TAL1d ago

I actually see a lot of parallels between Orwell, Swift, and Trump!

All 3 were rejected by a class that they desperately wanted to be a part of, and so turned their disgust for the lower classes into a weapon against "the establishment"

Now I'm always wary of satire, because it is often seeded in truth

https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/isaac-asimov-reviews-george-orwells-nineteen-eighty-four.html

#orwell #satire

Isaac Asimov Reviews George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Calls It “Not Science Fiction, But a Distorted Nostalgia for a Past that Never Was”

Here in the twenty-twenties, a young reader first hearing of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four would hardly imagine it to be a work of science fiction.

Open Culture
Kalia Bastille   🐢 🐝🕊1d ago

"Pas besoin d'attendre que l'orage passe, il faut apprendre à danser sous la pluie..."

"Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again"

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Regendans1d ago

Zat net hier rond te kijken. Deze pagina is niet verkrijgbaar in het Nederlands maar wel in het <checks notes> Limburgs 🙂 Baskisch, Catalaans en de taal in Galicie (Noord West Spanje), Galicisch.🥳

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four

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Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikiquote

Script Kiddie2d ago

A #Redditor Criticized #ICE. #Trump Is Trying to #Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand #Jury.

source: theintercept.com/2026/04/10/re…

An ICE summons to get the user’s #identity failed. Advocates worry the move to a grand jury signals an #escalation of the #war on #dissent.

In Trump’s America, of course, freedom of speech only applies if you say what he wants to hear. As soon as Trump or ICE are criticised, freedom of speech comes to an end!

#news #politics #criticism #fail #justice #law #internet #whitehouse #president #government #fascism #racism #migration #immigration #crime #freedpeech #humanrights #anonymity #problem #ethics #america #maga #freedom #censorship #fear #spy #surveillance #orwell #fnord #newspeak #propaganda #truth #bigbrother #shame #reddit
A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury.

A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury.

An ICE summons to get the user’s identity failed. Advocates worry the move to a grand jury signals an escalation of the war on dissent.

The Intercept
Script Kiddie4d ago

They haven't read Orwell's 1984 - will they ever understand?

source: citizenlab.ca/research/analysi…

Key Findings
• #Webloc is a global #geolocation #surveillance system that monitors hundreds of millions of people based on data purchased from consumer apps and digital advertising. It was developed by Cobwebs Technologies and is now sold by its successor #Penlink.
• In collaboration with the European investigative #journalism platform #VSquare, we reveal that Hungarian domestic #intelligence has been using Webloc since at least 2022 and continues to use it as of today. Webloc customers also include the national police in El Salvador.
• U.S. customers include #ICE, the U.S. #military, #Texas Department of Public Safety, #DHS West #Virginia, #NYC district attorneys, and several #police departments in #LosAngeles, #Dallas, #Baltimore, #Tucson, #Durham and in smaller cities and counties like City of Elk Grove and Pinal County.
• Based on the responses to 96 #freedom of information requests we conclude that governments in #Europe and the U.K. are highly nontransparent about their potential use of ad-based surveillance.
• Cobwebs Technologies has links to the #spyware vendor #Quadream through Cobwebs Technologies founder Omri #Timianker, who now oversees the international operations of Penlink.
• Webloc is sold as an add-on product to the social #media and #web intelligence #system Tangles. Based on technical #analysis and other sources we show that Tangles and other products developed by #Cobwebs Technologies are used in many countries across the globe.
• We briefly investigate another Cobwebs product named #Trapdoor that appears to help trick victims into revealing information. Our analysis leads us to believe that Trapdoor can help facilitate the #deployment of #malware on devices.

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Uncovering Webloc: An Analysis of Penlink’s Ad-based Geolocation Surveillance Tech - The Citizen Lab

Location data collected from mobile apps and digital advertising can reveal habits, interests and almost any other aspect of someone's life. In this report, we uncover how a geolocation surveillance system called Webloc uses ad-based data to monitor hundreds of millions of people across the globe.

The Citizen Lab
WIST Quotations4d ago

A quotation from Orwell

It is important not to confuse nationalism with mere worship of success. The nationalist does not go on the principle of simply ganging up with the strongest side. On the contrary, having picked his side, he persuades himself that it is the strongest, and is able to stick to his belief even when the facts are overwhelmingly against him. Nationalism is power-hunger tempered by self-deception. Every nationalist is capable of the most flagrant dishonesty, but he is also — since he is conscious of serving something bigger than himself — unshakably certain of being in the right.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)

More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/45922/

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Orwell, George - Essay (1945-05), "Notes on Nationalism," Polemic Magazine (1945-10) | WIST Quotations

It is important not to confuse nationalism with mere worship of success. The nationalist does not go on the principle of simply ganging up with the strongest side. On the contrary, having picked his side, he persuades himself that it is the strongest, and is able to stick to his…

WIST Quotations
CLP KVD4d ago

A voir : Orwell : 2 + 2 = 5, de Raoul Peck

Orwell a écrit 1984 en 1949, à la fin de sa vie, alors qu’il était gravement malade. Dans ce roman devenu emblématique, il projette un avenir proche où la liberté individuelle est écrasée par un pouvoir totalitaire qui contrôle les corps, les esprits et jusqu’au langage. Plus qu’une fiction d’anticipation, 1984 apparaît comme une mise en garde contre toutes les formes de soumission imposées par l’État, la propagande et la peur. L’action se déroule à Londres, dans un […]

https://www.clp-kvd.org/2026/04/a-voir-orwell-2-2-5-de-raoul-peck/

Bagolina5d ago
#orwell
☕️ Un Alsacien arrêté pour avoir évoqué le meurtre d’agents du renseignement à une #IA
https://next.ink/brief_article/un-alsacien-arrete-pour-avoir-evoque-le-meurtre-dagents-du-renseignement-a-une-ia
Après avoir évoqué son intention d’acheter une arme pour « tuer un agent du renseignement de la CIA, du Mossad ou de la DGSI » au cours d’une discussion avec un outil d’intelligence artificielle, un Strasbourgeois de 37 ans s’est vu arrêté, chez lui, ce 3 avril.
Un Alsacien arrêté pour avoir évoqué le meurtre d’agents du renseignement à une IA - Next

Kalia Bastille   🐢 🐝🕊5d ago

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Dave Volek6d ago

The Orwell Ratio

Human structures seem to gravitate to the ratio 2-13-85.

We need to understand the middle class is an aberration of history.

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=28&id=139

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#orwell