Michael Vilain

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Elon Musk wants a Texas compound filled with women he will breed with to preserve his superior genes.

Imagine watching Fury Road and thinking Immortan Joe is the hero.

So this morning I was booked to go and train a bunch of young people (14-15yrs) who without any prompting have set up a company, called Tec Tarw, #recycling computers. They wanted to learn @inkscape to vinyl cut to apply their logo onto their machines/products. I walk in and they are all using @iFixit tools and talking about #repair .. an absolute honour to meet them. #thekidsarealright I'll post their website when they go live etc.

New Comic Strip Found: Too Much Coffee Man by Shannon Wheeler
Too Much Coffee Man by Shannon Wheeler for Wed, 28 May 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/toomuchcoffeeman/2025/05/28

#comicstrip #toomuchcoffeeman

New Comic Strip Found: Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for Tue, 27 May 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2025/05/27

#comicstrip #doonesbury

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"I'm not sure what ails you," said the sorceress Medea. "It's not as if unease and lackadaisyness are symptoms which point clearly to a specific ailment."

"Your medicine is the best, Mistress Medea," replied old man McBride. "I'm sure you know how to cure me."

Medea frowned. "Perhaps a mix of lovage, feverfew, and placebo...." She tossed items into a pot.

"Placebo?" the old man asked. "What kind of herb is that?"

Medea smiled. "The best kind, Mr. McBride."

#microfiction

Anti-vaxx is a classic upper-class luxury belief.

You reject vaccines, not because you’ve studied the science, but because your zip code has a 97% vaccination rate.

https://www.theindex.media/the-herd-immunity-illusion/

New Strip Found: Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for Tue, 27 May 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/shoe/2025/05/27

#comicstrip #shoestrip

German Court Sends VW Execs To Prison Over Dieselgate Scandal - Slashdot

A German court has sentenced two former Volkswagen executives to prison and handed suspended sentences to two others for their roles in the Dieselgate emissions scandal, marking the conclusion of a nearly four-year fraud trial. Politico reports: The former head of diesel development was sentenced t...

Oh cool, we can continue destroying Target. Even more zealously than previously. EVERYBODY REMEMBER TO KEEP DESTROYING TARGET.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/target-lets-go-pair-of-executives-who-had-supported-dei-programs
Target Lets Go Pair of Executives Who Had Supported DEI Programs

Target Corp., facing financial headwinds and pushback over its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, has dismissed two executives who have backed DEI efforts, including a chief legal and compliance officer it hired nine months ago.

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College degrees can be revoked. Your move, Harvard. - Molly Craig
#FucktRump
#FuckMAGA
@BrianJopek they are rich. They can buy new degrees from complying universities...
@BrianJopek yikes, maybe Harvard does deserve to get their funding cut.

@BrianJopek

Simply working in, with or, for a Trump administration should mean a person’s ethical and moral judgement has been compromised and their US university degree should be revoked.

No university should allow their reputation be tarnished by any former student who resists democracy so egregiously.

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How can one elite college create so many idiots. If true, Harvard seriously failed their mission and did not teach critical thinking.

@BrianJopek
LMAO, that's a great point! They want other people's degrees revoked, they want to take away educational opportunities from others.

It's like my "DEPORT ELON" shirt that I'll be wearing later today at #teslatakedown. He lied on his citizenship application and illegally worked on a student visa and now he wants other people deported, whether they came here with papers or not. πŸ€”

@BrianJopek

I cannot see how most of those pictured got a degree honestly, in the first place.

Investigations are clearly in order.

@BrianJopek A perfect answer to these vile attacks. Anyone who legitimizes this psycho regime is fair game.

@BrianJopek

DREAM ON : There is no mechanism for such a thing

YALE too needs to hang its head in shame itself.

@krystyna @BrianJopek Perhaps not. But Bar Associations can suspend or even remove their licenses to practice. So where are they?

@SueDiOh @BrianJopek

Eastman disbarred; djt female lawyer during the 60 cases 2020
Election . Forgot her name.

Happens for sure.

Takes time.

@krystyna @BrianJopek Yes, the Kraken. Also, Rudy Giuliani; it can be done.

@BrianJopek I still find it baffling how someone can have a decent education and still vote republican. I mean, I get that some people are just kinda broken in the brain (have a friend whose husband is a black, gay, married, senior citizen - total maga conspiracy addict). But a Harvard education *should* imply a tiny bit of brain power.

Wtf happens there?

@coldfish @BrianJopek The point of an elite college isn't an education, it's a social network
@coldfish @BrianJopek Probably quite a few sociopaths have graduated from the and other elite universities. I would also argue being brainwashed by a narrative can also happen to very intelligent people. Is there a correlation between intelligence and empathy?
@BrianJopek Tempting though it might be it is a terrible idea. Not just a dick play but a fascist play that those pictured might well approve if it were threatened against liberals.

@BrianJopek college degrees cad be revoked.

Today I learned.

@BrianJopek
At a quick glance, I'd guess none were DEI admissions.

@BrianJopek

Must have received an additional degree from Harvard honorary SOB.