1973: US Govt helps install Chilean dictator Pinochet
1987: Luis Leon survives torture at hands of Pinochet, escapes to USA, receives asylum
2025: ICE disappears Leon (now 82), lies to family that he's dead, he's actually in a Guatemalan hospital
He did everything right and legal, and ICE disappears him anyway. This is fascism through and through and anyone who supports this is complicit.
Perpetual softball tosser Rogan "interviews" Zuckerberg, who lies and lies and lies with no pushback. This is how media work in 2025.
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/10/24341117/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-joe-rogan-lies
Words like "moderate" and "centrist" are weasel words with no clear meanings.
In San Francisco, they mask the *extreme* politics of tech figures who increasingly align with authoritarian Donald Trump.
Read my op-ed in the @sfchronicle
I’m still hopeful for Mastodon.
Perhaps E-Lon’s latest scheme (“I know, I’ll charge everyone a FEE to view the ongoing hate-fueled dumpster fire!”) will be enough to help Mastodon reach critical mass.
Currently, Mastodon feels under-traveled, though that could be a result of my unfamiliarity with it; all “Hey, check out XYZ on Mastodon!” recommendations welcome.
Ok, so Adobe's "Enhance Speech" tool is pretty rad.
Qasim Rashid, Esq.
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