“Do not underestimate small problems: one crack can sink a ship. Do not underestimate small creatures: one fly can poison you. Do not underestimate the small-minded: one petty fool can plunder a nation.”

attributed to Guan Yinzi, the gate guard who allegedly stopped Laozi as he was abandoning civilization and got him to write down the Dao; translation mine. https://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=en&id=280050#sid20

#classicalchinese #philosophy #subtweet

HEADLINE: "Elon Musk calls medical school 'pointless,' says Tesla robots will beat any surgeon in 3 years"

ALT HEADLINE: "Elon Musk, who's predictions are always completely wrong, makes another prediction"

https://moneywise.com/news/elon-musk-calls-medical-school-pointless-says-tesla-robots-will-beat-any-surgeon-in-3-years-and-tells-students-to-walk-away

We've signed an open letter by @fightforthefuture.org calling on Meta to keep encryption on Instagram available. 🔒

Why? Lots of activists use social media - and in times like these they need #privacy more than ever!

If Meta does not change its mind, your DMs will be open starting on May 8! 💡 Switch to #Instagram alternatives now: https://tuta.com/blog/instagram-alternative

👉Sign as well: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/meta-promised-safe-dms-but-is-selling-us-out/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@luckytran/116336718713225759

Every country absolutely needs to have a disaster management plan in place that does not include any action whatsoever from the United States.

This includes a communication plan where the US will be actively spreading misinformation and disinformation to make up for dear leaders incompetency on top of the known bad actors from mostly Russia whose agenda is to weaken the rest of the world.

Any country that does not have a plan that absolutely excludes the US is being negligent at this point.

Communication plans must also not rely on corporate media. They are not our allies in the fight for global health. They are extensions of the capitalist class and if the solution to keep us alive threatens Q4 earnings.... Guess what is more important?

This is not a drill. I literally just defended a dissertation on how the media killed people during COVID. I have receipts.

Egyptian programmer Badr El-Khamisy launched a digital initiative to honor every Palestinian who has been killed in Israeli bombings during the ongoing genocide on Gaza.

So far, over 60,000 names have been documented, each represented as a point of light on the screen. Clicking a point reveals the name of the martyr.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #Palestinian