A don who threatens the Pope, double crosses his allies, humiliates his captains, and can't control his own soldiers doesn't last long. Eventually, the other families notice. Or, his own people notice.

#trump #Mobutu #Amin #Mugabe #RobertCurthose #NigerianGodfather

Okay, here's a long shot for the #Fedi hive mind. If you are in the intersection of "#musician or musician-adjacent in the 1980s" and "keyboard / #synthesizer aficionado", this one is for you.

In the mid- to late-80s, I used to spend a lot of time in music / #instrument stores (not selling CDs, selling guitars and amps and drums and whatnot). Synthesizer tech was advancing rapidly at this point, with digital starting to overtake analog by leaps and bounds.

At some point, one of the stores got a new #keyboard model in. I can't swear to it, but I think it was either a #Roland or a #Korg. This one had a floppy drive built in, on the side of the #synth. And they had a demo on a floppy disk that was incredible at the time.

It wasn't an official #demo disk. It was a normal consumer floppy, presumably copied far and wide. Hand-Sharpied on it was the name/title "Amin Phone". It was a musical, bright and upbeat piece, rock/pop, maybe 30s long, and included digital samples of a person's voice.

The entire thing was a ridiculous #answering machine outgoing #message. I think there was even a sampled voice at the end taken from someone leaving a message, commenting on it being over-the-top or something.

"Amin phone" is unsearchable on the 'net. Everyone has a phone, and there are millions of people named Amin or el-Amin.

Anyone else remember this? Anyone actually able to point to a recording of it?

#KeyboardDemo #SynthDemo #AminPhone #Amin #AnsweringMachine #FloppyDisk

De l’accumulation au totalitarisme : trajectoires du capitalisme mondial

Petit fil sur la continuité historique du capitalisme : de l’accumulation primitive (Marx) au capitalisme colonial, du système-monde (Amin, Wallerstein) au néo-colonialisme extractiviste, jusqu’aux formes contemporaines de totalitarisme (Arendt). Même moteur, visages multiples. #Marx #Wallerstein #Amin #Nkrumah #Arendt #Capitalisme L’histoire du capitalisme peut se lire comme une série de…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/de-laccumulation-au-totalitarisme-trajectoires-du-capitalisme-mondial/

Video ~ Kenya Replaces All Police Officers In Mukuru After Dozens Of Killed, Dismembered Female Bodies Found ~ OsazuwaAkonedo

Kenya Replaces All Police Officers In Mukuru After Dozens Of Killed, Dismembered Female Bodies Found ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #Amin #Douglas #IPOA #Japhet #Kanja #Kenya #Koome #Mackenzie #Mohamed #Mukuru #Nairobi #Nthenge #Paul #Police #Ruto #William #Breaking News Published: July 14th, 2024 Reshared: July 14, 2024 10:26 pm Kenya Police authority has…

https://osazuwaakonedo.news/video-kenya-replaces-all-police-officers-in-mukuru-after-dozens-of-killed-dismembered-female-bodies-found-osazuwaakonedo/09/10/2025/

OsazuwaAkonedo BriefRecall ~ Brief Recall 14-07-2024

Kenya Replaces All Police Officers In Mukuru After Dozens Of Killed, Dismembered Female Bodies Found ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #Amin #Douglas #IPOA #Japhet #Kanja #Kenya #Koome #Mackenzie #Mohamed #Mukuru #Nairobi #Nthenge #Paul #Police #Ruto #William #Breaking News Published: July 14th, 2024 Reshared: July 14, 2024 10:26 pm Kenya Police authority has redeployed all police personnel in Mukuru area within NDLEA Intercepts…

https://osazuwaakonedo.news/osazuwaakonedo-briefrecall-brief-recall-14-07-2024/15/07/2024/