Liberation from tyranny is also liberation for the tyrants.
Today I wrote about a good man summarily executed on the streets by Republican death squads, and how, given the inevitable alternatives, even tyrants should hope for a people's liberation from tyranny. https://www.the-reframe.com/the-shovel-next-time/
Veronika, a brown cow in Austria, uses sticks and brushes as multipurpose tools to scratch hard-to-reach spots
Good morning Fedi friends! I hope you're having a nice weekend. I'd like to clear the air re: #WSocial and my opposition to it. I got a lot of messagβ¦
Good morning Fedi friends!
Using my GoToSocial account and its glorious 5000 character limit to clear the air about #WSocial and my opposition to it / why I want to speak up:
https://aseachange.com/@elena/statuses/01KFT5S4RE18NTT8T3VWTV3RVE
Yes, I'm well aware there are bigger problems in the world but the battle I picked is: rebellion against techbros / promotion of FOSS and the fediverse.
Wishing you all a lovely Sunday, stay safe and resist β
Nonviolence is a double standard
When AI Can Fake Majorities, Democracy Slips Away
Important blog about a threat few people understand.
"AI bot swarms threaten to undermine democracy. When AI Can Fake Majorities, Democracy Slips Away""
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/ai-bot-swarms-threaten-to-undermine
Underlying paper (preprint), https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06299
A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.
Everything you wanted to know about #NeoLiberalism the #AtlasNetwork and much, much more.
This is a great resource (sourced by #amyremeikis). Bookmark it because I guarantee, if youβre into politics and/or economics (aka representation, equity and wealth) youβll want to come back to it again and again.
βHeartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Pointβ β ClickHole βWhen the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?β β John Maynard Keynes, paraphrβ¦
Amid a tidal wave of hype and scams, they soared like Icarus β then crashed like the Hindenburg. But why did it happen, and could they ever make a comeback? Io Dodds remembers the rise and fall of the Covid eraβs answer to Beanie Babies
It was life-affirming to meet the residents of Rainbow Way in Minehead. But so much still stands in the way of Labourβs vision for social housing, says Guardian columnist John Harris
Good article here on the factors restricting building new council homes, not least Right to Buy (which should be abolished, not merely restricted), and the housing debt transferred to local authorities by the Tory/LibDem coalition.
#Housing #RTB #CouncilHouses #UKPolitics
In Somerset, I found glorious proof that the UK can build great council houses. So what is holding us back? | John Harris | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/25/council-homes-somerset-uk-glorious-proof-labour
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