[PODCAST] We are Living Through a Giant Civics Lesson by #SteadyState with Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat
https://pca.st/episode/1bdc9387-dda8-40da-b7b3-d05e525b4204
##book2read “Strongmen: How They Rise, Why They Succeed, How They Fall” by Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat
https://a.co/d/0hhGzb24
#SteadyState #authoritarianism
"The United States is 'on a trajectory' toward authoritarian rule, according to a sobering new intelligence-style assessment by former US intelligence and national security officials, who warn that democratic backsliding is accelerating..."
US ‘on a trajectory’ Toward Authoritarian Rule, Ex-Officials Warn
"A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/trump-authoritarianism-warning
US former spies are worried.
"The report, titled #AcceleratingAuthoritarianDynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline, was released on Thursday by the #SteadyState, a network of more than 340 former officers of the #CIA, #NSA, state department, and other national-security agencies." [1]
"We wrote it because the same tools we once used to assess foreign risks now show unmistakable warning signs at home." [1]
#BackslidingDemocracy #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/trump-authoritarianism-warning
Ernest Garcia, posiblemente el sociólogo ambiental más importante en España, se suma a las mentes reflexionantes sobre el concepto de #BeyondGrowth como precalentamiento para la conferencia que tendrá lugar en el Congreso de los Diputados este viernes 26:
#decrecimiento #steadystate #overshootday #beyondgrowthES #postgrowth
Here’s what Silicon Valley won’t tell you:
true innovation doesn’t come from breaking the rules in a zero-sum game —
it comes from breaking free of the #zerosum game entirely.
Build something small. Own it completely. Scale it thoughtfully.
That’s how you win without cheating.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/you-cant-win-in-tech-unless-you-cheat/
With apologies to the original poster. Who has dropped off the scroll.
The stupid red shiny car put me right off reading the link quickly enough.
Fucked up versions of success are mentioned but the concepts are great.
PayPal started by paying people to sign up. Their viral growth came from essentially bribing users with $10 to join and $10 for each referral. That’s not innovation — it’s buying market share with venture capital. Uber didn’t disrupt transportation — they ignored taxi regulations their competitors had to
@BrianJopek. Did you plant a chip in my head while I was sleeping?🤣
@jackyan @stevendbrewer @Melissabeartrix np.
And for something like a #Library, #PorteusKiosk is an option if one doesn't want to do a complex #OpenThinclient setup instead.
Tho you can also #netboot Porteus Kiosk which is easier to maintain than discontinued #Windows + #SteadyState:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VZErymvq4g
How did the Big Bang get its name?
Here’s the real story
Astronomer Fred Hoyle supposedly coined the catchy term to ridicule the theory of the Universe’s origins — 75 years on, it’s time to set the record straight.
by Helge Kragh, a historian of science at the University of Copenhagen, writing for Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00894-z
#BigBang #science #history #historyofscience #cosmology #bigbangtheory #FredHoyle #GeorgeGamow #Penzias #SteadyState #Universe #theory #astrodon #physics #STEM #space
Some people want to forfeit natural spaces in order to reduce the cost of housing. I've seen this argument locally and now nationally. This is a supply-side tactic that doesn't work. Even if you could DOUBLE the housing in an area, the drop in price would not last. The solution is simple. #SteadyState #Economics and #PopulationBalance. No unregulated markets. Fixed prices and populations.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/could-building-on-public-land-address-the-housing-crisis/
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