[-] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

These people aren't even giving us the minor concessions. They're actively taking away the shit that we are more than entitled to and exploiting us at every opportunity while reassuring the people that somehow still don't see the truth that eventually there will be a big pay off for their continued loyalty.

It's like just sit and wait patiently in this burning building. I'll be back to rescue you eventually. I understand it's getting hot, it's a little uncomfortable for all of us right now. I know you want oxygen, but I NEED this oxygen mask so I can save us all from the fire I started by fucking around with these matches.

[-] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

It's part of the heritage foundation/SPN bullshit to recruit people at the state level to push federal policy

[-] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

So I updated some stuff and yeah this seems very strange. The original order was in 2019 after an attack on some government servers. I had somehow forgotten that in 2023, the government admitted that there had been an ongoing cybersecurity attack on Louisiana OMV data and that essentially every adult in the state had their data breached (it's been a bit of a hectic year).

https://pimento-mori.ghost.io/comparing-edwards-original-state-of-emergency-cybersecurity-incident-with-landrys-renewal-2/

[-] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

So I updated this to reflect more information. I'm not just dumb and this is sheisty.

What is going on?

https://pimento-mori.ghost.io/comparing-edwards-original-state-of-emergency-cybersecurity-incident-with-landrys-renewal-2/

[-] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

According to the AP it's a direct quote from the memo written by the finest legal minds Trump's money can buy

[-] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I've been looking for a place to discuss political psychology for a long time.

It's a topic I've been interested in since taking a special topics course in high school that covered crimes against humanity. One of my favorite teachers taught the course, and even though it's been almost 2 decades since I took his class, as an adult, I've realized that he taught more than just historical facts and dates.He taught us how to think critically, how to spot disinformation, and how to recognize the same tactics that have been used throughout history to exert control over narratives and large populations of people.

Sadly, it's become quite a useful skill to have. It's not an intuitive skill for most people, and certainly not one I would have had if it hadn't been for him. It's usually a skill you only learn through either education or the experience of living through it. I consider myself lucky to be in the former category, but the older I get the more I find myself recognizing things that let me know society is not headed in a promising direction.

So, I hope I can share some interesting topics and maybe help more people recognize the patterns of human behavior that seem to loop endlessly throughout history.

I think it might be best to start on a note that examines the shared psychological scar that typically follows surviving repeated trauma in both survivors of authoritarian regimes and domestic abuse. For that, there's no better place to start than the work of Judith Herman.

The main post is a link to a PDF of Herman's 1992 work distinguishing between PTSD following a single traumatic event and complex PTSD following exposure to repeated traumatic events.

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Hey New Orleans!

I tried to cross post from the Louisiana community but it wasn't allowed, so just reposting here.

If you’re unaware, we are one of several red states to create our very own state level DOGE taskforce.

I have been keeping a growing list of all of these taskforces as I learn about them. I finally finished putting together some information about what’s popping with Louisiana DOGE specifically, and boy is it a doozy.

Please stay informed about this and keep others informed. These are our tax dollars and Landry is breaking transparency laws by doing these things in the shadows.

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Hello Louisiana, if you're unaware, we are one of several red states to create our very own state level DOGE taskforce.

I have been keeping a growing list of all of these taskforces as I learn about them. I finally finished putting together some information about what's popping with Louisiana DOGE specifically, and boy is it a doozy.

Please stay informed about this and keep others informed. These are our tax dollars and Landry is breaking transparency laws by doing these things in the shadows.

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Heads up, one of the largest U.S. consulting firms with a complicated relationship to Musk's DOGE is set to shape the future of your electricity market.

[-] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I've heard he and his dad have a very complicated relationship. So, I'm not sure if this was a legitimate but misguided attempt to help his son, or a an excellent WASPy passive aggressive move to add fuel to the uncontrollable inferno that continues to burn away at whatever scraps of a positive public image Elon was hoping to maintain. Either way, bravo 👏

"there’s at least a little bit of room for understanding why, after being raised in that environment, Elon would be a little fucked up."

also why he brags "my tombstone will say never went to therapy," oblivious people will walk by that tombstone and think, "yeah, checks out."

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Paywall but here is a snapshot link https://archive.is/pg4RA

"On the side, Mr. Davis pursued an economics doctorate and opened Mr. Yogato, a frozen yogurt shop that offered discounts to customers who answered trivia questions. He joined the board of the Atlas Society, a nonprofit dedicated to the teachings of the libertarian author Ayn Rand."

I just... this cannot be a real human. If Elon is surrounded by people like this, no wonder he believes everyone is a NPC.

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Hi, I am trying to access an NYT article from 2013 but for some reason it's unavailable on archive snapshot pages.

Are there any reliable alternatives I can check out or if anyone knows a different way to access this article could you please let me know: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/health/experts-scramble-to-trace-the-emergence-of-mers.html

Thanks!

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Normally I use archive.is but oddly this NYT article I'm looking for isn't even available even though it's from 2013. It seems ridiculous to keep an article that's over a decade old behind a paywall.

Are there communities that help access paywalled information?

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/health/experts-scramble-to-trace-the-emergence-of-mers.html

Thanks!

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Of fucking course. Fuck Bill Gates

I've been trying to call attention to his stupid fucking data centers for months. Musk built a constantly expanding data center in Memphis last summer, and then quietly built another in Atlanta back in February. He's got another in the works in the UK.

He's hoarding our data and hiring thousands of data annotators to create a giant database that he can charge access to for training AI or any number of evil things.

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Like I’m sure we all know profits are usually the true motivation behind this stuff but this lays it out step by step with news headlines explaining the how for each step. Just trying to make this publicly available knowledge. Even if we can’t stop them we should at least try to stay a few steps ahead

Also didn't include this one in the skeets but it's included in my blog post write up: RFK and Pfizer CEO had dinner just prior to his nomination https://fortune.com/well/2025/02/04/pfizer-ceo-had-dinner-with-rfk-jr-cautiously-optimistic-despite-vaccine-controversy/

Even though RFK allegedly despises big pharma corruption so much right 🙄 https://cepr.net/publications/big-pharma-is-corrupt/

[-] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 2 points 4 weeks ago

I don't really use blue sky but here is my attempt to make a series of skeets(?) explaining exactly how they could be making a lot of money off of this https://bsky.app/profile/pimentomori123.bsky.social/post/3lkoogcqvo22o

Just hoping somebody points this out before we're in the thick of a bird flu pandemic

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Does a community exist to help people learn to spot more sophisticated bot activity and algorithm control on social media platforms. I was thinking of something where people could share screen shots of weird activity to warn others, similar to teaching people how to spot disinformation propaganda? Or a place where information is available focused on discussing bot activity.

I feel like that will be a useful skill to have in the coming years.

[-] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Sorry about that not sure why it didn't attach. I just updated it

[-] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Oh it was in the ysk community on .world

[-] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

I guess it would be community specific. Just looking around for places to share stuff, but it seems like it fits in many ways with the topic of the community but also includes aspects that might be in violation of the rules.

I will try just asking individual communities

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