Just a small reminder... cuz that's it.

#blackmastodon #blacktwitter #blackfedi #racism #ally #community

The people "on the left" excited by Kennedy running, are the same people "on the left" who have complicated opinions about why Putin was right to invade, and the same people "on the left" who thought we should hear QAnon out about vaccines, and the same people "on the left" who thought we should "work with" *checks notes* fascist militia Boogaloo Bois to, something something.

Maybe they just aren't "people on the left" at all. And it's the exact same people, every time; curious that.

"We invented a machine that thinks!"

"It's not thinking..."

"Technically true, but it can CREATE new content out of thin air."

"It steals everything it spits out by scraping the internet..."

"Okay, got me there, but think of the information access; now everyone with a phone has their own research assistant and the Library of Alexandria!"

"The machine spits out wrong answers; like every time."

"Look, fuck you, we own everything and you're buying it."

#WeLiveInASociety #HowIBecameTheJoker

The fascist attempt to take over Higher Ed is partly ideological/theocratic, but don’t underestimate the part that’s sheer grift.

Republicans are finding ways to divert public money into the pockets of their friends and donors. Pay close attention to who gets the new contracts coming out of the expanded New College budget.

Whether New College meets any academic goals is immaterial, compared to Oligarchs building a new machine for bleeding us.

#Florida #HigherEd
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/05/03/after-desantis-takeover-record-funding-new-college

I dunno what you want me to say:

A fascist got himself elected president of the United States, did a bunch of fascist shit, and then tried a type of coup known as an autogolpe - a coup to keep a strongman in power anti-democratically. Instead of putting that guy's ass in jail, we're putting him all over our TV under the logic that "he's running for office, so stopping him is anti-democratic."

In many ways, Weimar Germany would laugh at how weak WE are; so the comparison is more than apt.