than 10 Cybertrucks. It’s so infuriating.

If you ever wondered what kind of people saw the Abu Ghraib torture photos as aspirational rather than horrific, well it turns out several of them are now elected officials serving in the U.S. Congress.