"In his own twisted way, Donald Trump has become a unifying figure. He’s more politically divisive than ever, but his outright attacks on liberal democracy everywhere have managed to rally America’s traditional allies against a common threat — one he sees when he looks in the mirror."
~ Stephen Robinson
#Trump #authoritarianism #Canada #Mexico #Europe #NATO #Putin #democracy
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Trump has united the free world against a grave threat
It's coming from inside the White House.Stephen Robinson (Public Notice)
Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody (Original Video)
Aaliyah - Are You That SomebodyListen & Download 'Are You That Somebody' out now - https://aaliyah.ffm.to/areyouthatsomebody.oydRemastered in 4K coming soon!...YouTube
Ms. Jade's "Big Head" is also excellent work.
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Ms. Jade - Big Head
Music video by Ms. Jade performing Big Head. (C) 2002 Beat Club Records/Interscope RecordsYouTube
Thank you to @maryrobinette for giving me space on her blog today to talk about "My Favorite Bit" of LITANY FOR A BROKEN WORLD.
I won't keep you in suspense: My favorite bit is Poplar. I mean, it wasn't even close. She really is the best good dog.
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My Favorite Bit: LJ Cohen talks about LITANY FOR A BROKEN WORLD
[author] is joining us today to talk about her novel, A Litany for a Broken World Here’s the publisher’s description: A young girl’s disastrous first foray through the multiverse cleaves her …Mary Robinette Kowal
Regal Portraits Evoke Myth and Power in Simone Elizabeth Saunders’ Hand-Tufted Textiles
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#art #textiles #fiberart #portraits #feminism
Regal Portraits Evoke Myth and Power in Simone Elizabeth Saunders' Hand-Tufted Textiles — Colossal
Simone Saunders' hand-tufted portraits merge cultural narratives and history with mythology, nostalgia, identity, and personal experiences.Kate Mothes (Colossal)
Joe Pyne: America's first angry talk show host
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5324671/joe-pyne-shock-jock-talk-radio?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Drivers and kernel-level software can't be translated automatically by Windows.
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Epic Games is addressing one of Windows-on-Arm’s last big app compatibility gaps
Drivers and kernel-level software can’t be translated automatically by Windows.Andrew Cunningham (Ars Technica)
Can the Trump administration legally deport Palestinian rights advocate Mahmoud Khalil? 3 things to know about green card holders’ rights
Lawful permanent residents hold many of the same rights that US citizens have, but the government can deport them on certain, often vague, security grounds.The Conversation
HD Hyundai to help commercialise TerraPower SMR
TerraPower has announced a strategic collaboration with South Korean conglomerate HD Hyundai to expand the global manufacturing supply chain for Natrium small modular reactors, supporting the rapid commercialisation of the advanced nuclear technology…World Nuclear News
A dire warning for everyone in the “LGB” part who thought they could keep themselves safe from the fash by throwing “TQIA+” under the bus:
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And if you’re none of the above, if you thought that is an LGB-specific warning and not addressed to •you•, I promise you, whatever •your• letter is, they’re coming for yours sooner than you think. Stop them now or pay later.
Republican state lawmakers galvanize to attack same-sex marriage
The recent wave of GOP-led bills comes as Trump becomes emboldened in orders against LGBTQ+ communitiesMaya Yang (The Guardian)
Something that makes fascism a particularly pernicious form of authoritarianism is that it doesn’t just need the population crushed and subservient; it needs to •keep actively destroying• whole subsets of the population in order to stay alive.
Fascism is a fire. Its fuel is the othering of minority groups; its oxygen is fear. It will keep finding — creating, if necessary — more and more “others,” without limit. Unless you cut off that oxygen or that fuel, it will keep on burning until there’s nobody left.
HEREs THE THING, centuries old alarm bells came to a head in 2024:
1. the attacks on the 1st Black woman president of Harvard
2. the attacks on students protesting genocide
3. the state-sponsored murder of WHITE WOMEN in need of abortions
but what distinguishes these attacks on trans folks is that #techbros & #MAGA are saying TRANS WHITE CHILDREN DESERVE TO DIE, not to transition into healthy, out and proud lives.
Musk wants his trans daugter dead.
scream that from the rooftops
13 March 1913 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Henriette Roode, was born in Onstwedde.
In November 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
I read that Meta/Facebook was took legal action to halt the promotion of "Careless People", the recently released tell-all memoire from whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams.
So I did the logical thing and purchased a copy from Bookshop.org. I sure Zuck would hate it if others did the same thing.
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Eigentlich war ich schon raus, doch nun muss der alte Bundestag noch einmal ran: Heute und am Dienstag entscheiden wir über Grundgesetzänderungen – zur Schuldenbremse und zum Sondervermögen Infrastruktur.
Wir Grünen gehen mit einem eigenen Antrag in die Verhandlungen. Was CDU/CSU und SPD jetzt fordern, sagen wir seit Langem – auch im Wahlkampf. Doch erst, wenn die Realität sie einholt, kommt die Einsicht. Das ist nicht glaubwürdig.
31 separate actions roll back restrictions on air and water pollution.
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Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.The New Republic
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“Here’s hoping Elon #Musk won’t have to personally fix Trump’s new EV anytime soon.
Donald #Trump Bought a $90,000 #Tesla With 37 Recall Notices Against It” | WIRED wired.com/story/donald-trump-b…
Trump before the election: “On day one, I will lower grocery prices”
Trump now (attached): “… the U.S. will shortly place a 200% Tariff on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, & ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS …”
Let him do it — the US voters will soon realize, living in a Trump economy where everything is tariffed to death, will only crash the US economy.
31 separate actions roll back restrictions on air and water pollution.
arstechnica.com/uncategorized/…
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Etiquette Question:
Should I have Molson's and Nanaimo bars ready in case we become Southern Canada?
@nusher That's a pretty good description.
For some reason nanaimo bars seem to have flown under the radar here in the UK, but they're absolutely delicious and easy to make. You can experiment with all sorts of flavours and colours, too.
Previously: sensory input was set on "off.”
Recently: sensory input switched to “max +.”
Exception: sensory input reverts to "off” around other people.
Goal: sensory input in the "not overwhelming but also not muted" range.
#CatsOfMastadon #DogsOfMastadon #Retirement
~ Tom Waits
I like the first half of that quote too.
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All The Bad Days - Tom Waits Speech (Official Audio)
An amazing little poem as featured in Tom Waits' Big Time (1988) in new edit.Text:This is about all the bad days in the world...I used to have some little ba...YouTube
Auntie PJ said while she was crocheting that it was just 3D printing by hand. I’m pretty sure that’s the most hardcore thing she’s ever said…
I have lost count of the number of people at Embedded World who have asked me ’what is memory safety?'
If anyone is wondering how embedded security is going...
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EPA administrator Zeldin says it is necessary "to protect consumer choice."
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The EPA is scrapping fuel economy regs, claiming it will bring back US jobs
EPA administrator Zeldin says it is necessary “to protect consumer choice.”…Jonathan M. Gitlin (Ars Technica)
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Finland and Ukraine have signed a bilateral defense cooperation agreement. Finland's defense ministry said it would give a new military aid package to Ukraine, worth around 200 million euros ($217.48 million), including artillery ammunition to help in the war with Russia.
Finnish Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen visited Kyiv.
The visit continued the dialogue on cooperation and exchange of experience within the framework of the signed agreement on security cooperation
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"We don’t know why Trump is doing Putin’s bidding, but we do know that by creating senseless tensions between the US and our historic allies in North America and Europe, he’s doing it all the same."
#Trump #authoritarianism #Canada #Mexico #Europe #NATO #Putin #democracy
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •“Trump and Musk are engaged in a broad-based downsizing of government, using that downsizing to selectively target their enemies, while expanding their political power by trading exceptions to the downsizing.”
~ Don Moynihan
#Musk #Trump #authoritarianism #FederalGovernment #Europe #NATO #Putin #power
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Trump and Musk are building a new spoils system
Don Moynihan (Can We Still Govern?)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"It's not the sort of old empire style of 20th century dictatorship. It is transnational organized crime mixed with technology."
~ Sarah Kendzior
#Musk #Trump #authoritarianism #FederalGovernment #Europe #NATO #Putin #power #broligarchy #crime
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How The Broligarchy Conquered America: An Interview With Sarah Kendzior
THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •""In 2025 the Republicans in charge of the United States of America are not the conservatives they call themselves; they are the dangerous ideological radicals [Edmund] Burke feared. They are abruptly dismantling a government that has kept the United States relatively prosperous, secure, and healthy for the past 80 years."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Musk #Trump #authoritarianism #FederalGovernment #Europe #NATO #Putin #power
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March 12, 2025
Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •Laurie Winer cites history to insist that "MAGA will continue to believe what the leader says up until the very brink of disaster":
In the summer of 1939, three months after Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia, Robert Jamieson, a British English teacher living in Essen, wrote to Lord Londonderry, who had recently acted as a go-between British and Nazi leaders:"
#Musk #Trump #authoritarianism #MAGA
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting Catastrophe
Timothy Snyder (Thinking about...)