My great uncle is part of the Silent Generation. He was a school teacher who, on that salary, was able to afford to live in a beautiful Manhattan apartment, retire at 55, and hire a private nurse at home until 97.

I make a hell of a lot more money than he did (factoring in the inflation and all that) and I struggle to save for a downpayment. 20% of a million dollars is a lot of lattes/avocados/whatever other thing those arseholes think I need to be living without. (Yes, houses cost a million dollars here. And those are the "cheaper" options.)

To hide the genocide and hide the truth

https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-killed-238-journalists-gaza

522 arrested on Saturday, 270 arrested on previous weekends

Is this policing by consent?

#PalestineAction

Joint Statement of Leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eight on #Ukraine

Extract
"The people of Ukraine must have the freedom to decide their future. The path to peace cannot be charted without Ukraine’s voice. No decisions on Ukraine without Ukraine, and no decisions on Europe without Europe."

https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/joint-statement-of-leaders-of-the-nordic-baltic-eight-on-ukraine/id3115525/

He laughs at my jokes

#Dogs

Israel assassinates 5 Al Jazeera staff: Scenes of carnage in Gaza City
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/8/11/israel-assassinates-5-al-jazeera-staff-scenes-of-carnage-in-gaza-city?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Middle East News @middle-east-news-AlJazeera

Holy hell. The Truck is such a complete fucking sales disaster that he's getting a corrupt deal with the military to buy them as targets.

THE TESLA TRUCK IS SUCH A COMPLETE FAILURE THAT THEY'RE SELLING THEM TO THE MILITARY AS TARGETS FOR TARGET PRACTICE.

https://fortune.com/2025/08/10/air-force-tesla-cybertruck-relationship-big-tech-pentagon-contract-spending/

No doubt at full price or some shit. Gotta claw those losses back somehow.

eta: It's small numbers in this initial buy. I find "a few" and "two" given as numbers in different articles. But c'mon. This is how it starts, right?

#tesla #TeslaTakedown #corruption #uspol #uspolitics #politics #fascism #ElonMusk