@foodi

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We need nothing so much as proof of our own hypocrisy.

CG Artist. Leftist. Humanist. Atheist. Feminist. #ACAB #LandBack

What year is this again? Oh, right, it's Texas & he's black.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/us/darryl-george-locs-hairstyle-suspension-reaj/index.html
The day before I joined Mastodon -- @the_meghaning

"Never forget that it only takes one political, economic or religious crisis for women's rights to be put in jeopardy. Those rights are never to be taken for granted; you must remain vigilant throughout your life."

Simone de Beauvoir

What an amazingly succinct summary of the moral nihilism that undergirds fascism.

Why is this not happening in every European country, as an absolute minimum?

https://www.thelocal.fr/20230407/france-plans-70-supertax-on-fuel-for-private-jets

France plans 70% 'supertax' on fuel for private jets

France is set to dramatically increase taxes on fuel for private jets, as the government rejects a proposal from environmentalist and left-wing senators to ban short flights altogether.

The Local
David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs is a cathartic book, in equal parts funny and depressing, of the sort of the material where you’re not sure if you should be laughing or crying.
https://jeroenthoughts.wordpress.com/2023/08/06/david-graeber-bullshit-jobs-a-theory-2018-review/
David Graeber – Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (2018) Review

David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs is a cathartic book, in equal parts funny and depressing, of the sort of the material where you’re not sure if you should be laughing or crying. Graeber takes this not…

A Sky of Books and Movies
Right here. The difference between #liberals and #leftists in one sharp graf, in Naomi Klein's forthcoming DOPPELGANGER https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374610326/doppelganger
Doppelganger

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | National Indie BestsellerA New York Times notable book of 2023 | Vulture’s #1 book of 2023One of Slate’s ten best books of 20...

Macmillan Publishers

Richard Hanania, a highly celebrated "reasonable conservative" with articles published in NYT and WaPo, has just been exposed as a having written racist essays for years under a pseudonym.

Once again, another MSM affirmative action beneficiary has been shown to be a right wing extremist.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-hanania-white-supremacist-pseudonym-richard-hoste_n_64c93928e4b021e2f295e817

This Man Has The Ear Of Billionaires — And A White Supremacist Past He Kept A Secret

Hanania is championed by tech moguls and a U.S. senator, but HuffPost found he used a pen name to become an important figure in the “alt-right.”

HuffPost
We might be about to see a whole lot of employees leave X. https://www.platformer.news/p/is-x-bracing-for-exodus
Is X bracing for exodus?

As the company's illegal sign topples from Market Street, a fresh set of employees may also be looking to make the leap

Platformer