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Cory Doctorow 20h ago

#Enshittification

FinbarrF 7h ago

“Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. ”
― Paulo Freire

#quotes

The gentle klingon 10h ago

So, it was my birthday recently. And I don't usually publicly declare it because I don't like attention and I don't think it's that big a deal.

But this year I want to do something I saw a mufo do on their birthday, which I thought was alright, and gave me a good reason to share my birthday on here.

My birthday request is for you to donate whatever amount you can, if at all you can, to the Gaza Giving Circle. More info at the link. Thanks! 😊💛

https://chuffed.org/project/hope-giving-circle

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that their campaigns are extremely stagnant and wanted to find a way to direct steady help to them. We distribute your contributions equally every week for sustainable support.

Chuffed

TJ1001 10h ago

It’s more nuanced than this, and of course not everyone claimed asylum elsewhere before coming to the UK, but this is still true……  #brexit #tory #tories #toryscum #politics #ukpolitics #bbc #news #EU #Labour #keirstarmer #Starmer #labourparty #RejoinEU #ReformUK #farage #nigelfarage #immigration #farageisalyingsackofshit

Scottish Greens 7h ago

Scotland's richest 2% now have more wealth than half the population combined.

At today's #FMQs we asked the First Minister why shooting estates owned by billionaires still pay no business rates.

We’re losing millions of pounds that could go towards our schools, libraries, and hospitals.

Aristocrats shouldn't get a blank cheque while the rest of us get austerity.

The Autistic Innovator 1d ago

Brian Bilston 10h ago

Here’s a short poem called ‘On Falling for a Meteorologist’.

Sharon McCarthy 20h ago

I got curious and looked up Autism Speaks financials.

They made $34,985,535 last year.

Their CEO's salary was $624,041 with a $52,782 bonus.

Their lowest paid worker was a VP who was paid $200,151 with a $23,717 bonus.

In total they awarded $349,592 in bonuses to 10 people.

$15,393,849 of their nearly $35M income went to salaries for 10 people.

Seems a lot like Autism Speaks is a money laundering operation.

#ActuallyAutistic

https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/202329938

Autism Speaks Inc - Nonprofit Explorer

Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as well as download tax filings going back as far as 2001.

ProPublica

Sharon McCarthy 20h ago

Brian Jopek 1d ago

Might cost a bit more because, yanno, tariffs.

That's a great idea.

BoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺Aug 27

@AJ_andrew69 Yes, it would keep it in the news, which is definitely a good thing but they've not got a snowball's chance of it going anywhere. And it would invite significant press intrusion into their lives plus likely death threats from his base. If not worse.

Also, Alex Jones hasn't been 'brought down' in any meaningful way. He's still doing his show, spewing hate and cheerleading for a police state.

@BonehouseWasps. You could be right.

Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!Aug 27

@BonehouseWasps @AJ_andrew69
I agree, the Epstein survivors have already spoken out and paid terrible prices in a society that will not believe women when it requires confronting powerful abusers. It's on us, not them, to take it from here. I believe it will stay in the news anyway, but we need to support them (and help bring down Trump!) by banging away at the Epstein files ourselves. We protesters are always yelling and dropping bridge banners about it, for good reason. It gets through.

@BonehouseWasps. I saw on CBS news about a week ago that a judge ordered Infowars to finally be auctioned off. So, maybe fat mouth will go down.

BoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺Aug 27

@AJ_andrew69 Yes, a judge ordered it to be liquidated to pay the Sandy Hook families the $1 billion he owes them. I don't think it will stop him, though. He's been trying to hide money in other entities, including companies owned by his parents. And whether that works or not, he'll still find a way to broadcast.

@BonehouseWasps I have to agree with you. It's also possible that fat fuck will give him a position in the Whitehouse.

BoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺Aug 27

@AJ_andrew69 Jones doesn't dare say a word against Trump right now even though he's built his entire career on being the anti police state, anti pedophile guy. I suspect that he thinks Trump or someone allied with him might bail him out in some way. And yeah, he might be right.

Christian Klüber-Demir 🏈Aug 27

@AJ_andrew69
I thought the corrupt Supreme Court had decided that presidents are infallible just like the catholic pope...?

@ckd. The Trump sucking 6 hasn't given him total power and immunity yet.

Estarriol, lucozade dragon Aug 27

@AJ_andrew69

even better, sue Andrew, they know he will pay......

Pomegranate_Stew Aug 27

@AJ_andrew69
#ALT4you

The Epstein victims should sue Trump for calling their lived tragedy a hoax... this helped Sandy Hook survivors and their families bring down Alex Jones.

fb.com/GirlDuJour

Steve's Place Aug 27

@AJ_andrew69 Can he be sued? SCOTUS has pretty much indemnified him from anything he does while in office. His lawyers would make any trial very expensive, with constant stalling and innuendos about the opposing legal team. I hope they can, but I have doubts.