In case there was still any doubt about fascism being in the USA. This clears it up nicely.
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There are difficult choices that have to be made. Choices about who we are and who we want to be when the world is in crisis and people's lives and freedoms are at risk.
It's easy to laugh at people who "choose the mountain" - deliberately making their lives harder and more complicated to pursue their values. We laugh because we've been taught, we've been convinced that sincerity and idealism are cringeworthy, embarrassing to the point of pornographic discomfort.
But that cynicism didn't help us stave off the last gasps of bigoted, white supremacist power, and it won't help us fight against it.
We need the idealism that pushes ordinary people to make better decisions and stick to them.
Yes, even if that looks like switching email providers.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/american-tech-is-compromised-heres-my-replacement-stack-2/
How I’m Building a Trump-Proof Tech Stack Without Big Tech
The world can no longer trust American tech. If that sounds dramatic, take a step back and consider the facts. The United States is a nation in the thrall of authoritarianism, owned and operated almost completely by a far-right doomsday cult intent on betraying every alliance, every contract, every promise
You can't regain the trust of the world after what Trump has done. 80 years of soft power out the window in a flash. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/opinion/trump-ukraine-zelensky-usaid.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E4.hCID.6EAeZquDiphF
Gotta celebrate the wins
https://www.politico.eu/article/austria-coalition-forms-prevents-far-right-power/
All US allies stand steadfast with Ukraine. https://youtu.be/GbBWQs3jcjE?si=XPaLtfdQPEdpES6h
'We stand with Ukraine': Anthony Albanese comments on Trump-Zelenskyy clash
Hey plebs! I demand you work 50% more to develop AGI so that I can replace you with robots and fire all of you and make myself a double plus plutocrat! Also, I want to buy an island, small city, Bunker, Spaceship, And/Or something.
https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/02/sergey-brin-says-agi-is-within-reach-if-googlers-work-60-hour-weeks/
https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/02/sergey-brin-says-agi-is-within-reach-if-googlers-work-60-hour-weeks/
The EU foreign policy chief has declared that “the free world needs a new leader”, as European leaders threw their support behind Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after the stunning White House confrontation between him and Donald Trump.