Mastodawn

In every #regime of #hegemony, there is often some degree of #consent [to hegemony] #manufactured on the part of the oppressed.

Questioning the #binaries in #power-laden structures, and queering the analytical frames in #politics and global governance, are necessary, e.g., when the oppressed or an #alleged opposition becomes an #accomplice of the oppressor.

#globalgovernance #politicalscience #queering #binary #analytical #frames

#SimonedeBeauvoir #PauloFreire

Hacker News May 26

Designing for and against the manufactured normalcy field (2012)

https://www.urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2012/06/24/designing-for-and-against-the-manufactured-normalcy-field/index.html

#HackerNews #design #thinking #manufactured #normalcy #UX #design #social #commentary #2012 #insights

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Joseph Lim

May 20

#Volvo #recalls #EVs due to overheating batteries
🧐"Volvo didn't address how long #Thai customers will hv to wait for replacements, but pledged to handle all affected vehicles responsibly. Globally, the company recalled more than 40,000 units of #EX30, incl'g in Australia, Brazil & US. The #faulty #battery packs were #manufactured at a Volvo facility in #China. Headquartered in Gothenburg Sweden, Volvo Cars is owned by #Chinese multinational Zhejiang #Geely Holding Group"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/motoring/3207860/volvo-recalls-evs-due-to-overheating-batteries

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Feb 25

“The #UnitedStates has run annual #trade #deficits in #manufactured #goods since 1976. Last year, despite the sharp increase in Trump’s now-illegal #tariffs, the US #tradedeficit in goods hit a new record of $1.2 trillion.”

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mfp52rucc22o

Michael J Burgess Oct 31, 2025

'Manufactured panic': Immigration not near top of most people's concerns, poll suggests

https://news.sky.com/story/manufactured-panic-immigration-not-near-top-of-most-peoples-concerns-poll-suggests-13461060

#News #Manufactured #Panic #Manufactured#Panic #Immigration #Poll

'Manufactured panic': Immigration not near top of most people's concerns, poll suggests

The cost of living, health, crime, and housing are much higher on people's lists of personal worries, a YouGov survey has suggested.

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Bruce Sterling @bruces Aug 3, 2025

*I saw some "Italian Brainrot" slopjects for sale in the wild, so of course I bought one. #generated #manufactured #LLM #slopject #China #fad #junk

https://www.flickr.com/photos/brucesterling/albums/72177720328089734/

Slopjects

Physical objects generated and manufactured with AI/Large Language Model technologies.

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#BruceSterling Aug 1, 2025

*I saw some "Italian Brainrot" slopjects for sale in the wild, so of course I bought one. #generated #manufactured #LLM #slopject #China #fad #junk flic.kr/s/aHBqjCpigC

Slopjects

Slopjects

Physical objects generated and manufactured with AI/Large Language Model technologies.

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ABDELAZIZ Jul 21, 2025

DOJ Gabbard has received a criminal reference in Bombshell by Obama admin ‘manufactured’ Russian collision hoax star-news.press/wp

,DOJ Gabbard has received a criminal reference in Bombshell by Obama admin 'manufactured' Russian collision hoax star-news.press/wp, 2025-07-21 16:08:00 #DOJ #Gabbard #received #criminal #reference #Bombshell #Obama #admin #manufactured #Russian #collision #hoax

https://star-news.press/doj-receives-gabbards-criminal-referral-bombshell-claims-obama-admin-manufactured-russian-collusion-hoax/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

DOJ Gabbard Has Received A Criminal Reference In Bombshell By Obama Admin 'manufactured' Russian Collision Hoax Star-news.press/wp

,DOJ Gabbard has received a criminal reference in Bombshell by Obama admin 'manufactured' Russian collision hoax

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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦May 8, 2025

“With a 90-day window, this implied an average of 2 deals a day. We’re almost at day 30 & it seems that #Trump has just now negotiated his first deal with the #UK, a country where our #manufactured goods faced an average #tariff of 0.5% even before #LiberationDay” open.substack.com/pub/deanbake...

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The Alex Perspective Mar 30, 2025

#SophiePowers is what Disney+ thinks what "alternative" is. Only 10 ten year olds would think she has any credibility in the music world.

#fake #manufactured #AltBarbie