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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, (AKA Lenin) born April 22, 1870

"Lenin Rises From The Grave," cover illustration by Danny Hellman for New York Press, 6/8/97

#illustrator #illustration #comix #comics #communism #lenin #marxism #gulag #totalitarianism #lubyanka #nypress #newyorkpress #fullyautomatedluxurygayspacecommunism

David 1d ago

What are more accurate and emotionally resonant names for the propagandically misnamed proposed laws which would compel all operating systems to force users to present their ID to attain permission from the US government and its designated corporations to use any computer (including a cellphone)? It is not #ageVerification, despite the Orwellian misnomer. #idVerification gets closer, but still doesn’t communicate the fact that it would let the the worst people in the world decide which individual is allowed to use a personal computer (including a smartphone), and to tie everything you do or say on any computer to your legal identity.

“Please, #PeterThiel, may I use my phone?”

What would be more honest and effective branding? (Any ideas, @pluralistic?)

Anyone with better ideas, please reply here, and if you’re willing, in the comments of Louis’ video too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa3-TkHBh90

@privacyint @eff

#privacy #surveillance #censorship #authoritarianism #totalitarianism

stop calling it "age verification"

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jtb Apr 16

@EUCommission The problem is you see, the commissioners are unelected. So they act in their own interests, not in the interests of citizens. #ageverification #totalitarianism

Doug Cuff Apr 14

Repetition bores people. Me included. But in the face of #totalitarianism, we have to repeat the truth or the lies will be the only thing that most people remember.

#Cartoonist Will #McPhail drew this one years ago now, but its clarity has been one of my anchors as people claim that their outrage gives them the right to do and say whatever they want... without consequences.

Resentment does not equal truth or competence, and does not excuse arrogance.

Expertise is not elitist. Telling the truth is not elitist.

mythologyandhistory Apr 5

Ah #Plato , you should have thought this one through some more.

#philosopherkings #totalitarianism #philosophy #imwithpopper

Doug Bostrom Mar 31

Fortuitous asymmetry: the censors are shockingly ignorant.

By expanding shorthand terminology an inexpensive cloaking layer can be applied to most efforts, obfuscation that is mostly transparent to other specialist practioners.

The rest of us need to up our game a little bit, terminology-wise.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/to-keep-climate-science-alive-researchers-are-speaking-in-code

#ClimateScience
#totalitarianism

To Keep Climate Science Alive, Researchers Are Speaking in Code

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Andrea C (he/him)Mar 30

this is a long essay and it is well worth every second. by @gabriel

https://libresolutions.network/articles/ai-regret/

#ai #aislop #technofascism #totalitarianism #freesoftware #opensource #community #cyberspace #openweb #SocialMedia

We will come to regret our every use of AI

Drawing the distinction between using tools and having systems use you

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Oliver Schafeld Mar 29

»‘Revolt in 2100‘ is a 1953 science fiction collection by American writer Robert A. #Heinlein, part of his Future History series. […] "If This Goes On—" is a short novel detailing a rebellion against an American #theocracy.«

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_in_2100

»The defense secretary is upending decades-old norms, and current and former leaders say his proselytizing violates the Constitution«

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/03/29/pege-hegseth-christianity/

#scifi #uspol #literature #totalitarianism