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What Authoritarianism Means
 
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
 
New piece:
 
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-authoritarianism-means

Sunday reading: What Authoritarianism Means
 
I wrote about why even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, why they overestimated democratic resilience – about what America is now, and what comes next?
 
New piece:
 
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-authoritarianism-means

https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-authoritarianism-means
http://www.memeorandum.com/250316/p40#a250316p40

Sunday reading: What Authoritarianism Means
 
I wrote about why even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, why they overestimated democratic resilience – about what America is now, and what comes next?
 
New piece:
 
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-authoritarianism-means

Sunday reading: What Authoritarianism Means
 
I wrote about why even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, why they overestimated democratic resilience – about what America is now, and what comes next?
 
New piece:
 
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-authoritarianism-means

#Musk #Trump #Republicans #authoritarianism #fascism #democracy
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https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-authoritarianism-means

What Authoritarianism Means
 
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
 
New piece:
 
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-authoritarianism-means

What Authoritarianism Means
 
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
 
New piece:
 
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-authoritarianism-means

Sunday reading: What Authoritarianism Means
 
I wrote about why even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, why they overestimated democratic resilience – about what America is now, and what comes next?
 
New piece:
 
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-authoritarianism-means

pol analysis: where the US might be going from @tzimmer_history (via)

Ok hyperventilating. The Republicans stuck a clause in a procedural measure that declares the rest of 2025 to be ONE SINGLE DAY
#uspol

Why?? So they don't have the ability to cancel Trump's illegal tariffs

I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP

https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-day-that-never-ends

@GottaLaff

Ok hyperventilating. The Republicans stuck a clause in a procedural measure that declares the rest of 2025 to be ONE SINGLE DAY
#uspol

Why?? So they don't have the ability to cancel Trump's illegal tariffs

I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP

https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-day-that-never-ends

@GottaLaff

Ok hyperventilating. The Republicans stuck a clause in a procedural measure that declares the rest of 2025 to be ONE SINGLE DAY
#uspol

Why?? So they don't have the ability to cancel Trump's illegal tariffs

I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP

https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-day-that-never-ends

@GottaLaff

The Day That Never Ends https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-day-that-never-ends

Ok hyperventilating. The Republicans stuck a clause in a procedural measure that declares the rest of 2025 to be ONE SINGLE DAY
#uspol

Why?? So they don't have the ability to cancel Trump's illegal tariffs

I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP

https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-day-that-never-ends

@GottaLaff

Ok hyperventilating. The Republicans stuck a clause in a procedural measure that declares the rest of 2025 to be ONE SINGLE DAY
#uspol

Why?? So they don't have the ability to cancel Trump's illegal tariffs

I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP

https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-day-that-never-ends

@GottaLaff

Ok hyperventilating. The Republicans stuck a clause in a procedural measure that declares the rest of 2025 to be ONE SINGLE DAY
#uspol

Why?? So they don't have the ability to cancel Trump's illegal tariffs

I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP

https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-day-that-never-ends

@GottaLaff

Ok hyperventilating. The Republicans stuck a clause in a procedural measure that declares the rest of 2025 to be ONE SINGLE DAY
#uspol

Why?? So they don't have the ability to cancel Trump's illegal tariffs

I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP

https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-day-that-never-ends

@GottaLaff

Ok hyperventilating. The Republicans stuck a clause in a procedural measure that declares the rest of 2025 to be ONE SINGLE DAY
#uspol

Why?? So they don't have the ability to cancel Trump's illegal tariffs

I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP

https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-day-that-never-ends

@GottaLaff

"Bueno, me estoy poniendo mal. Los republicanos metieron una cláusula en una medida procesal que declara que el resto de 2025 es UN SOLO DÍA.
#uspol

¿Por qué? Para que no puedan cancelar los aranceles ilegales de Trump.

NO ME LO INVENTÉ.

https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-day-that-never-ends"

@3x10to8mps

It’s International Long Covid Awareness Day, and my latest article looks at the reasons why people believe they don’t know anyone with Long Covid.

We desperately need increased visibility into this debilitating chronic illness so that we can raise awareness and fund treatments, mitigations and cures.

Anyone can get Long Covid. It’s not limited to ‘only the vulnerable’ or those who had a severe initial infection.

This disease does not discriminate. Even people with asymptomatic initial infections have found themselves disabled by Long Covid.

It’s time we start processing the trauma of the pandemic and stop living in denial.

We are in the middle of a mass disabling event, and the longer it takes us to admit that, the more people will be harmed.

Let’s spread the word that the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid getting Covid in the first place.

Wear a mask. Stay home when sick. Clean and ventilate the air.

When we all agree to care about the air we share, we can begin to bring about real change.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/i-dont-know-anyone-with-long-covid

#longcovid #longcovidawarenessday #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #sarscov2 #chronicillness #wearamask

This #LongCovidAwarenessDay I’m reflecting on how many people have been let down by governments, public health & medical establishments

How Covid has been downplayed, airborne spread ignored & vaxx and relax strategies pushed for the sake of capitalism

How many have Long Covid because of this?

Those of us who were disabled before the pandemic could see this wave of chronic illness coming - and many of us have been screaming from the top of our lungs the last 5 years.

Begging people not to take their health for granted & to wear a mask and protect themselves.

Warning them that there are no do-overs once you become chronically ill. Unfortunately very few people are listening - and many won’t understand the true devastation of #LongCovid until it directly impacts them. At which point it’ll be too late.

Despite seeing these waves of disability as an inevitable consequence of “let er rip” Covid strategy - one thing I did not see coming was how many people would willingly embrace not only ableism - but full on eugenics.

People in my own life who were previously kind & supportive have become cruel and angry. The masks have been ripped off. They don’t hesitate to tell me that they blame me for the restrictions placed on them in the early days of Covid.

That they will never again allow their freedoms to be infringed on in the name of protecting the vulnerable. One even went as far as to say “you’ve been sick for years - just die already.”

People who say these things don’t understand what disabled ppl understand all too well - your health is not a permanent state.

Everyone will become disabled eventually - some earlier than others. Many who think they’re invulnerable are already vulnerable and don’t even know it

Yet rather than adapting behaviour and pushing for a new normal that makes the world safe for everyone - most temporarily abled people have instead doubled down on hateful eugenics talking points and want us to stay home forever (or worse - die). It needs to stop.

Covid is airborne and we all share the air. “You do you” individualism is quite literally killing people. We need to start caring about the air we share as this will lead to a healthier society for everyone.

Until then we need to mask up. It’s easy, incredibly effective & it might save someone’s life. At the very least you will know you didn’t contribute to another person’s suffering - and you will be drastically reducing your own odds of getting Long Covid. It’s worth it.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/i-dont-know-anyone-with-long-covid

#longcovid #sarscov2 #chronicillness #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #pandemic #publichealth #disabilityrights #disability #ableism #eugenics

It’s International Long Covid Awareness Day, and my latest article looks at the reasons why people believe they don’t know anyone with Long Covid.

We desperately need increased visibility into this debilitating chronic illness so that we can raise awareness and fund treatments, mitigations and cures.

Anyone can get Long Covid. It’s not limited to ‘only the vulnerable’ or those who had a severe initial infection.

This disease does not discriminate. Even people with asymptomatic initial infections have found themselves disabled by Long Covid.

It’s time we start processing the trauma of the pandemic and stop living in denial.

We are in the middle of a mass disabling event, and the longer it takes us to admit that, the more people will be harmed.

Let’s spread the word that the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid getting Covid in the first place.

Wear a mask. Stay home when sick. Clean and ventilate the air.

When we all agree to care about the air we share, we can begin to bring about real change.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/i-dont-know-anyone-with-long-covid

#longcovid #longcovidawarenessday #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #sarscov2 #chronicillness #wearamask

It’s International Long Covid Awareness Day, and my latest article looks at the reasons why people believe they don’t know anyone with Long Covid.

We desperately need increased visibility into this debilitating chronic illness so that we can raise awareness and fund treatments, mitigations and cures.

Anyone can get Long Covid. It’s not limited to ‘only the vulnerable’ or those who had a severe initial infection.

This disease does not discriminate. Even people with asymptomatic initial infections have found themselves disabled by Long Covid.

It’s time we start processing the trauma of the pandemic and stop living in denial.

We are in the middle of a mass disabling event, and the longer it takes us to admit that, the more people will be harmed.

Let’s spread the word that the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid getting Covid in the first place.

Wear a mask. Stay home when sick. Clean and ventilate the air.

When we all agree to care about the air we share, we can begin to bring about real change.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/i-dont-know-anyone-with-long-covid

#longcovid #longcovidawarenessday #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #sarscov2 #chronicillness #wearamask

It’s International Long Covid Awareness Day, and my latest article looks at the reasons why people believe they don’t know anyone with Long Covid.

We desperately need increased visibility into this debilitating chronic illness so that we can raise awareness and fund treatments, mitigations and cures.

Anyone can get Long Covid. It’s not limited to ‘only the vulnerable’ or those who had a severe initial infection.

This disease does not discriminate. Even people with asymptomatic initial infections have found themselves disabled by Long Covid.

It’s time we start processing the trauma of the pandemic and stop living in denial.

We are in the middle of a mass disabling event, and the longer it takes us to admit that, the more people will be harmed.

Let’s spread the word that the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid getting Covid in the first place.

Wear a mask. Stay home when sick. Clean and ventilate the air.

When we all agree to care about the air we share, we can begin to bring about real change.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/i-dont-know-anyone-with-long-covid

#longcovid #longcovidawarenessday #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #sarscov2 #chronicillness #wearamask

It’s International Long Covid Awareness Day, and my latest article looks at the reasons why people believe they don’t know anyone with Long Covid.

We desperately need increased visibility into this debilitating chronic illness so that we can raise awareness and fund treatments, mitigations and cures.

Anyone can get Long Covid. It’s not limited to ‘only the vulnerable’ or those who had a severe initial infection.

This disease does not discriminate. Even people with asymptomatic initial infections have found themselves disabled by Long Covid.

It’s time we start processing the trauma of the pandemic and stop living in denial.

We are in the middle of a mass disabling event, and the longer it takes us to admit that, the more people will be harmed.

Let’s spread the word that the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid getting Covid in the first place.

Wear a mask. Stay home when sick. Clean and ventilate the air.

When we all agree to care about the air we share, we can begin to bring about real change.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/i-dont-know-anyone-with-long-covid

#longcovid #longcovidawarenessday #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #sarscov2 #chronicillness #wearamask

It’s International Long Covid Awareness Day, and my latest article looks at the reasons why people believe they don’t know anyone with Long Covid.

We desperately need increased visibility into this debilitating chronic illness so that we can raise awareness and fund treatments, mitigations and cures.

Anyone can get Long Covid. It’s not limited to ‘only the vulnerable’ or those who had a severe initial infection.

This disease does not discriminate. Even people with asymptomatic initial infections have found themselves disabled by Long Covid.

It’s time we start processing the trauma of the pandemic and stop living in denial.

We are in the middle of a mass disabling event, and the longer it takes us to admit that, the more people will be harmed.

Let’s spread the word that the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid getting Covid in the first place.

Wear a mask. Stay home when sick. Clean and ventilate the air.

When we all agree to care about the air we share, we can begin to bring about real change.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/i-dont-know-anyone-with-long-covid

#longcovid #longcovidawarenessday #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #sarscov2 #chronicillness #wearamask

It’s International Long Covid Awareness Day, and my latest article looks at the reasons why people believe they don’t know anyone with Long Covid.

We desperately need increased visibility into this debilitating chronic illness so that we can raise awareness and fund treatments, mitigations and cures.

Anyone can get Long Covid. It’s not limited to ‘only the vulnerable’ or those who had a severe initial infection.

This disease does not discriminate. Even people with asymptomatic initial infections have found themselves disabled by Long Covid.

It’s time we start processing the trauma of the pandemic and stop living in denial.

We are in the middle of a mass disabling event, and the longer it takes us to admit that, the more people will be harmed.

Let’s spread the word that the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid getting Covid in the first place.

Wear a mask. Stay home when sick. Clean and ventilate the air.

When we all agree to care about the air we share, we can begin to bring about real change.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/i-dont-know-anyone-with-long-covid

#longcovid #longcovidawarenessday #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #sarscov2 #chronicillness #wearamask

It’s International Long Covid Awareness Day, and my latest article looks at the reasons why people believe they don’t know anyone with Long Covid.

We desperately need increased visibility into this debilitating chronic illness so that we can raise awareness and fund treatments, mitigations and cures.

Anyone can get Long Covid. It’s not limited to ‘only the vulnerable’ or those who had a severe initial infection.

This disease does not discriminate. Even people with asymptomatic initial infections have found themselves disabled by Long Covid.

It’s time we start processing the trauma of the pandemic and stop living in denial.

We are in the middle of a mass disabling event, and the longer it takes us to admit that, the more people will be harmed.

Let’s spread the word that the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid getting Covid in the first place.

Wear a mask. Stay home when sick. Clean and ventilate the air.

When we all agree to care about the air we share, we can begin to bring about real change.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/i-dont-know-anyone-with-long-covid

#longcovid #longcovidawarenessday #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #sarscov2 #chronicillness #wearamask

It’s International Long Covid Awareness Day, and my latest article looks at the reasons why people believe they don’t know anyone with Long Covid.

We desperately need increased visibility into this debilitating chronic illness so that we can raise awareness and fund treatments, mitigations and cures.

Anyone can get Long Covid. It’s not limited to ‘only the vulnerable’ or those who had a severe initial infection.

This disease does not discriminate. Even people with asymptomatic initial infections have found themselves disabled by Long Covid.

It’s time we start processing the trauma of the pandemic and stop living in denial.

We are in the middle of a mass disabling event, and the longer it takes us to admit that, the more people will be harmed.

Let’s spread the word that the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid getting Covid in the first place.

Wear a mask. Stay home when sick. Clean and ventilate the air.

When we all agree to care about the air we share, we can begin to bring about real change.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/i-dont-know-anyone-with-long-covid

#longcovid #longcovidawarenessday #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #sarscov2 #chronicillness #wearamask

Once again, the UK border police assault the university:

Oxford historian faces deportation from UK after doing research on India … in India

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/16/oxford-historian-deportation-india-manikarnika-dutta-home-office

What a commentary on the state of our country. This is a disgrace and a scandal.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/16/oxford-historian-deportation-india-manikarnika-dutta-home-office

#HigherEducation #IndiaUKrelations #DeportationThreat #OxfordHistorian #HomeOfficeUK

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/16/oxford-historian-deportation-india-manikarnika-dutta-home-office

Oxford historian faces deportation from UK after doing research on India … in India | Higher education | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/16/oxford-historian-deportation-india-manikarnika-dutta-home-office

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/16/oxford-historian-deportation-india-manikarnika-dutta-home-office

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/16/oxford-historian-deportation-india-manikarnika-dutta-home-office

Once again, the UK border police assault the university:

Oxford historian faces deportation from UK after doing research on India … in India

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/16/oxford-historian-deportation-india-manikarnika-dutta-home-office

Oxford historian faces deportation from UK after doing research on India … in India
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#HigherEducationMEWS #ImmigrationAndAsylumMEWS #UniversityOfOxfordMEWS #EducationMEWS #UkNewsMEWS #HomeOfficeMEWS #AcademicExpertsMEWS #MEWS
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Home Office told Manikarnika Dutta to quit Britain for spending too many days abroad for studyA high-achieving academic has been threatened...

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/16/oxford-historian-deportation-india-manikarnika-dutta-home-office

Manikarnika Dutta, une chercheuse en histoire de l'université d'Oxford, au Royaume-Uni, est menacée d'expulsion du pays parce que le ministère de l'Intérieur estime qu'elle a passé trop de jours à mener ses recherches nécessitant l'accès à des archives indiennes historiques... stockées en Inde, raconte le Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/16/oxford-historian-deportation-india-manikarnika-dutta-home-office

Oxford historian faces deportation from UK after doing research on India … in India - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/16/oxford-historian-deportation-india-manikarnika-dutta-home-office UK #HomeOffice remains an unfunny joke

Art -- pause for a beat with a huh -- what is it good for? Absolutely everything.

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/03/16/chavis-marmol-dropped-a-nine-ton-olmec-head-on-a-teslaheres-why/

#ChavisMármol
#Swasticar
End#Acartheid
#Tesla

Chavis Mármol Dropped a Nine-Ton Olmec Head on a Tesla—Here’s Why

🚗💥🗿 A Tesla Model 3 crushed by a nine-ton Olmec head! Mexican sculptor Chavis Mármol says the piece symbolizes resistance against tech billionaires, calling it a strike against “a sinister figure like Elon Mollusk.”

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/03/16/chavis-marmol-dropped-a-nine-ton-olmec-head-on-a-teslaheres-why/

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/03/16/chavis-marmol-dropped-a-nine-ton-olmec-head-on-a-teslaheres-why/

#ChavisMármol
#Swasticar
End#Acartheid
#Tesla

Chavis Mármol Dropped a Nine-Ton Olmec Head on a Tesla—Here’s Why

🚗💥🗿 A Tesla Model 3 crushed by a nine-ton Olmec head! Mexican sculptor Chavis Mármol says the piece symbolizes resistance against tech billionaires, calling it a strike against “a sinister figure like Elon Mollusk.”

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/03/16/chavis-marmol-dropped-a-nine-ton-olmec-head-on-a-teslaheres-why/

Chavis Mármol Dropped a Nine-Ton Olmec Head on a Tesla—Here’s Why

🚗💥🗿 A Tesla Model 3 crushed by a nine-ton Olmec head! Mexican sculptor Chavis Mármol says the piece symbolizes resistance against tech billionaires, calling it a strike against “a sinister figure like Elon Mollusk.”

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/03/16/chavis-marmol-dropped-a-nine-ton-olmec-head-on-a-teslaheres-why/

Chavis Mármol Dropped a Nine-Ton Olmec Head on a Tesla—Here’s Why

🚗💥🗿 A Tesla Model 3 crushed by a nine-ton Olmec head! Mexican sculptor Chavis Mármol says the piece symbolizes resistance against tech billionaires, calling it a strike against “a sinister figure like Elon Mollusk.”

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/03/16/chavis-marmol-dropped-a-nine-ton-olmec-head-on-a-teslaheres-why/

Chavis Mármol Dropped a Nine-Ton Olmec Head on a Tesla—Here’s Why

🚗💥🗿 A Tesla Model 3 crushed by a nine-ton Olmec head! Mexican sculptor Chavis Mármol says the piece symbolizes resistance against tech billionaires, calling it a strike against “a sinister figure like Elon Mollusk.”

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/03/16/chavis-marmol-dropped-a-nine-ton-olmec-head-on-a-teslaheres-why/

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/03/16/chavis-marmol-dropped-a-nine-ton-olmec-head-on-a-teslaheres-why/

#TeslaTakedown

“He dropped a massive nine-ton Olmec head replica onto a Tesla Model 3, leaving the luxury car crushed under the weight of history. It’s not just destruction—it’s a message.”

“[Chavis] Mármol wanted to ‘crush an object that represents a sinister figure like Elon Mollusk’. A tech billionaire’s prized symbol of progress, smashed by an ancient emblem of indigenous strength. The contrast is impossible to ignore.”

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/03/16/chavis-marmol-dropped-a-nine-ton-olmec-head-on-a-teslaheres-why/

#TeslaTakedown

Chavis Mármol Dropped a Nine-Ton Olmec Head on a Tesla—Here’s Why

🚗💥🗿 A Tesla Model 3 crushed by a nine-ton Olmec head! Mexican sculptor Chavis Mármol says the piece symbolizes resistance against tech billionaires, calling it a strike against “a sinister figure like Elon Mollusk.”

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/03/16/chavis-marmol-dropped-a-nine-ton-olmec-head-on-a-teslaheres-why/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy. People complain about "red tape" now - but it has been around for a VERY long time - since the days of the Akkadian Empire, in fact, in Mesopotamia in 2300-2150 BCE, i.e., 4,325 years ago. We really ought to be used to it by now, @ChrisMayLA6!

#gov #bureaucracy #history

'Hundreds of administrative tablets – the earliest physical evidence of the first empire in recorded history – have been discovered by archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq. These texts detail the minutiae of government and reveal a complex bureaucracy – the red tape of an ancient civilisation.'

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy

Good luck in reading our spreadsheets in 4,000 years time! You can't beat cuneiform tablets for longevity.. #archaeology

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy

‘Spreadsheets of empire’: red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds
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#ArchaeologyMEWS #ScienceMEWS #MuseumsMEWS #CultureMEWS #WorldNewsMEWS #IraqMEWS #MiddleEastAndNorthAfricaMEWS #BritishMuseumMEWS #MEWS
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Ancient Mesopotamian stone tablets show extraordinary detail and reach of government in cradle of world civilisationsThe red tape of government bureauc...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy

‘Spreadsheets of empire’: red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #BritishMuseum #Archaeology #Worldnews #Science #Museums #Culture #Iraq

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy. People complain about "red tape" now - but it has been around for a VERY long time - since the days of the Akkadian Empire, in fact, in Mesopotamia in 2300-2150 BCE, i.e., 4,325 years ago. We really ought to be used to it by now, @ChrisMayLA6!

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy

‘Spreadsheets of empire’: red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #BritishMuseum #Archaeology #Worldnews #Science #Museums #Culture #Iraq

#gov #bureaucracy #history

'Hundreds of administrative tablets – the earliest physical evidence of the first empire in recorded history – have been discovered by archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq. These texts detail the minutiae of government and reveal a complex bureaucracy – the red tape of an ancient civilisation.'

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy

Holy shit: https://www.wired.com/story/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture/

For the non-programmers: hash tables are one of those things you learn about in your first year as a CS student, and very likely in your first CS class. Not something you expect to read about conjecture-breaking, complexity-bounds-changing new implementations of.

Full paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02305

Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture https://www.wired.com/story/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture/ #science

Holy shit: https://www.wired.com/story/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture/

For the non-programmers: hash tables are one of those things you learn about in your first year as a CS student, and very likely in your first CS class. Not something you expect to read about conjecture-breaking, complexity-bounds-changing new implementations of.

Full paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02305

Holy shit: https://www.wired.com/story/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture/

For the non-programmers: hash tables are one of those things you learn about in your first year as a CS student, and very likely in your first CS class. Not something you expect to read about conjecture-breaking, complexity-bounds-changing new implementations of.

Full paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02305

Holy shit: https://www.wired.com/story/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture/

For the non-programmers: hash tables are one of those things you learn about in your first year as a CS student, and very likely in your first CS class. Not something you expect to read about conjecture-breaking, complexity-bounds-changing new implementations of.

Full paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02305

Holy shit: https://www.wired.com/story/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture/

For the non-programmers: hash tables are one of those things you learn about in your first year as a CS student, and very likely in your first CS class. Not something you expect to read about conjecture-breaking, complexity-bounds-changing new implementations of.

Full paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02305

Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture
L: https://www.wired.com/story/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43378256
posted on 2025.03.16 at 07:43:14 (c=0, p=3)

Holy shit: https://www.wired.com/story/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture/

For the non-programmers: hash tables are one of those things you learn about in your first year as a CS student, and very likely in your first CS class. Not something you expect to read about conjecture-breaking, complexity-bounds-changing new implementations of.

Full paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02305

Holy shit: https://www.wired.com/story/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture/

For the non-programmers: hash tables are one of those things you learn about in your first year as a CS student, and very likely in your first CS class. Not something you expect to read about conjecture-breaking, complexity-bounds-changing new implementations of.

Full paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02305

Holy shit: https://www.wired.com/story/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture/

For the non-programmers: hash tables are one of those things you learn about in your first year as a CS student, and very likely in your first CS class. Not something you expect to read about conjecture-breaking, complexity-bounds-changing new implementations of.

Full paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02305

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/observe-orient-decide-and-act-notes-on-preserving-the-american-republic

We’re in the midst of an authoritarian takeover of the U.S. government.

It’s been coming and coming, and not everybody is prepared to read it that way.

The characters regarded as people to emulate, like Orban and Putin and so on, all indicate that the strategy is to create an illiberal democracy or an authoritarian democracy or a strongman democracy.

That’s what we’re experiencing.

Our problem in part is a failure of imagination.

We cannot get ourselves to see how this is going to unfold in its most frightening versions.

You neutralize the branches of government;
you neutralize the media;
you neutralize universities,
and you’re on your way.

We’re beginning to see the effects on universities.

It’s very, very frightening.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/observe-orient-decide-and-act-notes-on-preserving-the-american-republic

We’re in the midst of an authoritarian takeover of the U.S. government:
Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act: Notes on Preserving the American Republic
https://buff.ly/f03GZdE

We’re in the midst of an authoritarian takeover of the U.S. government.

It’s been coming and coming, and not everybody is prepared to read it that way.

The characters regarded as people to emulate, like Orban and Putin and so on, all indicate that the strategy is to create an illiberal democracy or an authoritarian democracy or a strongman democracy.

That’s what we’re experiencing.

Our problem in part is a failure of imagination.

We cannot get ourselves to see how this is going to unfold in its most frightening versions.

You neutralize the branches of government;
you neutralize the media;
you neutralize universities,
and you’re on your way.

We’re beginning to see the effects on universities.

It’s very, very frightening.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/observe-orient-decide-and-act-notes-on-preserving-the-american-republic

We’re in the midst of an authoritarian takeover of the U.S. government.

It’s been coming and coming, and not everybody is prepared to read it that way.

The characters regarded as people to emulate, like Orban and Putin and so on, all indicate that the strategy is to create an illiberal democracy or an authoritarian democracy or a strongman democracy.

That’s what we’re experiencing.

Our problem in part is a failure of imagination.

We cannot get ourselves to see how this is going to unfold in its most frightening versions.

You neutralize the branches of government;
you neutralize the media;
you neutralize universities,
and you’re on your way.

We’re beginning to see the effects on universities.

It’s very, very frightening.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/observe-orient-decide-and-act-notes-on-preserving-the-american-republic

A free society exists not simply because there are limits on the power of the government.

The state may have a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.

But it does not have a monopoly on power.

It’s free because there are multiple nodes of power
– cultural, economic, social
– in the national space.

Universities are one of those.

The private sector economy is another.

There’s another that’s been in the news over the last week.

And I’m going to discuss it here briefly because while it can seem sort of niche and on the margins it’s very far from it.

It’s the nation’s ‘Big Law’ law firms.

It started with an executive order targeting Perkins Coie, a big national law firm headquartered in Seattle.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/observe-orient-decide-and-act-notes-on-preserving-the-american-republic

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/observe-orient-decide-and-act-notes-on-preserving-the-american-republic

Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act: Notes on Preserving the American Republic
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/observe-orient-decide-and-act-notes-on-preserving-the-american-republic

#TrumpLovesHitler #EndTrump #EndMusk #DonaldKrasnov #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

We’re in the midst of an authoritarian takeover of the U.S. government.

It’s been coming and coming, and not everybody is prepared to read it that way.

The characters regarded as people to emulate, like Orban and Putin and so on, all indicate that the strategy is to create an illiberal democracy or an authoritarian democracy or a strongman democracy.

That’s what we’re experiencing.

Our problem in part is a failure of imagination.

We cannot get ourselves to see how this is going to unfold in its most frightening versions.

You neutralize the branches of government;
you neutralize the media;
you neutralize universities,
and you’re on your way.

We’re beginning to see the effects on universities.

It’s very, very frightening.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/observe-orient-decide-and-act-notes-on-preserving-the-american-republic

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/observe-orient-decide-and-act-notes-on-preserving-the-american-republic

Link: https://f055.net/technology/that-time-i/that-time-i-recreated-photoshop-in-c/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43374278

That Time I Recreated Photoshop in C++
L: https://f055.net/technology/that-time-i/that-time-i-recreated-photoshop-in-c/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43374278
posted on 2025.03.15 at 14:22:15 (c=0, p=4)

https://f055.net/technology/that-time-i/that-time-i-recreated-photoshop-in-c/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://f055.net/technology/that-time-i/that-time-i-recreated-photoshop-in-c/

#cpp #programming #windows

Link: https://f055.net/technology/that-time-i/that-time-i-recreated-photoshop-in-c/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43374278

https://f055.net/technology/that-time-i/that-time-i-recreated-photoshop-in-c/

🎨 Ah yes, because #reimagining #Photoshop in #C++ is exactly what the world needed. 🙄 Mark's retrospective journey is a classic case of "just because you can, doesn't mean you should." 🚀 But hey, at least he got a blog post out of it!
https://f055.net/technology/that-time-i/that-time-i-recreated-photoshop-in-c/ #JustBecauseYouCan #BlogPost #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

That Time I Recreated Photoshop in C++
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- 20 hours ago | 4 points | 0 comments
- URL: https://f055.net/technology/that-time-i/that-time-i-recreated-photoshop-in-c/
- Discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43374278
- Summary: The author, MARΞK, recounts his experience of recreating Photoshop in C++ using Windows API and GDI+ graphic libraries. He started by creating an image viewer called Fiew, which led to his final thesis project, an image editor called Fedit. Fedit was designed to resemble Photoshop, with features like free-floating windows, a color picker, and layer management. The author worked tirelessly for two months, often 14 hours a day, to complete the project, which ultimately earned him his Bachelor of Science in Engineering. The source code for Fedit and Fiew is available on GitHub.

🎨 Ah yes, because #reimagining #Photoshop in #C++ is exactly what the world needed. 🙄 Mark's retrospective journey is a classic case of "just because you can, doesn't mean you should." 🚀 But hey, at least he got a blog post out of it!
https://f055.net/technology/that-time-i/that-time-i-recreated-photoshop-in-c/ #JustBecauseYouCan #BlogPost #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

https://f055.net/technology/that-time-i/that-time-i-recreated-photoshop-in-c/

#HackerNews #RecreatedPhotoshop #C++ #Programming #HackerNews #TechInnovation #SoftwareDevelopment

Link: https://f055.net/technology/that-time-i/that-time-i-recreated-photoshop-in-c/
Comments: https://lobste.rs/s/9jyyx3