Mastodawn

mark Oct 30, 2018

The sixth mass extinction is unfolding right now, a purely human-driven phenomenon involving the ravages of mass monoagriculture, the horrors of factory livestock farming, the wreckage left by mining and trawling, the mountains of mess left by disposable capitalist society, and the induced pressures of anthropogenic global warming. Even the fascists and plutocrats won’t be able to hide. https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/living-plant-wwf-2018-1.4882819

mark Oct 16, 2018

it’s been quite something to see everyone in the US who couldn’t shut up about family, faith, and freedom from the early 1990s until two years ago line up to lick the boots of venal authoritarian nationalist grifters.

it’s also been quite something to watch venal authoritarian nationalist grifters openly collaborate across the very borders they intend to further reify and fortify.

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mark Oct 15, 2018

the website for the province-run booze retailer, on the other hand, is far more consumption-friendly.

it’s worth noting that the LCBO was once far less inviting and comfortable, requiring customers to fill out forms, after which clerks would retrieve items from the back. the weird-ass privately-run beer oligopoly known as the beer store still does something similar.

they’ll make you feel bad about feeling good, but they’ll gladly take your money for it.

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mark Oct 15, 2018

thanks to the magic of separation of powers, every province will have its own sales regime. originally, all of ontario’s sales would be handled through a state-run outlet with an online store and physical locations. the ford regime dumped the physical stores in favour of licencing private retailers, but the online store will still operate. The first text you encounter after submitting your totally-not-fake age is not particularly inviting.

mark Oct 15, 2018

Two days until weed becomes legal in Canada, and somehow more legally encumbered than in its current illegal state. Former cops, drug-shaming politicians, and capitalists are all rushing to get rich on the plant that they used as an excuse to harass and imprison people of colour, while ensuring those same people are locked out of the newly-legal and lucrative industry. It’s the kind of shitshow I feared would emerge.

mark Oct 13, 2018

muesli Oct 13, 2018

1984: We can't talk here, they might have bugs to wiretap us.

2018: Bug, order me some pizza!

mark Oct 4, 2018

“Once malice is embraced as a virtue, it is impossible to contain.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/

It’s impossible to ignore the sheer cruelty in which adherents of authoritarian nationalist politics indulge. The marginalized people they’ve been aching to erase have tried to warn everyone about this surge of open hatred, cultivated for decades by hate radio, reactionary punditry disguised as news, and demagogues in clerical clothing.

The abyss looms.

mark Sep 6, 2018

r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖Sep 5, 2018

“An oral history of fighting back against Nazis”

https://www.gq.com/story/punks-and-nazis-oral-history

“... veterans of the hardcore-vs.-skinheads battles of yore are happy to help with war stories and advice. (Spoiler alert: Most advocate punching Nazis in the face.) Here's an oral history on how punks took back their scene.”

#Punk

mark Aug 31, 2018

Moritz Heiber Aug 31, 2018

This is how it ends. With companies like Google not only tracking your every move online but offline as well: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-30/google-and-mastercard-cut-a-secret-ad-deal-to-track-retail-sales

mark Dec 30, 2017

Wisp Dec 25, 2017

tired: new years resolutions

wired: new years revolutions